New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
The First Fifteen
Is. Syracuse.

bowen, who were signed by the Giants
at at the close of the 1919 campaig but
the addition of Leo and Leonard
Dugan. twin brothers Of Joe Dugan
the Philadelphia Athletics second
naseman, has offset this handicap to a
certain extent.
OConnor Timely Hitter
Much of the teams success has
been due to the timely hitting of
O'Connor, the first baseman. the bril-
liant fielding of Mcguire, the second
baseman, and the effective pitching of
Horan. former star of the Kent Acad-
envy nine.
Lafayette has made strong bid for
the leadership this year and it's record
IS most Impressive one. After los
ing to the University of Virginia,
Catholic University and the Univer-
sty of Pennsylvania. the Easton col
leglans compiled an unbrokcn string
OF twelve victories, including triumphs
over Princeton, Tufts, Penn State,
CathoAc University, Swarthmore, Lc-
high and Cornell. Their succe ssful
march was finally stopped by the Col
umba nine. Lafayette-s nne showing
has been due in great measure to its
pitching staff, particularly the south
paws, Meyer and Carney, both of
whom are among the best twirlers in
collegiate circles.
The Penn State nine, coached by
Hugo Bezdek, former manager of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, is probably the
next best team in the East. It's rec
ord consists of eighteen victories and
only three defeats. The teams that
have taken the measure Of the Blue
and White aggregation are Lafayette,
Navy and Syracuse. Among its vic
tins are Fordham, Yale, Princeton
Colgate and Syracuse, all of which are
formi dable combinations.
Haines, the Penn State left fielder,
is one Of the best outfielders of the
present season, and Gramley, the
State pitching ace. has won eight
straight games.
has just completed one Of the most
successful seasons in its history and
has sustained only one defeat in sew
entcen Games, it cannot be cons dered
for the championship as it has not en-
countercd AS strong an array of op-
ponents S the four teams mentioned
above. Nevertheless it must be ranked
among the leaders because of it's vic
tories over Penn State, Princeton and
several other teams OF more than or
dinary strength.
Vermont's Fine Trip
The University of Vermont nine also
has an impressive record for the sea-
son. After only a day or two of out
door practice, the Green Mountain
players made their annual Southern
trip early in the spring, and defeated
Georgetown and Princeton. Since then
they have gained victories over such
teams as Fordham, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Tufts
The Yale and Princeton teams are
pretty evenly matched this year, and
both have fairly good records The
New Haven collcgans got off to poor
start, and their Southern trip was little
short of disastrous. However, they
soon afterward showed a tremendous
Improvement, and they have + aten
Holy Cross, Fordham, Pennsy 'vania,
Dartmouth, Cornell and other teams of
equal strength.
Because of Yale's triumph over the
Tigers in the deciding game of the
series yesterday we have ranked the
Blue nine just one step higher than it's
ancient rival
Other teams that have compa ratively
good records for the season are Ford
ham, Dartmouth, Columbia, Lehigh,
Pennsylvania, Harvard and Syracuse.