Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-21
HARVARD TOPLAY
TWO MORE GAMES
Crimson Will Meet Catholic U.
and Georgetown Before
Leaving Washington.
BLUE AND GRAY TEAM
OPPOSES TUFTS TODAY
Massachusetts, School Is Represented
by Strong Combination-Cen-
tral Does Well.
BY II. C. BYRD.


following day.
Neither Georgetown nor Catholic Uni
versity is likely to have an easy game
with Harvard, and both may consider
themselves fortunate If they win. Cath
Ollie University. with better pitching
than Georgetown Is likely to have,
should stand the better chance for vic
tory. though, of course. anything may
happen in base ball. Both the local
teams ought to hit pretty well against
the offerings of the Crimson hurlers.
Harvard has very strong nine, and
Georgetown University and Catholic
University are not weak. by any means.
Tho result of the meeting of the north
erners with these two schools should
be splendidly contested games, with
the odds pretty nearly even in each.
Georgetown is scheduled to meet
Tufts this afternoon and Is in for real
battle. Tufts has a real ball team, per-
haps the best that has been around here
this season. 1t Is blessed with staff
Of good pitchers, has a fairly good hit
ting combination, and defensively is
away above the average.
Incidentally, Tufts has second base
man who seems to be an exceptionally
good player. He is fast and fields the
ball and throws well. Stafford is his
name. and II he could hit better would
have a chance to make good in any
company.
The Georgetown Props showed much
better form yesterday against the East
ern High team than they did against
which the Blue aud Gray youngsters
outhit and outfielded their opponents
they were victorious by margin Of
one run. Both teams scored frequently,
a total Of twenty-five runs being made.
Daily and Corbett of the Props had per-
feet batting averages, each connect
ing safely three times out Of as many
trips to the plate.
Tiny Holmes again pitched brilliant
Technical High team by to 8. Holmes
followed his exceptional exhibition of
last Saturday, when he famed twenty
one men Of the Boys Latin School of
Manual Trainers and allowing them
only Ave safe wallops. Hird and Stow
ers did good work for Technical on
the mound, barring their wildness. Be
his team in batting, making two hits
out of three trips to the plate.
notwithstanding that Gallaudet had
only two or three of its regulars in
the lineup yesterday against Central
High School, the performance of the
latter in winning by such a ne-sided
score as Is to l is indicative of much
more strength than is possessed by the
average high school team. Also it is
rather a good indication from Central
as to the possible outcome
of the big contest with Technical Fri
day in the opening of the high school
series.
Central continued 70 hot the hall hard
and its play in general was good. Sell
den, who holds down third base for the
Blue and White. again hit well, as he
laid against the bail for three safe
the Props, Selden drove the ball into
safe territory three times, and that he
was able to perform the Same feat the
very next day Is creditable to him, to
say the least.
The first game in the amateur leagues
this season was won by the Commerce
team yesterday in the opening of the
the losing end Of the score. Secre-
tary William C. Redfield of the Depart
ment of Commerce was present, and
threw out the first ball. He remained
until the end OF the contest.
Eudaley. for Commerce, and Powell,
for the Bureau. pitched in good form.
The contest was really battle be
tween these two players. The first
only four we're made off the latter.
Powell struck out six and Eudaley five. |
The general play Of both teams was
good for this early in the season. and |
good and continues. the Government
League will have a very successful
year.
Besides Secretary Redfield several |
emit. Among them were: Assistant Sec
rotary Sweet. Supervising Inspector |
General Uhler. Deputy Commissioner
Of Lighthouses Conway. Chief Con-
zirpel de Pratt. Private Secretary E. |
Grant Smith. Nicholas Eckhardt. jr.,
chief clerk Of the bureau Of foreign |
and domestic commerce.; f. $. Shores, |
assistant chief clerk Of the
department. and Clifford Hastings, as
sista Mt chief of the appointing division.
The Maryland Ageies and Tufts bat
tied to 3-to-s tie yesterday, both
teams playing good ball. The NJ. A. c.
team made all its runs in the first in
ming Knode vas walked b to start Then tn,T
which put three on with nobody down.
struck out and Bopst hit to the
and Knode was out at the
plate. Perkins then walked to the plate
and cleaned up with a wallop for three
bases. Tufts got it's tying run in the
last inning. when Angel hit safely,
went TO tnlfQ on Mess throw 10 CELL
terfield in an attempt to catch him
and sco"7'' when Knode
missed easy Srounder.
Rockwell OF Gallaudet is just about
the best all-around athlete Gallaudet
College has ever had. He is not only
a splendid player in foot ball and bas
X ct ball. but is way above the ordinary
in base ball. Last fall Rockwell starred
in several contests. and last winter he
was the star of the quint. 1t was said
Of Rockwell by many that he was just
about as good a forward as any other
in the south. That he is the most val
liable man to the Kendall Greeners in
base ball is apparent to the most cas-
ual observer; he can hit better and
field more consistently than any other
player in the lineup.
If Central High bats as we'll in the
scholastic series as it has been doing
In the preliminary contests some Of
the opposing school pitchers will find
in many hole. 1t is very
seldom that a school nine continues to
hit the ball as consistently and often
as Central OF course, there is the pos
sibility that it will go against the
other high school teams and accomplish
little or nothing with the stick. but
the manner in which the Blue and
White players have been meeting the
ball in almost every game appears to
indicate that the hits are more the re-
suit Of natural capabilities along that |
line rather than due to a fash.