Evening journal., 1916-05-25

ton and Marshall. have helped out by
their good work Coach Keyes has de-
veloped some OF the best weight men
that Delaware has had for years
Among them are Loose, Bratton and
Smart.
The baseball season is sore spot
for many OF the students. At the start
OF the season there was every reason
to believe that Delaware would equal
the record of the past two seasons,
when the blue and gold teams defeat
ed some of the best Of the minor coll
leges of the East. These victories
were largely due TO the great pitch
ing Of Wallace and Hoch In Wal
lace Coach McAvoy thought he had a
possible future big league star, as the
Wilmington boy had great season
last year. and held the best teams
that Delaware played TO three and
four hits. Wallace, however, did not
return TO college this year, and, as the
material at hand seemed only fair
most OF the faith OF the team was PIN
ned to Buck" Hoch. who had been
pitching star ball for several seasons
Hoch is naturally a warm weather
pitcher, and the fact that the early
spring was unusually cold. handicap
ped him in his spring work He pitch
ed against p. NJ C.. in the opening
game OF the season with little or no
practice before that game Conse-
quently Hoch nursed a bad arm for
some time. but as there was no one
else TO take his place. he had to pitch
other games On several occasions II
was necessary for Coach McAvoy. in
an effort TO save the game. to take
Hoch out On one of these occasions
the pitcher got sore and quit the team.
He has refused to come out for prac-
tice since, and this only leaves Coach
McAvoy his second string pitchers for
tho heavy work OF the season. Webb,
a former Wilmington High School
pitcher. has been used in several
games, and came through with a good
game against Western Maryland last
Saturday.
The pitching proposition, however,
is a serious one with the team at this
time, from the fact that the four re-
naming games are the hardest on the
schedule. Tomorrow Delaware plays
Bucknell here, and then follows Rut-
gers on Decoration Day. Gettysburg
on Saturday OF next week. and Hav-
erford on Alumni Day, June l3
The failure OF the team to come
up 10 expectations caused Coach Nc
Avoy to make a number OF changes in
the lineup. Captain Doherty. who
had played short for three years. was
moved over to first. and Taggart. a
freshman from Elkton. was put in at
short Taggart has played fair
game at times. but displays lack OF
experience at times which has been
costly. He will. no doubt, make good
with more experience, as he has the
nerve TO make try for everything
Mat comes his way, and pays atten
tion to instructions.
. Behind the bat. Pierson. last yea
! with the Wilmington High School. 4
being used in place OF O'paniel ant
/, he PROMISES TO make one of the bes
! backstops that Delaware has eve
. had, before he leaves college. Pier
son uses good judgment in handlinl
. the pitchers, and has a good wing 10
throwing TO the bases.
In the out field there has been som,
disappontments Harold HOrsey is
the only one Of the 1915 outfelder,
left, and he has been playing a hare
and consistent game In some Of tn,
new men. however, Coach McAvoy ha!
not gotten results that the early
showing OF the players seemed to in.
dicate. There has been tendenc,
OF some of the players TO loaf. anC
this has had an effect on the work ol
the entire team II has simply beer
a case of loahng on the job. Some Of
the new men. who apparently had &
chance OF making the team seem tc
have the individual record proposition
, imbedded so deep In that IL has inter
tered with their work. This has beer
noticeable both as TO their batting an,
, fielding. Coach McAvoy. as an exper
fenced baseball man, will not stan,
for such nonsence. and. consequent,
{ some of the supposed crack player
u have been set down. Fortunatel,
most of the student body are begin
ming TO realize that Coach McAvo
(, probably knows more about the eAm
y than the youngsters who drop in fror
high schools and are supporting hir
in his efforts to develop a fair team.
II is possible that Buck" Hoe
{ will come out and pitch some of IN
remaining games. When right. Hoe
7 is one OF the best pitchers in collee
8 ranks. and some of the students ar
= cOndemning him for quitting the clul
e Tennis Team Improving.
e This is the first year that Delawar
:. has had a COLLEGIATE tennis schedul
- II has aroused interest in the gam
e and will result in a much better teal
S representing the blue and gold ne,
year. To date the team has lost tw
e matches. tied one and won one. TIL
S record, under all the circumstance
q is not so bad. There are two remair
!, ing matches, one at P. NJ. c. and on
q with ST. Johns here.
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