Evening star., 1918-04-09

Catholic University has two open dates
on its base ball schedule that II Is very
anxious to MI. one being this coming
Saturday. April 13. and the other, We'd
nesday. April IT. The Brooklanders meet
Gallaudet tomorrow, and then have no
contest listed until April 20. when Mount
st. Marys Is to be played.
Charley Moran, athletic director at c. U.
and coach Of base ball, said this morning
that he would be very glad to list games
with soldier teams from any Of the camps
in and around Washington. Several let
ters have been addressed to the athletic
directors In these camps profrer1ng CON-
tests, but no replies received
Two COLLEGIATE contests arc listed here
tomorrow. Besides the meeting between
Catholic University and Gallaudet, which
takes place at Gallaudet, Georgetown Uni-
bersity is to open tho Intercollegiate part
of its schedule with St Johns OF AM
napolia
Georgetown is to play on the Hiiitop.
The st. Johns outfit fs likely to give
Georgetown quite battle. Tho drst
which opened the schedule Of both. end
ed In a victory for the former By one
run after twelve-inning strugglA
Maryland State tomorrow has . eans
scheduled with tho team represent1ng
the Army Radio School, which occupies
parts Of three of the college buildings.
States next contest with a college nine
is with Gallaudet Saturday.
Gflmour Dobie has signed to coach
the Navy foot ball team for the next
two. two seasons sas aceordIns sS announce
this time comes with some little
mystery attached to II inasmuch a. an
nouncement was made last fall that
Dobie had been signed for next sea-
son. Whether or not the previous an
nouncement was premature or whether
the Navy authorities thought better of
their stand and got Dobie's name on
not known. In either event. the Navy
team is assured of good handling for
1918 and 1919.
Navy and Army may meet again In
base ball and foot ball. according to
rumors that are going the rounds in
athletic circles. Efforts are being made
to stage the annual base ball contest
IL that goes through there probably
will remain little doubt as to the foot
ball struggle the Saturday before
Thanksgiving. The grfdiron battle was
wanted last year and unsuccessful att
tempts were made to shave it como
of. However, 1t Is strongly prob
able that more success will greet the
desires of the two academies in an
other fall, sss
Both foot ball schedules were found
to be somewhat Hstless in 1917 be-
cause of the lack of incentive of the
annual big game. Particularly was
that true of the Navy. which is Ear
less fayorably situated than the Army
for the listing of contests with strong
elevens. The Navy without the, an
nua1 combat with the Soldiers hardly
can find foot ball worth much to 1t.
speaking in comparison with former
years.
Undoubtedly the situation will deter
mine itself largely on whatever ad-'
justment is reached this spring In re-
gard to the base ball game. II the dia-,
mond meeting is scheduled and the
Army team appears at Annapolis, there
will be very good reason for feeling
that the foot ball contest may come on.
Otherwise, it will be almost a foregone
conclusion that foot ball relationship
between the two institutions is by
There is only one difference between
the foot ball and base ball game. In.
the former the whole student bodies OF
both institutions are transported to the
scene of the struggle and in the latter
they are not. The chief danger last
fall in playing the game was regarded
to be a possible injury to train bear
putting out OF commission hundreds of
well trained leaders for the Army and
Navy.
Fort Washington beat Central High
School Saturday by to l, despite some
excellent playing on the part OF the
latter A Central man yesterday said
had ever seen a Central nine put mp.
especially in fielding,