Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-18
SOUTH ATLANTIC A. A. u. MEET
IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
Local Colleges Are to Be Represented in
Championship Events-Georgetown
Dedicates New Athletic Field.

| number of safeties got by his team and
struck out eleven.
With appropriate ceremonies George
| town yesterday dedicated a new athletic
! field. The present field has long been
! inadequate for the athletic activities of
the college. the interclass leagues and
general undergraduate sports requiring
much greater facilities than the regular
| field. usually in use by the varsity teams.
allowed. There is possibility it is said,
| that the new field will be improved con
! Siderabiy within the next few years and a
| splendid stadium constructed. The field
| is situated behind the college on the Con-
duit road 1t will be devoted entirely to
the year but is to be used by the varsity
foot ball team next fall for practice.
| Father Emmett. faculty supervisor of
athletics was in charge of the cere-
monies
| The field was opened with Il game be-
tween the juniors and seniors which was
won by the juniors. : to 0. Cronin. Dew
(, lin and Cabana played brilliantly for the
i juniors.
Cotton Cissell was yesterday elected 10
the captaincy of the Central High basket
ball team for next year. Cissell played a
guard position last winter.
| ST. Margaret's and st. Peters en-
| gagged in close game in the Catholic
| Church League. the former winning by
l l.
best of the year in this circuit. Fergu-
| son held st. Peters to three hits and
| struck out thirteen, his work being the
| main factor in the victory of his club.
| Peters. keeping the hits Well scattered.
| Besides pitching well. Greer landed on
the ball once Cor a three-bagger.
| The siX-inning game in the Agricul-
tural Interbureau circuit resulted in a
victory for Markets by 8 to S over
| States Relations Wannon, Ross and
! divers of the losing team each got
| winners, hut could not make the bin
giles come consecutively. Several err
rors by States Relations helped in the
! scoring of runs by Markets.
Agriculture. in its game with the Ma
| rines in the Government League. got
| four runs off Croker in the opening in
| ming, which gave it margin which
could not be made up. The Soldiers
scored consistently all through the con-
test. but could not quite reach, losing
| by to Z. Myers. who played third
! base for the losing club, had a perfect
day at bat. registering three safeties
| in as many attempts.
| over in the Potomac League. Bureau
| and Congress Heights both scored runs
| rather easily, though the former found
! less difficulty in getting men across the
Rasmussen for Congress Heights and
| Vernstein for the Bureau pitched splen-
! did ball The former struck out ten
men and the latter twelve. Mortimer
shortstop for Bureau, led in the hit
A.! ting. making two-bagger and two
| singles.
The team picked from the Pension
| and Indian offices was too strong for
the Survey nine in the Home Club or
| ganization. The Pension-Indian club
| did better work in nearly every par
| ticufar than the losers. Gerard of
| Survey, though, led the players of both
| teams as a batter, having three hits
| credited to him.
Fifteen to six was the score by which
| the Quarterma sters won from Staff in
| the War Department Interbureau
| League. Staff got six runs in the first
two innings. before Quartermasters
had scored at all, but in the third the
| aforementioned began to get in its good
| work. In that period seven men
| crossed the plate, in the fourth one
| was got over. and in the fifth seven
more stepped on the pan. The game
| was called after that Many errors
were made and these were in great
| measure responsible for many of the
runs
The Gibraltars won from the Hilltops
by to l in the Rosedale League, get