Evening star., 1919-04-01
CL0FFEPSEXPECT
GOODBALL TEAM
Navy Yard League Cham
pions, Managed by Tom
Crooke, Hope to Repeat.
BY a. c. BYRD.

Tom Crooke.. manager of the cham
pionship Clofrep nine of the Navy
Yard League last summer. is prepar
ing to put his team back in this
season with an even stronger lineup
than that which won the title in 1918.
4 recent meeting of the organization
known as the Cloffep Base Ball Club
resulted in the election of c. w. Nc
| Caffrey. president; ]. NJ. Powers vice
| president: George E. Bristol, secre
, tary; ]. H. Brown. treasurer, 1t was
! at the meeting mentioned that Creoke
was reelected manager.
| Crooke says that he expects to have
a strong nine in the field for the
seasons opening. The same men who
were on the club last year are avail |
able and two or three new ones have
been added "Cabby" Conners. 1915
Red Athletic Club catcher, will do the !
! backstopping for the team McCarty, |
who played fine ball at short will be
| back in his old position. Mcbride. !
old Cardinal of Alexandria player, is
; to hold down third base and O'Day. |
who was in the ordnance department
in 1918, probably will be at second /
base. Crooke himself intends to hold !
down the initial sack. and everybody
knows how well Tom can attend to |
! that position. The outfield places are |
not determined, but the manager says |
that he has plenty of good material |
from which to select a trio. Old re- |
liable Phil Buscher is pretty sure to |
do the most of the pitching with !
Humphreys. the former marine as a !
mighty competent aid.
Il feel Sure that we are going to |
have another strong club" says Tom. |
and If we fail to win a second cham |
pionship l shall be surprised. That is |
somewhat Of a broad statement, but !
said the same thing last year and |
the boys came through. They will |
turn the trick again this summer, too.
Just watch them and see If they |
don't
The season opens April % and we |
are to play Gun Shop the first game.
l might say here that the league is |
going to be strong, as the teams are
shaping up well and all seem to have
good material. I look for much |
better season even than the one Of
last year. when we went way beyond
even our own expectations"
Yale alumni interests are highly |
elated over obtaining Al Sharpe. for
the last several years all-roupd coach
at Cornell, to take charge Of athletics
and become athletic director at Yale
\ Ho Doi N DUO Hdc OccH lTy1uk 10 KSI
Sharpe back to Yale for two years,
and the success that has at last
crowned the efforts seem to have pro-
duced feeling among alumni that
the future Is assured. Here is an ex-
cerpt from comment in the Yale
Alumni Weekly on the action in OBJ
tanning the services Of the Cornell
mentor:
''The appointment of DR.. Albert n.
Sharpe. '02 NJ. is an event of prime
Importance in Yale athletic history
Tor two reasons. The first reason is
that an Office such as the university |
sthletic authorities have contemplted
to vest with the title Of director of
athletics, or some similar title, has
long been needed to tie up the loose
ends in Yale undergraduate sports and
10 create and maintain student ath-
iet1c morale with unlimited possibili-
ties. The second reason is that of
all the men, whether graduates of
the university or not, who come to
mind. the appointee announced last
be said. for much. we are certain,
will presently be demonstrated Yale
men everywhere are gratified at the
Willingness of DR.: Sharpe to assume
exacting and constructive work at
New Haven, and the friends Of the
university generally see a new ora
beginning in the field of sports.
1T is Of the Office itself that we
feel inclined to talk and think a
good deal. The student who comes to
Yale or to any other rightly organized
American university has the right t.
expect that he will get not learning
and moral stimulation only but physi-
cal betterment as well. No depart
ment of student life can well be sac
riflced to another, and none should
be allowed to suffer through neglect
or through lack of dignified recoEni-
tion. We understand that the ONCE
of director of athletics, differing in
many respects from any office for
nifty the direction Of the recreationalI
side Of Yale's extra-curriculum and
insure the results obtainable from
the best coaching, the best training
and the best general development of
the various major and minor sports"
Entry blanks are out for the ANA
teur boxing tournament Of the South
Atlantic Association of the Amateur
more April II and 10. The blanks may
be obtained from Reginald Ruther-
ford, Union Trust building.
Central Highs base ball team went
out to College Park yesterday and de-
feated the Maryland State Freshman
eleven by to in an exceptionally
well played game. The contest was a
pitchers duel between Schaefer of
freshman nine. Both men performed
well and got good support most of the
time.