The Washington times., 1914-02-09
CATHEDRAL HOPING
FOR GOOD SEASON
Fast Youngsters Enter to Assist
Several Veterans From
1918 Nine.
By BRYAN MORSE.

With a baseball schedule practically
completed save for one or two engage
ments to be made for Il trip to Phila-
delphia, the National Cathedral School
for Boys is looking over the material
with considerable satisfaction.
Several veterans from last years elev-
en- and the influx of some exceptionally
good athletes this year, give the Blue
and White followers the hope that
the season is going TO be a bright one.
While the choice Of captain for the
1914 baseball team has been deferred
it is planned to hold an election some
time in the near future.
There are few athletes at Cathedral.
While all of the boys take up some
form Of athletics there are not enough
to provide a team with capable sub
stitutes. This handicap. however, is
not causing alarm, as the team 70 be
recruited from the boys soon to be
called out Is expecting TO create quite
disturbance among the seekers for
scholastic honors OH the diamond this
reason.
Archie Colburn and Billy Northrup
will fight it out for the catching position
this spring. 1t will be a toss-up be-
tween the two, and a lot of hot COM
petition Is expected. In the box, Coach
Green will work With Walter Holmes
and "Cntz" Brewer. Both youngster rs
have had experience before and need
conditioning only to put them on edge
OF, the lnfielders, Dyer, Crawford, Ire
land. and Kirkpatrick loom up a likely
set of candidates. Dyer is looked upon
as a good first baseman. Faul Ireland
cen play second, while Phil Crawford
is expected to win out at short.
In the outfield, "Chet" Lockwood. last
years captain. is almost sure to be
found. Ray Millard and Jack Dudley
will be out for positions when the call
comes. There are several others who
are expecting a berth and a chance to
win the ''C'' this season.
Cathedrars schedule will Include Cen
trail. Tech. Business, Eastern. Western.
Army and Navy. the Baltimore Latin
School, Woodberry Forrest. and Char
lotte Hall. Other games are pending in
Guiding those with Chestnut Hill in
Philadelphia, Delaney School, and possi-
bly, one more.
i relay team will be sent to Philadel-
phia from Cathedral, according to
Coach George Green. The Penn relay
carnival in April will find Cathedral
Middle Atlantic States championships.
also scheduled for Franklin Field, will
find Cathedral with a relay team.
Representation will be made in the
Johns Hopkins meet on Saturday. while
the following week the Blue and White
will enter several athletes in the Rich
mond meet, in preparation for the
events to be entered in the Georgetown
meet on March Z.
In the spring Cathedral expects to
hold dual meets with one or two high
school teams. There has been some
talk this year of staging an inter
scholastic meet at Cathedral. The fact
that the school Is unable to house the
athletes is considered the only OBJ
stacle in the way of big AFFAIR.
Tomorrow Business and Eastern get
into the deciding game of the inter
series. If the ORANGE and Blue is win
ner it will have but Cathedral to de-
feat.
in the Red and White gym.
Supplee, the giant tackle of the Tech
football team, is playing center. Rob
erts and Mccarthy. ends on the Tech
team, are playing forward. The team
has had unusual success this season.
Jack Adams, who was one Of the best
OF the schoolboy football players last
fall, has proven his ability in baseball
and basketball. and recently showed
up the Western half milers in some
trials.
George. Dorsey, chairman of the
Rpmes committee of the Fifth Regi-
Hopkins meet, is handling
The entries of the scboolboys. Tonight
Is the last date in which entries will
be received.
They say that Speidel, the Central
pole vaulter, is going well over ten
feet six inches in the pole vault. and
is capable of doing better than eleven