Evening star., 1909-06-20
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

| Huh SCdUUL NU4LO.
Central High will lose two of the best
point winners on the track squad through
graduation this month. as both Capt
Cheney and Zeh are among the class or
1909. Cheney has made great progress as
a runner while at Central in the 44o.
while Zeh has in the last two years
sprung into the limelight as one of the
strongest mile runners in preparatory
school circles around these parts. Their
loss will be severely felt. as the track
team now representing Central lacks vet
eran calber as it is, and as these two
boys have been members of the team for
the last few years, their positions will be
difficult to fill capably.
Lynch. the Machinists latest acquisi-
ton to the pitching staff certainly made
good during Capt. Gray's absence, and IL
is doubtful if Gray could have tWlried a
more effective game against the Stenog-
raphers than did his successor. Lynch
seemed to have everything in this scrim-
mage and had his opponents guessing
from the word go. and as the defeat ad-
miniStered to his team was decidedly un-
earned the sting is all the greater. ACT
ing Capt. Kelly has always been an en-
thusiaStic worker while representing his
school on the athletic field, and 1t was
while doing this that he created a spirit
of overanxiety which proved so dlsas-
trous to his team in the battle for the
championship, as every one knows.
1t is unfair 10 lay the blame of the de-
feat on his shoulders. however. as any
thing is apt to happen in a base ball game
and il is q question of more to be pitied
than scorned."
Capt Keane and, little Whitmarsh of
the Business outfit seemed to be the only
Stenographers to solve JynCh's delivery
Both these players are hard workers ana
have played a great game for their school
throughout the whole season. Davis car
ried off the fielding honors in this fray,
while F'egan's catching seemed to be the
life Of the Rhode Island school nire. 1t
is between the last mentioned and Naugh-
ton as to who will land the leadership OF
Business nine next spring, with honors
about even.
Now that the base ball season is over
for this year among the high schools, the
question that is perplexing large num-
-ber of the local high school folloWers
is the poor showing made by the Central
ties, who seemed to have we'll balanced
team and a good man for every position,
besides having a capable coach to drill
them Many are of the opinion that al
though Central appeared to have creolt-
able twirlers to represent the 1nsttutlon
trouble was that Business and Technical
had better fingers and credit the Q street
boys downfall to this cause. Boetler'
who joined the geological survey TOR the
summer. would unquest1onably have been
of great aid to his teammates during the
last battle for championship honors.
Falconer, the heavy rst-baseman of
the Technical nine, has certainly banged
De ball for keeps since joining the high
-a.,< ~ oraly Ia
to secure a clean hit off Rawlings de-
livery and was robbed of another on a
line drive to Donnelly, that was, without
doubt the hardest hit bail in the whole
game. The Stenosraphers, second-sacker,
however, was lucky enough to be playing
in the right position and 1T counted for
nothing. This drive was in the last round
and had it gotten away might nave
caused trouble for Business. Little Gill,
at second, also played an excellent game
for Technical and displayed heady ball
playing. He will prove valuable man
to the team next year, provided he is up
in his studies and eligible to play.
President Stokes of the Sunday School
League was an interested spectator of
the game Friday. and after the scrtm-
mage signed Davis and Rawlings. both
of Business. to play on the strong Beth
any nine which is now we'll up in the
race for the pennant. As he is very weak
in the box this year, Rawlings should,
without a doubt, strengthen this posi-
ton, provided he keeps up the good
finging which brought the championship
to Business. Davis, who has been hold
ing down the short field for the high
school nine, will most likely play third
on the Bethany team.
All the local teams around town are be-
ginning to take on the best of the high
school players, and a good many Of them
will be consider ably strengthened as a re-
suit. as the high school boys put up a
creditable game, both In the field and at
the bat This playing around the sand
lots does much toward increasing the
boys knowledge of tie game and un-
doubtedly improves the playing in the
high school series each year
The best chance for the captaincy Of
the base ball nine next season at Tech
lies between Falconer and Lynch, and 1t
is hard to pick the player who will land
the coveted position. Both boys, judging
from their playing, would make capable
captains, but it now remains to see who
would prove the best leader as far as per-
sonality is concerned. King, who Great
ed such a sensation at the beginning Of
the season by his all-around playing, did
not represent Technical in the last scrim-
mage. His place was taken by Acting
Capt. Kelly.
Owen Harrah, one of the best fielding
outfielders to represent Central on the
ball field. and Parker Richardson, an
other valuable base ball player. are
among the graduating class of Central
this week and will be missing from the
lineup next season. Rheem. the crack
center fielder of this same nine, also grad
yates this year and this will leave an en-
tirely new outfield to be picked next sea-
son. 1t is doubtful If any of the other
high schools will lose is many expe-
rienced ball tossers through graduation
this season as the Blue and White nine
Laurel Suffers Defeat.
Special Dispatch to The Star.