^■■BBB VOL. I GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON. D. C, MAY 27, 1920 No. 18 "BOB" LE GENDRE GEORGETOWN NINE STRONG BIDDERS CLOSING BANQUET IS OFF CRUTCHES FOR COLLEGE BASEBALL HONORS TO THE SENIORS Expected to Be in Prime Condi- Seventeen Straight Victories Give Sullivan's Sluggers a Great Chance Daniel W. O'Donoghue, '97, Gives tion for the Olympic Pre- to Claim the Eastern Baseball Title—Only Three Friendly Advice to Depart- liminaries in July. Defeats in 23 Starts to Date. ing Class of '20. "Bob" Le Gendre, Georgetown's pre- With a record of seventeen straight victories over the best teams The Farewell Banquet to the Class mier athlete and America's foremost of the East, Georgetown's baseball team is almost unanimously of '20 was held on Sunday, May 23, in pentathlon contender in the approach- handed the mythical intercollegiate championship of baseball in this Ryan Hall. The evening began with ing Olympic games in Belgium, is not the grand entrance of the Seniors and through, as many sports writers are section. The records of Lafayette and Holy Cross, the other con- their guests to the tune of healthy trying to convince their readers. As a tenders for the title, cannot compare with the mark hung up by the cheering'. Class courtesies were ex- result of the unfortunate injury to his Blue and Gray, whose artistic ball tossers have slugged their way to changed and everybody "fell to." After ankle early in March, sporting editors the top of the college sport world. the third course, President of the Yard the country over have acclaimed Le Riley announced that Paul Etzel, '21, Gendre a back number and predicted his Georgetown met a host of opponents ion, nor could West Virginia and Pitt who had carried off the greatest num- track career at an end. At first, it was this season on the field of battle, and in fathom the twisters of Hyman and Rey- ber of individual points in the swim- thought that Bob would not recover only three contests has she suffered de- nolds. ming meet that morning, was to be the from his injury in time to participate feat, each time by a single run. After Last Saturday marked the greatest happy recipient of a box of "political in the Olympiad try-outs next month. limbering up their bats at the expense triumph of several weeks in the shape cigars," a gift from the A. A. Then Some then advocated that he be ex- of Rock Hill in the opening game of the of a 19 to 0 victory over Johns Hop- Rob. Riley introduced Tommy Dean, empt from the trials on account of his year, Jimmie Sullivan led his cohorts kins, in which Reynolds pitched a no- who had been chosen by the Sen- past record, and be allowed to com- against Maryland State. Here they re- hit game, and Flavin, Maloney and ior class to deliver the farewell ad- pete in the international games. How- ceived their fir^t hard blow, when after Kenyon each got home runs. dress in their name. Tommy described ever, this exemption is not necessary, holding the boys from College Park Now that the Princeton Tigers have his sensations about leaving school as as Coach O'Reilly has announced that scoreless for eight innings while they taken our dust it only remains for us pervaded with a certain sadness and he expects his great star will be in the gathered two runs for themselves, the to defeat Fordham in the last game of told the boys to learn to appreciate pink of condition for the coming pre- Blue and Gray loosened up just enough the season. If this game is copped it Georgetown while they were in attend- liminaries. to let in three runs and lose the game. will clinch our title to the championship, ance here and not wait until after grad- Georgetown's world beater, who has But what does the loss of a game by as Fordham is one of the strongest uation. He said that if he were asked been on crutches for the past two one tally at the beginning of the season college teams in the North this year. If what one thing more than all others months, has thrown aside his supports count, when two months later the dia- not, it will do little to detract from our helped to smooth over the trials and and is now seen walking around the mond kings from Georgetown dish out glory, since Fordham has already been misunderstandings of the class room campus on two solid feet once more. a 15 to 1 trouncing to the same team? humbled at the Hilltop. and campus, he would answer, cooper- Bob says that as soon as he works the Incidentally this last victory gave the Much of Georgetown's success this ation. stiffness out of his joints he will hit Blue and Gray the undisputed cham- year is due to the fact that she has two When the dinner was over, Mr. hi's old pace. The process of limbering pionship of the South Atlantic. pitching aces of the diamond in Hyman O'Donoghue, '97, who attended George- up has been progressing daily under Maryland State was not the only vic- and Reynolds. Both have pitched good town through a period of ten years in the guidance of Coach O'Reilly, who tim in the south that fell prey to the ball consistently, in most cases allow- Prep. College and Law School, re- believes that the great pentathlon per- merciless slugging of Jimmie Sullivan's ing but two or three hits. It is note- sponded to the request of the toast- former will be ready to settle down to followers. Washington and Lee received worthy, too, that these two pitchers master^ and made an excellent speech. hard training by June 1st. For several the worst flogging in years, when lead the team in the batting averages. Mr. O'Donoghue admonished us to be days he has been seen on the varsity Georgetown worked 18 hits for 16 runs There is not a player on the club who ready to meet the wily knowledge of the field working out with the javelin and and left the Generals with only a row is not a wizzard with the willow. They" world better than a certain colored par- discus, and inch by inch is creeping up of goose eggs on their half of the hit often and they hit 'em hard. They son, who though a student of the Bible to his former marks. The try-outs for score sheet. South Carolina and V. M. have not met a team this year that could and the classics was up against it when the Seventh Olympiad are scheduled to I. also got the tarry end of the stick on outbat them, although some clubs have asked by one of his waggish parishion- start on July 9. This gives the Blue and Varsity Field, and then the team jour- handled themselves a little better in the ers if he could tell, with all his Biblical Gray performer a period of thirty days neyed to Annapolis to vi'sit the Navy field. Artie, Sam, Jackie, Bill, Harry, knowledge, who was the first nobleman to stage his comeback, and due to his with their first and only humiliation of in fact, the whole bunch have been mentioned in the Bible. Upon the excellent condition previous to his in- the year. Three hurlers were used by pounding opposing pitchers unmercifully preacher's avowal of his ignorance the jury, it will be ample time. the Midshipmen, but the best they for the last two months. retort came, "Baron fig-tree!" Then The recent Penn games demonstrat- could get was the short end of a 9 to 3 So that notwithstanding- the three de- the parson was asked who was the first ed that Le Gendre is still far ahead of count. feats at the hands of Maryland State "culud gem'man" mentioned in the his competitors in collegiate circles, and The onslaught of the northern teams Vermont and Cornell in the first few Scriptures. Didn't know. "Why, had he been entered would easily have began with the invasion of Yale, who weeks of the season, there is no team in 'Nigguhdemus,' of course. And who conquered the newly-crowned penta- came to Washington with great hopes. the Fast with a better record behind it. was the first Irishman ?" Again the thlon champion. Bradley of Kansas. But in spite of their new suits and a . The games that were lost can be chalked parson_ was forced to admit his ignor- This lad is expected to be Bob's great- squad of thirty men they were forced un to an unavoidable lack of practice, ance. He said he had never heard any est rival for Ameriacn honors in the ap- to content themselves with one lone tally while the record of the long string of Irishman mentioned. "Oh. Lordy, par- proaching encounter but will have to while the Hilltoppers racked up eight. victories for Coach O'Reillv's proteges son, haben't you evah heard dat Christ establish a great pace—greater than he Then the last year's champions, Holy has left little doubt in the minds of lead- taught Daily in de Temple," is believed capable of to even contend Cross, fell before the whirlwind by tak- me sport writers that, the college base- Mr, O'Donoghue concluded his with our champion for honors. In the ing 3 runs to the Blue and Gray's 7, fol- ball crown belongs to Georgetown.