New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

In many respects the past season has
been most successful one. College
baseball received its full share of the
ever increasing popularity of the
game, and record crowds have turned
out to witness many of the intercolle-
giate contests
The Holy Cross nine was undoubted-
~ the best among the Eastern colleges
last season and none could DISPUTE It's
claim to the title. The Worcester co..
legians defeated most Of the leading
teams and won twenty-one out of its
twenty-five contests, most remark
able record Their only setback was
sustained at the hands Of Fordham in
an extra inning game. This year, how
ever, neither Holy Cross nor any other
team has clean-cut right to the
championship and the task of choosing
the winner is a most difficult one.
Five Colleges Stand Out
There are five colleges which stand
out most prominently as claimants for
the title, and these arc GeorgetoW n,
Holy Cross, Lafayette, Penn State and
the Navy. 1t is our humble opinion
that of these five contendcrs George
town has the best team, and that the
other four should be rated in the
above order. Others may not agree
with this selection, but after close oO-
servation and careful cons liberation of
the strength of these five we have
come to the conclusion that George
town has slight edge on any of it's
rivals and that it is the strongest
team in this section of the country.
In making this selection we have
taken into account not only the num-
Der of games won and lost, but also
the strength of the opposition, which
the various teams have encountered
during the course Of the season. We
have considered the individual ability
of the members of the different ag-
gregation5, as we'll as the efficiency of
each team as a whole.
Remer OFF in Front
Georgetown lost three close contests
early in the season TO Cornell, Mary
land State and the University of Yer
mont, but it soon hit its stride and
compiled remarkable string of seven
teen consecutive victories. 1t received
one other setback at the hands of the
Fordham nine in the final game of the
year
Among the victims Of the Washing
to- collegans have been Princeton,
Holy Cross, Fordham, Navy, Yale, Le-
high, Boston College, the University
Of Pittsburgh and the University of
West Virginia, all Of which were
teams of considerable strength, Two
Of Georgetown's defeats, namely those
by Fordham and Maryland State, were
offset by rather decisive victories over
these same two mines.
Two Star Pitchers
In its twenty-four games played this
season the Blue and Gray team had
scored 1856 runs to its opponents 81,
and 1T is probably the heaviest hitting
nine in the East. 1t also has two of
the most effective pitchers in the col
lege ranks in Reynolds, a right handler,
and Lyman, southpaw, each Of whom
has been a potent factor in the many
triumphs which the team has gained
this season. The former has won nine
out of twelve games, and the latter
has been successful in nine out of ten
start of the campaign by the margin
Of a single run.
Hyman pitched a nohit, no-run game
against Johns Hopkins and he also
limited the University of Pittsburgh
to one hit. Both he and Reynolds are
batters of exceptional ability and each
has an average of over 400.
Georgetown has we'll balanced in
field and trio of hard hitting out
iclders. Sullivan, Kenyon and Ma
loney, first baseman, catcher and short
stop, respectively, are among the best
players in the college ranks.
The Holy Cross nine also has an
impressive record this season and is
undoubtedly the most formida bic nine
in New England. 1t has lost to George
town, Army. Yale and Harvard, but, on
the other hand, it has beaten many Of
the leading teams of the East, and its
record is scond only to that of George
town.
The Worcester team was weakened
considerably by the loss Of Statz and