The Washington herald., 1920-06-14
FOUR COLLEGE MINES LEADING
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP LAURELS

present college baseball season is fast
. drawing to close and many Of the
: teams already have ended their
campaigns. the wiEner of the myth
iesi champiorship of the East still
remains undecided. However. there
are several mines which are making
q strorg bid for the title. Lnd the
leader will undoubtedly be chosen
from among these aggresations. The
teams referred TO are the Navy.
Penn State, Georgetown and La
fayette.
There are many important games
scheduled for the present week
and these will have an important
bearing on the nnaJ ranking Of the
college mines There is no team
which has an unbroken succession
of victories, but those mentioned
above have made the most impress
sive showings to date. The season
OF 1890 Is furnishing one Of the
keenest and most interesting strug-
giles for the championship that has
taken place in many a year.
Many Surprising Reverses.
The past fortnight has been
frausht with many surprising re-
verses of teams that were consid-
cred wellnigh invincible. Perhaps
the most notable Of these WAS the
recent defeat of Georgetown at the
hands of the Fordham nine.
nnllARiAns
previously won seventeen straight
victories and II was thought that
the Maroon would fall a victim 10
the Southerners for the second
time this season. But the unex-
pected happened and Waters, Ford
hams sensational young twirler'
who has won eight successive
games without a single setback
stopped the triumphant march OF the
Blue and Gray nine.
But this reverse does not entirely
eliminate Georgetown as con-
tender for the title, as its previous
record is a most striking one.
Coach O'Reilly's pupils have beaten
many strong teams, such as 1ale'
Princeton, the Navy, West virginia
Fordham, Boston College and Le-
high.
The Naval Academy nine has just
closed one Of the most successfui
seasons in its history, and the en-
bryo admirals are laying strohs
claim to the intercollegiate title
Coach Billy Lush's charges nave
suffered only one defeat IN seven
teen games. This one blemlsh was
a decisive trouncing by George
town. On the other hand. the mid
shipmen have turned back Penn
state. Princeton. Harvard, Boston
College, West Virginia and Lenlgn.
Their most noteworthy feat was the
overwhelming defeat OF the Army
fine in the final game OF the season:
Hugo Bezdek, former manager OF
the Pittsburg Pirates, has turned OUT
a formidable well-balanced comol-
nation at Penn State College. Inc
Blue and White nine will wind up
it's season this week and its record
now consists of sixteen victories ana
three defeats. Its victims include
Yale, Princeton, Fordhsm, Colgate
and Syracuse. all of whlcn are
among the leading mines of the East
and the three teams that have beat
en- the Pennsylvania collegians are
Lafayette, Syracuse and the Navy
Gramley. Penn States pitching ace,
has won seven straight games with
out a single setback this year. he
has allowed an average of four hits
and in the Yale game he yielded but
two safeties. This splendid record
stamps him as one of the best twirl-
ers in collegiate circles.
The Lafayette nine must also be
given due consideration in its claim
TO the title. The Eastern collegians
have compiled a remarkable string
Of victories, including triumphs
ever Princeton, Lehigh, Penn state,
Tufts, Catholic University ana
Swarthmore. Their success has been
due in great part to the strong
pitching stat, particularly the
scuthpaws, Ioyer and Carney.
The Holy Cross team. which won
the undisputed championship OF the
East last season. is again making
a claim to the title, but its decisive
defeat by Yale recently has mini
mized it's pretensions considerably.