Evening star., 1942-03-20
5hip|ey Sees Better
Hurting Than Team
Had Last Season
Rockies Bottle to Join
Veteran InfieId Trio;
OutfieId Is Capable

The dual loss of Ernie Travis and
Leib Mcdonald, akin to removing
two sparkplugs in a four-cylinder
motor, has impaired seriously Mary
lands hopes for Southern Confer
ence diamond championship. But
the Terps still hope to tie few
tin cans on some of their more
highly touted brethren.
We're not kidding ourselves about
losing those two," Coach Burt Ship
ley was saying today. "You can't
lose all the power they represented
at bat and expect to have as good a
team as you'd have with them in
there. But we have some good boys
left and if they stand up under fire
as they've shown in practice ]
think we'll be all right"
Travis, in case you haven't heard
recently underwent a knee opera
ton that will keep him out all sea-
son while Mcdonald has returned
home to help manage his ailing
fathers farm. Ernie was fresh
man last year but Leib was the var
sitys leading hitter and a handy
hombre to have around in the
clutch.
Hitting Is Main Worry.
Il think I've found a shortStop
and a catcher, and our pitching
should be better" continued Ship
ley, referring to three glaring weak
nesses of last years outfit. "Defen-
sively we should be able to hold our
own with the best, but the hitting
is worrying me. We aren't getting
enough solid base knocks. However,
that may improve with practice and
we'll have the answer after we've
played few games"
Max Hunt, who got a bad year
out of his system last spring, has
been hotter than the hinges of Hades
in practice and apparently is des-
tined to be the mainstay of the
curving corps. He's got the old hop
on his fast 'un and is putting a
wicked bend in his hook, which
should be enough to get him by in
average college company.
Bob Smith, the cotton-haired
nothing ball" man, is back in har-
ness along with Bill Fulton, a lefty
who earned his M last year, and
Shipley has a trio of newcomers
backing them up who seem to have
something on the ball. Two of
these are Red Wright, the burly
football star, and Joe Hoopengard-
ner, another gridder and ball car
rier to boot, who are taking a fling
at chucking. Joe was an inflelder
last season, but didn't get much
work because of a game knee which
since has been restored to normal
by surgeons knife. Red reported
as an outfelder.
Crist Is Slabber- Outfielder.
Add to these short, stocky Hartley
Crist. a youngster with broad shoul-
ders and strong wrists, who swings
a wicked shillelagh and shags flies
In the outfield in addition to pitch
ing. Shipley has been impressed
sufficiently by his work to CONSIDER
alternating him between the mound
and field.
Definitely slated to start in the
garden are Harold Evans, hard
hitting soph from Central High
School by way of last years fresh
man outfit, and Danny Boothe
turkey-legged holdover from the Al
cast. Dan1 probably is the best
ground coverer and ball hawk on
the squad, but is just fair sticker
Shipley has cause to smile when
the infeld is mentioned, being
blessed with three dependable vets
and a quartet Of ambitious ano
hard-working rockies. Mearle Du
Vail is a fixture on first. ditto
for Pop Wharton at second and ditto
for Roscoe Whipp at third. This is
enough to warm any coach's heart
and he also is encouraged by the
free -for-all fight at shortstop.
Hudak Can Field. Throw.
At this writing Clark Hudak, a
fine fielder with a bull-Whip arm
who didn't play freshman ball
seems to have first call. He's no
Joe Di Maggie with the lumber, but
his defensive ability more than OIL
sets his lack of an impressive bat
ting average. Emile Sunier, junior
in the school of engineering, also
new to the Terp squad, may land a
reserve job and Jim Kinsman,
lately of Bethesda, is almost certain
to grab a utility post. Bill Elicit is
another warranting due consider
alton.
Jack Brenner, a sophomore, evi-
IDENTIFY is slated to handle the regu-
lar receiving chores, with Kenny
(Baggypants) Bransdorf, a letter
man, ready to lend a helping hand.