Evening star., 1915-06-09
Joe Jackson, Cleveland Sugger Not For Sale as Rumor
THREE HIGH SCHOOL CAPTAINS
ARE CHOSEN FOR 1916 TEAMS
Bridget to Lead Western Track Squad, and
Roberts and Hird the Central and Tech
Nines-Other Gossip of Amateurs.

| Holy Name League in 13-to-1s tie;
| each team scoring heavily in several
| innings. Seven runs was the most
gotten in any one period. st. Joseph.s
| registering that many in the second
| st. Peters tailed Ave times in one
inning, the eighth.
The st. Peters team led in the bat
ting. getting one more safety than its
| opponent: it also fielded better. max
| ing six errors against nine for st
| Joseph's. Finneran. who played sec
ond base for St Peters. was the star
| of his team. while Lynch at second
| base and in the box did about the best
| work for ST. Joseph's.
| The Government Hospital nine lost
another game in the Potomac organi-
zation yesterday. when it went down
| before the Machinists by score of
to &. Fernstein pitched good ball for
the losers. hut seven errors behind
| him almost precluded the possibility
| of victory for his club. Nernstein,
| besides working effectively. as far as
allowing hits was concerned. famed
| thirteen men. Nernstein also felded
| his position in great fashion. accept
! ing seven out of eight chances.
In the other game in the Holy Name
League, the Trinity team took the
measure of the St. Nincent's, by 1S
| to .. Smith pitched very credita BILE
| well at short. Thomas and Spaldng
did about the hest work for the st.
N1ncents aggregation.
ball hard in the East Washington Sun
day School organization, the former
connecting safely fourteen times and
the latter twelve 1t was rather re-
markable, though, that out of so many
safeties there was only one which went
for an extra base. That was two
ba gger by Mortimer. Inferior fielding
lost for Keller. seven errors bel ng made
by that club. Neitzey. who was on the
mound for Reformation. had a slight
margin over his opponents on the slab
The contest in the Home Club League
resulted in victory for the Indian Of
flee over the Bureau of Mines by Is
to ;. Marock, who held down center
field for the Bureau of Mines, played
splendid defensive ball. He not only
had six put-outs to his credit, but he
made three assists. 1t is not often that
three of them assists. Weidman pitched
splendid bali for the Indian Office. his
opponents making only two hits and
ten of them striking out.
1t is reported that War may be
dropped from the Departmental League.
That club has forfeited three games
and the rules of the organization pro
vide that any team forfeiting that
many times can thus forfeit it's fran
chise.
The following officers of the Catholic
University Athletic Association have
been elected for next year: President,
George Blewett, '16. jamestown. N. D.:
vice president, w. V. Butler. II. Wal
lingford. Conn: secretary, Charles V.
McOvern, II. Albany. n. Y; +. J. Cal
nan. '1S, keeseville, n. Y: student rep
vi v,NA1
Killian. 49, Boston. Mass: sergeant-at-
arms, K. J.. Lucas, IS. Bridgeport, Conn
These men will succeed to the man
agerships of the several teams by vir-
tue of their terms served as assistant
managers: Foot ball, Richard Cava
naugh. '16. Peoria, ILL.,: base ball. P. J.
Stapleton, rs, Brooklyn, N. Y; basket
ball, Leo J. Cleary, '16, Ansonia, Conn:
track. Gregor Heine. '1S. Berlin. Ger
many: tennis, Carl r. Burke, '1s, Nor
ristown, n. J.
At the general elections Of the ath-
letIc association the following were
chosen to act as assistants: Foot ball,
Charles T. Miller. II. Mount Vernon.
Boston, Mass; basket ball, Walter Nor
ris, II, Derby Line. Vt; track, G. L.
Leahan. IT. Taw1ing. N. Y: tennis. w.
w. Roche. II. Far Rockaway. N. Y.
elected with the exception of base ball,
and it Is likely that Smith. who has
caught and played the outfield. will be
given that honor Murphy. the former
Harvard freshman center. will lead the
foot ball team: Danny Keegan is to
be at the head of basket ball: Sullivan,
who ran on the relay four that defeated
Virginia at the collegiate champion
ships at Baltimore. has been chosen to
captain the track squad, and O'Brien
the tennis team. All these men have
proved worthy of the honors accorded
them and they rank among the very
best performers in the south In their
respective sports.