Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
BY Il. C. BYRD.

The college and school base ball
SQUADS are getting an earlier start ii
their practice this spring than iii years.
Many OF the institutions have had their
players working outdoors already, which
is almost unheard of in this climate. 1t
is very. very seldom that base ball clubs
In this section are able TO get on the
field in February.
Georgetown is. perhaps, the most adj
vanced of any of the squads. 1t has had
its pitchers at work since the middle of
January and the whole squad has been
put through the PAGES outdoors on sew
eral occasions SO much have the play
,rS done that a tiye-innng game has
been staged. The pitchers gave evidence
Of much better form at that time than
they have usually shown during the
latter part OF March
Catholic University and the Maryland
Agsies also have been out two or three
times each. The workouts SO far taken
by these two schools have been more
to get Il. line on the new material than
for any other reason. Eastern High
and Technical High have made some
preparations. though the other schools
have yet to get their men outside. The
University of Virginia has been doing
its practice on the field since the mid
die of February and Johns Hopkins
has had its candidates at work iii the
cage since the latter part OF january.
In fact, 1t is question: BILE II there Is Il
school or college below the Mason
Dixon line that has not had some kind
of work for its diamond aspirants-
The material at the various schools
seems to be standard. especially at
Georgetown and Catholic University
The Blue and Gray has back the most
capable of those players who made the
team Il winning combination a year
ago. and Catholic University is in pref
ty much the same position. Both m
situations also have the advantage OF
several new players of much promise
Perhaps the best prospects any
school has are those OF Eastern The
Light Blue and White will have on the
field every member of the team which
won the championship last spring. and
there are several newcomers said 10
be more capable than the average.
Central High certainly has some
quarter-milers who will be mighty
valuable acquisitions for any college
to which they may go after graduation.
The relay quartet undoubtedly is the
best scholastic four ever developed in
the south. at least in recent years. and
all have the best part of their running
careers in front of them. Those lucky
perform in the Hopkins games watch
ed the best indoor exhibition ever
given in the south by scholastic
combination, and each member of the
team is the kind of runner that will
show to better advantage on an out
door track than on the short turns of
an indoor course.
Georgetown pursued course in it,
meet of Saturday night which NIGH
we'll be followed by all those i'll charge
of indoor games. Every time the foo
gave indications of becoming conseste,
with athletes the whole machinery wa:
stopped, and not an event was starte,
until conditions We're such that thu
spectators were able TO see everything
going on. II generally took two or
three minutes to get things going II
shipshape. but i'll the end that methot
produced results ana really saved time
as is evidenced by the facility Will
which the games were conducted
whole. When it is considered tina
something like fifty-five events wer'
on the program. and that these events
were run off In about three hours
credit is reflected on the management
and officials alike.
Announcements have been sent out
to all the schools in Maryland and the
District OF Columbia that the annua.
intercollegiate and interscholastf'
games held each spring by the Mary
land Agricultural College VIII take
place the first Saturday i'll May. a,
usual. which happens to fall on May l
Arrangements for the meet alread,
have been started. Much discussion
mas taken place at the college as u
whether the games should be open fo
schools outside OF Maryland and TIL.
District of Columbia. which has beer
occasioned by the numerous applica
lions from prep schools of Virginia
New York and Pennsylvania to ALLOW
their squads to enter. Last year Their,
were more than twelve hundred
entries IN the meet. though just from
the schools Of Maryland and the Dis
rrict, and indications are that ther'
will be represented this spring seyera
high schools of the state that hav'
never before sent squads. That beins