Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Baseball, Net, Track,
Lacrosse Squads All
Have Weak Points
Hurlers Greatest Need;
Action Opens March 81
With Baseball Come

Every time MarylandS CoaChlhg
fraternity takes a gander al the
ambitious spring sports program IN
baseball, track. lacrosse and tennis
and counts noses left after inroads
made by graduation and otherwise,
its collective blood pressure goes up
20 points.
They have a lengthy schedule out
College Park way-59 events in all.
Now the problem is coralling enough
manpower to carry it through. In
baseball, for example, Coach Burt
Shirley has 26 games to play and
after double-checking all available
rosters finds only one veteran pitch
er-Max Hunt. Even Hunt could
pitch the entire 26 games if they
were spaced properly, but the team
will be playing almost every day
after the Curtain-ralser with ONO
State March 90
Lefty Earl Springer and Pershng
Mondorff were removed from the
roster by that old custom referred to
rs graduation. With them went
Hugh Keller, a hard-hittlng out
fielder. and Adam Bengoechea, a
smooth seCond-Sacker. Replacing
them will be as easy as replacing an
eye tooth and Shipley knows it.
Veteran Neucleus for Nine.
Back for another fling are Leib
Mcdonald, Dick MCHale and jim
Wharton. inf1elders; Bill England
and Fritz Maisel. outfielders. At
least they are identified as such on
the current rosters, but with the
pitching situation as desperate as
1t is most of them may be called
on to spend part of their afternoons
in the box.
Mearle Du Vail is expected to play
first and Roscoe Whip, who has a
fair whip and can hit. is conceded a
good chance of moving up from his
utility berth into BengoeChea' S
vacant brogans. Wharton will ham
die the catching. while Lefty Frank
DWyer and England will help out
with the Chucking chores. DWyer,
however, is expected to find more
regular employment in the outfeld,
Bill Fulton, a pitcher; Danny
Boothe and Irving Gordy, out
feeders, are the leading recruits up
from the 194l freshman nine
Problems also are prevalent in
lacrosse, where 10 lettermen are
missing, including Milt Mullitz and
Oscar Nevares, both all-Americas,
and Mark Kelley, second all-Amer-
lea goalie Jack Grier, Kelley's
understudy, also is missing,
But if Jack Faber can turn up a
eoalie the Terps still have enough
power left to make a strong defense
of its national championship Mary
land took the title last year by wal
Looping 10 collegiate opponents and
bowling only to the strong Mount
Washington Club. The return OF
Jack Mueller. Bill Graham and Fred
Widener, defense men; Jordan
Sexton. Chick Allen, Jack Garrett, Al
Slesinger and Bill MCGregor, attack
men, Carl Bachrach, reserve goaIe,
and Ashton Thumm. reserve de-
tense. have given Faber reason to be
optimistic.
julius Bridges and Jim Forbes,
goalies; Charley Keller, Bob Fet-
tiers and John Rabai, defense, and
Milton Vanden Berg and Ray Gre
iaCki. attack. are the most promis-
ing candidates from last years frosh.
Track NotabIes Missing.
The loss of Jim Kehoe, Alan Mil
Ter AND Mason Chronister will be
felt in track, but with Joe Murphy,
Gene Ochsenreiter, Tom Fields, Bill
Tilley and Bob Condor among those
back in harness the outlook is not
gloomy.
Coach Coleman Headley has a
bevY Of promising youngsters COM
ing VI from the freshmen in Lou
Chacos, sprinter; Tom Devlin, $40;
Stanley kim, mile and 2 miles;
Jack Gilmore, who betterS feet in
the high Jump; Luther Conrad,
Iohr Dunlap and Reggy Vincent,
field men, and Mel Leonberger,
hurder.
AGd to them such followers as
Chester Ernst, Splinter; Elmer
Pigny who runs anything from the
century to the quarter; Vernon Mil
Ter, 440; Bob Montgomery and RAN
call CrOnin, $50; and Dick Shaffer,
iavelln and discus, and you have
we'll balanced team.
The tennis squad lost its three
top ranking men in Allie Ritzen-
berg, Nate Askin and Jack Phillips
and will have to rely on Doyle Royal,
Phil Burkom, Harry Baugher, Jim
Burnside and Jim Harley to carry
the burden.
The SphpdlIle.