Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-10
BY n. C. BYRD.

The Agriculture team. champion
amateur base ball organization OF
Washington, goes to Richmond tomor-
row to meet the title-w1nner OF that
citv The first double-header Of the IN
tercity series was scheduled to take
place here, and the Richmond club re-
ported for the contests, but was u"aoAo
to play because Of rain.
It is not likely that much Of a crowd
will accompany the Aggies to Rich
mond. 1t Is only natural that there
should not be as much interest in anna
teur base ball now as there was two
weeks ago, the attention Of the fol-
lowers Of sports being focused on otner
things. Tho entire Agriculture CLUB
Will be taken. and with it will go the
onicials of the league. the team, propa-
bly, two or three others connected with
the department. and some members OF
the amateur commission
Agriculture is likely to pitch Lem
Owens in the first game and Larry
Nops in the second. Both have
proved very consistent for the Farm.
ers. and are rated among the very best
amateur hurlers in the city. Agricui-
ture will put forth great enorts TO WIN
mere. II is desired by the local officials
10 even up for the defeat sustained last
seaaon. The fact that Richmond won q
sweeping victory a year aso , sui
rankles the close suppoa PORE 70 "a avenEe.
Agriculture will probably not be In as
rood shape to play the games as II Woulo
under other conditions The season s neIv
real work It has done since has peen a
couple Of practice contests However, the
PLAYERS seem confident OF the result. ana
that counts for great deal.
The foot ball practice at Georgetown is
only of the lightest character because OF
the exceptionally hot weather. Yesterday
was probably the hottest day on wnicn
Kridiron candidates have ever worked out
on the hilltop, and the coaches were very
considerable of their men. The only
strenuous work OF the whole afternoon
was the running down to catch forward
pas ses by the ends and backs. All the
other exercises were walked through, the
players not being allowed to exert them
selves in the least. Even despite TINS
caution the work was about all the play
ers wanted, and they all seem to be in
pretty good physical condition at that
Coach Exendine spent the greater
part of the time yesterday in teaching
his team some OF the plays 1t is to use
the men at a theoretical drill in the
morning and two plays from each; In
the afternoon two elevens were lined
up and practical demonstrations made.
There was no attempt to develop the
plays from a standpoint of speed. it
being the desire to make the men IA
miliar with the working of the plays
before they run them off. as they will
in q regular game. The two forma-
tions to be mostly used are along the
Same lines as those of last year.
though one or two quick shifts are be-
ing developed that ought to be ex-
tremely difficult for a defensive eleven
to solve.
The other part of the workout con-
sisted of short, slow starts, falling on
the ball, running down under forward
passes and punting. The players were
compelled to exert themselves in only
one branch OF this work. which was
running down to catch the passes
Graduate Manager Charley Cox is
looking for team to all the date