Evening star., 1915-06-13
TENNIS DETRACTS INTEREST
FROM AMATEUR BASE BALL
Hundreds Have Turned to Court Game In
stead of Following the Diamond Sport,
Says Former Star Sandlotter.

member of the foot ball squad last
fall. and formerly attended school at
the Baltimore City College Axt fur
ther showed his versatility in athletics
by making a regular position the
freshman relay four, which lost only
one race during the year.
amateur ball among the members Of
the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ c. A. 1t is
questionable If there is another Or
ganization in the city in which anna
sideration. Not satisfied with playing
their games each day in the regular
league in the afternoon. they have or
ganized a morning circuit. The con-
tests in the morning league are be-
tween employees of the various depart
ments of the railroad who work at
night Some rather interesting games
take place. though the standard of play
Is hardly as good as that in tle after
noon meetings. There will be series
at the end of the season between the
winners in the Morning League and the
victor in the afternoon circuit to de-
termine whcih shall represent the Ter
minal "Y' In the post-season games
for the city championship.
A great many of the high school ball
players are keeping in shape this sum-
mer and improving themselves for next
year by taking part in as many anna
teur league games as possible. And
nothing could do them any more good.
because the boy who performs in two
or three games each week during the
summer is nearly always more capable
than the one who never puts on his
uniform from the time he takes it off
at the end of the school series until
time for practice the next spring.
Don Johnson. one of the Catholic
tol,f csa dur n Or
the past season, has been signed by the
Agriculture club of the Departmental
circuit. Johnson ought to prove one
of the stars of amateur base ball this
summer. considering the excellent work
against some big university teams. HIS
first contest in the Departmental
League last week resulted in a to
count, and he ought to continue to do
just as well.
The Gallaudet College foot ball
schedule for next fall is considerably
changed. Not only are there three new
teams on the list, but some of the con-
fiicts will take place on different dates
The contest with the Maryland Aggies
is booked for October Is instead of
with Catholic University will be
Thanksgiving day. Incidentally. the Gal
laudet-Catholic University contest will
be the only one here that day. The in
Carolina A. and NJ, the Carlisle Indian
Reserves and Temple University. The
Carlisle Reserves will be seen here,
but the Kendall Greeners go to Raleigh
| for the battle with A. and NJ. and to
Philadelphia for the one with Temple
+. University. The schedule follows:
October 9-virginIa Military Institute. at Lex
October 23-Cariisle Indian Reserves, at Ken
October so-Rosnoke College, at Lynchbure.
November 6-North Carolina A. and NJ, at Ra-
November ls-Temple University. at Philadel-
p!i November 9o-western Maryland. at Kendall
Thsnksxi.ins-catholic University plaes IN
decided.
| Gallaudet will be without the serv-
ices OF five of its 1914 regulars when
the season opens next fall. The Ken
dali Green eleven will miss Moore and
| Foltz more than the others. though.
| Moore and Foltz were stars in their
| respective positions. quarterback and
| end. and it will be a mighty difficult
f, task to develop players who will per-
| form as brilliantly as they did in the
| campaign in 1914 and 1913 However,
| there is plenty Of material at Gallau-
| det for a strong team, and some of the
followers of the Bluff and Blue believe
| firmly that their 1915 eleven will be
even stronger than that of year ago.
Reggie Rawlings. former star out
| fielder of the American Security and
Trust Company, is spending his vaca-
tion by playing the outf1eld for Mar
Rawlings is hitting the ball in his old
time way, too. there being few con-
tests in which he does not do his
! share of the batting. In a game
played at Gettysburg early last week
Rawlings drove the ball out for four
safeties. Both the catchers of the Mar
| tinsburg team are from Washington,
| Hager and Zachary. and the shortstop
and one outfielder halls from the Dis
trict. "Skeets" Hayes, probably the
cleverest shortstop ever turned out on
the local sand lots. and Country"
Morris. former Tech High and NJ A. G.
field berths. Morris is managing the
club.
Sweeney: who is doing nearly all the
pitching for Interior. in the Depart
mental League, is an example of a fel-
low who works more with his head
than with his arm. Sweeney does NOT
! have near much stuff as the best Of
not have as much as the average Vet
! he wins his games. and wins them CON
sistently. Sweeney has control and
, uses good judgment in serving IN the
balls to the batters. which af,.r ali
IS the main essential of good pitching
Connolly. the former GEORGETOWN
! player. who recently .oined the Ma
tionals. Is one of many men the Pine
| and Gray University has sent into pro
| fessional ball. There are few colleges
that have turned out as many players
who have made good in professtona n |
/ ranks. and at least one was star for
| a long while. DOG White, one Of the
/, best 1eft-handed hurlers in the Ameri-
| can League for years. graduated at
ington, too. Charley Moran ia another
| Washington man who left Georgetown
! and went into professional ranks and
! made good; Moran is proving as good
| coach as ne atn player, also, as he has
! been turning out winning mines a,
| Cathohc University. where he is aff-
| letic director Doc" White is now
! manager OF Pacific Coast League
| club Catholc U versity also has sent
| one man to the big leagues-pinn. Who