Evening star., 1918-01-27

advantage OF a single game now
means much to either Central or West
ern. The psychological effect Of VIC
tory will be worth a great deal to the
team getting the long end of the count
Friday. Even the slight margin held
by Western because of the failure of
Central to play the game with Eastern
is not to be inconsiderable.
hd s on ne
is little difference in their general
strength. Central. though. possesses
one big advantage. Heron is about the
only accurate shot from the field in
and Daily of Central have shown con-
siderable worth in that department.
The game, though, should be real
struggle. Western is a whole lot bet
ter right now than when it met Gen.
trail in the opener. and then 1t was
whipped by the smallest Of margins.
Freddie Chichester. former Maryland
State College pitcher, who earned him
self first lieutenant's commission at
Fort Myer last summer. has left the
infantry at Camp Meade to go into the
Signal Corps. aviation branch. In the
first college base ball game in which
Chichester pitched at State he beat
remarkable feat for a youngster just
out of southern Maryland high school
Just how inexperienced in base ball
Chichester was in that game was
shown by this incident: Clary. Cornell
catcher. hit a home run in the sixth
Chichester was told, when he came
off the mound following that inning. to
curve the first two balls over the next
time Clary was at bat and if they
were not hit into fair territory to shoot
a fast one up around Clary's chin and
drive him away from the plate. The
thing happened according to program.
The first two balls were called strikes.
and then Freddie wound up and shot
the ball so fast and accurate at Clary's
head that the latter dropped head over
heels in the dust to dodge it. 1t had
the desired effect. though, and Clary
was struck out. Freddie walked in to
the bench after that inning ana SAID
this to the coach:
81 shot it as straight at his chin as
could, sir, but he lodged it,
Just a short while ago. an incident
almost as amusing happened in connec-
ton with Chichester at Camp Meade.
Chichester was in command OF z com
pany of colored troops, and was getting
along we'll. After about three weeks OF
drilling a big, black fellow sought out
Chichester, and this conversation en-
sued:
'Liftenant. All wants to know how
All stands""
How you stand? What do you
mean"
well. All tell ye. boss. All bin heah
foh weeks now. Aim gittin' plenty to
eat. [lot O. clothes and moh money en- I
evan had befoh in nah life. Now, Ah
wants to know if theys any chance O
me losin' this job"
]. D. PAUL, Princeton, II. who was
killed a short time ago in France in an
aeroplane accident, was a member of
one of the best crews ever developed
by the Tigers crew which defeated
Yale and Harvard. DR.. J. Duncan
Spaeth, in a recent issue of the Prince
ton Alumni Weekly, pays this excellent
tribute to the former star oarsman:
'When after the last row. of the
Princeton crew in March, 1917, the oars
were stacked, with card bearing the
name of its wielder tied to each. Won
dered which sweep would first be taken
out Of the rack and hung in the room
above with the .colors draped about it
And SO 1t was to be Jimmy PAUL! How
clear he stands before me as he bade
me goodbye on that April afternoon:
tall. lean. dark, sinewy. with his large,
frank eyes. his quick smile. his boyish
gayety, and underneath it the poise, the
quiet strength, the perfect control of
nobility and manliness, every inch a
Those who saw the MEM
ora hla Harvard, Princeton rarA In fhA