Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16
RY II. c. BYRD.

~ EoRGEToWN has wealth. o %
material out Of which TO molo
y a diamond combination for its
coming schedule. Coach Ben
Egan has not definitely an
nounced who he considers to be best
of his players. and apparently mas 5"
many of each position that he is shift
ing them frequently In order to get
the most capable combinatioh.
About the only man who seems
dead certain Of his place Is Graham
at first base. II does not appear tibet
any other member OF the squad In
anywhere near him In ability to cover
the ground around the bag or to do
any of the other things so necessary
in first-sacker. Also Graham Is
good batter. Berry. from the 1926
freshman squad, seems to be the next
best man.
Two other players who seem, next
to Graham, most certain Of the places
in which they have been practicinG
most frequently are Donovan at
shortstop and Nork at third base.
These men held down their positions
a year ago. Sheehan. Sands and
Glenn are doing the best work around
second base. but none has been able
to outdistance the other members OF
the trio sufficiently to give an edge
for the job.
Five good catchers are on hand. and
any one Of the Ave may win the
regular assignment. They are Phelan,
Tierney. O'Neil. Jones and Kelliher.
berths are Adler, O'Neil. st. Pierre.
Mclean. Carroll. Duplin and Bodson.
Pete Burch and Gillespie are the
star mound performers back from the
1925 team and both are expected to |
come through in great shape. Some
promising material in addition TO
these men is on hand. but they are
expected to do most Of the hurting. |
Fogarty, Byrne, Loughman and Ed. i
Inonston are the other fingers.
Coach Egan has said little about
the prospects for a team. but he |
knows full well how much good pitch. |
ing means to a college team, and |
knows further that Georgetown will |
have good pitching. 1t naturally fol- |
lows that Egan IL not worrying a lot |
about the situation. Those following |
practice daily. think the Blue and
Gray will be about as well represented /
on the diamond as during any pre- /
vious season In recent years.
Appointment Of Ben Egan to coach
base ball at Georgetown brings out
the rather interesting fact that he
Is the fourth member of the great
team that several years ago wore Con.
ME Mack's uniform now coaching.
And II also Is interesting to note that
the other three men are coaching
teams that are to meet Georgetown.
Jack Coombs is at Princeton, Jack |
Barry at Holy Cross and Chief Bender
at Navy.
Colleges are beginning early enough
this year to arrange their basket ball
schedules for next season. Already In
quiries are going the rounds for con.
tests and the outlook 10 that there will
be O. good deal more travelling than
usual. Several of the quints in the
far South are likely to come this way
for games and II Is said that one or
two other Southern schools expect TO
emulate Georgia Tech and Maryland
In going out to the Middle West for
contests.
II begins TO seem that the Southern
Conference schools are more anxious
20 arrange home games than to at.
tend the championship tournament at
Atlanta, a. only II Of the % schools
making up the conference took part
this year. OF course, only 16 Of the
% would have been allowed to enter,
but the fact that not many desired to
shows the way the wind Ia blowing.
There u no 0oupt thaC INC HioHcy
the colleges lose on that trip would
be worth more II expended in more
and better home games.
Base ball, instead OF being allowed
to die out In the colleges, as has been
indicated for several years, seems to
be in fair way to receive greater
attention. Out In the Western Con.
ference special efforts are being made
to put base ball on O. better plane.
One or two schools that recently
abolished the sport have taken 1t up
again.
One way in which base ball might
well serve the colleges very generally
"a to adopt II more widely for intra.
mural purposes. 1t il a game that
every youngster who comes from the
backwoods or the backlots knows how
to play. and nearly everybody likes
to fool around with a base hall. Space
for diamonds Is all that would be re-
Quired to have--instead Of one or two
mines in colleges, 80 or 40 mines.
Two relay teams and Fred weisner.
pole vauiter, comprise the Georgetown
squad that left this afternoon for New
York 20 take part In the Knights of
Columbus games tomorrow night I'm
Madison Square Garden.