Evening star., 1917-03-22
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BY n. C. BYRD.

Outfield positions are about the only
ones in doubt in the lineup of the
Georgetown nine. Selections have been
made for the other places. though it is
possible that there will be changes after
| the season gets under way. The schedule
opens Saturday, Mount ST. Joseph's play
ing here.
First base is to be taken care of by
Whalen. who starred at end in foot ball
WhaIen is said to be just as good per-
former on the diamond as on the gridiron,
which, If true, makes it sure that the
Blue and Gray need have no worries rela-
tive to that position. Cody, a new man
from Worcester Academy, is fairly sure
| of second base, though Weiss, who played
the position last spring, is also showing
up very we'll Cody, also, is a gridiron
star. though he was not eligible for the
Georgetown varsity in 1916.
Maloney is the choice for shortstop.
Fees and Gogarty are trying for the place,
too, but neither is doing as good work as
the man mentioned. Reds" Cusack cap
base. There is no candidate for the posi-
| ton with anything like the amount of
experience he has had. Cusack has been
consistent player at Georgetown for
corner of the infield having been excellent
a. Sullivan in Centerfield.
Harry Sullivan. star outfielder of last
spring. is to play centerfeld. Sullivan
hit the ball hard and did some general
ly good playing in all the games in
which he participated year ago. He
was about the most consistent batter
on the 1915 team. This spring he is
hitting and fielding even better than
he did at that time. The other two
| outfield positions are somewhat in
doubt. Comeiford seems fairly, sure to
get the berth in leftfield. but the one
in right lies between four men. Chap
in. Ray. Cronin and ]. Sullivan are do
ing well. the last mentioned leading all
four, though. in fielding.
Larry Green and Whitaker are to do
the catching. The former was at Exc
ter last year and Whitaker was a men,
Der of the Blue and Gray squad then.
Both are doing just as well as the
average college catcher
The bulk of the pitching will fall on
Murray. The credit due him last sea
son was more than was ever given. He
let lot of teams down with two or
three hits. yet lost his games because
OF errors. Seven or eight misplays in a
contest was not an unusual occurrence
Murray Is a better pitcher than he ap-
peared to be year ago If the result OF
his season In wins and losses were to
be considered as criterion. and i.
likely to show that before the coming
two months are finished.
Murray had a record in his scholastic
pitching equaled by few. For three
years he hurled regularly without the
loss Of a single contest to any scholas-
tic nine. Not to be defeated by another
school In a period lasting that long is
quite a tribute to a pitchers capa BILL
fI ties Last year, despite the loss of
stun to warrant a big league scout
saying this:
II would like to give that boy Muir
ray OF Georgetown chance to make
good with the club 1 am working for.
but I understand that he refuses abso.
lutely to consider an offer from pro
fessiona1 ranks until he has finished
his four years at Georgetown. He GER
tainly has sufficient stun to make good,
and 1t appears to me that all he needs
Is experience and a knowledge of tho
finer points of the game"
To assist Murray in pitching are Fin
negan and Breslin. of last years staff.
and Birdsall. new man. Finnegan and
Breslin gave evidence of quite a little
ability. while 1t is said that Birdsau also
bids fair to do good work.
o'Reilly Coaching the Team.
Coach John O'Reilly has had his mon
working for the last three weeks, when
ever 1t has been possible Probably the
hardest schedule confronting any coach
Of a college team in the south is ahead
Of O'Reilly, but he Is not worrying a
great deal Anyway. If he is he does
not say SO. because he is not the COM
planning kind.
1t might be well to say that O'Reilly
has been. and is.. doing good work for
Georgetown. His worth to Exendine in
developing tho great foot ball teams of
the past two years cannot be underesti-
mated. particularly in the maintenance Of
Il fNlfv s< y{nf4 D@svI
squad proved the best collegiate aggrega-
ton in the section, and not few sue
cesses have been attained on the diamond
Georgetown is quite fortunate in having
as competent a man as O'Reilly. Incl
dentally. O'Reilly's pleasing personality
has won him lot Of friends in this
section.