Evening star., 1914-03-31
LAFAYETTE IS TO
MEET c. j. TODAY
BrookIanders Think They Will
Win From PennsyIvanians
With Trayers Pitching.
SUMMER BASE BALL Is
DISCUSSED BY DAVIS
Princeton Man Says That 1t Is En-
tirely Impracticable-G. U.
Loses by 4 to 0 Score.
BY II. C. BYRD.

The Catholic University nine will meet
the Lafayette team this afternoon at
! Brookland 1t is possible that Holden,
former Western High pitcher, will
do the box work for the visitors, while
Trayers has been selected to start for
Catholic University. The contest will
begin at 800 o'clock.
The work of the Lafayette team yester-
day was such as to indicate that it is
stronger than when it faced the Brook
landers last spring. 1t is thought that
a victory for the local university will be
the result At any rate. the adherents
of Catholic University are confident that
their team will prove the better Trayers
is a very competent twirler. and it is not
thought that the Pennsylvanians will hit
him effectively.
Kendall Myers. who captained the
Western High team two years ago, played
first base for Lafayette yesterday against
Georgetown. and he contributed largely
to the defeat of Georgetown. He started
the way TO the first scores for Lafayetle
by driving the bali into the right held
bleacherS and played cleverly in the field
Myers has proved one of the best ball
=
from a high school. His work since be-
coming member of the nine a year ago
has been of the highest order. He has
hit exceptionally well and has played IN
the field much above the average A
Philadelphia writer. in speaking of his
services last spring at the close OF the
season. stated that he was considered one
of the most capable men playing the po-
sition in any of the colleges HIS Work
attracted attention everywhere and ne
ter
in professional base ball any time he
would signify his willingness to accept
an offer.
Lafayette played a sood game of ball
against Georgetown. although it could
hardly be expected that the Hilltop pitch
ers could win when the players could get
no runs for them. No matter what kind
of ball they had pitched they could not
have won under the circumstances
Martin PLAYED shortstop for Georgetown
and he contributed to the hit column win
| two safe wallops. Mccarthy, who played
I center field. got three safeties, while Con-
molly, who held down third. was there
with two drives into territory where there
| was no player
Martin will undoubtedly strengthen the
! G. L. nine to a great extent. He is a
| very good ball player. way above the
| average of those found on college teams
| His work has been such in the amateur
| leagues and in the prep school It was
| a foregone conclusion that he would pe
| a regular as soon as he was ellSloie Iol
| the college nine He was Ineligible Tor
time, but pulled through in time to
! play against Lafayette.
! Kelly pitched good enough ball for
| Georgetown to win ordinarily. out the
! breaks of the game seemed to be against
! him. He seemed to have a fair lot OF
! stuff and fairly good control. but errors
and timely hits gave the visitors thelf
I runs.
In recent article on summer base
ball Par<e Davis of Princeton gives d
history of the contentious concerning IT,
He has the following to say:
THE testimony of experience IS
| strongly against the practica blllty OF
| summer base ball In the early days OF
the diamond. the decade of the AZ s.
eastern college stars We're in great de
mand by the professional teams. tor II,
that period Harvard, Princeton ana
Yale were superior to the city nlhes
. For q time there no objection to
the collegians playing with the profeS
sionals during the summer vacations
although the former were openly PAID
for their services.
famous college players from the same
institution. who after graduating were
playing with great city nine. sudden
ly left the professional team. re-ell-
tered college and by their presence
-, lifted their college nine from the real
| to the front in the intercollegiate cam
paiSn.
This spectacular occurrence natural.
" centered attention upon the SubJcc'
Of profess onalisn. AS d result of the
| agitation which followed six colleges
namely. Amherst Brown. Dartmouth
Harvard, Princeton and Yale met II
the old MasSasoit house g Springfield
December 6, 1879. for the purpose o.
drafting a common eligibility rule ant
: if possible to form base ball league
Their dcliberati ions eventually produced
both. The rule adopted Oh that occa
sion ran follows:
"'Any student who has been in reg1i
: lar attendance for the whole of any col
lege year in any department shall b
eligible in that year for the nine. An
student who after this date shall pla