Evening star., 1938-04-19
SADDENED TERPS
END TRIP TODAY
Oppose William and Mary
Nine Following Double
Defeat by Duke.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Sadly lacking many of the Southern
Conference championship hopes it held
as recently as yesterday morning,
Maryland's baseball team was to play
the last Of six games in six days this
afternoon before heading home to
await its all-important clash with
Georgetown on Saturday at College
Park.
The Terps were to play William and
Mary at Williamsburg in the final
game of four-day trip, but the only
consolation victory would bring
would be Marylands conference per-
centage to 500.
Duke, the same team which spiked
the Old Liners 1887 title hopes, today
was being considered for special
niche in College Parks hall of villains.
Although the Blue Devils come to
Maryland for return game on May 4,
they clinched the seasons series-and
perhaps the conference championship
by taking both ends of a double
header from the Terps yesterday at
Durham. The scores were 81 and 3D.
IerpS Batting Fades.
If Maryland could have taken even
one of the games, there might still be
hope, as all seven remaining Southern
Conference games on the Terps sched-
ule will be played at College Park.
Carrying a 1886 batting average into
the first game. Maryland could get
only l6 hits during the whole after
noon with Cleom Chumbris the only
Black and Gold player to get as many
as three. And MaIyland's pitching,
to say the least, was not so good.
Indeed, Coach Burton Shipley again
regular second baseman, to emulate
his famous dad. Eddie hurled the last
two innings of the first game.
Earl Springer gave up enough runs
IN the first inning Of the nightcap to
lose the game, the Blue Devils rapping
him for three
Stick Team Loses Home.
The Washington lacrosse team
had lost much of its collegiate touch
today with the announcement that
American University no longer would
permit the stickmen to use its field for
practice or games. This despite the
fact that Gus WEIGH. A. US director
of athletics, is coaching the team and
that 10 A. U. athletes are numbered
among the squad of 25.
Nevertheless, the lacrossers will play
their first game of the season on Sat-
urday when they go to Annapolis to
play Navy's "B' team Games with
Mount Washington and the Baltimore
A c. have been scheduled here for
May IA and 81. with the likelihood
that Duke, Virginia or North Carolina
also will send teams here to match
the former collegians.
Currently the makeup Of the first
team reveals four former Maryland
players, two from Virginia, two from
ST. Johns and one from Mount Wash
ington. Bus Pfau, Maryland, probably
will be the goalie with other ex-Terps
being Norwood Sothoron. Corky Sny-
der and Bill Evans. The Virginia
grads are Johnny Gassaway and Dick
Williams with Larry Grain and Dick
Feldman representing St. Johns and
Jack Mahon Mount Washington.
Terps' Batting Good.
Unless Maryland batters are the
victims of no-hit game at Williams
burg today, they are almost sure to
enter the Georgetown game with a
better team batting average than the
Hoyas. In two games the Blue and
Gray batters have gotten only 16 hits
in 81 times at bat for an even $50.
Capt Johnny Cavadine with .375, Tony
Barabas with 428 and Joe Keegin
with .666 are the only three with re-
spectacle averages.
OF course, there Is, the possibility
of the rest of their mates coming to
life for the first time this season
Friday against Penn State, but so
far they have yet to resemble the
group which averaged 800 as a group
last year.
George Washington's tennis team,
rained out of its match at Richmond
yesterday. was in North Carolina
today for a meeting with Elon. The
Colonials still are seeking their first
victory. Maryland's netmen, on the
other hand, were seeking to avenge
that baseball defeat by Duke by
trouncing the Duke racketers at Col
lege Park today. Maryland won its