Evening star., 1914-04-14
C. j. NINE LEAVES
ON TWO-DAY TRIP
Bro0klanders Meet Yale in
Norfolk Today, and Vir-
ginia Tomorrow.
GEORGETOWN AGAIN
DEFEATS PRINCETON
Tyson Pitches Splendid Game
Against Tigers-Blue and Gray
Plays Fordham Today.
BY H. c. BYRD.

The Catholic University base ball team
lett last night on a trip to Norfolk and
Charlottesville. The Brooklanders will
meet Yale in Norfolk today, and tomor
row are scheduled TO play the Uni
versity of Virginia Both contests prob
ably will be real test of the Brook
landers' mettle.
The Yale game today will probably
prove an easier proposition for the local
university than will the one with Vir-
ginia. The Dark Blue has twice met de-
feat at the hands of Virginia. Saturday.
in Norfolk, Virginia won by 10 to 4, and
yesterday. in Charlottesville, was the
victor by TO B. In view of these scores,
and considering that Princeton won from
Virginia rather easily, it would seem
that Catholic L. has an excellent
chance to finish first in both games.
OF course. base bail is a game in which
comparative scores count for absolutely
nothing. but it looks as though the odds
favor Charley Moran's aggregation.
1t was stated after Saturdays game
with Princeton that the Georgetown
nine had improved considerably and
was playing much better ball than
when it was losing games continuously
thought by many that the Hilltoppers
would slip back into the rut in the
second game with Princeton and lose
again, but such did not prove to be
the case. The Blue and Gray won in
the second contest. with the Tigers
even more decisively than in the first
showing. if anything, even better form.
While, of course, it is hardly safe To
chances are that Georgetown is in
fair way to finish a very creditable
season. In fact, it will be surprising
if the majority of the remaining
games are not won
Fury hit one of the longest balls of
the year in the game Georgetown won
from Princeton. He drove the sphere
far over the centerfelder's head, and
1t rolled almost to the gymnasium. The
drive scored a man in front of the bat
ter
against the Tigers. His work was al
most equal to that of Fienle Saturday.
He allowed one less hit than his captain,
but was wilder and struck out less men.
Only three hits We're secured off Tyson,
while the Blue and Gray walloped the
offerings of Deyo safely nine times.
Mickey Guy led the Virginia team in
hitting in the game with Yale yesterday.
The former Western High boy landed on
the ball safely three times out Of five
trips to the plate. 1t might -be said in
this connection that Guy is playing some
very good ball for Virginia, having prov
ed one of the best hitters in the lineup.
and performed in a generally capable
manner in every department.
Guy was one of the best infidders in
the high schools when he as at West
ern- He played shortstop on that team.
Despite the seeming lack of interest in
amateur affairs few weeks ago it ap-
pears, that matters are now hvening up
considerably The several leagues have
been coming to the fore in the last few
days, making up their rosters and get
ting things in shape to start. 1t Is like
ly that there will be more circuits in
competition this season than last; in fact,
one man mentioned that he thought it
was more than possible there would be
too many leagues, inasmuch as the rule
which compelled u man to play with only
one club had been abrogated and every
player could now take contract in two
leagues. This will bring amateur ball
back to the plane it held before the one
man-one team rule went into effect.
President Bob Young of the Amateur
Association stated yesterday that he
mighty good season. In substance he
had the following to say:
II think that amateur ball will have
the most successful year in quite awhile.
Since I have been connected with the
sport, / have never seen much activ-
ity and there has not been near the in
terest shown that has been evidenced In
the last two or three weeks The men
back of the different leagues have been
lining up their teams in manner which
indicates determination to present the
strongest possible front. while the man
ayers of the clubs have been trying to
corral the best players. Yes. l see
mighty fine season IN store for the anna
teur sport this summer. provided there
are no clouds arrive to mar it. and l see
no chance of this at present.
nv, - . -,
really expected, judging by the easy
manner in which it defeated Catholic
University. The New Workers got the
majority of their runs in one inning.
scoring seven in single period. Wild
ness on the part of Johnson and some
timely hits gave the visiting nine its
tallies. Five free passes to first were
given by Johnson and Trayers. while
thirteen hits by Fordham added the
needed offense. Catholic University held
the lead utnil the fifth, it having scored
two runs in the first. Fordham also got
d tally in the first period, but it could
do nothing thereafter until the fifth,
when it chased across enough to win by
a big margin.
Reed, who is playing third base for
Princeton, was one of the best half
backs among the college elevens last
fall. He is an all-round athlete, his
work on the diamond being of high
caliber also Reed prepared at Mer-
cersburg and is taking course at
Princeton fitting him to be a missionary.
Catholic University failed to hit yes
terday against the pitching of keeien OF
Fordham as well as it has been doing
in its previous contests. The Brook
landers could not land on the ball con-
sistently, and their work was much be-
low the average in that respect. With
the exception of the first inning they
were never able to find the offerings of
keelen consecutively enough to get an
other run across
The Business High nine left this morn
ing for Front Royal, Va, where it will
play the first Of series of games
against high and prep school teams in
Virginia The Stenographers open the
series against the Front Royal Academy
this afternoon.
At meeting of the Federal League Of
ficials yesterday the name of the organi-
cation was changed to the Suburban
same as last year, and will use the same
field in Petworth. Robert 8. Jones was
elected to the presidency Of the organiza-
ton, the same position held in the Fed
eral League.
The longest game of the season took
place yesterday in Charlotte, n. c.. be-
tween Oak Ridge College and the Char
lotte Carolina League team. The contest
went seventeen innings, with the score
2 to at the finish.
Central High won yesterday from the
George Washington Freshmen by 16 to l.
Milton did the better work of the two
Blue and White pitchers. He worked for