Evening star., 1915-04-22
BY n. C.. BYRD.

Harvard is to play the Catholic Uni
versity base ball team here today The
contest will take place at American League
Park and will begin at 3 80 o'clock.
The Harvard team played at Annapolis
yesterday against the Naval Academy
and won contest in which it was out
hit. The Sailors and the Crimson scored
almost at will, the final count being 12
to IL.
The game today should be well played.
with the odds about even. Harvard has
a good team, but it is very questionable
if it Is more capable than that of the
Brooklanders. AS a matter of fact, with
the exception of Tufts, Harvard has the
strongest aggregation of ball players that
has performed in this section this season.
1t is well worth noticing that Raney
Adams. former Western High School boy
playing short for the Navy. made three
hits against the Harvard pitchers yester-
day. Two of the safeties were singles,
but the other was clean wallop for
three bases. Adams also played a per-
feet game in the field, handling three
assists and three put-outs without slip.
Nash. who holds down first base for
Harvard, also batted mighty well, and,
in fact, was the star of the contest in
that particular He got four hits out of
five trips to the plate. one of them being
a homer and the others singles
Nash seems to be natural hitter He
is connecting with the ball very fire.
quentiy and when he lands on the sphere
il is generally a solid enough whack to
drive it sizzling through the infield or
far over the outfielders' heads. Nash is
about as dangerous batter as COL
lege pitcher need want to face at any
time Strange TO say, too, he does his
hitting under d handicap, being compelled
TO wear glasses. The fact that his eyes
are not strong enough to play without
these aids does not appear to impair his
judgment Of speed or in any way hinder
him in meeting the ball squarely.
Tufts College proved too strong for
Georgetown yesterday in a hard-hit-
ting match. winning after both teams
had scored a lot of runs. The count
was II to .. The contest was a real
slugging match. the visiting nine con-
Meeting for a total of fourteen safeties,
and the Blue and Gray for eleven.
Westcott of Tufts and Mccarthy of
Georgetown We're the best hitters. the
five attempts, and the latter making
three out of five. Westcott hit for
three singles and homer. and all of
McCarthy's wallops were for two
bases
There is no denying that Tufts has
one of the best college mines in the,
country. The players can hit we'll
against college pitchers. they form
last defensive combination, and know
a lot more base ball than even q great
majority of the best teams. Tufts has
played five games so far this season.
and has won four. The only contest
1t has failed to win was with the
Maryland Aggies, which ended in a
to tie. and even then it looked to be
much the better club.
Technical High won from the Alex
andria High School yesterday rather
nical got total of nineteen hits and
scored many times before the Alex
andria nine accomplished much of any
thing.
Ochsenreiter, who played first base
for Tech. led his team with the bat.
He drove the ball into safe territory
FIVE times out of six attempts. Flood
Rooney, Hardell, Eiseman and Roberts
also batted we'll, two safeties being the
east gotten by any Of these players.