Evening star., 1942-07-21
Game al College Park
Season Debut for
Co|onia|s' Nine
Hoyos, Terps Are Pinned
For Series by TiIts
With Army Clubs

Opening guns in the summer
baseball league among local col
legians will be fired tomorrow with
George Washington playing at
Maryland and Georgetown meeting
Navy in Annapolis.
OF the local schools, only George
Washington Is untested. The others
got in a few practice rounds last
week against service mines. George
town won two and lost one, while
Maryland dropped both its games.
on last weeks work and until
George Washington shows its hand,
GEORGETOWN appears the school to
seat. Coach Rome Schwagel has q
veteran team back from the good
spring outfit.
Hoyas' Pitching Is Good.
Only newcomers are Bill Hassett
at shortstop and Len Bonforte and
Pete Baker in left field. Bonforte Is
used against southpaw pitching,
while Baker faces righthAnders.
Baker is a tall, powerful lad who
blasted q homer Saturday against
Camp Lee to give sample OF what
may be expected of him.
Schwagel's chief worry is finding
q way to get base hits out OF his
players. They did get 13 Saturday
while losing, but in their winning
efforts they produced only seven
q game. This didn't satisfy
schwagel, who thinks all his big
bows should be power hitters.
He's pretty well fixed for pitch
ers with three good starters In Joe
wells, Bill McGurk and Earl Bran
field. McGurk, who beat Navy, 1912,
last May, may get the starting toe
at Annapolis tomorrow, although II
really is Wells turn.
MARYLAND, too. Is in good shape
for the series, despite two defeats
last week, except for pitchers. Ine
Old Line hurlers so far have not
been up to par with the possible
exception OF Max Hunt who tossed
A few good innings against Fbl last
"wednesday. He is slated for TO-
morrow's pitching against the Col
onials.
Terps Have Power at Plate
So far Coach Burt Shipley has
sent seven pitchers to the rupoer IN
two games and for the most part
thew were back on the bench an
inninr or so later. They aren't al
nod tho,rh. Bill Webster had one
80 ,,,r,n0 against Fort Myer Sat
,,rday and something better thar
has been displayed so far IS expected
Of Lefty Crist and Lloyd Roberts.
Maryland's real chance OF snlnlne
IN this series in at the plate. Eleven
and 12 hits, respectively, were mace
in last weeks games, and these Or
dinarily would be enough to WIN.
Particularly handy with the nan
are Danny Boothe, center1eld; Hal
Evans, leftfield; Kenny Bransoor1'
catcher, and Jim Kinsman, short
stop. r.
McNamara Is Navy Ace.
Navy, like Georgetown, the team
It meets in tomorrow's league opener
had m exceptionally good spring
season, and 1t too has . number Of
experienced players on hand Tor the
summer campaign. :,
Among those Coach Bishop Il
starting tomorrow is Warren NC.
Namara, captain-elect for the 194'
team, who again will handle short
stop and hit in the cleanup Job
George Watson is back on third base
Watson Gillis in the outfield is an
other experienced player and JACKIE
Davis again will be the big gun o
the pitching staff. A lefthander
Davis had q major part in the 10
game winning streak the Middle
enjoyed in the spring. Anothe
finger who will work frequentl,
during the summer is Bill Leahy, re
lief during the spring season.
That about accounts for the re
turning regulars, although severs
Of the other players had some ex
perience. Rest OF the tentative line
up has r. T. E. Bowles, jr., frs
base: Frankie Schettino, secon'
base; E. K. Snyder, catcher; D. c
Hineman, right field, and eithe
Tom Higgins or Del Cummins in let
field.