The New York herald., 1920-01-18
OCAL RACQUETS PLAYERS VANQLLSH QUAKERS IN MATCH
F0RDHAM DIAMOND
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Bronx Collegians Will Make Strong
Bid for College Champion
ships of the East.

Great preparations are now being made
at Fordham University for the~ coming
baseball season. Evidently the Bronx
collegians intend to make a strong bid
for the championship of the East, which
they came within an ace of winning last
year. Baseball experts rated them second
to Holy Cross and the Maroon nine was
the only team to register victory over
the Worcester aggregation.
Aloysius F. Arthur, the Fordham man.
ager is busy preparing his schedule.
which, from present Indications, will be
the most imposing list of games ever
arranged at the Bronx institution and will
East. Contests have already been booked
with Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania,
Holy Cross. Army, West Virginia, Colum-
bia and Dartmouth, in addition to score
of other teams The complete schedule
which will be ready for publication within
the next fortnight, will consist of at least
thirty games. more than half of which
will be played at Fordham Field
The Maroon nine will probably open it's
season with the Boston College team
whose star pitcher, Fitzpatrick, registered
two victories over the New Workers last
year. The game will be staged at Ford
ham Field on April 1. The contests with
Pennsylvania, Harvard and Lehigh will
mean a renewal of athletic relations with
these institutions after the lapse of almost
a decade. Colgate, Dartmouth. West Vir-
.,;x,ta Tt,ff mill tha ooh aa6-
ule for the first time in several years. The
University Of Pittsbprg nine will visit
Fordham Field on May 90
One of the features of the schedule Is the
contest with the Giants which will be
staged at the Polo Grounds on April II, two
days before the opening of the league sea-
son. Arrangements are now being made TO
hold a celebration in honor of Frank
Frisch, the star shortstop of the Fordham
nine last year, who will probably appear in
the lineup against his former team mates.
Plans are now practically completed for
the annual Southern trip, which will be
made during the Eastern vacation. The
Maron nine will meet Villanova, at Villa
nova. Pa; Johns Hopkins, at Baltimore.
and Catholic University, at Washington
game is also pending with the Baltimore
Orioles, hcampions of the International
League. whom Fordham defeated at Balti-
Home and home series have been sched-
uled with Columbia, Holy Cross, Boston
College, Johns Hopkins, Catholic Univer-
sity and Vilanova. Efforts are being
made to arrange games with the teams
from the University of Oregon and the
University of California, both Of which
will make an Easten trip in the spring.
Great disappointment has been expressed
at Fordham over the absence of y ale from
thA 1tCf ~ ho nd nj
engaged in two extra inning contests last
year. each team being victorious in one
The New Haven authorities have notified
the Fordham management that they will
be unable TO give the Maroon aggregation
a place on their schedule this season.
Prospects for strong nine at the Bronx
university are brighter than in many
years. in spite of the loss Of Frank Frisch
who was the main stay of the team during
the last campaign. Seven of the regulars
have returned to college this year. and, in
addition, several fomer stars from Ford
ham Prep and other high schools will be
candidates for the team. Among the vet
Grams are Lefeve, third baseman and cap
tain of the 1920 team; Mclaughlin, first
baseman; Keough, left fielder: Buckley.
centre fielder, and Donovan catcher. The
pitching staff should be particularly
strong. as the veterans-Finn. MacNamara
and Halloran-wil probably be in shape to
take their rcular turns in the box from the
start OF the season.
Arthu Devlin. whose effots as coach dur
ing his first year at Fordham were
crowned with notable success, has recent
ly affixed his signature to contract to
direct Fordham's Baseball destinies for
another yea. He announced last night that
he will issue the first class for candidates
on February Is.