Evening star., 1938-04-03
BATTLE VERMONT
IN SEASON OPENER
Eight Vets of Undefeated
Team of 1887 Viii! Play
in Game Tomorrow.
By BILL DISMER. Jr.

BaSeballS axiom OF never breaking
UP winning combination will keep
two sensational sophomores out of
Georgetowns starting lineup tomor-
row as the Hoyas open their season
against Vermont on the Thirty ninth
street and Reservoir road diamond.
Playing the Well-known hunch of
all big leaguers, Coach Joe Judge will
start eight of the nine men who gave
G. U. an undefeated record in collegi-
ate competition last year. only the
second basemen of his winning team
having graduated
Mike Petroskey, unbeaten in 10
games, will start on the mound with
the rest of the team preceding him to
bat as follows: Tommy Nolan, center
field: Smitty Nau, left field Harry
Bassin, first base; Capt. Johnny Cava-
dine, third base: Tony Barabas. right
field; Joe Keegin, catcher; Tommy
Heating, shortstop. and Joe Moran,
second base.
The pair of newcomers left out in
the cold by the presence of the afore-
mentioned veterans are Joe Mellen-
deck, last falls sophomore grid flash,
who, Judge claims. has the best arm
he ever has seen on college player,
and John Schmitt, an exceedingly
fleet-footed> outfielder. Mellendeck, a
shoftstop on Georgetown's freshman
team last year, has been working OUT
with the outfields this spring. but is
ready to step in at short should any
thing happen to Keating.
Have 800 Stick Average.
How long Judge will adhere to last
years lineup will depend on how long
the team keeps winning In view Of
the impressive list of Is major foes,
Judge is convinced that last years
fortune will not extend throughout the
season, despite the fact that the seven
regulars, excluding Petroskey. who
start tomorrow boast a composite bat
ting average of 800.
Whether Petroskey hurls the whole
game depends on several factors, in
cluding the weather. type of game and
his own physical condition. Apparent
ly. big Mike is as ready to go the full
nine innings as are the rest of G. us
competition-starve regulars. Should
Georgetown start to wallop Vermont
as Maryland did last Monday, it is
likely that Rockies Bill Reynolds and
De Sales Powell will see relief service
1t is not likely, however. that Hank
Bertrand. G.. US other veteran pitch
er. will be used tomorrow inasmuch
as Georgetown will play Harvard three
days later on the same field
Moran, the only newcomer to crash
the Hoyas' starting lineup, is the
son of an old Georgetown player who
went from the Hilltop to the big
leagues and thence to Catholic Uni
versity as athletic director. Young
Moran clinched the second-base as
signment more than a week ago.
Maryland Meets Cornell.
Maryland also swings back into &C.
ton on the diamond tomorrow, when
1t plays the first of two games this
week against Cornell. In two games
the Terps have scored Is runs and
banged out 20 hits, arousing belief
that the District will be represented
by a pair of slugging college mines
this year.
Charley Weidinger, Burton Ship
leys starting pitcher, is slated to see
a little more duty than the three
innings he worked against Vermont
last week, but no answer to the ques-
ton Of who Maryland's best catcher
is as yet has been given Joe Crisa-
full and Bob Burns looked equally
good in the first tests.
Cornell has not had a good deal of
outdoor practice. but the Big Reds
pitching prospects are good, and it
has smooth-working infield. One
Of Cornell's pitchers, Worth Dodd,
senior right-hander. pitched q no.
hit seven-inning game against Dart
mouth last season, but it was not
known whether he will go against
Maryland. Bob White, who played
in Cornell's backfield last fall, looks
to be its first-string catcher, with
two other gridmen, Bill Mogk and
Ken Brown, in the outfield.
Hoyas, Terps Share Attention.
Just as they do tomorrow, Mary
lands athletes will share local in
terest with Georgetown on Thursday
when Harvard,s lacrosse team engages
Jack F'aber's ten at College Park.
That lacrosse game and the four
baseball games are the major events
OF the week, although Georgetown's
top-flight golf team makes its debut
against Cornell here on Friday and
Maryland sends its ball and track
teams to Lexington on Saturday for
respective contests with Virginia Tech
and v. M. I.