The Washington times., 1902-05-04
Baseball Prospects Good.

L
To all appearances the Business boys
are sure winners Of the pennant in the
| inter-high school baseball games. They
have been doing excellent work. and the
school is entirely happy over their pros
| poets of success.
The baseball season is now we'll under
way. and the games already played furnish
| basis on which to figure concerning the
pennant-winning possibilities of the team.
| The team was no sooner organized and
| practice begun than 1t became evident that
the work was to be carried on under the
adverse conditions that have every year
| retarded the development OF the Business
boys-the lack of practice grounds. After
| many difficulties they succeeded in secur-
ing the old National League grounds for
three afternoons each week. For a while
the prospects of the team seemed a trifie
| uncertain, and the boys began the opening
game with the Riggs National Bank team
with lack of the confidence necessary to
bring the pennant to the school, When
the members of the opposing team. how
ever. walked to the plate, and vainly at
tempted to connect safely with the sphere
the High School boys awoke to realiza-
tion of the fact that there is a crack base
ball team at the Business this year. The
game resulted in victory for the Busi-
ness team by a score of 15 to 2, and when
the next week the bankers defeated the
Technical High School team by a score of
s to 3. Fitzgerald, captain of the Business
nine, ordered all the regular members of
the team to sit for the group photograph
which is always taken of the championship
team I'D
The next week the team played the
nine representing the Washington School
for Boys, and, with Pickford in the box,
won by score of 21 to 2. The following
Saturday the boys journeyed to Hyatts-
vile to play the strcAgest team in that
section Of the country Winning games
by this time had become a habit with
Fitzpatrick's men. and. with Pickford
again on the rubber. ithe score at the end
of the ninth inning read 10 to in favor
OF the Business.
Thrashed the Eastern.
The games up to this time, however,
were merely preparatory to the series for
the inter-hish school. championship series. !
and on April % the. first game of the
series was played at the National League
Park. Nearly the whole of the Eastern
and Business Schools were there to urge
the teams on TO their best efforts. The
roofing OF the pupils from both institu-
tions was far better than for some time
But again. as In baseball, the Business !
lads outrooted their rivals and drowned
out their cheers with their howls. And |
once again the star battery from the Busi-
ness hypnotized the opposing batsmen, |
and, with n score of Il to in their favor |
set a pace which is not going to be easy
for the other schools to follow.
Cadets Working Hard
In spite of the fact that the competitive |
drill has been postponed until the first |
part of June. the day OF the test is stead
lily and swiftly drawing nearer. The ca
diets have. outside of the days devoted to
the regimental drills. only about five
drill days left in which to practice for |
the annual competitive exhibition. and |
every one OF the lads who wears the or |
ange and blue is doing his best to bring |
the victory to the Business. The work |
Of both companies has. for the past |
month, been worthy Of great praise.
The pupils will be pleased to learn that |
Mr.. Sweet. OF Company G. who has been |
suffering with appendicitis at the Emer-
gency Hospital for some time. has passed |
the danger point and will probably soon
return to the school.
The Alumni Association at the Business |
has placed another victory to its credit. |