Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-04
BY n. C. BYRD.

hit hard, the majority OF the runs Hiaue
by the Manual Trainers being due to
slow fielding. Hird famed eleven OF
the Light Blue and White batters ana
Tomlin caused the same number of
Techs players to fan the air in their
attempts to connect with the pail
Each gave one base on balls and the
exhibition from a pitching standpoint
was one of the best in years in the high
school contests.
Technical high won the contest by
to l. obtaining a lead of three runs in
the early innings Eastern did not
score until the ninth. Techs team
played better ball in the field than did
Eastern and what breaks there We're
in the contest seemed to run the Man
ual Trainers way.
Berens of Tech and Flaherty of East
ern did the best hitting for their teams.
each connecting safely twice. Botn
FlahertyS raps were for one oase, put
one of Berens' went for two bases
Flaherty did some good base running,
stealing three times.
Johnny Eiseman. Techs regular sec
ond baseman. was injured during prac-
tice and was unable to play. Freeman.
who took his place. did very creditaole
work Thomas and Boteler of Eastern
felded their positions well at short and
second. and Hird of Tech handled his
work in that respect in a good manner,
too.
Catholic University had one big in
ming against Lehigh and captured the
long end of a 5-to-4 score. The third
period was the one in which the Brook
landers came through with their runs.
With Johnson on third base and two
down. the Lehigh infielders juggled two
consecutive greunders. allowing john
son TO score and placing two men on
with long drive for a homer. giving
the local institution a four-run lead.
Lehigh made a game effort after that,
scoring once in the fourth and three
times in the sixth. evening up the
score. but C. U. got the winning run in
the first half of the seventh. Fahey,
who took Johnson's place on the
mound for c. l.. after the seventh, pre-
vented more runs for Lehigh.
White played brilliant ball at short
stop for Catholic University, handling
FIVE chances without a slip. White and
Shortley led the Brooklanders in bat
mer got two singles and the latter
connected for double and home run.
For the second time this season
Georgetown. Mccarthy was called in
from centerfield. but failed to make
good. as he did against West Viz
ginia. being extremely wild. In the
third inning Mccarthy developed his
streak of wildness. giving seven bases
on balls. In that one period Tufts got
nine men across the plate, more than
enough to win most any ball game.
Breslin took McCarthy's place and
pitched very creditably. O'Mara, Tufts
star lefthander. allowed Georgetown
only four hits and famed six.
least trouble in winning from Western
Maryland College, the count being 9
to 2. The Farmers had things all their
own way from the start. and after the
sixth inning became so careless that
they allowed two runs to cross the
plate in the seventh. The College Park
nine hit the ball almost at will. while
Western Maryland was unable to con-
meet with the offerings of Mornhinweg
at any time. Both the runs made by
the visiting nine were due to careless
play in the seventh period. With the
exception of a 6-to-3 defeat by the
Frederick blue Ridge League) team
Western Maryland had almost a clean
record of victories prior to yesterday
Virginia in the first game of its
northern trip lost to Princeton by the
same margin as that by which Ii de.
feated the Tigers nearly three weeks
ago at Charlottesville. The score Their
was Virginia, 2: Princeton, /: but yes
terday Princeton turned the tables ant
got a victory by to 2. The contest
and Link featuring for the Tigers ant
Galloway for Princeton. Chaplin wa,
not hit hard. but was removed in thu
seventh inning because of a slish
tendency to be wild. Thurman, vir.
gfnia's hrst baseman, had nineteen put.
outs briggs. the Tiger shortstop
drove out two triples and a single
practically winning the contest for hit
team from an offensive standpoint.
In their second game in the Potoma,
League the Machinists won from Con.
gress Heights by to T. The winners
got a big lead in the second inning
scoring four times, and after that hat
the game about they wanted il
Congress Heights had little opportunit,
TO win. Cheney was on the mound fol-
Machinists and the left-hander proved
he had lost none of his cunning Chene,
was not hit hard at any time and il
SIX innings he famed nine men.
Auditors won from Car Department
In the Railroad Y. VI. c. A. organiza
ton. Mayo pitching very efYectivel,
for the winners. In 1--WE innings Mayt
allowed four hits and famed eleven.
performance deserving of much NOR.
than passing mention.
The game in the Agricultural Inter
bureau League resulted in a victory TO
Markets over States Relations. by l.
TO .. Nucn harder hitting by Market
proved the decisive factor The State
Relations team was held to two hits
Its work at bat being rather mediocre.
The Agriculture nine, winner of tn,
Departmental League championship
last year. went down before the State
War and Navy team yesterday by Il
5. There was very little difference II
the play OF the two clubs, the work o
both being above the average Sill a
short for State. War and Navy. heide,
very we'll
Winter pitched good enough ball 70
ST. Margarets in the Catholic Churcl
League yesterday TO prevent the 81
Dominics team having much OF .
chance to get away with the winnin,
score Winter held the losers of
s-to-2 game to three hits and strucl
out hve. The contest was called afte
the first half of the sixth inning.
Three institutions will contest 70
the collegiate trophy in the Marylan
Agricultural College track meet Satur
oay@George Washington. st. John
and tho N. A. C. squad. Western Mary
land and Mount st. Mary's. which tool
part year ago. arc not represents
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