The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
ENGEL signs
HIS CONTRACT,
and IS HAPPY
My Poy Joe" Given Substan-
-sial Increase in Salary
Over 1913 Figures.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
Georgetown Has Fine Baseball Sched-
ule-Other News Notes and
Gossip of Interest.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
By WILLIAM PEET.

One by one the members OF the
Nationals are falling into line and
signing lip their 1914 contracts.
Joe Engel, the Washington boy,
and one of Griff's most promising
youngsters, affixed his signature to
the necessary papers yesterday
afternoon.
Engel makes the third player
to accept terms since last Wednes-
day, when Griff sent out the con-
tracts, and the Old Fox believes
that before the present week is
over he will have more than half
his men in line.
Il have given Engel an increase
in salary, because he worked hard
for me last year. 1t is true that
Joe did not win a whole lot of
games, and as a hitter failed to
shine, but he has at last taken
baseball seriously, and ] am count
ing on him to help keep our club
up near the top next summer,
said the Climbers pilot.
My poy joe as Engel is familiarly
called, was tickled to death with his 1914
contract. He did not sign until he had
consulted his father. but the two were IN
consultation less than ten minutes when
decision was reached.
"Griff sure has treated me finely, de-
clared Joe. land I'll work my head on
for him this season"
The Georgetown baseball schedule, pub
lished in another column. shows one OF
the best lists of games ever tackled by
Blue and Gray nine. Teams which have
never before appeared in the Capital will
be played, while the trips will take the
club as far north as Burlington. VT.
In order to successfully go through a
season with such a schedule the local
colIegians must be well fortified in the
box, and. according to reports, Capt
Feinle expects to have at least four
good pitchers in addition to himself
Coach Danny Coogan will order his can
didates out during the third week in Feb
ruary, and hopes to have the club in
shape to give the Nationals stiff battle
on March ..
, washington man who doesn't want
mis- name used for various reasons and
about baseball, attended one of the
,,orld's series games in Philadelphia He
grew bored at the game and started to
leave. As he did so he happened to
lance at the scoreboard. He saw:
New York rk......................
Philadelphia.
As he walked out a newsboy stopped
him with the question:
Say. what was the score. mister?
'I don't exactly remember" answered
our Washington friend, although l do
remember that it was somewhere up in
the thousands"
Then he walked on
Did YOU ever stop to think that Jack
McAuIiffe is the last of the Irish race,
so far at least. to have held the light
weight championship 1t was back in
1897 that McAuliffe, rndefeated, handed
his title over to Kid Lavigne and
stepped out from under. Since that time
there have come along Frank Erne, Joe
Cans, Battling Nelson, Ad Wolgast. and
now Willie Ritchie. Not an Irishman
among htem-
Packey Mcfarland is Irish. as they
make 'em, but unfortunately Packey
has outgrown the lightweight class, and
hasn't chance to Wrest the titie'
All speculation as to whether Coach
Courtney would ever accept call from
the Yale navy to coach its crew candi-
dates. following reports that different
coaches about the country had been
asked, were set at rest by Courtney HIM
self the other day.
'I shall never leave Cornell" is the |
way he put it Courtney's contract runs
for three more years and he has an |
nounced that he will give up the active |
coaching of the crews at that time. He
may be in the Cornell camp as an ad-
yisory coach, but he says he is getting /
too old to perform the active duties
around the boathouse.
Coach Courtney had his varsity and
freshmen, candidates for a days work. |
out on the water recently. This was
probably the last row in real water the
crews will have until next spring. The
varsity men are rowing in the crew
rooms in the armory at present.