Evening star., 1926-03-19

Pete" Burch. who was the hurting
end of the Freshman battery last sea-
son. should be the mainstay on the
slab in the schedule which opens a
week from Monday. O'Reilly banks
on Burch being one of the greatest
pitchers who has ever worn a George
town uniform. which Ia some real
compliment With Rurch for pitch
ing duty will he Bragg. Gillespie. Hol-
land and Goddard.
Capt. Ryan at Second.
Ritchie Ryan, captain of the tear
seems to have no one offering him
serious opposition at second base.
Also Donovan at shortstop seems to
have an almost certain first call. Don.
ovan was a member OF the yearling
nine and played the same position
that he now is holding down on the
varsity. For the other two infield
positions a fight seems to have de.
veloped between Graham and Vega
for first base and between Quinn and
Nork for third.
Graham is big fellow, left
handler and long and rangy. which
gives him A fielding advantage ovet
Vega, who Is a much smaller man.
Vega, though. has heen hitting the
hall much more consistently. Incl
dentally. a lot of people around the
Hilltop are pulling for Vega to come
through. For four years he has been
out for the team. hut has never made
position. and everybody seems to
feel that any fellow who has staying
qualities of that kind deserves to
make good.
Nork is Good Hitter.
Nork. who starred at forward on
the basket hall team. is not fielding
as we'll as Quinn. hut is said to have
his eye on the ball much better. In
short. it is the case with Nork and
Vega that they will make good II
they continue to use their stick SO
effectively. as Coach O'Reilly. or any
coach for that matter. always In de
sirous of building up his offense. and
fs willing to take chance on teach.
ing his men how to field their posi-.
tions properly. 1t is an old adage of
base hall that you can teach men to
field, hut YOU cannot teach them to
hit.
O'Neil is the one outfielder left from
the 1925 varsity. He played left then.
which position he now holds. The
hest of the other outfield candidates
seem to be Cuisinier and Mclean.
Plansky. allround track star. and
Ray Hass hurdler. have been pla wing
around with the diamond squad the
past week. Probably neither has anv
serious intention of trying for the
nine. as both will have all the ath.
letics they want in the outdoor season
In track.
Has No Complaint.
Summing up the situa ton on the
Hilltop, the prospects for a good tea m
are excellent. Coach O'Reilly has not
hesitated to express his satisfaction
over the outlook. and his opinion is
that the Blue and Gray nine is going
to he tough proposition for any op-
ponent to meet.
incidentally. it might he stated that
OReilly is going to have his hands
full. handling base hall and track
again. For several years the George
town man has coached ha sket ball and
track during the Winter and ba Sc ball
and track in the Spring. and. at best.
the two jobs are plenty for one man to
do. That O'Reilly has been able TO
turn out successful teams in all three
branches of sport Is a remarka BILE
tribute to his ability.
Georgetown opens its season Wee,
from next Monday. the first game
being with Bucknell. and from that
time until the first Of June. when 1t
goes North for it's annual trip. will
meet some of the strongest of college
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