Evening star., 1919-03-05
TWOREXPLAyERS
MAY STAR AT c. i.
Griffiths, Catcher, and Caff-
rey, Second Baseman, Play
ing Fine Ball in Practice.
BY H. c. BYRD.

Two members of the Rex Athletic Club
nine last summer are playing such good
ball as members of the Georgetown Uni
versity squad that it seems they are
certain TO make regular jobs on the var
sity. The men referred to are Gritflths.
catcher, and Caffrey, second baseman
Caffrey does not have real rival for his
place. but Griffiths probably Will get
considerable opposition from a young
ster of he name of Kenyon, who has
shown a lot more stuff than the average
youngster entering college base ball.
Griffiths and Caffrey played well for
the Rex club, especially in the series for
the championship of the District near
the end of the season. Both helded
their positions with exceptional skill.
and, besides, they batted we'll
Georgetown has three pitchers who
probably will make up its staff They
are Dudack, who did some good work
on the Hilltop last spring, and Zazalli
and Hyman, newcomers. ZaZaili pitch
ed good ball for Mount ST. Mary's last
year.
Fees is certain of the place at shorti
stop. The Hilltop squad does not num-
beF in its membership any man who has
ability enough to beat out the basket
han star. Caffrey seems sure of second
base and Fiavin looks TO be one OF the
best third baSemen that have worn
Georgetown uniforms since the days
when Howard Smith held down the po-
sition. Fiayin can hit the bali hard and
knows how to field. Two men are work
ing out for first base and Walsh seems
to have just little the margin in the
fight for the position.
Several men are trying for the out
field. OF the bunch Donnell and
O'Brien seem the best. The latter
played with one of the government
league mines last summer.
As whole, the material out for the
Blue and Gray nine stacks UP we'll
with the material of former years
! The Hilltoppers are expecting good
season and are arranging a long, hard
schedule, so that the team will not
be without plenty of real competition.
A merry fight is going to take place
Il Maryland State for some of the pO-
sitions on the base bali team. There
are at least three places in which
| mem bers of last years nine are going
to have a hard job to beat out fresh
men. Just two days of practice have
served to show that not more than
t two places are settled and that these
will be taken care of by men who have
i worn States uniform in previous
/ years.
: Ferguson should be Gallaudet's
| mainstay on the mound again this
! year. The big fellow not only did
| brilliant work for his team last
! spring, but in the summer made a
| splendid record for an independent
club. One of his notable victories last
| season was twelve-inning duel with
| Aitcheson of Maryland State.
| Capt. Steve Wilson, athletic officer
at Camp Jackson, has been in Wash
| ingten, Maryland, Delaware and New
| York for the last week arranging
| games for the Camp Jackson team on
a trip through this section. Capt. Will
son is a former Michigan and George
Washington man. He visited Mary
land State. Catholic University and
| Georgetown yesterday in an effort to
arrange contests. He was successful
| in swelling his list of probable battles
| to the extent of three games. 1t is
more than possible that some of the
| local teams will take q trip to South
| Carolina
While here Capt Wilson made the
! statement that base ball teams down
| in that section have been playing
practically all winter. Yesterday s
| temperature here was just about
| what the temperature has been at
| Camp Jackson since January !, &C
| cording TO him.
| Tome School is making quite an ef-
fort to interest Maryland high schools
| in its track meet this spring, sched-
| uled April II. The Port Deposit insti-
tuition wants to make several features
of events for the high schools of the
| state, and is doing a lot of canVassine
| for prospective entries.