Evening star., 1914-04-22
ONE TEAM VICTOR
AND OTHERS LOSE
Georgetown Defeats Trinity,
But Catholic U. and N. A. c.
Drop Their Games.
BUSINESS STARTS SERIES
! WITH WIN OVER CENTRAL
Stenographers, However, Fail to
Show as Good Form as
Was Expected.
BY II. c. BYRD.

Georgetown won easily. Catholic Uni
versity and the Maryland Agricultural
College lost. That is the story of the
three college base ball games played
here yesterday, briefly told. Trinity Col
lege of North Carolina was defeated by
the Blue and Gray by 10 to 1: Harvard
won from Catholic University by the
same score. and the Maryland Aggies lost
/, to West Virginia University by to 3.
The game between Georgetown and
Trinity was much more one-sided than
would ordinarily have been expected.
The North Carolina team generally Is
much stronger than the average college
the Blue and Gray by such a big margin
was unlocked for. The game undoubted-
ly demonstrates the vast improvement
shown recently in the work Of the George
town players. From a rather crude
combination, Coach Coogan has developed
a nine which is strong enough to give the
best Of college representatives a hard
run for victory.
The inability of Croker and Trayers to
hold the Harvard team in check was re-
sponsible for the decisive defeat of the
Brooklanders. The Crimson batters got
hits when hits were needed. while the
local players could do nothing with the
offerings of Hitchcock. who allowed only
two safeties. The Harvard nine looked
to be exceptionally strong, and will prob
ably cut quite figure in the inter-
collegiate race. So effective was Hitch
cock for Harvard that he struck out
eleN en-, and was at all times safe. as far
as losing his game was concerned.
The Maryland Agricultural College lost
to a weaker team when West Virginia
University defeated it, ) to .. Poor head
work on the bases and wildness by Hof-
fecker cost the Farmers the game. West
Virginia did not show a strong team, the
players being below the average in hit
ting, while they were only mediocre
fielders. Barron. who did the pitching
for the visiting nine. is team in him
self. though. in college base ball Yes
terday when men were on the bases he
was just about as hittable as would have
been rifle bullets shot across the plate.
At any rate, the Farmers did not get a
single hit when men were on the bags.
Business High got start yesterday
in the high school series by winning the
first game from Central. The Stenogra
pliers did not get the long end Of the
score very easily, and really their per-
formance was hardly up to what was
expected. The Blue and White team of
Central has done little in the practice
games which would entitle it to play such
a game against Business as was the case.
Kelly. who pitched for Business, hardly
did as well as he should have done.
Central got eleven hits of his delivery.
which makes it certain that he did not
work as well as possible. With Kelly
pitching the kind of ball that he has
shown in some Of the practice contests
Central would not have hit him as freely
as it did. Central showed Unexpectedly
we'll and deserves every credit for its
performance. The Business team played
poorly in the field. making a total Of
eight errors. Central had hve mispiays
to its credit, or rather discredit.
Harry Harris, playing an outfieid posi-
ton for Business got three hits out of
three trips to the plate. His batting was
a big feature, and was mainly RESPONSE
BILE for the victory obtained by his team.
The Treasury Amateur Base BAH
League opened its season yesterday. the
Interstate nine winning from the Bureau
Of Statistics, to 3. The work OF boeh
teams was excellent for so early in the
year. and especially considering that
neither of them has had a great deal of
practice !
Duckett led both teams in hitting. the
Bureau catcher getting two hits out OF
three times up. He was the only man
on either club to hit safely more than
once.
Hoffecker, pitching for NJ A. c.. yester-
day against West Virginia University,