Evening star., 1919-05-02
COLLEGES T0PLAy
-FOUR BALL GAMES
G. u. and c. U. Meet Caro-.
lima State and Lehigh Here.
Tech vs.. Eastern Today.
BY n. c. BYRD.


All callege base ball mines here have
games tomorrow. Two teams-those
representing Georgetown and Catho-
lie University-are scheduled to play
on their home fields. Maryland State
and Gallaudet meet opponents on for
eign diamonds.
Georgetown's game is with the
North Carolina State College. The
Tarheels were scheduled to play at
Maryland State yesterday. but rain
prevented the meeting; they are at
Newark, Del, today for contest with
Delaware College. The Carolinians,
although they probably do not have
as strong team as that which rep
resentS Georgetown. are good enough
to stand a chance to win. Play is due
to begin at o'clock.
Catholic University's set-to is to
be with Lehigh University. The Brook
landers split even with Penn State, a
team that usually plays about the
same kind of ball that Lehigh does.
and expect an even chance against the
3 o'clock
Maryland State goes to Annapolis
for one of it's two annual games with
st. Johns. The game is to be played
in the morning at 1890. Probably
the State aggregation will leave for
Annapolis this evening. The contest
Gallaudet is to. play is with the Ma
rine Corps at Quantico. The Kendall
Greeners are sure to be against the
real thing and are not likely to win.
Maryland State meets Lehigh this
afternoon at College Park at 4:3O
State ought to stand an even chance
for victory. Dave Pfeiffer. former
Technical High player, is a member
of the Lehigh squad.
Johns Hopkins and Georgetown are
scneduied to meet in a dual track
meet at Georgetown tomorrow. The
meet will be a kind of preparatory
event to get both squads in shape for
the South Atlantic ]. A. A. Champion
ship meet a. week from tomorrow.
Manager@sJon of the bureau of
standards base ball team has with
drawn his aggregation from the gov
ernment league and will play inde-
pendent. ball. Here is what James
gives, as Ibis reason f6ra:the WITH
drawal:
with the idea. of playing a team
representing our Organization, Int
right at the start provision was
made in the bylaws Of the league to
allow "a team 10 get two outside
players, but the two outside PLAYERS
should not constitute battery Last
night that provision of.tfle bylaws
was suspended. despite another pro-
vision which maderit obligatory for a
certain period to elapse before
change could be made, to allow one
of the other. organizations to use two
outside men as a battery in it's open
ing game. This action does not meet
W. ~,
play in the league simply to play
ball and for the love of the game
and not with the idea of winning
games as our sole aim. Therefore,
as the aim of the other teams does
not seem to be the same as ours,
we have decided to discontinue our
connection with the league"
Yesterday at a meeting of the faculty
board of athletic advisers action was
Western and Central on Tuesday. which
forfeited the contest to Western because
Central used an ineligible player for half
an inning before the mistake was dis
covered. Bryan Morse, Western coach.
cast a dissenting vote in the decision,
and stated this morning that he would
insist the game be played over. At Cen
trail High the following statement was
given out:
Through an error in checking the
IeCouS " uA"ne up lue oIlSIIidl euSlOle
list for the Central-Westerng game Tues
day, April %, name was added which
did not belong there. By a recheck of
the records before the game made for
the very purpose Of insuring the eligi-
bility of the team, the error was discov-
cred and the corrected list was sent to
the faculty adviser at the field The
game had begun and the ineligible
player was Immediately withdrawn, at
the end Of the first half inning before
he had gone to bat This action was
taken entirely on Centrars own motion,
and even when the status of the player
was unknown to the other school. These
facts evidence the schools absolute good
faith in upholding the eligibility code.
There is no rule or precedent in the
history of our interhigh school athletics
of the faculty advisers in declaring the
game forfeited to Western under such
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