New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

Lasr season the holy cross nine was
undoubtedly the best among the east
ern colleges. The Worcester aggrega-
ton defeated most Of the leading COL
lege teams and was successful in
twenty-one out Of twenty-five contests.
It's one setback was sustained at the
hands of the Fordham University team
in an extra inning game This wear,
however, Jesse Burkett's charges have
already lost two contests, one to
Georgetown and the other % the New
York Aggies.
The loss of STATE and Bowen, who
were signed by the Giants, and of
Gill; the pitcher, who is now with the
Washington Club, has evidently Grip
pied the former champions to a serious
extent.
Maroon Veteran Team
The Fora:an nine, which was runner
up to Holy Cross for the first honors
OF the 1919 campaign, seems TO be
strong combination and will probably
rank among the leaders again this
season. The Maroon team is composed
almost entirely of veterans and its
pitching staff, which was rather weak
last year, has been considerably
strengthened In their opening contest,
however, the Bronx collcgians lost
close game to Boston College and last
Friday they were shut out by George
town. They have defeated Villanova
and the strong University Of Vermont
nine
The Boston College team, which also
son, bids fair to equal it's past per-
formances. In Fitzpatrick, south
paw, the Hub nine has one of the best
pitchers in the collegiate world to-day.
lie was big factor in many of his
teams victories last year and he has
already turned in several wins this
season.
The Boston collegians defeated
Fordham in their opening contest ara
West Point. Last week, however, they
were overwhelmingly trounced by
Georgetown and Fitzpatrick was driven
from the mound under fusilladc Of
I hits.
At the present time Georgetown
seems to have one or the strongest
teams in the East. The Washington
aggregation has already registered de-
clsive victories over such formidable
opponents as Holy Cross, Fordham,
Boston College and Yale. but it was
recently beaten in close game by
the Cornell nine.
Although Princeton has already suf-
| tered defeats at the hands of the
University Of Vermont and the Navy,
the Orange and Black collegians ap-
| pear to have strong, aggressive com
bination. Trimble, the veteran catcher.
is one of the best backstops in col
legiate circles. and The pitching staff
/ VIII probably be stronger than in sew
cral years past.
Tigers Should Hit Well
From present indications the strength
OF the team lies in it's; hitting ability.
six OF the regulars are considered to
be good batters. Games with HOLY
Cross and Swarthmore, which would
have put the Tigers to a severe test,
! had to be cancelled last week because
or the poor wather conditions
Inc Yale nine has just returned from
rather disastrous Southern trip, on
which it lost four out of six contests.
Georgetown, Catholic University, North
Carolina State College and the Uni
versity Of Virginia experienced little
difficulty in defeating the Els. In these
games the New Haven collegians made
lcss than dozen hits and scored only
two runs
1t is true that they had only three
days OF outdoor practice before leav-
ing on their annual jaunt. whereas
their opponents had been on the da-
mond for at least Il month, and this
may account for their poor showing,
Coach Lauder expects to Nuke some
changes in his lineup this week and
he IL confident that his charges will
give good account Of themselves now
that they have returned to Their home
grounds.
Harvard, the other nember Of tho
"Big Three" has not aL%et opened Its