Evening star., 1914-04-16
PITCHING STAFF
OF c. U. |SSTRONG
Blue and Gray's HurIers Seem
to Equal Any in
the East.
COLLEGIATE COMMITTEE
MAKES ADVERSE REPORT
Many Practices in College Base Ball
Are Censured by In
vestigators.
BY b. c. BYRD.

GEORGETOWN mas one of the best pitching
stats in college base ball. 1t is very
doubtful If there is another institution in
the east which can boast OF three as
capable fingers as those who carried the
Blue and Gray to victory in two sue
cessive games with Princeton and another
with Fordham. They are Capt Fienle,
Tyson and Kelly. and seldom it is that
three men of their ability are found on
the same college nine.
Fienle's capabilities are well known.
That he does not have as much stuff as
some Of the other hurlers is admitted,
but he more than makes up for that dis
advantage by knowing better how to
pitch. No matter what may be said.
Fienle has at least as good a chance as
any other man in college base ball to get
away with a Dame when he starts, pro-
vtded he is in shape. His work has
finish seldom seen among college pitch
ers, and he is absolutely steady at all
times. Good control. a knowledge of how
to pitch and a change of pace under
control are his main attributes; they are
sufficient for him to win games consist
emily.
Kelly was at Georgetown last year,
though he did not show near as good
form as he evidenced in his contest with
Fordham Tuesday. He was excessively
wild last season, but he seems to have
overcome this. At any rate he did not
give base on balls to the Fordham
players. He has two more years at
Georgetown and there is not the least
doubt that he will improve with each
season Tyson is a newcomer. this being
his first season the hilltop and ne
has made good from the start. Those
who knew his ability before entering the
Blue and Gray institution were confident
that he would prove a brilliant perform
=
not been misplaced. He has worked well
and has shown such form that it is a
free prediction he will become one of the
most brilliant pitchers in the east. Under
such man as Coogan he should develop
wonderfully.
And the best part of the pitching staff
at Georgetown is that it will not have to
be rebuilt for several years Although
Ffenle will be considerably missed after
this spring, Tyson and Kelly have several
seasons in front Of them, with the pros
poets of being more capable in each of
them. Their improvement. and the ac-
QUESTION Of whatever new material that
may enter. would seem to presage good
things for the Hilltoppers, as far as pitch
ing is concern, for some time to come
The committee which investigated col
leze base ball, and made its report at the
recent meeting of the National collegiate
Athletic Association, was very strict in
its interpretations Of some of the rules
and many of the practices in college ball
were censured. The following list of rec
concentrations made by the committee
has been received, with the request by
the committee that it be published:
First. The strict enforcement OF rule
IS of the Oficial Rule Book which de-
bases. explicitly providing that the
coacher shall be restricted to coaching
the base runner only, and shall not ad-
dress remarks to any one except the
hos nr1 nt1lHy rvHN< Nf
assistance and direction in running bases.
He shall not by words signs incite or
try to incite the spectators to demonstra-
tions and shall not use language which
upon player of the, opposite club. the
umpire or the spectators.
Second. The strict enforcement of
rule q, part l. which explicitly provides
| umpire permit any person except the
players and substitutes in uniform and
the manager of the team entitled to its
use to be seated on a bench" This rule
places the professional coach trainer
among the spectators. where he should
be during the actual progress of the
game. and places the responsibility for
the conduct of the play in the hands of
the amateur players themselves.
Third. The strict enforcement by the
| umpire Of the rules forbidding blocking
runner "prying a runner off the
base" and the like, as unfair practice
and We appear 10 student pubic opinion
to condemn such trickery, making it i'm
possible even should it elude the vigi-
lance of the umpire. Such sharp prac-
tice is explicitly prohibited by the rules
and an attempt surreptitiously to trans
gress them is as unsportsmanlike as it
would be for tennis player, hoping to
escape detection, to deliver his service
from an unlawful position.
We recommend further that, in pursu-
ance Of the spirit Of the rules, boards of
athletic control and faculties of colleges
and universities. banded together to pro-
mote a healthy growth and a wise con-
troll of student athletics, adopt and en-
force the following specific regulations:
First. 1.-The catcher shall not. during
actual play. speak at all to the batsman.
except where occasion requires a bona
! fide word of caution, and in speaking to
the pitcher he shall not use words reflect
ing, or calculated to reflect, upon the
batsman or any member of the opposing
teanl."
Second. No member Of either team
shall call or shout during the game to
any member of the opposing team. ex-
cept to caution him against some danger.
| nor behave in any indecorous or unseem-
iy manner.
Third There shall be no oral coach
Ing from the bench.
Fourth The so-called encouragement