Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-01
BY W. c. BYRD.

College sports are about ended for the
year. With the exception OF the re-
gatta at Poughkeepsie and one or two
events between rival institutions, there
will be no more big contests until the
foot ball season starts next fall. The
colleges in the south Atlantic section
have finished their work, with the ex-
ception Of Georgetown's final base ball
game today, with the Pittsburgh col
legians.
1t Is going to be a difficult matter to
select a winner of the base ball cham
pionship. There are going to be
claimants for the honor among the
smaller, or secondary. colleges, though
the chances are 1t will be given to one
Of the big universities. Harvard stood
a very good chance of being credited
with the title until it was defeated de-
cisively by Dartmouth the other day.
The Crimson, provided 1t wins the
series with Yale and Princeton may be
awarded the honor anyway. But that
1O-to-3 defeat at the hands Of the
big green" nine is going to cast a
damper on such a selection. Dartmouth
has also administered a severe beating
to the University of Pennsylvania Then
Georgetown may put in a claim. The
Blue and Gray has done such brilliant
work of late that it cannot help re-
ceiving notice when a final lining up
of the teams Is made.
There is hardly any doubt about
Georgetown having the best team in
and Gray has been consistently win
ming, and it must be given whatever
honors accrue from being considered
more powerful than any of the other
the title in the Eastern Virginia Col
legtate Association. while the Mary
land Aggies got the Maryla ID state
championship.
Cornell won a place for itself by
taking the intercollegiate Saturday,
The Ithacans got the most points for
the third time. thereby winning the
trophy given years ago That trophy
will probably stand in a most promi-
ued relic Of splendid accomplishments
on the track. 1t is doubtful if there
has been an institution in the coun-
try more consistent In its work in
track and field sports than Cornell
Virginia proved itself supreme in
south Atomic track and field sports
by taking the meet held at Home
wood Field. in Baltimore, by a good
margin. The Orange and Blue had
the other south Atlantic colleges.
The basket ball title was never really
decided, as the various teams proved
more able to win on their home floors
than abroad. Catholic University and
Virginia and Catholic University and
Washington and Lee split even. and
Georgetown did not play Virginia or
Catholic University. 1t was prac-
tically impossible to award any Of the
CUNTS the title without dispute.
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pretty much on the same order as
that in basket ball Georgetown, after
losing to A. and NJ. won from Vir-
ginia by a single point. while A. and
ginia Military Institute, an eleven
that was defeated by Virginia yer,
easily.
Taking everything into consideration, i,
seems that the college year has been pro
ductive of good results All the teams
over those Of the previous season, and it
seems that conditions are such as will
tend to cause better aggregatfons to be
developed in another year.
Georgetown is scheduled to play the last
game Of its base ball season today. The
Blue and Gray is to meet the Pittsburgh
collegians in Pittsburgh.
A rather interesting contest is on in
the East Washington Sunday School
League for this afternoon. The Keller
and st. Agnes teams are scheduled to
meet. these being the clubs which have
claimed victories over Ninth within the
last two weeks. Whether one of them
has a chance to beat out Ninth for the
pennant is doubtful, but the game today
may give nidea as to which will be the
most formidable opponent of the Chris
tians.
The Andrews nine, composed of players
who probably had never been on the dia-
mond together before. won from the
Pittsburgh Federal League club yester-
day in the Andrews Park 1t seems al
most impossible that a bunch OF players
just gotten together and really not in con-
dition to play ball could win from an ag-
gregation claiming status as a big league
nine, but that is just what happened 1t
was either a remarkable occurrence, to
say the least. or else that representative
of so-called big league Is not what it
claims for itself.