Evening star., 1938-03-16
AHRAHBASEBALL
SEEN ON UPSW|NG
Coaching by Former Major
League Stars Is Boon
to College Game.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

If college baseball suddenly loses
its reputation as an inferior example
of the great American sport you can
lay 1t to big league coaching, now
installed in IL Of the leading colleges
in the East. Including our own Joe
Judge, who now is coaching George
town after nearly 20 years of the
fanciest first-basing Washington fans
ever saw, there are an even dozen
former American or National League
stars coaching college teams from here
to Vermont.
Joe pointed out the other day that
eight OF the teams which will play
his and the University of Maryland's S
this spring will be coached by former
American or National League stars.
-Four of them will bring their teams
here to play G. U.
Larry Gardner, third baseman on
Cleveland's only pennant-winner in
history in 1920, now is coach of Ver-
mont, which relps Maryland open the
collegiate campaign here week from
Monday. The following Monday,
Gardner brings his team back to meet
Georgetown in the first game for the
Judge coached Hoyas.
McInnis Starts at Cornell.
Stuffy McInnis, first baseman Of
Connie Mack's great inf1eld during the
first years of the World War. Is start
ing his first year at Cornell. which
also will play Maryland at College
Park.
Max Bishop, the AS great little
lead-off man a decade ago, also is
stepping into a college coaching job
this year for the first time, Navy
having drafted him to handle its nine.
Georgetown plays Navy at Annapolis.
At West Point there's Walter
French. an old Army al-sports star
who. after gaining major league expe-
rience under Mack, returned to and
now coaches his alma mater. Like
Navy, Frenchs team will play host
to Georgetown on the latter's North
ern trip.
Pep Young. one Of John McGraw's S
greatest outfielders, will be coaching
Temple when the Owls come here to
play Georgetown in May. And Har-
ward. another G. u opponent. will be
playing under orders of Mred Mitchell.
one-time catcher with the Chicago
Cubs and later vice president Of the
old Braves at Boston.
Only the oldatimers will remember
JEFF Tesreau, who pitched for the
Giants more than 20 years ago, but
this years fans will be able to see his
team when he brings Dartmouth here
to play on the Hilltop.
Judge Sees Increased Interest.
On foreign diamonds, Georgetown
will run into two other big league
coached mines. Jack Coffee, an old
New York Giant. is handling the reins
at Fordham, while AleGfMcCarthy is
coaching at N. Y. U.
What does 1t all mean? What effect
VIII big-league coaching have on COL
leg base bail? Judge thinks it will re-
suit in tremendous upswing OF
interest in the latter, with smart, fast
baseball making college fans forget
those of yesteryear whose scores more
closely resembled basket ball results.
Science will find its way into a
game formerly dominated by extra
base hits. Base running will become
something more than lost art.
Pitchers will be more than throwers.
In this connection it is not hard to
imagine Yale with bang-up mound
staff, for the Eli coach is none other
than Smoky Joe Wood. one of the best
of his day.
With colleges beginning to raid pro-
fessional football ranks for coaches, it
might be supposed that they were only
following custom they've been pur-
suing for several years along base ball
lines. There's this difference. though
so far, colleges have waited until
ball players are too old to play any
more.
Do hear an amen from George P.
Marshall?