4 THF WASHINGTON V TITHES STIN1A SUNDAY Y DECEMBER 29 9 1907 1907W 1907I
I W WASHINGTON A ATHLETICS FLOURISHED MIGHTILY IN 1907
Scarcity Y o of f Places for Either Outdoor or In Indoor Indoor Indoor ¬
doorConte door Contests Conte sis Serious Handicap Handica to toveto De Development Develo ¬
velopment veto P ment of Sports and Pastimes PastimesBy
By THOMAS S RICE RICEWashington RICEYashington RICEWashington
Washington athletes athletcs and Washington lovers of sport have every everyright eeryright everyright
right to be proud of themselves and their city in the past year yearEvery yearEvery ear earEcry
Every branch bran < ih of sport showed a distinct advance in n the District Districtof
of Columbia in 1007 with the possible exception of boxing and wrestling wres wrestling wrestlingt ¬
tling and that these two did not flourish better was due to lack of ofopportunities ofopportunitiest ofopportunities
opportunities and not to a willingness on the part of tho athletes orgenerosity or orgenerosity orgenerosity
generosity op the part of the tl u fans fansThe fangThe fansThe
The immense and intense interest in sports in this city is some something something something ¬
thing which no new resident ever understands and is unappreciated by bymany bymnny bymany
many who have lived here for or years ears and who are so situated they could couldgive couldgie couldgive
give great service to the cause of manly and healthful exercises if thoy theycould thoycould thoycould
could be made to grasp the importance of the subject With a re remarkabl remarkably i imarkably
markably markabl small number of halls in which independent competitions competitionsmay competitions1na competitionsmay
may 1na be held and with no inclosed outdoor park except the grounds of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Washington Baseball Club the promoting of contests which would wouldattract wouldattract wouldattract
attract unusual attention1 att attention ntionl is almost stifled stifledt and many man manor men willing to tocontribute toontribute tocontribute
contribute time money mone t and enthusiasm tcr athletic enterprises aro aroeither aroithtr aroeither
either kept out of the thegnme game or are not aware of the opportunities whichvould whichwould which whichvoild
would exist if arenas indoor ant and an outdor outdort were more plentiful plentifulThe plenillulrhe plentifulThe
The best indices of the interest Nin in athletics in this city are the thewonderful thewonderful thewonderful
wonderful support given the tailend Washington team teamt in the Amen Amencan American tmerlcan = ¬
can League the trainloads of sporting mon who go to Baltimore to tosec tofiec tobee
sec the highclass fights there the tens of thousands who attend tho thogames thogamts thegames
games of amateur amateur baseball leagues the packed houses at the George Georgetown Georgetown Georgetown ¬
town and Federal indoor meets meetst and andt in general the liberal attendance attendanceat ntten ance anceat
at every er sporting attraction worthy worth of the least attention attentionA
A careful or even cursory cUrsorYt examination into this interest should shouldgo shouldgo shouldgo
go far toward awakening in the minds of the members of both houses houseso
o 01 Congress and of the Government officials the very great need in this thiscity thisdty thiscity
city for public athletic grounds for boys bo s and young men ment as well as asfor asfor asfor
for children Cities far smaller in population and incomparably r smaller smallerin
in reputation than the National Capital are making every effort to toencourage toncouragc toencourage
encourage outdoor recreation by supporting public athletic parks or orfields orfields
fields but it seems seems almost impossible to stir the powers in control of ofthe ofthe ofthe I
the destinies of the District of Columbia to a roalization of the serl serious serlous serlous ¬
ous need nee for such suchplaces places In tho cit city which was intended by Its foun founders founders founders ¬
ders to be the leader in civic and economic progress progressBaseball progressBaseball progressBaseball
Baseball is if played pia ed on the White and Monument lots and there are areplaygrounds areplaygroumls areplaygrounds
playgrounds for little children but the youths oulhs and men must go o far farafield farafield farafield
afield or pa p pay 3 a large sum if they wish to hold a meet or play games gamesGeorgetown gamesGeorgetown I IGorgetown
Georgetown University Unhcrsit field has been closed to all except Georgetown Georgetownenterprises Georgetownenterprises I Ienterprises
enterprises and now the th final blow has been given by the Govern Government Government Government ¬
ment taking taJ ng possession of Van Ness Park which not only onl leaves George GeorgeWashington GeorgeWashington GeorgeWashington
Washington University Unhcrsit without athletic grounds just as it is beginning
to come to the front fr nt but deprives other schools and clubs of its it use useThat U useThat e eThat
That the health and order of men and boys bos in their hours of leisure leisurearo leisureare leisureare
are greatly gratJ greatlyconservecl conserved cQnseretlby by ample opportunity for indulgence in athletic athleticexercises athleticxrciscs athleticexercises
exercises is too well known to need discussion and in every city with withany withan withany
any an pretension pretenaiom1 to class or modern ideas this Is understood and acted actedupon actedupon actedupon
upon except e cept in Washington How long will i11 the National Capital In Inwhich inwhich inwhich
which the greatest nation nntion on earth feels an honest pride remain in inthis inthh inthis
this respect a century behind the average commercial town of the same sameor sameor sameor
or less It > M number of inhabitants inhabitantsThe inhabitantsThe inhabitantsThe
The most important event in Washingtons amateur sport history
for 1907 was the severing of relations between Georgetown and George GeorgeWashington GeorgeW8 GeorgeVashington
Washington W8 hington universities after their Oto0 football game on Thanksgiv Thanksgiving Thanksgiing Thanksgiving ¬
ing Day Da Georgetown declaring off all future dealings on the ground groundthat groundthat groundthat
that her faculty had been Insulted by banners borne by the George GeorgeWashington Georgea GeorgeWashington
Washington a < hington students in their
parade before the game gameThe gameThe gameThe
The most important event in professional sports was the signing of ofJoseph ofJoseph ofJoseph
Joseph Cantillon for three years as manager of the Washington base baseball baseball baseball ¬
ball team in the American League and nnd his efforts to build up an en entirely entirelJ entirely ¬
tirely new organization organizationFor
For 1903 the prospects are even brighter In all branches of sport sportthan sportthan portthan
than in 1807 I 07 except for the destruction of Van Ness Park The money moneyand moneyand moneyand
and the interest are here the quality and number of athletes is stead ¬
ily iJ increasing even though no worlds champions are in sight the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral
general and more conservative public is being aroused
over sports sportsthrough sportsthrough sportsthrough
through the growth of high school and college athletics the spread of ofgolf ofgolf ofgolf
golf and the willingness which has been shown by the Army and Navy
Departments to give hearty encouragement to any form of athletics athleticswhich athleticswhichth I Iwhich
which whichth the men of the service wish to adopt adoptBASEBALL ndopt8ASEBALL adoptBASEBALL
BASEBALL
WA3hlJ1 Washlnstons YY ashlncrtons ons American League base baseball baseball baseball ¬
ball team in 1907 was not a howling sue success sueCC85 suecess ¬
cess it finished last Jostwith with a a percentage percentageof
of 336 33 winning 49 and losing 102 but butthere butther butthere
there ther has hardly been In the history of ofthe ortho ofthe
the game a tallender which created so somuch 80much somuch
much excitement and which was so well wonlIupported wellsupported wellsupported
supported supportedJoe lIupportedToe supportedJoe
Joe Cantlllon tae oxumpire half halfowner ba baowner halfowner
owner of the Minneapolis and DesMoines Des DesMolnes Desolnes
Moines olnes teams and exmanager of thoMilwaukee tho thoMilwaukee theMilwaukee
Milwaukee team was appointed manager man manager managel ¬
ager of the Washington team in tho fall fallof taIlot fallof
of 1906 for a term of o three years at atlargo atInrgo atlargo
largo salary and at once got down to tobusiness tobuslnoss tobusiness
business Instead of taking chances on onthe onthe onthe
the weather eather at Charlottesvlllo Va for fortraining tortraining fortraining
training he selected Galveston Tex Texand Texand Texand
and found It so satisfactory the team teamwill teamw11l teamwill
will go there again in 1908 and 1900 and andpossibly andOs1llbly andpossibly
possibly > longer longerMnnagerc longerManagern longer1lianagec
Mnnagerc Hard Task TaskThe TaskThe TaskThe
The task confronting Cantillon whon whonhe whonhe whenhe
he lined up Ills forces torc at a Galveston was wasenough wasonouga wasonouga
onouga to discourage any m manager eager and andthat anllthat andthat
that that he would have boon discouraged to totho tothe tothe
the point of quitting or cynical indif indifference Indifference indifference ¬
ference Is a 0 sure thing had he not haze hodthe hndthe hazethe
the most hearty hoart and liberal support of oftho otthe ofthe
the Washington fans newspapers and andclub andclub andclub
club owners Ho had a disorganized disorganizedteam dborganizedtcnm disorganizedteam
team of steady and indifferent losers loserscomposed loserscomposed loserscomposed
composed largely of men who had never neverbeen Deverbeen neverbeen
been of major league caliber or Ot who whohad whohad whohad
had outgrown their usefulness in tho thogame thogame thegame
game as a whole or orin in Washington in inparticular Inparticular inparticular
particular No strength of consequence consequencehad consequencehad consequencehad
had been added between the close 1036 of tho the19o6 tho1m
1906 season and tho beginning of spring springpractice springpradlce springpractice
practice the team was a tallendor and andknew andImenv andknew
knew it and the material on hand handwas handwas handwas
was not susceptible stSCe tlble of great improve improvement Improvement Improvement ¬
ment In fact with some members of ofthe orthe ofthe
the squad it was a question whether whetherthey wheth whetherthey r rthey
they could lost with cellar champions championsthroughout o ebampionsthroughout amplons amplonsthroughout
throughout 1907 1907Such 1907Such 1907Such
Such organization and cohesion as aswas aswas aswas
was already in the team had to be bebroken bebroken bebroken
broken in the necessary process of ofweeding orweeding ofweeding
weeding out the men who wore already alreadygone already8Ono alreadygone
gone or were slipping back Into base baseball baseban baseball ¬
ball oblivion Thus as 8 the season ad advanced adanced ¬
vanced anced the teamwork t amwork actually declined declinedInstead declinedInstead declinedinstead I
Instead of Improving a situation which whichhad whichhad whichhad
had to como and which the club might mightjust mightjust mightjust
just as well have one year as another anotherIt another anotherIt
It was desperate case and tho owners ownersand ownersand ownersand
and manager should not be criticised if iftho ifthe t ttho
tho pruning knife was Us mercilessly ap applied applied ap aped ¬
illedngton plied ed In the thhope hopo of giving tho Wash Washington Vashtngton ¬
ington public a ball team worthy WOtth of the thename thename thename
name In 1908Eliminations 1908 1908Eliminations 19 19Eliminations
Eliminations and Accidents AccidentsNo
I INo 1No
No sooner sO ner had the spring training tralnlngin tralnlnginGalvoston In InGalvoston inGalveston
Galvoston and tho long series of exhi exhibition exhibition ¬ I
bition games in the Middle West rounded roundedthe roundodthe roundedthe
the teams into sompthlng like form formthan formthan formthan
than the necessity for the elimination eliminationof
of some of the older men appeared An AnAccident AnAccident Anaccldent II IIof
Accident to his knee put Charley Hick Hickman Htcktot Hickth
Elfl man out tot of th the 0 game B Ba ae as a a regular
a
playor and late In
the season he was Wa3sold wassold
sold to the Chicago Americans Schlafly Schlaflyveston Schlafty
who had been appointed captain In G G1 I
veston could not hit well enough for a a
major league and fell off In his fielding
He was tried at his regular place at
second found wanting tried at first
again fell short of the standard and
was finally released to Montreal In the
Eastern League LeagueLave LeagueLave LeagueLavo
Lave Cross one of the oldest players plaj lay rs
in active service slowed up under under tho
BlriiLn strain c could ° uld n not < > t cover enough ground
at third and was released to New Or ¬
leans Nig Ferrlne proved too weak a
hitter and thrower thro er and after oscillating oscillatingover
between Short and second was turned
over to Minneapolis Frank Kitson Kitsoncounted Kitsoncounted Kitsoncounted
counted upon as one of the reliable Vet Veteran veteran veteran ¬
eran twirlers twlrlers1Iurrered suffered from rheumatism rheumatismson rheumatlsmand rheumatismand
and went to iUlnsas Kansas City John Ander Anderson Anderson
son jumped the team in the summer summerrefused summerreCused summerrefused
refused to play longer in Washington Washingtonand Washingtonand Washingtonand
and was recently sold to ± o Chicago Late
In the season Mack Iack Hoydon one of the theveteran theeteran theyeteran
veteran eteran catchers who had shown poor
form all the year becamo no m > disgruntled disgruntledover disgruntledover > d dover
over his lack of success he jumped the theteam thotearn theteam
team and Block of Galveston had to
be bought as a temporary expedient expedl nt
Blankonshlp counted upon as one of ofthe otthe
the best men In the club played In Inabout Inahout inabout
about onefourth of the games gamea Umos a a series seriesof serieaot seriesof
of accidents to his fingers making It
impossible for him to catch catchSo cntchI catchSo
I So reads the tab throughout the play
Ing period pertodeccldents accidents to live timber add adding addIng adding
ing to the handicap produced by the thecutting thecutting thecutting
cutting out of dead wood woodPicked woodPicked woodPicked
Picked Up Good Men MenTurning MenTurning MenTurning
Turning to tho brighter side Washing Washington Washington Washington ¬
ton picked up the most promising promlBlyg young youngpitcher youngpitcher youngpitcher
pitcher who has broken into major com company comvany cornparry ¬
parry in years He is Walter Johnson a atall IItaU xtall
tall right hander who was playing in independent independeat independent ¬
dependent ball with a team In Wolser WolserIdaho WellferIdaho WoiserIdaho
Idaho He has great speed remarkable remarkablecontrol remarkobJecontrol remarkablecontrol
control and wonderful stamina In all allho allho allhoo
ho promises to rank with ith the reallygreat really reallygreat reall reallgreat
great pitchers pitchersBob pltcheI8Bob pitchersBob
Bob Ganley present captain of tho thoclub thoclub theclub
club was obtained from tromthe the Plttsburg
Nationals and proved a brilliant find
He did not miss an inning in the entire entireschedule entireschedule entireschedule
schedule last year ear batted well display displayed dlsplaed ¬
ed great brains In every department Is Isunusually IsunusuaIly isunusually
unusually fast on his feet and knows knowsall knowsaU knowsall
all the finer points of Inside baseball
Otis Clymer the slugging SIUg lngout outfielder outfielderwas outfielderhas
has was also obtained from Plttsburg Ho Hoas
has as an uncertain ankle ankl but hits hard hards
is s fast and fields fairly well His prin principal principal principal ¬
cipal cipal Milan weakness is in throwing
Milan an outfielder obtained from
Wichita Kan looks like another valu valuable valuable valuable ¬
able acquisition Ho started well with
the stick is an exceptionally clever
fielder and is s shifty on the linos lineShuld Should
he bat consistently well in 190S after his
initiation into fast company In 1907 he hewill 1lewill hewill
will be another prize package packageDelehanty prckageDelehanty packageDelehanty
Delehanty a Help HelpJim HelpJim HelpJim
Jim Delehanty who could not get getalong getalong getalong
along with the St St Louis American man management management managemont ¬
agement was bought for a comparative comparatively ¬
ly l small sum and has done more to tofill tofiU tofill
fill the hole at second than any man manWashington manWashington
Washington Washln on has had In four years yearsBill years13U yearsBill
Bill Bhlpke was brought on from Dea De Dos
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MANAGER MANAGEROt lANAGEROF
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NATIONALS NATIONALSWILL NATIONALSWILL NATIONALSWILL
WILL HAVE HAVEFREE HAVEFREE HAVEFREE
FREE REIN REININ REININ EIN
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IN THE SHESELECTION THESELECTION THESELECTION
SELECTION SELECTIONOF
OF OFPLAYERS OFPLAYERS OFPLAYERS
PLAYERS PLAYERSCOMING PLAYERSFOR PLAYERSFOR
FOR FORCOMING FORCOMING
COMING COMINGSEASON COMINGSEASON COMINGSEASON
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MANAGER JOSEPH CANTILLON
Major Maj or > f Standings Standingsfor I
for 1907 Season SeasonAmerican i it E i Es EAmerican t
1 1Amencp4l
American League LeagueWOH LeagueWOR LeagueWon
Won Lost LiOStNational Pct PctDetroit
Detroit 9 is i13 i13Philadelphia 13 13Philadelphia
Philadelphia 83 5 i7 lair
Chlclro S1 If Sri
I Cleveland s Ii 619 619I i iNew
New York if 73 4iS 1 1St
I St Louis 19 31 4if 4ifI I
I Boston 50 II 3tw 3twWashington 3Iit
Washington II 10t 1 IS 3SNational ISNational I
National League LeagueChicago LeagueWon eague eagueon
Won on Lost Pot PotChicago PotChicago
Chicago 187 187Plttsburp 45 i06 i06Pittsburg OJ OJPlttsburJ
Plttsburp 91 91Philadelphia 91S3 6S 5181 5181Philadelphia 561Philadelphia
Philadelphia S3 S3New 6 64 66i 5641
New York 82 82Brooklyn S ° il i 9 9Brooklyn I
Brooklyn OS OSCincinnati 81 i ii 418 418Cincinnati 4 4Cincinnati
Cincinnati 65 65Boston 65Moineo 27 411 411Boston 4itBoston
Boston 53 53St PO PO8t 90St > I
St St Louis v S2 S2Won 6 HI 34 34X 34MoinolS 34e 34eMoines
X
Moines to play third after Lave Cross Crossretired Crossretired Crossretired
retired to New Orleans and proved aj a afielding afielding
fielding martk mar A It Is doubtful if I any
thirdeacker 0 in either big league is isfaster Istaster isfaster
faster or more accurate on slow hits hitsbut hitsbut hitsbut
but he is a frost with the bat Still StillCantillon StillCantl110n StillCantillon
Cantillon thinks he will improve In bat batting batting batting ¬
ting and will cover so much ground groundon
on the defense that he will be a fixture fixturenext fixturenext fixturenext
next season seasonGehring scasonhr seasonGehring
Gehring hr ng a cub pitcher from Dee DosMoincs DeeMoInes DeeMoines
MoInes was not remarkably successful successfulin
in his showing of games won but had hadso hadso I
so many man earmarks of a comer he will willprobably willprobably i
probably be e in the box as a regular regularnext regularnext I Inext
next season seasonKing seas seasonKing > n
King Bill Kay Ira an elongated moun mountaineer mountaineer mountaineer ¬ I
taineer from Martlnsvllle W Va Vasigned Vahdtned
signed originally as a Joke and one of ofthe orthe ofthe I
the most peculiar j altar specimens that ever everdonner overdormer
donner a spiked shoe developed an anamazingly anamazingly anamazingly
amazingly good batting eye He is a anatural a1 a1natural anatural
natural hitter and in n his style is as asmuch asmuch asmuch
much like Willie Reeler as a big man mancan mancan mancan
can be like a little one He Is a slow slowthinker slowthinker slowthinker
thinker as yet et arJ while fast on the
bases is not mercurial In the field but butCantillon butCantlllon butCantillon
Cantillon says lie will be carried as asergenc an anemergency ancriergency
emergency < ergenc batter batterPitchers bntterPitchers batterPitchers
Pitchers WeakWith WeakWith Weak WeakWith
With the exception of Johnson none noneof noneor noneof
of the Washington pitchers covered him himself hImself himself ¬
self with glory last season One of the therudest therudest therudest
rudest Jolts was the reversal of form formshown Cormshown formshown
shown by Case Patten who after be being beIng being ¬
ing ranked as one of the greatest eate8t slab slabmen slabmen
I
men living in n 1906 and starting 1907 in insfyle inalyle I IstYle
stYle suddenly slumped sl mped until it t was wasimpossible wasimpossible i
impossible for him to win a game gameWashington gameWashington I IVashlngton
Washington attracted national atten attention attention attention ¬
tion in baseball politics In the past sea season season season ¬
son Tho first case was the appeal of
Jake Stahl the 1906 manager to the Na National National National ¬
tional Commission for an absolute re I ¬ I Ilense
lease from Washington The Washing ¬
ton management accused President Ban
Johnson of helping Stahl A casual In Inquiry Inquiry inquiry ¬
quiry from commission headquarters ex exposed cxpoed exposed ¬
posed the scheme Sch me and President Tom Tomk
k
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I Imeeting
Noyes of Washington hustled to the themeeting themeeting
meeting g in Cincinnati to uphold thetub the theclubs thelubs
clubs tub contention that S Stahl was not en entitled entltlef1 entitled ¬
titled to gQ where wh re he pleases The fuss fusskicked fUMkicked fussldcked
kicked up u by this affair has not yet en entirely entlrel entirely ¬
tirely tlrel died awayBusy away awayBusy 1t 1tBusy
Busy in Politics PoliticsThe PoliticsThe PoliticsThe
The second cae cue of especial lat Importz impor imporUjce Importce
tz Ujce ce was Voa the way in which Washing Washington Washington Washington
ton forced rced Boston to 1 pay the waiverprice waiver waiverprice Alver Alverprice
price for Schlafly Then when Boston Bostonasked Bostonasked Bostonasked
asked waivers on the players ets Wash Washington WaahIngton Washington ¬
ington refused and was forced to buy buyhim buyhim
him bock Boston Bo ton again refused to towaive toIV8 towaive I
waive IV8 for Washingtons benefit and ad the thsunfortunate tb tbunfortunate theunfortunate
unfortunate Schlafly was once more moreshunted moreshunted
shunted back to Boston This exposed exposedthe expoeedthe exposedthe I
I the absurdity of 0 the waiver rule ruleIt as asit asit
it stood and was largely responsible reaporaMblefor responsiblefor re pon bM bMtor
for the recent legislation JegJs tJon by bJo the Amer American Amorlean American ¬
ican and National leagues to prevent preventrepetitions IKeventrepotlUon preventrepetitions
repetitions ef f such uclL eh ridiculous proceed proceedings Jr JrIngs proceedlags ¬
ings ingsMike
Mike Kelley Kelle former president and andmanager andmaJUt andmanager
manager maJUt < < tr of the Minneapolis club had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been expelled from the American Asodation As Association Asloclntlon ¬
sociation by a secret vote ote for the al alJoSOd 1 i ilogos
logos making of unsubstantiated charges chargesof ch
of crookedness against an umpire He Hewas Hewas Hewas
was sold to St St Louis but refused refusedto reruSidto
to play there Cantillen took his case casebefore easebefore
before the national commission had hadKolley hadKolloj hadKolloy I
Kolley declared < l a free agent on a tech technicality toclnlcalltj toclinicality ¬
nicality and signed him to play first firstfor firsttor firstfor
for Washington Ban Johnson promptly promptlyforbade prompt promptorbadethe promptlyforbade
forbade orbadethe the Washington club to use usehim usehim j jhim
him because he bad pad ad been expelled from fromtho Cromthe frontthe
the American Association A5 OClation That started startedanother I Ianother
I
another legal political p lltScal and newspaper newspaperwar newspaperwar
war 81 of a Donnybrook sort Tn sn which whicheverybody whicheerybody whicheverybody
everybody with a baseball grouch got gotIt gotIt gotit
It out of his system with force and andenthusiasm andenthusiasm andenthusiasm
enthusiasm But Johnson prevailedKelley prevailed prevailedKelley preoIlodKetley
Kelley after remaining remalnln Idle 1111 in Wash Washton Washton Washton
ton for a month because the umpires umpIresVoOuld umpireswould
i would not let a game start with him himin himIn himin
in It was transferred to Des De Molnes to
handle hand e the Cantlllons club there thereAll thereAll thereAll
All these th se incidents stirred up more
Interest In In tn the Washington club than thanthe thanthe thanthe
the baseball public has known for many manyyears man maneanJ manyyears
years eanJ and incidentally proved an enor enormous enormous enormous ¬
mous source of free fdvertising advertising which whichproduced whichproduced whichproduced
produced gratifying gratlt lng result at t the box boxoffice boxorrlce boxoffice
office officeProspects orrlceProspects officeProspects
Prospects for 1908 1908Washington 1908Vaahlngton 1908Washington
Washington for 1803 1bO Is weak or at atleast atlast atleast
least uncertain unCo rtalll In the box with the theexception theexception theexception
exception of Walter Johnson and nd prob probably probably probably ¬
ably Charley Smith The regular regularcatchers regularcatclers e ulnr ulnrcatctfrs
catchers to start with will probably be beWarner 1 beWarner > 1 1Varner
Warner Blankonshlp and Street noth nothing nothIn nothing ¬
ing In wonderful In the lot Freeman an anAmerican anAmerican anAmerican
American Association man from Minne Minneapolis 2Illnneolls Minneapolis ¬
apolis olls and touted to the skies skl s will play 1layfirst playfirst nlayfirst
first Delehanty seems safe at second secondShort secondShort secondShort
Short and third are mysteries Altizerwho Altizer Altizerwho A1Uzerwho
who wound woun up 1907 1 7 playing first and anddoing anddoing anddoing
doing well el1 there is a shortstop but not nota nota nota
a star tar by any means Tony Smith Is Isnothing IsnothIng Isnothing
nothing extra as a fielder and nd a joke jokeas jokeas jokeas
as a hitter McBride who comes from fromKansas tromKansas fromKansas
Kansas City is tipped tlpPeda a wonder onder in the thefield th3field tlsefield
field but batted around 260 in minor
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Baseball Scores ScoresFor ScoresFor ScoresFor
For World VI arId Title TitleAt
At Chicago October 8 SChlcaeo SChlcaeoNatlonak 8ChicagoNationals Chicago ChicagoNationals
Nationals 3 Detroit Americans 3 3At
12 1 IDDJngs IDDJngsAt im ngs ngsAt
At Cnteago d1 icgo October 9Chicago 9 9ChlC8 Chicago 3 3Detroit 3Detroit 3Detroit
Detroit 1 1At 1At 1At
At Chicago October 10 1 10Chicago Chicago 6 6Detrr IiDetrrt bDetnt
Detrrt Detrr It 1 1At 1At 1At
At Detroit October U Uchlcago Chicago 6 6Detroit 6Detrott 6Dotro4t
Detroit 1 1At 1At 1At
At Detroit October lSChluago lSChluagoDetnJtt 13 Chloafro z zDetroit zDetroit
Detroit Detroitcompany t tcompan 0 0Company
company For third thoro is our old oldfriend oldtrlend oldfriend
friend Altizer again a ln who Is new to tothe to1he tothe
the Job and is I decidedly declde lJo erratic any anywhere anywhere ¬
where and Shioke who fields like the theJimmy thoJlnuny theJimmy
Jimmy Collins of old It will be hard hardpickings hardkklncs hardpickings
pickings to get that left side of the dia diamond dfamood diamond ¬
mond up to major league strength sl ength out outof outor outof
of this material materialClymer materialCbmer materialClymer
Clymer will 111 probably probabh play right field fieldagain fieldasaJn fieldagain
again Milan man and Olie onle Pickering who whowas whowas 110 110W8
W8 was obtained from St St Louis in n a trade tradefor tradefor tradefor
for Charley Jones will have it out in incenter Incenter n ncenter
center and Bob Ganley is safe and andsaue andsaRe andsane
sane in left Bill Kay expects UI Cts to draw drawsalary drawsale drawsalary I
salary sale as a utility uti II t9 slugger and occa occasional oecadonal occasional ¬
sional fielder when the grounds are dry dryenough dryenough dryenough
enough to keep him from slipping
The mn m n under reserve to the Wash Washington Washington VashIngton ¬
ington club at present vr sent are as follows followsveteran followsveteran followsveteran
veteran Indicating he was with the club clublast clublast clublast >
last year yearCandidates yearCandidates ear earCandidates
Candidates for 1908 Team TeamPiWhers TeamPIt TeamPitchersC
PiWhers PIt PitchersC hersC C Bensdorfer Bon dorfer Dallas T Tex TpxGus TexGus > x xGus
Gus Bonno Norfolk W V Bums Los LosAngeles LosAngeles LosAngeles 1
Angeles Ell Cato Los Angeles An ol cfs s J JClark JClark T TClark
Clark Des Moines B Edmonson Hous Houston Houston Houston ¬
ton Tex Clyde Ctde Goodwin GoOd win Minneapolis MinneapolisOscar MinneapolisOscar
Oscar 05 < 011 0 Graham Grah m Minneapolis where he hewill hewUl hewill
will remain In 1908 Fred Falkenberg Falkenbergveteran FalkenberGet Falkenbergveteran
veteran et ran Hank Gehring veteran veteranThomas veteranThomas eterlln eterllnThomas
Thomas Hughes veteran Walter Johnson Johnson John T011O8On ¬
son veteran etpran Frank Oberlln veteran veteranCase veteranCase veteranCase
Case Patten veteran eteron Charley Smith Smithveteran Smithotoron Smithveteran
veteran Ii 11 R B Sutor Austin Tex TexWilson TcxWHItOn Tex1Vilson
Wilson Minneapolis Wlnthrup Union Uniontown Unlontown Uniontown
town townCatchers townCatchersCllrr townCatchersCliff
Catchers CatchersCllrr Cliff D Blankenshlp vet veteran veterui veteran ¬
eran erui M E Hoydon veteran Mike Uke Ka Kahoe Kahoe Kahoe
hoe veteran cteran Charles E Street San SanFrancisco SanFrancisco SanFrancisco
Francisco Jack Warner veteran John JohnBlack JohnBlack JohnBlack
Black veteran < teran transferred to Memphis MemphisFirst Memphl3Flrt MemphisFirst
First base baseJerry Jerry Freeman Mlnneapo Minneapolis Mlnneapoa MlnneapoSecond ¬
lis Is a
lisSecond
Second base ba2cTlm Jim Delshanty Del hanty veteran veteranShortstop votoranShortstopGeorge etoranShortstopGcorge
Shortstop ShortstopGcorge George McBride Kansas KansasCity KansasCity KansasCity i
City Tony Smith veteran veteranThird veteranThird ettrnDThird
Third base baseBUl Bill Shlpke veteran Dave DaveAltizer DaveAltizer DaveAltizer 1
Altizer veteran veteranOutfielders voteranOutleldersOtls veteranOutfieldersOtis
Outfielders OutleldersOtls Otis Clymer veteran F FEw FE FK
Ew E Freeman Minneapolis Robert Gan Ganloy Ganlej Ganlay
lay veteran William Kay Ko 9 veteran L LG LG I IG
G LaLonge Akron Ohio hlo Clyde Milan Milanveteran Milanveteran Milanveteran
veteran Ollie Pickering St Louis K KSawyer KSawer KSawyer
Sawyer Winnipeg WinnipegExtra WinnipegExtra VlnnlpegExtra
Extra infielders InfieldersA A J Eagan Kansas KansasCity KansasCity KansasCity
City Frank Eastly Wheeling John JohnMcDonald Johnl1cDonald JohnMcDonald
McDonald Marion Ohio J J G Perrino Perrino
Washington Ball Team Te m Had Interesting If Un Unsuccessful Unsuccessful Unsuccessful ¬
successful Season Sea SeasonJoe 9nJoe Joe Cantillon Ca tillon Has Best BestOpportunity BestOpportunity BestOpportunity
Opportunity Ever Presented Manager
Minneapolis Peter OBrien veteran veterantransferred veteranlransferred veterantransferred
transferred to Minneapolis for WQ8 WQ8With 1008With 1006With
With this material mat lal Washington will willha willha willha
ha fortunate to land at the top of the thesecond thetiacond thesecond
second division divisionFOOTBALL dtl divisionFOOTBALL lon lonFOOTBALL
FOOTBALL FOOTBALLFootball FOOTBALLFootball FOOTBALLFootball
Football in Washington Vashl ton in 1W7 1Miltad had an aneventful aDeventtul aneventful
eventful but hardly edifying seasonThore season seasonThore MOftThore
Thore was W Ulnot not an leven in the Dis Distrlct Dist1lct Distract
tract of Columbia playing the gain game well wellenough wellenough wellenough
enough to attract attention on the merit meritof merito meritof
o of the team although a a number of clever cleverindividuals cleverIndlvl cleverindividuals
individuals Indlvl uals were In evidence Probably Probablythe Probablythe Probablythe
the best football machine in the city citywas citywas citywas
was that developed by Technical T cbftlcal High HighSchool HighSchool HighSchool
School SchoolGeorgetown SchoolGeorgetown SchoolGeorgetown
Georgetown and George Washingtonuniversities Washingtonuniversities Washington Washingtonuniversities
universities were the main attractions attractionson
on the gridiron but neither played good goodenough goodenough goodenough
enough football to deserve the attention attentionthey attentionthey attentionthey
they received at the hands of the paper paperand p papers papersand perl perland
and public Neither team started well welland welland welland
and when they finally played their 0 to togame t tgame 0game
game on Georgetown field on Thanks Thanksgiving Tbankg1lng Thanksgiving ¬
giving Day they furnished an exhibition exhibitionof
of little merit in itself although in intensely IntensO intensely ¬
tensely tensO = y interesting because been se of the keen keenrivalry keenrIaJry keenrivalry
rivalry between the institutions George Georgetowns Georgetowns Georgetowns ¬
towns lack of a a training table and a d the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral
general lethargy lo harg which has characterized characterizedits
its athletic management in the past two twoor t twoor o oor
or three years caused the fair lot of ofmaterial otomterfal ofmaterial
material on hand to be developed poorly poorlyand poor1yand poorlyand
and there was little real progress as the theseason theseason theseason
season advanced North Carolina on onNovember onNoemoor onNovember
November 9 beat Georgetown by 12 to S Sthe ithe bthe
the Capltalites showing weakness In Inevery Inevery inevery
every department of the science Icle e of the theerable thegame thegame
game and HtUe physical stamina Mls Mlserabie 113 113erabJe
erable Judgment was shown 8hG n In theGeorgetown the theGeorgetown theGeorgetown
Georgetown attack and the defense was waseasHy wa wae1l8Hy waseasely
easHy hammered to pieces by the better betterconditioned betterconditioned betterconditioned
conditioned Tarheels TarheelsGeorgetowns TArheelsGeorgetowns TarheeisGeorgetowns
Georgetowns Bad YearOn Year YearOn YearOa
On November IS Georgetown was d dfeated dteated dfeated
feated SS to 6 in her Annual nnual game with withVirginia withVirginia withVirginia
Virginia on Georgetown Georget wn field The Thegame Thegame Thegame
game was largely a repetition of ofthat ofthat ofthat
that with Virginia with some glaring glaringfaults g1ar1ngtaults glaringfaults
faults but a slight improvement in inteamwork Inte Inteamwork
teamwork te mwork In the first halt bal George Georgetowns Georgetowns Georgetowns ¬
towns famous spirit Actuated her men menand menand menand
and made them tb m play ibove j bove their form formholding formboldlng formholding
holding Virginia to 6 to 0 for the half halfbut bltbut halfbut
but in the second half hal the old axiom axiomthat axJomthat axiomthat
that you cannot get out of a Jug more morethan morethan morethan
than there Is In it t was in evidence and andthe andthe andthe
the entire Georgetown team collapsed collapsedVirginia ooIlaM5edVirginia CollapsedVirginia
Virginia rolling r mng up 22 points in thathalf that thathalf thathal
half hal One of the worst defeats In InGeorgetowns InGeorgeto inGeorgetowns
Georgetowns Georgeto Us history was administered administeredher
her by Fordham in New York on Octo October October October ¬
ber 25 25one when hen the Core was 3S to 0 In Inone inone
one long half and one short shortwith one oneThe oneThe
The most glaring fault with ohl the theGeorgetown
Georgetown > rgewn eleven el ven WS the JT woetal woelof Jack Jackot
Although the menplayed men menplaJoed n nr
ot driving power
played 88 hard as they kne knew hew r and andwire andre andwere
wire were re gameto game to thecore the core there was little littlemomentum Jlttlemomentum littlemomentum
momentum to their concerted a attack attaokand attackand aoJc aoJcand
and even against 3 lnst lighter lIgh r oopotents they theywere tb theywere Y Ywere
were able to accomplish little except exceptthrough exceptthr exceptthrough
through thr uh individual ability abilityGeorge abilityGeorge abilityGeorge
George Washingtons Troubles TroublesGeorge TroubesGeorse TroublesGeorge
George Washington University suf suffered suffered suffered ¬
fered from the enforced lateness of Its Itspractice Itspractice itspractice
practice due to the fact act that most of ofthe orthe ofthe
the available football material was com composed composed ¬
posed of men attending lectures at atnight atnlg atnight
night nlg t and working in the day There Therewas Therewas Therewas
was more spirit in the school than in informer informer
former years strengthened by the Im Impression impression Impreesion ¬
pression that they the could beat George Georgetown Georgetown rtorgoI ¬
town which 1Ilch was notoriously weak In Inthe Inthe Inthe
I the early weeks of the season se on G G w U Uwas ul 13was
l was a most uncertain quantity and andthere andthere andthere
there was much talk of abandoning the theschedule theedle theschedule
schedule edle This produced disorganiza disorganization clliIorgullzadon disorganization ¬
tion and killed the enthusiasm espe especially especlaJly especially ¬
cially among amon the substitute and scrub scrubmaterial scrubmaterial scrubmaterial
material The Iofhe consequence was the theearly theearly
early games were largely a a Joke Later Laterthe Laterthe Laterthe
the team began to round Into fair fairshape talrshape fairshape
shape considering Its opportunities and andIf andwhen andwhen
when It met Georgetown was one ot otIt ofif
If not the best teems the university universityever unlvesltyever universityever
ever produced producedGeorgetown produ producedGeorgetown L LGeorgetown
Georgetown had h d her Fordham and andGeorge andGeorge andGeorge
George Washington University had her herBlacksburg herVlrl1nla herVirginia
Virginia polytechnic Institute At AtB1ack AtBlacksburg
Blacksburg B1ack burg Va on November IB the thePoly thePoly thePoly
Poly eleven walloped that from Wash Washington WashIngton Washington ¬
ington by 31 H to 0 0Game OGame 0Game
Game in General GeneralThere CkneralThere GeneralThere
There was comparatively little use usemade usemade usemade
made of the forward pass by either eitherGeorge elthOtG eitherGeorge
George G rge Washington or orGeorgetown Georgetown but butat butat butat
at times they the worked it t with a success successthat SUCC successthat S8 S8that
that would have warranted experiment experimenting experimentIng experimenting ¬
ing with it oftener None of the objections ob objections obJectlons ¬
jections to the play which have been beenraised beenralsed beenraised
raised by noted football authorities authoritieswere authoritieswere authoritieswere
were in evidence e1den In this dtr and its itsabolition Itsabolition itsabolition
abolition would be regretted The games gameshere gamesbere gameshere
here last ecay easn < n were ere almost without withoutexception withoutexception Ithout IthoutexceptioI
exception rather open not Infrequently Infrequentlyhighly InCrequentlhlghl infrequentlyhighly
highly hlghl spectacular and keenly keenJ interest InterefltIng interesting interesting ¬
ing to the spectators That the football footballrules footballrules tball tballrules
rules nead a large amount of correction correctionand correctionand correctionand i
and improvement Im > roement in n minor details and in inIlluminating InUlumlnatlng inllluminzting i
Illuminating obscure spots Is s obvious to toal toal toal >
al students stu ents of the game but any changes changestendlnc change8tendinG changestending s
tendinG to do away awn with the spectacularIn spectacul spectaculopen
open play lay which has been so enthusln enthuslnIn enthusing
In n the the past two years ea would be deeply deeplyresented deeplyresented deeplyresented r
resented here hereGallaudet hereGaUaudtt hereGallaudet
Gallaudet College with Its small mus muster muster muster ¬
ter roll and unusual handicaps produced producedits
its usual highly creditable eleven Cath Catholic CathoUo Catholic ¬
olic Unlversly which hlch expected to be bequite ltequite bequite I
quite a factor on the local gridiron was wasunable wiSunable wasunable J
unable to organize a squad early enouiji enouijiand enou enouand e eand 1
and abandoned its schedule The Navy Na NaYard NavyYard
Yard had a strong team which had hadgreat hufgreat hadgreat r
great ambitions to take a 8 fall out of ofGeorgetown orGeonetowD ofGeorgetown
Georgetown but could not get a game gameFollowing gameFollowing me meFollowing
Following are the Georgetown and andGeorge andGeorbe andGeorge
George Washington W shlngton University records recordsfor recordsCor recordsfor
for 1907 1907Records 190iRecords 1907Records
Records RecordsOct RecordsOct RecordsOct
Oct Georgetown 5 5 Gallaudet 0 0OcL GOct 0Oct
Oct 19 1SGeorJetown Georgetown 10 U of Md 0 0Oct OOct 0Oct
Oct 26Georgetow1 26 Georgetown 0 Fordham 35 35Nov 35O 36Nor
Nov O 4 Georgetown 0 Va Tech 20 20No 20Nov >
Nov No 9 Georgetown 5 N Caro 12 12Nov 12Ko iZ iZNor
Nov Ko lGeorgetown 6 Virginia 28 2SNov 28Nov2SGeorgetoIl 28Nov
Nov Nov2SGeorgetoIl 2S ZSGeorgetown Georgetown 0 G W Wl U 0 0Totals OTolalsGeorgetown 0TotalsGeorgetown
Totals TolalsGeorgetown Georgetown 26 opponents 28 28Oct 23Oct 28Oct
Oct 12 12George George Washington 0 Western West Western Western ¬
12 12Oct 12Oct
ern Maryland 0 0Oct
Oct 19 l 19George George eorge Washington 0 Swarth Swarthmore Swarthmore Swarthmore
more 30 30Oct 30Oct 30Oct
Oct 26 26Qeorse George Washington W hlngton 0 M A AC AC 0 0C
C 11 11Nov 11Nov 11Nov
Nov XGeorge Washington 17 Unversity Unl Unlvarsity Unl9l3lly
varsity of Maryland Maryland 6 6Nov 6No 6Nov
Nov No 9 9George George Washington 16 Gal Gallaudet Gallaodet Gallatrdet ¬
laudet 6 6Nov 6No 6Nov
Nov No lf lQeorge > George Washington 0 Vir Virginia VirginIa Virginla ¬
ginia Tech 3i 3iNov 31Nov H HNov
Nov 28 iGeorgeWashingting0 George oorse WashingtlngQ 0 George Georgeown Georgeown Georgeown
own 0 0Totals OTotalsGeorge 0TotalsGeorge
Totals TotalsGeorge George Washington 33 op opponents oppClnents opponents ¬
ponents 99
99G
GWU G W U IN 1907 1907The 1907The
The year ar 1907 taken as a L composite compositewhole composltowhole compositewhole 0
whole will go down In n the athletic an annals annals
nals of the George Washington Un University Unlerslt Unversity ¬
versity erslt as the most successful which whichhas whichhas whichhas ii
has y yEft t been en enjoyed e joyed by that Institu instltution Institution institution
tion the term composite whole
used here aCter careful considerationand consideration considerationand conSiderationand i
and having havJn reference refercn to the combined combinedbranches combinedbranches combinedbranches 1
branches of sport as opposed to their theirindividual
individual comparison comparisonTb comparisonTha comparisonThe
Tb The year has been above all a a pro > ¬
gressive grossl c one on every branch taking takingstrides taJdegstrides tattingstrides
strides in n advance u ance nce with 1th the t e possible possibleexception po5 Ie Ieexception x xexception
exception of f baseball To show this ad advance acIvanett advance ¬
vance three concrete examples exaplesare exams ea along aloneare alongare
are necessary The first and aad perhaps
the most important Im Ortaftt step taken during
the th year y ar was the organization forma formation formation formation ¬
tion and subsequent su uent recognition recog ttloR by th thatbletle thatbJetie the theathletic
athletic council of a repre representative entUve entUvea
basktlaU 1 a k tb1t team of which more will l be besaid besaid > e esaid
said later The other two steps are of ofa otmore ofa
a more recent date both having occurred oc occurred Otcurred ¬
curred within the last Ja t month Th The first firstof firstor firstof
of these was the creation of the office officeof oftceof officeof
of graduate manager of athletics the thesecond thesecond thesecond
second the reorganization r nlZtJon in 0 It its en entirety entIrwty entirsty ¬
tirety of the Athletic thl Uc Association of ofthe ofthe 1 1the
the University To the new office Dr DrE DrE DrE
E C Wilson manager of the football footballteam tootbRlItHUD footballteem
team of 1906 and graduate manager of ofthe orthe ofthe
the 387 H1 eleven was appointed for torpriod a aperiod aperiod
period priod of one ne year The position em embrace embracee ¬
brace in its scope the theand e supervisory upenrl ory con control control controt ¬
trol of all n major ma branches branchestheand of athletics athleticsand athleticsand athleticsseed
and fills a toner 1on felt seedValuable need needValuable DeedValuable
Valuable Reorganization ReorganizationThe
The reorganization of the Athletic AthleticAssociation Athl9UcAssoclaUon AthleticAssociation
Association marks an important epoch epochUnder epochUnder epochUnder
Under the old regime every enrolled enrolledstudent enrolledstudent enrolledstudent
student was a member of the Associa Association Association Association ¬
tion and entitled to to vote for managers managersof
of the various arIou teams Under the new newrules newrules newrules
rules those only are mofnbers of the association as association association ¬
sociation who hold membership tickets ticketswhich ticketswbfch ticketswhich
which entitle them to admission to all allgames allgames 11 11games
games in which the university teams teamscomp teamscom teamscompete
com compete comp tA and to the privilege of voting votingfor voUngfor votingfor
for managers managersThe managersThe managersThe
The football season closed too recent recently recently recently ¬
ly to ned fresh recounting Rather Rathermediocre Rathermediocre a amediocre
mediocre record was put in the back background b backaround dc dcground ¬
ground by the best showing ever made madeby madeby madeby
by a a But and Blue team against againstGeorgetown againstGeorgetown againstGeorgetown
Georgetown GeorgetownBasketball GeorgetownBa8ke GeorgetownBasketball
Basketball Ba8ke Flourished FlourishedThe FlourishedThe FlourishedThe
The basketball movement move meat was laaagurated inau inaugurated Inaagurat ¬
gurated gurat by Donald Wilhelm a fresh freshman freshman freshman ¬
man la the tn college department departmentwiththe departmentwiththeMIst1nce with the theassistance theassistance
assistance of one or two other enthu enthusiasts eothusluts enthusiasts ¬
siasts notably Woods medicine W Wwho 01who 00who
who was afterward acting manager of ofthe o othe ofthe
the team It was 8 brought to a head headthe headthe Madtb
the tb < < sanction nctlon and recognition of the ath athletic 8othJeUe athletic ¬
letic council secured IHcur Lnd and a team which whichj wblch1aJd whacklaid
j laid wellfounded claim cnum to the chaxnplonshlp cham chmpfonshlp
I pionshtp of the South turned out Vic Victories Vlctodes Victories ¬
tories over Georgetown rgeown Virginia Maryland Mary Maryland Yalyland ¬
land and other teams of this section sectionwere sectionwere ctlon ctlonwere
were achieved eved establishing eetabU blng a truly no notable notable notable ¬
table record for the first ft t year ye r of the thesports theBOrts thesorts
sports existence in the school The Theteam Theteam Theteam
team after once getting under wayplayed way wayplayed W WpI8oJoed
played consistently good basketballcrowning basketball basketballcrowning basketb ll
I crowning the h season see on by b decisively decl tvel de defeating tiefearing le lefeatln ¬
fearing featln Georgetown for the college collegechampionship collegechampionship collegechampionship
championship of the District of Colum Columbia Columbia Columbia ¬
bia The team took one trip trlpthrough trlpthroughVJrginla through throughVirginia throughVirginia
Virginia on which every game wasTon waswon was waswon
won wonSome wonSome Ton TonSome
Some Track Stars StarsIn StarsIn StarsIn
In track athletic the HatehetUes HatehetUesrecord HatcheUtes HatcheUtesrecord Hatchetitesrecord
record while not particularly brilliant brilliantwas brlIHntwas brilliantwas
was consistently consistent good especially in the theopen theopen theopen
open events The relay races were weresomewhat weresomewhat weresomewhat
somewhat disastrous in their results resultsonly resultsonly resultsonly
only one OD of five being a victory Ford Fordham Fordbam Fordham
ham Columbia Virginia and Western WesternMaryland Westernlfaryla1d WesternMarylad
Maryland showed their superiority over overthe 0Ortho overthe
the local school while St St John was waseasily W3eaaU waseasily
easily eaaU beaten Stemjtt S errrtt retained his title titleof titleof titleof
of carapion of the South in th the pole polevault pol8vault polevault
vault while Captain Lorando showed up upbrilliantly 1QbrUJlantly upbrilliantly
brilliantly throughout the season by his hisgreat hi8grea hisgreat
great grea work He capped the climax at atCbarlottesvllle atCharlottesville t tCharlottovllle
Cbarlottesvllle In the University Unherst of ofVirginias ofVlrgfnls ofVirginias
Virginias annual outdoor meet t wherebe wherebe where wherehe
be took the quarter half and mile runs runsagainst runsasalnst runsagainst
against the best collegiate runners of ofthis otthis ofthis
this section with comparative ease easeHe eeHe easeHe
He also ran a a great raco In the relay relayagainst relayaga1nst relayagainst
against the t e University of Virginia at atthe atthe atthe
the Federal games in this city where he heovertook heovertook ireovertook
overtook his man after covering a a han handicap handicap handicap ¬
dicap of nearly twentyfive yards Gill GillGunning GmGunning GillGunning
Gunning and Clagett were the other othermembers othermembers othermembers
members of the relay team while Wen Wenderoth Wenderoth Wonderoth
deroth and Fleming showed up well In Inthe Inthe inthe
the open events during the season Act Acting ActIng Actlag ¬
ing Manager Brookes had charge of the thoteam theteam 1 1team
team teamBaseball teamBaseball teamBaseball
Baseball Team ErraticThe Erratic ErraticThe ErraticThe
j
The baseball team followed the custom customset customset customset
set by nines of previous rEvlous years and was wasextremely wasextremely wasextremely
extremely erratic With the hardest hardestschedule hardestschedte hardestschedte
schedte ever undertaken by a nut university unlerstty nutversty ¬
versity team em before It and with prom promising promising promIsing ¬
ising material a stringent eligibility eligibilityruling eUgIbUltyruling eligibilityruling
ruling as regards the unxnber UIU1be of hours hoursof hourst hoursof
of t class room work adopted by the theAthletic theAthJetic theAthletic
Athletic Council put under under the banabout ban banabout banabout
about one half of fthe the candidates The Theconsequence Theconseq Theconsequence
consequence conseq nce was a disastrous beginning beginningdefeats beginningdeteabs beginningdefeats
defeats being sustained sU taIned by by Yale Cor Cornell Cornell Cornell ¬
nell Pennsylvania Virginia and other othercolleges othercolle othercolleges
colleges collegesThe colle colleThe collegesThe
The nine redeemed Itself considerably considerablyof considerablyboever considerablyhowever
however b by a good Southern trip com comparativeJy comstivel
parativeJy stivel speaking for though most mostor
of tithe the games were ere lost great at improvetsromeat improve improvement tmprovament ¬ 1
ment was W S malnfest in its tsromeat playing and andNorth andNorth andNorth
North Carolina CaroU was defeated In n the thefirst thefirst thefirst
first game after the teams return The Theseason Theseason Theseason
season ended with the closest games gamesever gameseer gamesever
ever played with Georgetown the first firsta
a teninning affair and the latter close closethroughout closethroughout closethroughout
throughout The management of the theteam theteam theteam
team was In the hands of H C Willis WillisGEORGETOWN WUUsGEORGETOWN WillisGEORGETOWN
GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWNA
A record of achievements Ik George Geo Geotowns Georgetowns
towns athletic a 1leUo history the past year yeardoes yeardoes yeardoes
does not show any startling results resultsStill resultsSteil
Still though the Georgetown men may maynot maynOl maynot
not have captured large numbers num IlI of otbJn ofblue
blue bJn ribbons there remains the fact factthat tactthat factthat
that they labored lbo ed hard and they failed failedonly faltedonli failedonly
only because bec8 e they did not havo quite quiteenough qulteenough quiteenough
enough class to become champions championsIn
In looking over 1907 one cannot help helpJ helpibut
I ibut but admire the Georgetowners for their their0noao18 theirendeavors
endeavors 0noao18 They have met representa rOpl representatires Senta Sentatles
tires cf f the larger schools In the field of ofcombat ntcombQ rf rfcombat
combat and In some instances have havecomo haTecom havecome
como com off ot crowned with the laurel laurelwreath Iaurelwreath laurelwreath
wreath Also they suffered the bitter bitterpangs bitterpangs bitterpangs
pangs of defeat and failure words of oflarge otlarto ofargo
large argo significance but one with which whichall whichaU whichall
all college men should have to deal with within withIn within
in their school days daysBasketball daysBasketball daysBasketball
Basketball Introduced IntroducedBasketball IntroducedBasketbaJl IntroducedBasketball
Basketball was a new sport at George Georgetown Georgeton Georgetown
town In 1907 and the prospect wasrather wasrather was wasrather
rather dubious at the start As the sea season season season ¬
son progressed however it became becameapparent becamea becameapparent
apparent a pare1t that Georgetown was to have havea
a a team that could give any an and all op opponents opponents opponents ¬
ponents a hard fight Four games were zveroplayed wereplayed wereplayed
played and of these two were won and andtwo 811dtwo andtwo
two lost Virginia came to Washington WashingtonIn
In January and lost Then followed the thethree thethroe thethree
three George Washington games two of ofwhich otwhich ofwhich
which were won by b the Hatchetltes Hatchetltestheir HatcheUteBtheir Hatchetitestheir
their first victory over Georgetown In Inany Inany n nany
any kind of an athletic contest These Thesegames Theseamos Thesegames
games amos completed the 1907 schedule The Themen Themen
men men who played basketball for George Georgetown Georgetown Georgetown ¬
town were wer Captain Downey Schum Palla Pal Pallet PalleI
let Ballargeon Simon Rice and Drury DruryOf Druryor DruryOf
Of these men Captain Downey Downe Riceand Rice Riceand Riceand
and Drury are candidates for the 1908 1908quint 19O5quint 1903quint
quint The schedule for 1906 includes includesgames Includespmes includesgames
games with all the leading aggregations aggregationsin
in and around Washington WashingtonBusy VashlngtonBusy
Busy Year for Crew CrewThe CrewThe CrewThe
The crew men had a a busy year com competicsr comj competing
peticsr j > etIcg in three important races untter un1erthe nailerthe
the tutelage of Murray Russet The Theusual Theusu41 Theusual
usual disadvantages I adantages had to be dealt dealtwith deaJtwith dealtwith
with such as a lack of trainers and a atraining atraining
training table April 6 the varsity varslti eight eightat eightat
at least 18 5t it was considered the first crew crewat crewat
at that time went to Annapolis for the theannual theannual theannual
annual race with the Midshipmen Thecontest The Thecont Thecontest
cont contest st was held on the the historic Sev