Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-14
CADETS LOSE MOST
/ OF 1929 REGULARS
Thirteen of Letter Men Of
Great Eleven of Last Fall
to Graduate.
BY n. C. BYRD.

r USUALLY these Spring days
find college base ball
coaches more concerned
~ with base ball than with
anything else, but not so with Bill
Raftery, diamond coach at Vir-
ginia Military Institute. Bill has
q great ball club, one that has
made things miserable for its OPP
ponents, but right now his
thoughts are turning more to next
Fall than to the brilliant record
his ball handlers are making.
For be It known that v. M. I. loses
Is letter men from its 1929 eleven, and
of the II regulars only l, possibly 2, are
to return.
Say, you've got a great ball team
this Spring haven't you. Bill" was the
greeting extended to Rafterry this morn
ahg when he and his squad appeared at
University Of Maryland for game this
afternoon.
Pretty good" replied Bill, but when
next Fall rolls around I think I'll ask
Al our opponents to spot us couple OF
t0uchdowns before we start"
what are you worrying about foot
ball for at this time" was the rejoinder,
especially when you've got one Of the
0esC mines IN the S0utn?"
That's all right about the ball team:
thSt's made. But I've got plenty to
think about for next Fall We lost Is
letter men from our last years team
and are likely to have back only one
regular of the eleven. With the kind
Of schedule we play, If that isn't enough
to make me think I don't know what is.
We play in Florida one minute and
Kentucky the next, and our reserve ma
terial of last Fall was no so hot, either.
Looks like we shall have plenty Of trou-
BILE, and that's not a bear story, either.
This, added to the fact that some Of the
teams we play are due to be much
stronger than they have been IN years,
does not color things with roseate
hue" 3d..
AS q matter of fact, Raftery is per-
fectly right in bemoan:ng some of his
foot ball losses, and undoubtedly has
plenty of cause to look forward to
some real difficulties in developing his
true that some of the substitutes, es-
pecially the backs, are likely to be
right valuable The Freshman team
of last Fall also was better than the
average, and from it may come some
good material. However, Raftery viii
not have anything like as good ma.
terial Is wore ". NJ. rs colors last
Us
strong . team, as that which he put
out In 1929 was about the best ne
has coached But It Is not surprising
that he feels blue about his prospects;
any coach would who Is due to lose
80 many really fine players.
Georgetown winds up its home base
bali season this afternoon, with Gull
ford College as its opponent. The
Blue and Gray won from Guilford early
In the year and expects to turn the
eRick again today. If Georgetown wins
SNdAy, and then has some success in
lis later games away from home, 1t
undoubtedly will finish one Of the best
schedules any college nine ever has gone
through.
Virefnfa Military Institute Is to be
Maryland,s opponent. The Cadets came
in early this morning confident OF their
ability Down ct Lexington last week
they won from Maryland by scoring
three runs In the last inning. v. M. l.
probably has the best nine that has ever
worn its colors, with Lefty" Williams
standing out as one Of the most edec-
tive college pitchers Of the year.
Tom Keady's Ail-Marine team plays
here today, with Catholic University at
Brookland. Unless the Catholic UNI
VSISAkt plnyCIc tdhC u 0A3 0AdNO way e%AS
due for another defeat, as the Marines
have one Of the strongest teams playing
the game this Spring. A week ago the
Marines encountered very little dim
Guilty defeating Catholic University In q
game at Quantico.
In addition to the ball game Mary
= land and v. M. I. are to play at College
Park, the Old Liners are to engage In
. dual track meet with Hopkins. Mary
land Is expecting to chalk up its hrst
dual meet victory Of the year. as Hop
kins does not seem to be overly strong.
A ball game, q tennis match, and a
golf match are the competitions carded
for local colleges tomorrow. Maryland
meets Washington College on the ola-
nnond at College Park, Georgetown en-
tertains the Richmond University tennis
team, and the Hoya golf team meets
Brown at Rye, N. Y.