Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
BY n. C. BYRD.

Cornell University will be the first of
the big northern institutions to invade
this section for a series of base ball
games. The Ithacans appear at College
Park Friday for contest with the
Maryland Aggies, and Saturday go out
to Brookland to meet the Catholic Uni
yersity nine.
Last year the Ithaca aggregation met
only one team here. that being the
Maryland Aggies, with which two con-
tests were played. Instead of going
against the Farmers twice this season
the New Workers elected to accept the
second contest with the Brookland
team. In the two games in which Cor
nell met NJ. A. C. season ago one was
won and the other lost. Cornell took
the opening contest by 10 to l and the
second went to the Farmers by to l
in twelve innings.
The game with Cornell is the only one
the Catholic University nine is to play
this week. The Maryland Aggies have
one other battle besides that with the
Ithacans; being scheduled to meet Gal
laudet Saturday.
Two teams appear here against
Georgetown this week, and the Blue
and Gray plays one game out of town.
Randolph Macon is to come tomorrow
and Williams Saturday. The Hilltop
pers go to Annapolis Thursday to try
conclusions with the Navy. Gallaudet
has only one contest booked for the
week, that with the Maryland Agricul-
tural College.
The Bureau nine gave Georgetown
more of battle yesterday than was
generally expected. The members of
the amateur league, Notwithstanding
that they were playing their first game
and consequently could not have been
in very good condition, put up quite a
battle against the Blue and Gray nine.
Manager Williams outfit did good
work, and if its performance of yester-
day is criterion of what may be ex-
pected during the coming season in the
Departmental League it will give the
other clubs quite fight for the cham
pionship.
Swarthmore Cancelled its game with
the Maryland Aggies and the Farmers
were without a contest This is the
second consecutive spring in which
Swarthmore has called off a game with
the Aggies after having signed con-
tracts and with only rev days notice
and it is not likely that It will be given
another opportunity TO do so. In lieu
of real contest the Aggies squad was
The practice affair resurted in a close
score. Mornhinweg. pitching for the
second team, held the varsity to three
or four hits and two runs. The count
was to in favor of the first-string
players Mornhinweg is a youngster
who entered college this year from the
Port Chester High School of New York
and has the natural ability to make
eventually mighty good pitcher
n RI,
prospects for one of the best nine that
have represented it in years. The Red
and White aggregation has been prac-
ticing hard in order to determine what
would be the first team lineup and it
is yet unknown definitely. Coach Bryan
Morse is having a hard time in making
his decision as to who are the best
players.
The chances seem good that Fenwick
will do most of the catching. He ap-
pears to have been more consistent
than Hume, the player who is runnire
him a close second for the honor. Four
pitchers are being developed, Peck, Sar-
geant, Gardiner and Davidson receiving
a lot of work on the mound. OF these,
Peck is the most experienced, though
the others are capable and improving
with every days work. The chances
are that Peck will be the main reliance
in the high school series, but this year
the team will play eight games instead
of four and will need more than one
hurler.
Whelchel seems to have the call for
the position at first base. None of the
other candidates has more than an out
side chance to Dust him from the initial
sack Watt is the most likely choice
for second base, though Ansley is,
showing him hard to hold the job Two
men are fighting it out for the berth at
shortstop. Stevens and Hout being in
the running for the position. Stevens
seems to have done a little the better
work so far, though it is by no means
certain that he will gain the honor in
the school series. Peine is fixture at
third base; there is hardly even an out
side possibility that he will lose out in
that position.
Only one outfield position is a surety.
Tommie Peyton. captain Of the nine. is
certain Of his berth in center. but Sin
clair, Larner, Borden, Douglass and
Simpson will struggle for the other two
places. Right now Borden and Larner
have the call, but there is no telling
when one Of the others will spruce up and
play good enough ball to be given an OPP
portunity to make good as a regular.
Coach Morse has several men out for
the team who are going to make good