The Washington herald., 1909-06-19
BUSINESS WINS IT
StenOgrapherS Capture Higf
School Championship.
TECH IS BEATEN 3 TO l
Rawlings Allows BIacksmiths but
One Hit, While Lynch Is Also Eff
feetive-BOneheaded Play Lets in
Winning TaIIies - PRndemOnium
ReIgns When the Game Is over.
By WILLIAM PEET.

For the first time in seven years Busi-
ness High School has won a baseball
championship.
The Stenographers defeated Technical
in TIE final game OF the post-seasOn Sc
ries on the grounds OF the Sunday School
League yesterday. by the score Of 10 ].
in the most exciting high school contest
OF the season.
Rawlings. for the winners, was a
trifie wild. but only one clean hit was
registered by the Blacksmiths. Rawlings
was given his usual fine support. Lynch.
the Tech slabman, allowed only six scat
tered hits. and but for a bone-headed
play on the part Of two Of hts infelders
the game would have gone into extra
innings.
There was an unusually large crowd
present for a high school game. the spec
tators completely surrounding the dia-
mond and outfeld- Enthusiasm ran high.
while the cheering wss at times almost
deafening.
Techs well-organized roofing was cal
| culated 70 send Rawlings up in the air.
but the louder they yelled the better
he pitched
Congratulate Players.
When the last man was out in the
fnai chapter the Business cohorts made
a grand rush for the young heroes. and
1t was with difficulty that they reached
their bus
All the pent-up enthusiasm OF a trying
season and the sufferings Of tncessant
defeats for seven long years broke loose
! in q demonstration the ike OF which
has seldom been seen at a high school
ball game in this city. Hats were
smashed, pretty girls hugged each other.
some Of them cried. while the first 70
congratulate Capt. Keane and his band
were the Business teachers, the entire
corps being present at the game.
As for the struggle itself, the fortunes
/ Of war fell 10 the Stenographers. the
winning tallies coming as the result OF a
/ mufed inaeld fly. Business outbatted
and outield Tech and also showed I'D
better in running bases. but Lynch and
| his slow working curves could not be
solved when hits meant runs Lynch
| deserves all the credit in the world for
1 his grand work.
| Besides Rawlings superb pitching Tor
I the winners. little Fred Whitmarsh was
/ the real hero, his two clean hits In the
/ first and sixth innings paving the way
/ for runs. The diminutive center fielder
also got under two files in his territory,
/ and would have thrown out a runner al
first had Gregory covered the bag in
time.
Business Scores First.
The Stenographers were first at bat
Whitmarsh singled to center. Donnelly
famed. Keane's single 10 left sent Whit
marsh to third. As Keane started TO steal
second. Lynch made a palpable baIk and
/ Umpire Hughes beckoned 10 Whitmarsn
! 70 come home with the first run
Tech got the run back in its half OF
/ the first inning after two had gone. Nor
ris walked. took third or Falconer's clean
/ drive 70 left, the only Tech bit OF the
game. and scored on a wild pitch as
Fegan Srew poorly 70 Rawlings at the
plate.
In the sixth inning Business won the
game Whitmarsh again started things
with single 10 left. took second on
/ Donnelly's sacrifice, but was caught at
| third. Naughtens scratch single sent
Keane 20 third A minute later Naughten
stole: and right here came the play that
| lost Tech the championship Rawlings
/ popped up little fly 10 second. Gill was
waiting for it. when Kelley butted in.
showing his paws over GilTs shoulder.
! The bail dropped between them. and be-
fore II could be recovered both Keane
and Naughten had crossed the plate.
/ Business not only wins the champion
ship for 1909. but takes possession Of the
| Princeton Cup trophy. held for two years
by Tech. Had Tech won yesterdays S
game the cup would have been theirs for
! permanent possession.