The Washington times., 1915-03-18
TWENTY.FNE.CENT
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Georgetown University Will En-.
deavor to Boost Interest in
Its Games.
By KIRK C. MILLER.

In an effort to instill interest In col
iege baseball and bring that sport up
TO the maximum OF popularity which
characterizes football as one of the best
paying of college sports, Athletic d.
rector Charles Cox has adopted plan
of admitting spectators to every game
on the schedule for the fiat rate of %
cents, an additional charge of % cents
to be charg ID for admittance to the
grandstand only. This portion Of the
stands lies directly behind the home
plate, and is unquestionably the most
advantageous spot from which to wit
ness the games, but the bleachers on
both sides of the field and standing
room at the south end of the field will
be open to the public at n lower price
Of admission than has even been adopt
ed here for college baseball. Yale,
Pennsylvania, Army, Princeton, Har-
ward, and Notre Dame games are all
included.
Cox has decided on this plan because
he wishes to bring the people out to
the baseball games in as large numbers
as they throng to the football games at
the Hilltop, and II Is the opinion OF the
faculty and followers of college sports
that the new move will accomplish the
q
former admission for the bleachers and
&c neral admission has been so cents. and
lest this rate may have been considered
enormous by many, it has been cut in
half.
While Coach John O'Reilly has made
no definite announcement regarding the
pitcher who will be sent In to oppose
"Rube' Meadows, Of Mt. st. Josephs.
nsxt Saturday, it is believed that the
t,tf 10 nn
Thompson for the job. and many are
confidently looking forward to seeing
the local sand-lotter open the fireworks
against the Baltimore aggregation, with
Irwin on the receiving end.
Brother, Gilbert. who Is in charge of
all Mt. st. Joseph's athletic activities,
predicts that Georgetown will have its
hands full to get away with the big end
Of Saturdays game. With team of
years of age, Brother Gilbert has a club
which he says Is the best ever turned
out OF Irvington.
Much praise of the gilt edge" variety
comes to Washington in connection with
start here day after. tomorrow. This
youngster is but nineteen years of age
and outside Of a little spring training
In the Tri-State League has never
played anything but scholastic and col
lego baseball. He has fast and pep
perry team behind him and 80 Mt st.
Josephs Is predicting n repetition OF
their shut-out at the Hilltop two years
ago.
to start the fireworks for Georgetown
In their opening game. Should Tommy
Thompson feel that his arm is not just
right to begin, Mccarthy will be handy
to rush in.
Georgetown's' team today feels that
the practice game with Technical High
School yesterday when the varsity boys
won by to l. was one of the most
beneficial bits of practice that it has
had this season Games have been
staged each afternoon between teams
made up Of the candidates, but to have
a strange team come in, of which moth
ing was known of it's style of play did
the Blue and Gray candidates no end
of good
Both teams let practically oveSy man
on their list get into the play for al
least an inning, as the weather was toe
cold for either string of pitchers to be
allowed to exert themselves.
The Hilltoppers leave Washington al
8 80 a. m. next Tuesday for Athens
where two games will be played with
the University of Georgia on Wednes-
day and Thursday Friday and Satur.
day will find the local collegians at At.
lanta where games are booked with the
Georgia School of Technology. Both
Southern clubs are strong and in order
to have a good team at his disposal
O'Reilly will take eighteen men along
with him.