Evening star., 1932-03-17
ONLY THREE OF 81
TEAM At HILLTOP
New Talent, Fair, Expected
to Get Hoyas Through
Short Schedule.
BY III. c. BYRD.


~ able to get out for its first
practice, but enough is
known about the material avail
able to understand readily that a
somewhat difficult task confronts
the university if it is to be repre-
sented by nine as strong as those
that usually have worn George
town colors.
Actually only two of the eight regu-
lars Of 1881 are ready to try for
job on the 1882 team, all the others
having graduated. Only one member
of last years pitching staff is back
with the squad of hurlers now working
out indoors.
Johnny Evers, son of the famous
Johnny of Tinker to- -Evers- to- Chance"
fame, is captain and is the only men,
Der of last years outfield trio who will
be on hand when the ground is in good
at third base Is the other of the eight
regulars, while Noznesky is the only
one who remains of the pitching staff.
Of course, with limited schedule,
Noznesky may be almost enough to
carry the Blue and Gray through, as
he Is very effective. When games are
two or three days apart one good
pitcher is about all that a college nine
really needs, so with little help from
men who come UP from the 1891 fresh
man nine the Hilltoppers may be
fairly well fixed In this regard.
nRoBABLY base ball material gen.
L orally 10 scareer ON the Hilltop
than 1t has been for years. So
scarce Is ~ that few men from the
second string and freshman teams of
last season seem to stand out above
all the others.
For instance, there is Tom carolan,
who held down an end job In foot ball
and was the star of the basket ball
team at first, and there does not seem
to be any other player in sight who
measures up anywhere near his ability
Mickey Liene, quarterback of the
foot ball team, from what he showed
on the first year nine, seems the best
bet for second base, while Bill Rapp
has the edge on the men expected to
try for the shortstop position. Larry
Sullivan and Orefiee are likely to do
the catching, with Heeney, right-hand-
er, and Lindquist, left-hander, helping
Nesnesky with the pitching.
When one takes o backward glance
and considers the eaiibeF of men
Georgetown lost last Spring, the task
OF replacing them with players equal
ly as good seems even greater than
might be considered on first thought,
There was Soaizi ut second Baumann
at short, Mooney at first, Foley and
Bozek IN the outfield, and Poole,
pitcher, all gone, and all men of great
ns tA@a ..rt,4
be depended on to make up this years
lineup.
However, there seems to be an air
Of optimism at Georgetown, despite the
apparently posr outlook.
There seems to be developing on the
Hilltop rather definite feeling that
success in athletics does not mean to
win every contest. And in this con-
pectien, 1t Is not aaaiss to mention that
last Winter, though Il did not win near
previous Georgetown dyes, Blue and
Gray established better relationships
with its opponents and created q dis
tihetly favorable reaction with every
body that watched it play.
ssyYTE have q big job ahead of U.s."
w says Gabe Murphy, graduate
manager of athletics, "and we
know it. y We lost nearly all our last
years team and the men on hand to
replace those who grs duated do not
have the experience and ebility. How
ever, We hope To turn out eredit4b'e
nine, and with the new spirit which is
developing In our athlstles, even If we
don't win so many games, we shall not
worry so much.
i do wish, though, that the weather
would take such turn as would enable
us to get the men on the field SO we
can start building. All the practice so
far has been in the gymnasium, where
the pitchers ana cateheFs are lobbing
the ball around.
"One thing, though, that should help
us Is that We do not open our season
very early. Our first game Is not until
April 8, which rs later than any other
Georgetown nine ever has opened
base ball schedule, at least in my
memory and in the memory OF many
others who 90 much farther back in
Georgetown base ball than do"
CEoRGETOWN is carrying out in
" base ball the same policy that
it seems to be putting into effect
with its other teams-placing its own
alumni in charge. Coaching base ball
this year is Clayton Sheedy, one Of the
greatest first basemen that ever wore a
Georgetown uniform and who left
Georgetown to play for several years
with the Baltimore Orioles. Sheedy
knows base ball and should handle the
team well.
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