Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
COLLEGES DECIDE
MAKEUP OF MINES
Men Who Are to Be Used in
First Games Are
Selected.
FORMER SCHOOL PLAYERS
GIVEN REGU!- AR POSITIONS
Tech, Busir IS and Central Repre-
scented on Maryland Aggies'
MIN C. U. Plays Tomorrow.
BY n. C.. BYRD.

three of the local colleges have prac-
Lcally decided upon the line-ups they
will use in their opening games this
week. While, Of course, there may be
one or two changes, it is not likely that
the teams wiz appear in their first con-
tests very differently from the way they
practiced yesterday.
Georgetown has several positions which
that any change will be made in the line
up of the nine before Saturday. if then.
Mulcahy is booked to play first base and
Tom Daley is to hold down second. Billy
Martin will be seen at shortstop and
Connolly is being looked upon as the
regular third baseman. The outfield is
to be taken care of by shugrue, Tormey
and Mccarthy. 1t is reported that all
three of these are, good hitters particu-
larly Tormey. Lawlor, Lynch and
Weems will be the catchers, with Tyson
F1enle and Hegarty the pitchers The
Blue and Gray will open tomorrow
against the Washington American League
club. and it is probable that sll its pitch
ers will be given an opportunity to show
what they can accomplish. OF course,
Georgetown is not expecting to win from
the professional club, but it realizes that
the game will be a splendid workout for
the players and will give them the best
sort of practice No other games will be
played by the Hilltoppers this week I'm
til Saturday, when they meet the Mary
land Agricultural College.
The Catholic University nine is about
picked. Capt. Zachary is to appear be-
hind the bat. and a better man for the
place could hardly be found. The infield
positions will be well taken care of by
Cooley and White played together last
year at the ST. Mary's Academy in Massa-
chusetts, while Marsden and Wilson are
local boys. Marsden was former G. q.
and Aloysus club player, while Wilson
held down first base for Business High
last spring Donnelly and Lynch are
practically certain of their two positions
in the outfeld. while the other will be
held by McDonough or Delahunt, the
former at Central and the latter at Tech
in 1918. The Brooklanders open their
season with Swarthmore Saturday.
There is much doubt as to how the
Maryland Agricultural nine will start it's
first game Friday against Swarthmore.
The Farmers have not been having the
best Of luck in developing their team,
and now it is reported that Sllpley. who
was certain of a position in the infield,
either at short or third, is down with the
If that is true, it is not known
who will take his place. knode seems GER
tain to start at third base. while Deart-
syne has not any rival capable of beating
him out for the second base. Montgom-
cry. former Tech boy, and Boss, who
played short for the Frederick High
School last year, are having a struggle
for first base, with the odds about even.
coleman will start the first game back
of the bat. with Taylor as his running
mate. Derrick, captain of the Business
nine last spring: Mess. who used to catch
for Central. and Williams, a regular of
1913. will start in the outfield positions.
1t has been reported that Country Morris
will return to school. in which case, pro-
vided he is declared eligible to play by
the faculty, he will get one of the places.
Hoffecker, McHenry and Siegert will be
the pitching corps, with one Of the first
mentioned two sure to start the game
against Swarthmore and the other to be
used against Georgetown Saturday.
The two games scheduled here for to-
day have been called off. The Catholic
University nine notified the Maryland
Agricultural College that it would be I'M
able to play, owing to the poor condi-
ton of its field. while the Georgetown
Preps-Central High contest is postponed.