Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
TWO CADET TEAMS
APPEAR SAME DAY
Meet in Base Ball, Lacrosse
Saturday-Hoyas Tackle
N. Y. U. on Diamond.
BY H. C. BYRD.

'\WO army teams play mere
this week. The visit of the
West Pointers to College
A Park in base ball and la
crosse to meet the University OF
Maryland in these sports Satur-
day afternoon should provide
some of the feature Spring COM
petitions of the year on local
fields. 1t is seldom that any Army
team leaves West Point for games
and Maryland considers that 1t Is
distinctly honored in having two
games for the same day.
So far as is known, this Is the first
time that any Army team has ever come
here for an intercollegiate contest in a
major sport. Certainly such an event
has not happened in recent years. 1t
Ii not within the recollection of any
body recently concerned with athletics
in this section that two Army teams
=. have been on any one foreign field the
same afternoon, except, OF course, at
the Navy.
Cadets Always Strong.
The kind of teams put out by the
Army Is well recognized. Usually any
combination that wears West Point
colors is good enough TO put up real
with college twelves the Army has been
able to more than hold its own, and
its base ball teams are just as strong.
Maryland will place against the
Army in base ball and lacrosse two
teams that seem to be strong. AT
least their records so far this Spring
indicate they are. The Old Liners have
defeated Cornell, Virginia, North Caro-
lima and Virginia Polytechnic Institute
-, kIan and have lost IN North
Carolina and Duke and tied North
Carolina State. In lacrosse thsy have
won all three games played by big
margins. They whipped Randolph
Macon by Is to 4, Western Maryland
by 9 to 0, and yesterday took a game
from the University Of Georgia, IA
to !.
Accommodate Spectators.
The Marylanders plan to start the
base ball game at 2:30 pm. and the
lacrosse contest at 4, so that spectators
will get an opportunity TO watch both.
One of the biggest Spring crowds that
have ever watched an afternoons COM
petition at College Park is expected,
as Army officers stationed in this
vicinity, and Maryland alumni as well,
are showing far more than usual In
terest in Spring sports program.
New York University and Georgetown
open the weeks program for local col
leges tomorrow on the Washington
Barracks diamond with a base ball
game The Gothamites met the Guam
tico Marines last week and lost, but, at
that, are said to have an exceptionally
good team. And they will have to be
good, or, anyway, play good ball If they
want to stand much of chance to win
from the Blue and Gray. Georgetown
is going along a victorious way that
none of the college mines seems able to
end 1t will take combination OF ex-
cellent pitching, good hitting, fine field
ing and luck to enable N. Y. u. to put
q Blue and Gray scalp st its belt.
GaIIaudet Plays Tankers.
No game is scheduled Tuesday but
Wednesday afternoon Gallaudet goes
over to Fort Meade to meet the nine
that represents the Tank Corps.
A visit to Georgetown by the Prince
ton nine on Thursday should provide an
exceptionally interesting contest. Any
time either of the big three, Yale.
Princeton or Harvard comes to Wash
ington the event is way above the ordi-
nary, no matter what the sport. George
town already has defeated Yale and
Harvard in base ball and if it succeeds
in turning the same trick with Prince
DOI1 tIlGLl LllC due anu Nldy Will 1ldNC
the honor of having taken the measure
of Princeton, Yale and Harvard in the
same season in the same sport, which
is not an honor won so easily nor to be
taken casually In addition to the game
Princeton and Georgetown are to play
Thursday. Boston College comes here
to meet Catholic University at Brook
land. From a viewpoint of c. u, this
game is just as important as the one
between Princeton and Georgetown. as
considerable rivalry has been growing
between the Brooklanders and Bosto-
mans.
Four competitions are scheduled Fri
day and five on Saturday. After meet
ing Catholic University Thursday the
Boston College remains over to play
Georgetown. Washington and Lees
nine appears at Maryland, while the
Generals tennis team plays at George
town. Western Marylands tennis team
meets Maryland.
Besides the two games Army is to
play at Maryland on Saturday after
noon, Catholic University entertains the
Manhattan College ball team and CAL
laudet has as its guest Shepherd Col
lege. Washington and Lees tennis
team plays at Maryland.
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