Evening star., 1924-03-16

l9I5 combinations must be nHed.
University Of Maryland's squa
Shipley and Country Morris, probal
other college outfits hereabouts. TIL
out quickly and. despite the heavy
Liners got in three days of outdoor
The fields at Catholic University,
Georgetown and Callaudet did not dry
so rapidly. Charlie Moran merely got
several good glances at the Brook
landers during the week; John
O'Reiny was away with the Hilltop
tTackmen for three days, so viewed
his diamond aSpirantS in action yes
terday only, and Coach Elstad at Gal
laudet did little toward solving the
problem of unearthing about a half
dozen base ball artists to fill gaps
made by graduations last June.
&. L. Has Many Veterans.
Ciallaudet, however, appears TO be
the only one of the four institutions
mentioned that will have q real job
in producing 4 successful comblna-
tion. The other three either have an
array Of veterans or have acquired
material that will plug up the holes
in the teams. Maryland, George
town and Catholic University all were
helped by graduates from the fresh
men squads. The BrooklanderS,
though, are better fixed with veterans
than any OF the others.
In fact, Charlie Moran. one of the
best base ba coaches in the country
rial. except that he j. little doubtful
about his pitching staff. And, Incl
dentally. il might he mentioned that
Moran and optimism are not on Inti-
mate terms. Charlie said the out.
look at Brookland was pretty fair.
Properly Interpreted. that means
"hne"
All Charlie has left from last year,
though. is Neary. his regular caleh1r ,h
pitching during the 1923 campaign;
l.awler, Mulville, De Hault ana
Ignace the entire inheld, ana BreSiln
and Cummings. outfielders. Roaay
was the outfielder lost. Foley,
freshman, may get the vacant pertn.
However, Moran may be faced with
the task Of filling the shortsSop Joo
that De Nault has held down so cap
ably for several seasons. DE Nauit
developed a sore arm last year. and If
il does not return to its normal
siren 9Th no may be shifted to the
outfield. where he will not have so
much throwing to d. In ,a thaa i. Gass dns
up. And filling De Naults sI!oes
would be mans sized assignment.
Moran Shas acquired three battery
prospects, from the g,msSnn tTsSn,nan natcher, ia
and Bartley and Meehan. pitchers.
The last named is the only southpaw
hurler on the team, ana MORAN ~
lying awake nights wishing lie lie
would come through. As yet tharHe
Is doubtful. In fact, II is pitch'ns
that has him thinking.
G.. L. Outlook IL Bright.
GEORGETOWN lost lot OF good men
from the 1923 nine, hut ORellly mas
not been caught weeping. John' Ihe
fore they hatch. but he knows ball
PLAYER when he sees one, ana ne
has had his optics glued on the
Georgetown squad often enough TO
O'Reilly admits he appears to be Wel.
fixed except for first base. and 'hat
the prospects are that the Hilitoppers
will do much this year to mainlain IN
the great record they nave set III
the national pastime: Ill,
To begin with. OReilly. has hall
a dozen really clever pitchers in
Jenkins, Jones, Taber ana McCarutS h
comes up from the freshman I,e team.
and Brennan, a newcomer. Iaber
and Gillespie are southpaws. There
are five catchers on the squad Gun
ningham. Smell, Murtagh: ! MeGowan ,sa wan
newcomer. However, he is said TO
be real star, and those who wore
the Blue and Gray last year Will
have a tough time keeping him from
earning tho regular berth.
Penny. Keatins and O'keefe are
candidates for the first base job. but
none has shown enough as YET 10
warrant a tentative selection. CrdD'
Of course, ia expected TO hold on 10
the Shortstopping assignment, wtiie
RYAN, Sweeney. Donovan. trederica-
Kerwin and Quinn are leading con-
tenders for the other vacant places
in the infield.
Murphy is the only leftover regular
for the outfield, but there are hVe
apparently clever performers on hand
for the other two positions They
are Murray, Mcdonald and Martin
who were in school last season;
FIegarty. the foot ball star. and AL
berts, O. newcomer. The last men
toned has impressed 0Reilly.
Then, of course. there is some other
material that O'Reilly has not had a
chance to thoroughly size up.
Gallaudet Faces Problem.
Elstad at Gallaudet has only the
mere framework of a team. Danof-
sky, who played short last year, is
the only veteran infielder on hand.
The Kendall Greeners are better for
titled with outfielders than anything
else. They have McColl. Lain and
Boatwright available for patrol work
in the gardens. but the last two
named not at the Same time. Boat
wright and Lain both are pitchers
also and alternate on the slab and
In the outfeld. Wright, last years
II,
three positions to fill in the infield,
lIStad's task is not an enviable one
Maryland Is Well Fixed.
Maryland is pretty we'll fixed with
veteran material or with freshmen
team graduates TO fill places that
were vacated by graduations. Wat
kins the regular catcher OF 1928, Is
back and is big and strong enough
to catch all the games unless he is
injured. Spinner, who is likely to
be his understudy. is well above the
average.
man last year, has been re!egated to
the ranks of the onlookers on ac-
count Of scholastic dificulties, the
team is well of for pitching. Schrider.
a southpaw, who shared most OF the
slab duties with Nihiser in 1929. is
counted upon to be the mainstay.
He should be given able assistance
by Waters and Brayton, who pitched
winning ball for the yeariings last
season; Clarke. reserve hurler on
the varsity a year ago, and Coakley,
better and more familiarly known as
"Oofty Goof," who twirled for the
1923 frosh.
Moran at third was the only regu.
changes are likely in two spots.
TroxeIl, first sacker for the fresh
men last year, is being figured on to
hold down the initial corner. with
Pollock, who played there. last sea-
son, going to either second or third.
HALEY, who performed at the hot
corner for the 1923 frosh, is at pres
ent stationed at that sack. but he
and Pollock may change positions,
as the Artcr has a much stronger
throwing arm. Besley, who has
played Short for two seasons, is due
to again cavort in that territory.
Gardner, reserve infielder last year,
and walker, graduate from the
freshmen team. are very promising.
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