Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
BASE BALL AGGREGATIONS FOR
THE COMING YEAR.
Record Season Promised by the Man
agement-Those Who Are Eligible
to Membership.


ball season the pupils of the high schools
are showing interest in the teams that will
represent their institutions on the diamond
and do battle for the championship in the
interscholastic series.
The last week has been busy one Tor
the boys, each school having from twenty
to thirty candidates on the practice field.
Nothing has been done toward the schedule
of the regular teams. The personnel OF the
various ''nines," however will include
many Of the last year players, with few
new faces. The latter will be chosen after
a thorough practice Showing"
The Business School boys have been at
work for three weeks, and, considering the
Indictment weather, good deal OF progress
has been made in putting the team IN
shane The two coaches of the Business
team are graduates of the school, namely,
J Fitzpatrick and Chas King. They were
members of the Business team iast year. ~.
The feeling at the Central is at high
MITCH The number of candidates Tor the
nlaces on the team at that school is larger
than that at the Business
Predicts a Record Year.
Mr.. Kelly, who looks after the athletic
aairs at the Central thinks that the pres
ent year will set record for the high
school base ball games. In speaking OF the
matter Mr. Kelly stated that il the boys
do as we'll in the games to come as they
have done in practice there will be nothing
wanting, and that from what he mad hearu
from the other schools the teams are pretty
we'll claSSed.
Eastern team still wants for practice and
will play two or three games in the coming
week. While the team to represent this
institution has not been completed, both
MIR. Linthicum and Mr. Woodward, man
ager and captain, respectively, think that
they will finish strong. Eastern lacks
good deal in heavy men, but this is made
up by their earnestness and hard work.
If school feeling can win games then the
rag" may as we'll be given to Eastern
without the trouble OF playing for IT.. The
East Washington girls are as much inter-
ested in their team as the boys
The Techs are out strong after base
ball honors, but it remains to be seen
whether they will be as successful on the
diamond as on the gridiron. In the foot
ball games the school had the other teams
beaten at every turn, having as they dld
all the weight on their side but with base
ball 1t is different, as weight counts for
very little and teams with a shortage of
avoirdupois have often beaten those with
an abundant supply. Graduate Coach Bell
is highly elated over the work the boys
have done. He states that if they continue
to improve there is no reason why they
should not finish well to the front. The
team of this school is made I'D of heavy
men, and is captained by old and sturdy
base Ballinger has seen two years service
in the high school base ball world. and not
only understands the game well, but knows
the weakness of the opposing teams, which
will give his team slight advantage.
1t is predicted that with material that
they have across the creek" and Church's
leadership, the Western team VIII prove
prominent figure in the finish Mr.. Math-
ews faculty adviser for Western, has
taken quite an interest in the games this
year and has brought the boys out in
good shape, not only in a base ball way,
but in the other sports of the schools. 1t
will be remembered that the Western and
the Central teams were tied for second
place in the foot ball games, and the West
ern boys say they have better team to
put on the diamond than they had in the
fall which should make things look inter-
esting for the other contestants.
Possible Lineup of Teams.
The lists of the possible lisie-ups of the
teams follow
Bus'ness-Graves and Camalier catch
ers; Pickford and Kaiser. pitchers; Doyle
and Hempstone, first base; Tracy and
Shea. second base; Lewis shortstop; Green
(captain), third base; McMorris, manager;
Perry, Peacock. Welsh and Carney. the
outfield. Cissel, johnson, d smer and
Heap will probably be carried as extra
men.
CentraHSnow (capt), Conner, catchers:
McCaIhran. Cunningham, Hampton, pitch
ers; Mcdonald. first base; Thomas, Peck,
second base; kipp, short stop; Archibald,
third base; Parson, right field; Tindall
center field Willis Tyssowski left field.
Observation-Disclosures tcapt), catcher; Oys-
ter, l-inthicun (manager), pitchers; Van
Enron. Strait, first base; Field Chambers,
second base; Oldham. Thompson, short
stop; Durmont. third base: Million. Hening,
Sinclair. Richardson and johnson, in the
outfeld.
Observation-Disclosures Gleotzner. catchers;
Haring, Skinner pitchers; Ballingcr, cap
tain, first t1-e: Smi,... Boil z.Ker second
base; Kahler. short stop; Moore, third base:
Giebe, center field; Watson, left field; Du
Gaune, Piggot, right field.
Western-Church,- aptain, catcher; Hodg-
son, Lynch, pitchers; Boss, first base; w.
Rumbough, second base; Worthington, third
base; Fletcher, right field; Gilman, center
field; Lutteral, left field; R. Rumbough,
substitute.