Evening star., 1938-04-23
HOYAS, TERPS RISK
WINNING STREAKS
Baseball, Lacrosse Games
at Maryland Today Will
Brist|e With Action.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Two consecutive winning streaks OF
l9 games each were in jeopardy at Col
lege Park this afternoon as George
towns baseball and Maryland's la
crosse teams exposed the proud rec
ords in co-features of Washington s
biggest collegiate athletic day of the
spring.
Still going strong after Joe Keegin's
eighth-inning home run with a man
on base pulled a 81 victory out OF the
fire against Penn State yesterday, the
Hoyas with 19 triumphs in a row,
reigned slight favorites to whip Mary
land in the ball game which opened
the triple-header at College Park at
o'clock
Marylands lacrosse team was nc
more than an even choice to record
its twentieth straight collegiate VIC
tory. however. as St. Johns came over
from Annapolis with one OF its better
teams scenting national champion
ship. The stick battle was to start at
80.
The third Old Line team to SET
action was a pronounced favorite tc
beat Western Maryland That WAS the
tennis team, led by Nathan Askin anc
Allie Ritzenberg, which has yet to be
extended in three matches.
Track Meet at C. U.
Not all the local fireworks were be.
ing fired on Maryland's field, for Cath.
olic University was playing host te
an all-local triangular track meet
American University and Gallaudet
were the other District schools send
ing thinclads to Brookland for the
annual event.
One out-of-town event attracted q
fourth Maryland team. The Terp thin
clads were at Williamsburg. Va, for
a dual track meet with William and
Mary. whom they hope to make their
fourth straight Southern Conference
victim.
On paper, Maryland's ball team
which has only split even ir 10
games-seemed no match for George
towns, which has won three straight
games this year with the same players
who hung up IL straight victories
last year and won their last foul
games OF the 1896 season.
Close Call for Hoyas.
But Georgetown has had its clos,
calls in compiling that record, onl,
one being closer than that of yes
terday, however. That came in tn,
Harvard game last year when, goin,
into the tenth inning tied at Hill
Harvard scored four times only to los
when the Hoyas rallied.
II it had not been for the year,
most valuable hit Of Georgetown,
leading hitter to date. the Hoya
would be just another ball team
facing the Terps today. But Keegin
who, in addition to catching a f1n<
game, is hitting for an even 500 per.
centage in three games, turned defea
into victory when he bounced one
over that left field wall just as 10,
Adessa twice had done for Penn State
earlier in the game.
Keegin's battery mate, Mike Petros.
key, had been sailing along serenel,
for seven innings. True, Adessa hae
smashed his first round -tripper in tn,
fourth and Vonarx's triple had scoret
the same man two innings later, but
no indication of the blow-up in the
eighth had been foreseen. But ther
Adessa showed his first homer wa.
no f1uke when he hit another ons
over the same spot with two runner,
on base and before Mike could retire
the side the innings second home.
run by Truan with another Lion or
base had given the visitors the lead.
Petroskey Clinches Game.
Georgetown wasted no time in retak.
ing the lead in its half Of the inning
Capt. Johnny Cavadine put the tyinf
run on base with sharp single ovel
second and Keegin put his homer ovel
almost the identical spot where Ad.
essa had driven his two. Petroske,
shortly clinched his own game b,
driving home Joe Mellendeck, who hat
doubled for his second hit Of his firs
regular game.