Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-30
Scheduled to Meet Georgetown
Today and Has Contest
With C. U. Tomorrow.
COLLEGES HAVE OTHER
IMPORTANT MEETINGS
Vermont, Cornell and Amherst Are
Coming This Week-Other
Sport News.
BY n. c. BYRD.

BY n. c. BYRD.
The Lafayette College base ball team
Is here for a stay Of two days, during
which it will meet two Of the local in
stitutions. The Pennsylvanians are
scheduled to play Georgetown this aft
ernoon and Catholic University tomor-
row.
According to report Lafayette has an
exceptionally strong team this season.
Its work so far in the south has not
been as good as expected, but 1t is rea-
soned that the men lack condition. hav-
ing been unable to get on the field in
Easton. The contest with Washington
and Lee was lost, owing to the wtldness
Of the pitcher, but it is thought that
the two games here.
With the Lafayette team are two
Washington boys-Holden and Myers
who formerly played at Western High.
Myers was the best hitter on the high
school nine for three years. and Holden
pitched brilliantly his last season. 1t Is
likely that both will be seen in the
University. Myers is playing regularly
at first, while Holden is one Of the reg
ular pitchers.
Besides the game today with Lafayette
Georgetown is scheduled to appear IN
three more contests this week. Wednes-
day the University Of Vermont will be
its opponent; Thursday Amherst Is to
be played. and Saturday Cornell will be
here for a game.
exceptional, Georgetown Is expecting at
least an even chance to win in each con-
test. The capabilities of Fienle are very
well known, while everybody who has
seen Tyson work makes the claim that he
is an exceptional performer. These two
men should be sufficient to carry the Hill
toppers through. though they have Kelly
and Hegarty. both Of whom are said to
be above the average.
Catholic University has four games
scheduled for this week also. Tomorrow
it will meet Lafayette: Thursday Seaton
Hall will be here; Amherst ia scheduled
to appear against the Brooklanders Fri
day, and the University of Vermont Sat-
urday.
team against Swarthmore must not be
taken as a true criterion OF its strength.
The Brooklanders have a much stronger
nine than the eight runs scored against
them by the Quakers would seem to in
dictate. They would ordinarily win from
innings and in much easier manner than
was the case Saturday.
The Maryland Aggies have two games
scheduled, one to be played Wednesday
at College Park with Gallaudet. and the
day with Hopkins The contest with
Hopkins will be the first in the race for
the state championship. The Farmers
are not in very good shape, but will
probably face Hopkins in much improved
condition. Their pitchers ought to be
ought to be working somewhat more as
unit.
A short time ago paper came out with
the statement that Jack Moakley had de-
veloped another brilliant performer in
Caldwell, the quarter and half mile rum
ner, who performed SO brilliantly in the
last relay of the mile race against George
town in the Georgetown meet, and re-
marked that it was remarkable how the
Cornell trainer turned out a star each
year. In this connection, it might be
mentioned that Caldwell was something
of a runner before he went to Cornell
1t was stated by a man who attended
the Massachusetts, Agricultural College
with him that he was star while in
that institution. He was a representa-
tive of that school in the Olympic games
at Stockholm two years ago, and II he
was good enough to be taken there for
entrance in the quarter and half, it did
make him a star OF course. this is not
meant to detract in the least from the
ability Of Moakley. because he deserves
great credit for keeping Caldwell in con-
dition, but 1t is just meant to show that
it Is practically impossible for any man,
no matter how great a trainer he may
be, nor what his knowledge of athletics.
to develop a runner of rea! caliber in
q single season. Three-fourths of the
really great runners in the colleges &C
auired the foundation which made them
in the prep schools or high schools. Has
Ted Meredith accomplished a sreat deal
more at Pennsylvania than at MERGERS
burg?
At least one British writer is taking
a stand against the criticisms that are
generally heaped upon American vic
tors in almost any branch Of sport
when competition Is on between the
two countries. 1t will be remembered
that the English did not take any too
we'll their defeat in the last Olympies'
and then there were many shafts flung
at Ouimet when he defeated two of
their veterans in the golf champion
ships. The writer sounds a word of
warning about the coming Of Jerome
Travers. who will appear on English
links In the near future. Here is what
he has to say:
"Mr. Travers' play will be watched
with unusual interest for several rea-
sons, not the least of which is that he
is the original exponent of a fashion
which is said to be growing rapidly in
favor In the United States-that of
playing the tee shot with a driving iron
instead of a driver. He himself declares
that with the cleek he gets a ball al
most as long as with a brassie. but
more uniformly straight on the line
and with a fine roll. The seal of cham
nionship sanction which he thus gave
TO the practice has made several other
amateur players adopt the same meth
cd on narrow courses and in last years
championship several players were US
ing their irons nearly all the way
around It is possible that this marks
the beginning of a new style in golf.