Evening star., 1916-05-14


starting has not yet been determined.
Dick Sergeant of Western is PLAYING
good ball for that team. The young
ster has been playing first base during
the greater part of the spring, but also
has pitched some. In both positions
his work has been very credtable. Yes
! terday he made two or three catches of
| rather poor throws from the other in
fielders that would have done credit to
| anybody.
Ted Meredith's accomplishment yes
! terday in breaking his own world
record for the half mile in the dual
track games between Cornell and Penn
sylvania adds another star to a crown
! which already is brighter than any
worn by any track athlete. Early last
I winter there were statements of opin-
| ions that Meredith was going back and
had seen his best days, that he prob
J ably would not show the great form
this year that he had evidenced in past
seasons when running at the top of his
| form. Meredith has thus far gone
through one of the best years of his
| career. and the lowering of the world
| record for the half by fraction of a
second is fitting beginning of an end.
| Meredith will finish his career as col
| lege athlete the last of this month in
J the intercollegiates. and he will per-
| haps there try to lower another mark
! that for the quarter. 1t is generally
| conceded that Meredith ran one of the
/ fastest. quarters ever covered DIV man
| when he jumped through the last relay
| OF the race between Harvard and Penn
| at the Pennsy lvania relay games. Mere
dfth has lot of sectional. intercol-
| leglate and scholastic records to his
credit. and it would not be any surprise
| to see him drop the mark for the 440 in
| the intercolIegiates, granting that con-
| ditions are favorable
! Meredith's vitality must be phenom-
| email. That man can go on running
year after year, showing a finish un-
| eGualed in race after race throughout
| hard campaign after campaign. seems
TO be nearly Impossible, yet Meredith has
done II for years, and. judging by yes
! terday's performance. is better than at
any previous time in his life. Meredith
| In running a quarter will seem at the
end of the first $50 yards to be running
as fast IS he can, yet within that last
| fifty yards he develops remarkable
| squirt, goes faster than appears pos
sible, literally hurls himself at the
! tape. There seems to be no limit to
| the speed Meredith can develop in a
! finish. as he appears to go as fast at
any time as is needed to win.
Princeton sprang something of sur
| prise by defeating Columbia, Navy,
cared race in the regatta on the
| Schuylkill river yesterday. The Tigers.
with a graduate system of coaching.
and without adequate support, have
! Dtcl ueNelopIHS TO"lHS uNueT some
what of a disadvantage. but that they
/ could take the measure of all the COL
| lege crews in the American Henley Is
| distinctly an accomplishment worthy
| of much commendation. The Navy
! Academy was second. the sailors doing
| themselves credit in beating out CO.
lumbia. Yale and Penn. The defeat of
i Penn was not unexpected, though, be-
| cause earlier this spring the Quakers
were beaten in a dual event at An
| napolis.
The Georgetown University tennis
team won another easy victory yester-
| day. taking the measure of St Johns
| of Annapolis. The Blue and Cray cap
| tured five of the six matches played.
| Boyle won from Fell of St. Johns by
| s-2. 2-s and 61. Mcclure had an easy
time disposing Of Price. 6-1. e-1. Kerez
! lost the first game of his games with
Downes. as. but he won the other two.
! rs and Ga. Bielaski was the other st.
| Johns man to meet defeat in the sin
giles. falling before Reynolds. So, 10
| st. Johns only victory came when Fell
and Downes Won from O'Boyle and
| kerez s-3, s-6. Mcclure and Rey-
| no1ds took the other match in the dou-
| bles from Price and Bielask. 81 and
| Go.
| Many of the followers of high school
| base ball are rating Johnny Eiseman OF
| the Tech team as the best inielder in
! the series this season. Eiseman is not
| far short of that. even if there may be
! one or two better or as good. Eiseman
| not only can hit hard and often, but Is
| fast enough to beat out weak taps to
| the infield unless the defensive players
| move fast He is fast the bases and
| is clever in handling ground balls
| None OF the local high schools will be
4 represented at the games to be held by
| the Tome School next Saturday because
4 of the conflict in date with the high
| school championship meet. Central, Tech
| and Western usually have been repre-
sented at Tome. but all these institu-
| tions will bend all their energies in the
| battle for points among themselves. st.
Adams will have good squad in the
| Tome meet. and is expected TO capture
the point trophy.
| Mary Of the teams here are to COM
pete in the South Atlantic Amateur Ath-
| letic Union championships in Baltimore
| stars will take part. as will several of
| those OF Catholic University, George
| town. NJ. A. c. and possibly George Wash
ington- The South Atlantic A. A. L.
games this week should be we'll run and
ought to develop some splendid competi-
| ton
| Three teams should put up a great
| race for championship honors in the
! Potomac League this spring, Steel
| Plant. Machinists and Bureau having
| strong clubs. These three mines are
much above the ordinary, and probably
are a whole lot stronger than the ma
/ 5ority of those playing in the amateur
| organizations this. season. These teams
| have oorrailed many of the best play
have had professional experience. The