Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
MARYLAND OPENS
AGAINST QUAKERS
Georgetown to Meet Old Foe
From Hub-WiIner, D. c.
Boy, Leads Red and Blue.

n ORT WILMER, a washington
mn youth, will lead the University
wv of Pennsylvania ball team
1 i against Maryland at College
Park tomorrow. Wilmer, an IN.
fielder was q versatile star at Central
High. He was substitute quarterback on
the Penn eleven last Fall.
1t will be Maryland's opening game.
The Terrapins start with better pros
poets than last year, when they had no
experienced shortstop. Hammy Derr has
plugged the hole, and Coach Burton
Shipley figures his team will win more
games this Spring than last.
Two Washington youngsters will make
I'D Maryland's battery. Jim Demarco
will pitch and Burton Mccain Will
catch. They are former Tech players.
Georgetown will meet its first Jesuit
rival tomorrow in Boston College, which
nearly always is strong IN base bali.
Catholic University will play practice
game at Brookland with the st. MaryS
Celtics, and Gallaudet will be host TO
Lodges Maryland All-Stars.
A prodigious home run with the bases
full, hit by Ken Strong, broke up a bat
tie between Georgetown and New York
University yesterday, the Violet win
ming, IL to z. Mrs. Strong, bride OF
few months, saw her husband knock the
apple into the far reaches OF left neld
in the eighth inning. At the time New
York was trailing by 8 to 5. Strong
drove over the Violet's first run in the
opening stanza with healthy single.
Kastner, left fielder, was another New
York stick star. In five times at bat ne
made four hits, including double.
Dunn, Georgetown's shortstop, was a
sharp performer. He smacked couple
of doubles and a single in five EFFORTS,
and was q big gun on the defense.
Poole pitched for Georgetown until
the ninth, when Edmonston relieved him
and yielded three runs. Poole was Wild.
He issued seven passes. Hecht lasted
only two innings for the Violet and
Buckley finished.
Eddie Hughes triplee in the ninth
inning was as valuable to DreXel Insti-
tute, playing Catholic University, as
Strong's homer to New York. It scored
the run that put the Philadelphians in
front and Robinson singled Hughes
home with a needless tally, Drexsl win
ming, 4 to 2.
Jack Conlin was nicked IL times by
two innings. They got brace OF runs
in the second.
Right Fielder Brennan was Ban-
bino for the Cardinals. Among his three
hits was a triple, which became . run
when Gioffre singled.
From the third inning on the Car
dinals drew goose eggs from Pitcher
Marine.
While its bali team was beating
GEORGETOWN, New York University Ia
crosse players were taking q beating
from Maryland, 10 to /. There were
eight freshmen in tho Violet lineup.
Jack Faber and Ivan Marty, the
Maryland coaches, were satisfied with
their team which figures to make an
other fight for the national champion
ship. Holloway led the scoring with
three goals and Evans and Smink each
got two.
The new Terrapin goal keeper, Jim
Kelly had little opportunity to show
his stuff. Only three shots came his
way and it was not his fault that one
was successful. The defense man per-
mitted Degen to approach so close to
the Maryland goal that Kelly HAD only
the ghost of chance to stop the ball.
With the popularity Of lacrosse
spreading like prarie fire, colleges are
up against it for experienced coaches.
Former Maryland and Johns Hopkins
players are sought eagerly.
Washington and Lee won of the
the Is events in track meet with
Maryland at Lexington, Va, and tied
for first in two others. Sanderer scored
IS of the Generals $50 points. Mary
land got 571a. Sanderer won the broad
lump, tied for first In the high Jump
and was second in the 100 and 220-yard
races.
In winning the half mile, Capt. Ed
Backus of Washington and Lee set .
new track record Of minutes, knock.
ing one-fifth Of q second on the old
mark.
John Mcdonald won the discuss and
shotput for Maryland, throwing the
discuss 100 feet inch and the shot
Il feet 9 inches. Kinmal1n, Old Liner,
took both hurdle races.
University Of Vermont, rained out Of
a game with Georgetown the other Gay,
was whitewashed by the Quanuco
Marines with Kidd on the hill. Kioo
famed IL and yielded three singles
Ralph e. Burgess Of washington has
been elected captain Of next years
swimming team at Williams.
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