Evening star., 1914-03-12
NORTHERN TEAMS !
MAY Be Stronger
/
College Mines in That Section
Much Benefited by Work
in Cages. !
DRILL is ATTAINING BIG F..
REPUTATION IN ST. PAUL
Former Georgetown Foot Ball ard
Base Ball Player Is Accomplish:
ing Much in Other Fields.
BY II. c. BYRD.
LONDON.

BY 81. c. BYRD.
This will probably be one of the yeas's
when the big northern college base b:ll
teams will come south for their Easter
trips in almost as good shape as the mines
in this section. The conditions here have
been such that the squads representiig
the institutions north of the Mason AID
Dixon line have really had an advantage
There is hardly big school In that sec
| ton which has not a cage in which TO
practice In the spring. while there are no
facilities for indoor work among the oriss
in the south. When the southern teaisls
cannot get on the field they are at coEl-
plete loss for practice, while the northern
squads work in their cages, sheltered
from the cold.
The fact that northern teams will be IN
better shape in comparison than the eel
lege mines in the south may mean that
they will make a better showing ting IN
usual.
It has been the case in the past That
the teams they played here had tne
advantage of maybe two weeks Work
outdoors, while all that had been dope
by the visitors was in cage. Inat
but the fact that these teams have npt
yet been able to get out for practice;
and the northern players have COED
indoor facilities may give them e
greater percentage OF victories to thear
credit when they return, Another thiNs &
which will fl or the visiting aggregt-
tions Is tina they will be able to gat
| out for real outdoor work before thsy
leave home. the trips south being
scheduled later in the season this year
! than in quite a while.
| The first games scheduled between the
teams from the north and the mines IN
| the south will take place week aftsr
next. Swarthmore will be the first Of
| those teams to play here, 1t beisg
scheduled to meet cathohc tmTeTsHy
and the Maryland Agricultural College
week after next. Swarthmore Will pc
| Immediately followed by mines repEe-
| senting nearly all the prominent ins.i-
tutions in the north.
| The opening game scheduled betwehn
| colleges around here will be played Satur-
day week between the Maryland AgricJl-
tural College and the Naval Academy.
These two teams opened the season lsst
year. and they will again do the honors:
| It is reported that Bergman of Notre
Dame University will be the first man Of
| that institution ever to receive the letter
\ of the athletic association in all TO IT
| branches of sport. 1t is said that he has
| already been awarded the insignia in bsis-
| ket ball, foot ball and track, and 1t lis
practically certain that he will receive o:ie
! in base ball, his ability along that line i:e-
ing well known. 1t is rather a remark:l-
| BILE coincidence also that Bergman weighs
| only 145 pounds, showing conclusives;y
that it does not take an extremely Eg
| man to accomplish a great deal in a:l-
| round athletics. !.
| Dick Robertson. who formerly pitcbsd
! ,I,.I~., 4
| by Savannah to Birmingham. in the
| Southern League Robertson was given
a trial by Cincinnati at the end of last
season, but was turned back to Savannah.
| In the South Atlantic circuit. Savannah
sold him to Birmingham only recently.
Robertson made one OF the best recorss
secured by any pitcher In the minors la:lt
year winning something like twenty-o.: 9
out of a total Of twenty-three games
pitched and getting nineteen Of those in a
row.
Wood, who has been chosen to coa,sh
the University of Virginia foot ball team
next fall is probably one Of the headiest
players Virginia has ever had At least.
that is the reputation gained by hiir
during his four years of play. His work at
| center was brilliant in the majority Of tse
| contests in which he appeared, and 1t was
the fact that he was removed from TIE
Georgetown game two years ago whi' h
gave Costello his chance to kick the field
| goal that decided the contest. It will he
| remembered that two or three kicks yf
Costello had been blocked. Wood beieg
the pivot Of system Virginia had d.
yeloped for that purpose. Near the end
of the contest Wood was removed. with
the result that the green man who toek
his place did not show ability enough 10
break through the line after the opening
had been made for him as had Wool.
| When that new center failed to come up
4 to what was expected of him. there was
no other to block or hurry up the kick as
wood had been doing on previous at
tempts The ball went true over the bar
as a result
with all due regard to Woods
ability as a player. though. that Is ndt
saying that he will make success 5
is not apt to have the success to which
it is really entitled until it starts the
| professional system with a man Ws:o
will change the style of play which
has been in use there year after year
It looks very much as if Western
Maryland College pulled the wool over
Callaudet's eyes in the matter of calling
off the foot ball game that was
scheduled between these two schools u
conference of the state college
officials to determine upon list cf
contests for those institutions to decide
the championship Of the state. 1T most
certainly stated something about whi''sl
at least one of the state schools has
ter is this: Western Maryland has net
played ST. Johns since 1907, when atb.
letic relations were broken as resg:t
of a fight in a game at Westminster:
Western Maryland desired to resume
athletic relations, and did st. John s.
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