Evening star., 1921-03-06

A fine team wore the colorS of the
Hilltop university a year ago, but so
good is the material at present that
considerable doubt has been ex-
pressed by many Of the ability OF
some 1920 regulars to win back their
positions And not only are all the
pitchers and catchers of 1920 on the
field now but several new men are
out who have the reputation of being
as good as those who starred year
ago in carrying the Blue and Gray
through one of its most successful
schedules.
Has Array of Battery<ien.
Coach O'Reilly has "A pitching staff
and a catching staff big enough to
lend some of the other institutions
two or threA good men for each po-
Sition and still have more good men
than the usual collegiate nine. Ken
yon. stellar backstop for the last two
seasons. is out for his Regular berth
and probably will get it without much
q star himself. and besides these two
are King. Ward. Degnan, Smell and
McGowan.
The pitching layout on the Hilltop.
though, is sufficient to make any col
lege coach turn grass color with
envy. Hyman and Reynolds last
spring swung the team through a
brilliant season. but also out for the
team this year are Bissenette, who
was good enough last summer while
pitching for Sem.-pro club IN New
England to beat the St Louis Ma
tional League club: Hueston, another
left -hander: FormoSa. CrOnin. Nc
~, q n,
While material for intield positions
is not quite so abundant as FOR the
battery jobs. plenty of good men are
on hand to form a fine quartet. FlaNiil.
who held down third base in 1870, may
not be able to play, as strenuous root
ball and basket bah seasons have left
him in rather rundown phySlcdl con-
dition. For the inticld jobs are Whelah
and Sheehy for first. Norman and Jun
Walsh for second, Lynch. Fitzgerald
Gibbons and Welch for short:
John Walsh, Dudack and Jim sui
livau REGULAR outfield trio "a year ago:
are back to resume their places IL
they can. but Murphy and Roone!'
new men. are showing up so wen tha'
il may be one or more OF the regular
Will have TO give way
Gu. TO Start Practice.
Catholic University plans 10 pesih
practice this morning. ana Whlle II =
not going to have SICn gOOd Hldltiiai
as is wearing GeorgetownS colors'
prospects are for a much Dettef uIie
than was turned out last season Ine
t Brooklanders lost two exceptionally
good men in Harrington ana fucSS
second and short. and Will have dllh-
/, Guilty replacing them with players
! anywhere near as capable, but par
{, ring those two positions the team pids
! fair to compare favorably with the
best mines of the past.
For pitchers Coach Moran will have
Jackson, Dollard and Kendrick. the
| three men who did the hurting a
year ago, and May and Hayes. BACK
, of the bat Corwin is likely to be on
| the job again. For first base Cur
| rim. Lynch. Noor and Mike Dunn VIII
| battle Fosse. stellar light in foot
! ball and basket ball. seems TO be the
| most promising individual for the
, second station, and either McCusker
| or Heibergcr for third. De Nauit and
Slattery. the former the halfback
| who beat Gallaudet by brilliant run
| after intercepting a forward pass.
/ are candidates for shortStop. Vail,
, O'Brien. Breslin and Mccarthy seem
| to have the inside track for the out
| field jobs the opinion being based
/ on past performances. Besides Cor
win, behind the bat Driscoll and
| Gibbs will be out.
&. w. to Play sixteen Games.
George Washington plans to have
| a team to play schedule of sixteen
games. Candidates have not yet been
| called out, but Coach Morse intends
| to hold IL meeting the latter part of
| this week to get a line on his ma
terial and to have the first actual
work out about the middle Of the
month.