Evening star., 1942-03-21
Appears Weak Sister
OF College Squads
In This Sector
KIouk Lone Moundsmon;
OerteI, Pieeo, Erhurdt
Are Missed Badly

That's getting a piece OF it, Roy.
We need more Of those yelled
Acting Coach Winnie De Angels as
Roy Mcneil padded a scorchlng
line drive into the distant reaches
of left field during a George Wash
tngton batting practice.
That's our No. l problem as l
see it, although I don't say it's our
only problem. We need hitters
and need them almost as badly as
pitchers. Right now Red Kloak is
the only pitcher we have. Maybe
we'll dig up another some place,
or maybe We'll just let everybody
take a turn in the box on Reds
day off, but we can use more
pitchers.
At first glance the Colonials shape
up as the weak sister of the college
squads in this neck of the woods,
although it is entirely too early to
condemn them to that category.
The inheld has balance and ex-
perience. with Jack Fitzgerald on
third, Mcneil at short and Bobby
Gllham at second. Lone newcomer
will be Johnny Konizewski, football
basket ball husky, who apparently
will get the nod over Matt Zunic,
the court star who is having his
first fling in baseball at G. w.
Zunic May Play Outfield.
zunic, however, may find a place
in the outfield, where Len Sokol, a
dependable fielder and solid hitter,
Is the only holdover. Ted Reich
vein and Joe Hall are waging a
neck -and-neck battle for the third
position, Hall having an edge. This
lad covers a lot Of territory and
his handling of bat indicates he
knows its business.
Catching will be in capable hands
even though peppery Jimmy Dowd
isn't back. Billy Robertson, Clark
Griffith's husky nephew, who can
knock a sparrow of second with a
peg. and jeff Chew, a recruit from
Western High. will handle the back
stopping. Robertson is No. l man
at this writing.
The curtain fell on the 1941 cam
paign with picture of better things
TO come, but George Washington
Is listed among the unpredictables
this year. The downtown nine lost
It's leadoff man. George Oertel, who
usually could beg, borrow or steal
his way to first, and Johnny Picco,
pigeon-toed ball hawk who was
the teams most consistent hitter.
The Colonials figured to begin the
AZ season with at least seven vets
and we'll supplied with pitchers, but
their plans went awry.
Loss Of Erhardt a Jolt.
Losing Buddy Erhardt was blow
TO u.s." De Angels said. With our
limited schedule we might have got
ten by handsomely with just he and
Kloak. but the books got him. We
have a couple of freshmen who are
good throWers, but 1t doesn't look
as though the conference will let
us use them this year. That's why
I'm emphasizing hitting in our
workouts. If we can outSlug the
other teams we'll win without pitch
ing and if We don't hit, well, Bob
Feller couldn't do us any good.
We've been held up by the weather
and the lack of suitable practice
field, but I think we can make up
the lost ground with plenty OF
work"
De Angels, right-hand man to
Ed Morris during the latter's tenure
as head coach, is sharing the duties
and responsibilities of the coach
ing job with Art zahn, freshman
coach. A decision as to which will
have final say is expected from the
front office some time next week
Meanwhile the boys are getting
along fine and everybody would be
happy-if they could find another
pitcher and start betting the ball.