Evening star., 1914-04-23
HARVARD TO OPEN
W|THGEORGET0WN
Crimson Starts TWo-Game
Series With the Blue and
Gray Nine Today.
WESTERN AND EASTERN
PLAY A 9-TO-9 CONTEST
Many Errors and Bases on Balls
Figure in the Scoring.
A. and M. VS.. C. U.
BY II. c. BYRD.

Harvard's base ball team is scheduled
to open two-game series with George
town today. The Catholic University
nine is booked to go against the North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Col
yesterday by u to 4.
judging by the decisive manner in
which Harvard won from Catholic Uni
Versty Tuesday and the splendid work
Georgetown has been doing lately, the
contest on the hilltop should have eN-
ceptional merit. The Harvard nine must
be very strong. else it would not have
won from Catholic University so easily.
Its pitcher had no trouble holding the
Brooklanders battery safely while the
hitting and fielding were also of a high
caliber. Georgetown Mas been putting up
a very good article of ball lately; its
pitchers have been going well and its
fielding and batting have been way above
the standard set in the first few contests
With both teams playing well on the de-
fensive. and seemingly well balanced in
the other departments. a good game
should be the result of their meeting
Catholic University seems to have been
in slump here of late, having failed to
hold the pace it set during the early
days of the season, and it is hard tell
ing what it will accomplish against the
North Carolina A. and NJ. nine. OF
course, A. and NJ. probably used it's best
pitcher against Georgetown, and that
would mean that the Brooklanders need
not fear the visitors much as ordi-
narily. Georgetown got practically all
Its runs in one inning yesterday. which
may mean that the Carolina team is
much stronger than would be indicated
by the difference in the scores by it and
the Blue and Gray.
Both games will begin at 3:3o o'clock
The second game in the scholastic
series, one between Eastern and West
ern yesterday, resulted in no decision.
the ninth, with the score standing 8 to 9.
Eastern got the lead in the second and
third innings by good margin, but was
unable to hold it. Western tailed three
runs in the eighth after scoring four in
the SIXTH Eastern got three in the
third and four in the eighth
The pitchers Of both teams did good
work, errors figuring largely in the
while Eastern had nine charged against
it. Had either team made less costly
errors it would have won. Bases on balls
figured largely with the errors. as West
ern batters were given seven free passes
to first and Eastern got nine tickets to
that bag without much effort.
The North Carolina A. and NJ. started
yesterday as though it stood a good
chance to win A triple Nd a single
two runs. The play of the visiting team
was not up to that stardard after that.
though and Georgetown's big inning in
the third when it chased eight tallies
Mccarthy and Martin led the Blue and
Gray nine in hitting. Each man got three
hits. Martin obtaining his out OF four
trips to the plate and Mccarthy going
up FIVE times. DAILY did some very clever
work in the field. as did Martin. DAILY
had four put-outs and two assists. and
Martin got four put-outs and four assists. |
Gill, at second, played a very creditable |
game for the visiting nine.
The game yesterday in the Treasury
League resulted In a victory for the
Civil Service team, the Federals being
defeated by score Of 6 to o. The pitch
ing of Levin featured the contest, he
striking out eleven men and allowing only
three hits. Jones and Mayhew Of the
Civil Service and Federals, respectively, |
did the best work with their bats, getting |
two hits each. Asquith. at third base. |
did the best work in the field. the Federal
player handling eight chances without an
error. |
Gallaudet might have won from the |
Lebanon Valley College yesterday at Ken
dali Green had 1t not been for the one |
bad inning, in which the visiting nine |
made eight runs. It did not score in any |
other period. Lebanon got only seven |
hits. but the majority Of those came in
the one inning when they counted for |
the eight scores With the exception Of
that one period Classen pitched good ball |
for the local boys.
The one bright spot in the work Of the |
Gallaudet team was the hitting Of Rock |
well. Gallaudet's star shortstop. Out Of
four trips to the plate, he clouted the !
ball for homer and a triple. His work |
was correspondingly good in the field. not |
he made two errors on what |
were not easy chances by any means.
Tho Technical High nine will go to Col