Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
CAROLINA TEAMS
WILL PAY VISITS
HERE THIS week
University and State College
to Figure in Big Week
of Base Ball.
BY HI. C. BYRD.

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Georgetown Saturday. Both the
games to be played by North Caro-
lima State are with Maryland State
at College Park. North Carolina
University appears at Georgetown,
Catholic University and Maryland
State.
Maryland State is the only one of
| the local institutions which already
has had crack at the Carolina
teams, the Marylanders having met
both while on their southern trip.
Down at Raleigh Maryland won
from North Carolina State by 2
to !, and over at Chapel Hill the
following day played an eleven
inning 3-to-3 tie with the university.
North Carolina State has two OK
ceptionally good pitchers, one OF
whom. Murray. stands out among the
four or five best collegiate hurlers In
the south. Aside from it's pitchers
the Carolina State nine is not ono
greatly to be feared. North Carolina
ing department, but has an excellent
team otherwise. 1t is a combination
which is likely to score runs, but
which also is likely to have more
than the usual number of runs count
ed against it. Yesterday North Caro-
lima State won from Virginia Poly
technic Institute, 8 to 2. and North
Carolina University lost to Virginia.
Z to s.
About the only comparison between
Georgetown and V. NJ. /. is to be
found In the game Delaware College
played at Lexington and the one two
days later at Georgetown. Delaware
beat v. M. l., to !, but lost TO
Georgetown. to 0.
Colleges Have Heavy Schedule.
The schedule for local colleges this
week is exceptionally heavy. The first
game is listed Tuesday, with George
Washington appearing at Maryland
State. On Wednesday North Carolina
University plays at Georgetown, North
Catholic University goes to Annapolis
to face the Navy.
The only game Thursday is to he
played at College Park between North
Carolina State and Maryland State
and the lone contest Friday Is one in
which North Carolina University ap-
pears against Catholic University at
Brookland.
Saturday all four college mines have
games North Carolina University goes
to Maryland State. Virginia Military
Institute comes to Georgetown. Catho-
lie University makes the journey to
Villanovs and Gallaudet travels to
Ellicott City to play Rock Hill Col
lege.
Georgetown, with two star pitchers,
should not encounter many difficulties
in playing games on Wednesday and
Cnk TIn9y Nv a nd
Maryland State, though. the former
with three games in four days and
the latter with four games in five
days, may find themselves up against
it for pitchers. Catholic University
has only one dependable hurler, and
away with the two contests in which
he probably will work. However, I'm
the other game c. U. will have its
troubles. Maryland State has one
pitcher in good shape: one who has
an infected foot. and third who has
not yet recovered from the excessive
amount Of work he got during the
southern trip the last Of March and
first week in April.
Western vs.. Central Tuesday.
Most important Of the high school
games this week is that between
Western and Central Tuesday. Sup
porters Of the former believe there Is
fair chance to win from the Blue
and White. and no doubt victory for
Western would upset conditions in
the scholastic series.
No surprises resulted from games
last week In which local colleges took
part. though Georgetown won from
Delaware in a little closer game than
was looked for. and it also defeated
the Navy by a bigger margin than
was expected. Maryland State and
Catholic University put up a great
battle in the first of their two an
nual games. the former winning be-
cause it presented just little better
combination. Maryland State ALSO
defeated Delaware after the lattff
had held the long end of the count
for the first seven innings. Catholic
played following the one with the
Marylanders. Villanova found c. L.
pitchers easy, and yesterday Fordham
won by one run.
One question which is coming up
this year in collegiate base ball games
concerns the spit ball. Some collegiate
mines are objecting to the use Of the
sspit ball by opposing pitchers. Down
at Virginia Military Institute Della
ware College wanted the delivery
barred. and in a game In which
Swarthmore took part the other day
it's spit ball pitcher was objected TO.
Colleges In this immediate neighbor-
hood have taken liberal stand on
the question and have raised no OBJ
jections. Reynolds of Georgetown
uses the moist delivery and uses 1t
much more effectively than any other
collegiate hurler who has been seen
here in a long time, and Kelly Of Yale
has been making effective use OF the
same kind Of delivery. University OF
Georgia has a hurler who pitches the
splitter, and several other schools have
men who are doing the same thing.
Rule Provides Against Delivery.
The rule undoubtedly provides that
the spit ball is illegal and the only
excuse that the Collegiate hurlers
have for using it is the exemption
that the major leagues have given
to certain pitchers for this year only.
a time in which to adjust themselves
excuse will not exist and collegiate
hurlers also will be compelled in all
probability to live up to the rule,
which states specifically that saliva
shall not be applied to the ball.
College base ball is proving more
popular this spring than usual. Much
larger crowds are attending the con-
it is doubtful II more persons ever
watched college mines perform than
have been present at the games of
the last month. A man who has been
attending Georgetown's games regu-
larly said last night that II believe
crowds on the Hilltop than have been
appearing pretty regularly during the
last month" The same holds true
for other colleges here. and farther
south big crowds have watched prac-
tically all the contests. In all proba- .
attendance at the games being an in
,J;,,otiou of esDecial interest In <,o1-