Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
FIRST BIG COLLEGE s..
TO PLAY HERE THIS SEASON
Ithacans Come Friday for Games With NJ
A. C. and C. U.-Western High
Holds Track Meet.

ball players in another year or So Morse
is a great one for developing boys tor
coming seasons. and he manages to main
tain a big squad for every team at West
ern despite the small student body. With
big squads out, he gives all chance
to show what they can do In regular
competition, and the result is he keeps
up interest all the time. Western is for
tunate to have in charge of its athletics
a man of Morse's type, one who is not
only well liked by the fellows under him,
but who develops good teams out of
poorer material than the other high
schools have.
Western held a closed track meet yes
terday on the athletic field recently con-
structed at the school. The majority of
the events were well contested. The
members of the first and second year
classes were eligible for the junior events
and the third and fourth year men for
boys took part in the meet.
Here are the summaries:
Fifty-yard dash. iunior-wight, first: Jewett,
second; Fisher. third. Time. 0.06 3-5.
FIFTY yard dash. senior-Peyton. first; Mack
22o.yard dash. junior-Jewett, first; Wight.
second eon Fisher. third. Time. o.2s %.
second Gard ase thipd T@e. oas f''se'
.. High Jump. junioraHout, first; Meredith
High jump. senior-Rridget. first; Birge. Sec
ond; Fenwiek. third. Height. feet inches.
second; Davidson. third: Distance. 10 feet.
Broad jump. senior-Peyton. first. Gardner,
second; Rodgers. third. Distance, Il feet 3
inches.
Manager Williams of the Bureau of
Engraving team wants his players to
report this morning at the grounds at
LIST and NJ streets northeast for prac-
tice. Manager Williams expects to
have his squad out today and again to-
morrow at the same place at 430
o'clock.
Ferguson is pitching good ball for
the Gallaudet nine. The Kendall
Greeners are lucky in having the
youngster to fill Rasmussen's shoes.
and he seems to be doing it very cred
itably. Ferguson not only pitched
good ball against Catholic University
we'll yesterday in the contest with
Mount st. Joseph 1t was Ferguson's
pitching which was mainly responsible
for the victory over St Joseph's by 6
to l.
much more of real fight yesterday
than was expected. The Brookland-
ers can consider themselves lucky to
have won The contest went twelve
innings and the score was to =
Schmidiger pitched exceptional ball for
the visitors. and had he had as good a
team behind him as the local aSgre-
cation probably would have won. Rock
Hill came near winning. when it got
a run in the first half of the eleventh,
but Catholic University came through
and tied the count in its part of the
period. 1t was a hit by the reliable
Killion in the latter part of the twelfth
that decided the game in favor of the
Brooklanders.
Wassman will attempt TO take the
place of Blundon. who starred on the
mound for Business High last spring
Wassman has not done much pitching.
but is big fellow and may be able
to come through and deliver in surpris-
ing style. A man connected with
Business said not long ago: "Wassman
may prove a real surprise this year.
as L believe he can pitch good ball"
A meeting of the Government League
was held last night, at which il was
decided to open the season May l. The
Commissioners are to take the place
of Library. in order to have stronger
club to place against the other five
The Marines. last years champions,
will open the season with the Commits
sloners as their opponents.