Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-27
LOCAL COLLEGES
PLAY TOMORROW
Base Ball Season Will Open in
Earnest, Every Nine Be-
ing Scheduled.
TWO CONTESTS ARE TO
TAKE PLACE HERE TODAY
NJ. A. c. Meets Swarthmore and
Western the G. U. Preps-G. W. U.
Students Want Athletics.
BY n. C. BYRD.


The local college base ball season will
begin in earnest tomorrow All the in
situations here are scheduled to play
though one of the games will be out of
town. Georgetown is to meet the Mary
land Aggies, Catholic University has d
| contest scheduled with Swarthmore and
Gallaudet will go to Emmitsburg to try
its fortunes in competition with Mount
st. Mary's College.
1t is very likely that Trayers and
Croker will do the pitching for Catholic
University, with Trayers the choice at
the start c. L. ought to win from
Swarthmore, judging by the rather poor
showing the Pennsylvanians have been
| making. OF course, c. U. will be at the
disadvantage of having to go into it's
first game, while Swarthmore will have
played three.
Whether the Maryland Aggies will &C
complish much against Georgetown is
questionable. The for1nidableness of the
Farmers will depend on what happens at
College Park today in the game with
Swarthmore. If conditions are such that
it will not be necessary to use Hoffecker,
then Georgetown will have to work
mighty hard to add to its long list of
victories over the suburban aggregation.
Gallaudet Is not likely to win from
Mount St. Mary's, especially on the lat
ter's field. That bunch of upstate play
ers is a mighty hard proposition to
tackle on their own ground.
Whatever may be the result OF the
games, some good contests should be seen.
though it Is hardly probable that any of
the teams will show at their best owing
to lack Of proper condition.
Bertram Daird, boatswain of the Reina
Mercedes. the station ship at the Naval
AnoI rrrifo hot ha 10 fn
arrange games for this season with any
Of the best Washington mines. He states
that he prefers to play service teams,
II possible, or those representing big cor
porations Those who desire to meet the
Sailors will do well to communicate with
Manager Daird.
Western High will play the Georgetown
first appearance OF the high school young
sters against any prep school. and the
result of their first game in their class
will be watched with interest. 1t is said
that Western will have a whole lot better
nine this season than has been anticipated.
and whether that will be may be shown
in the contests today. 1t is said that
the team will have two very good pitch
ers-March and Adams. Both these
youngsters are above the average, and
much has been said in praise of them.
March is newcomer, while Adams has
been on the team three years. A couple
Of good pitchers is about the only asset
really needed by a high school team, as
there are few games in which both teams
do not score several runs.
Gallaudet won another practice game
yesterday, beating Technical High rather
easily. The scholastic team gave the
college nine close contest until the last
inning or two. when the latter ran away
with things by scoring six runs in
single inning.
The Maryland Agricultural College will
open its season this afternoon at College
Park with a game against Swarthmore.
The Farmers are much in doubt as to
done anything in the way of perfecting
teamwork. 1t is likely that McHenry,
new man, will start in the box for NJ.
a; c.. though, if he does not go well. he
will be replaced by Hoffecker. The
Farmers are pulling for McHenry to
make good. because unless he does they
will have absolutely nobody to use against
Georgetown tomorrow.
The students at George Washington are
carrying on systematic campaign for
the retention of athletics in the curricu-
lum Of the university. They feel that
they have matters in such condition now
that it is only question of few
months before they can be represented
in all branches of sport. The current is
paper, prints a letter from one of the
professors, several communications from
prominent alumni. advocating that ath-
letics not be abolished. and then follows
with this editorial:
"As a result of Prof. H. c. Jones let
ter published in the last issue of the
Hatchet the presidents council has
recommended to the board of trustees
of the university that it abolish all
intercollegiate athletics. Aroused by
Prof. Jones' letter, students and alumni
have voiced their protests, as will be
seen by a few of the letters printed
in this issue.
"Of especial interest is the letter from
Prof. L. c. McNemar. The faculty with
almost no exceptions is opposed to re-
viving athletics Prof. McNemar's stand
will no doubt serve to encourage the
students fighting for q resumption of
all athletics against this great handi-
1--WE do not believe the three reasons
given by the presidents council suf-
f1cient to justify their action. That the
majority of students want athletics
has been demonstrated time and again.
IT Is especially evident now, when after
laboring for four years to pay off the
debt left them by a past generation
under the delusion that once paid off
they would be permitted to resume ath-
letics, the faculty blights their hopes.
just as the goal is within reach.
The Athletic Association has reduced a
debt of several thousand dollars to $50
in four years entirely through the stu
dents. One year the students separated
themselves from several hundred dollars
OF hard-earned coin in a one-week sub
scription campaign; another they gave a
theatrical benefit; third, they formed an
athletic association and paid their dues
because they believed that organized they
would have a better chance of getting
athletics. The privilege of voting for Of
flcers was all they obtained. This year
they gave q very successful benefit and
now they have but $50 deficit which they
are planning to pay off before the end of
the year.
LAS for the second reason. Prof. Meme
mar shows in his letter that facilities are
easily obtainabie.
LAS Mr.. Baer points out in his commu-
nication, theoretically 1t would not seem
advisable to have athletics. However the
same conditions now being pointed out as
making athletics impossible have existed
for the last quarter of century, but. de-
spite them. Buff and Blue teams have
been champions Of the south and al
most universally successful. One disas-
trous year-that Of 1911-sufficed to bring
about the abolition of our foot ball team.
I'VE believe the interest, progress
and growth Of our university demands