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to afford their school q large and capable
bunch OF entries for this spring affair.

Boetler, the elongated Central twirler.
came within an ace Of establishing
high school base ball record In the scrim-
mage with Eastern Monday. He held his
opponents hitless till the ninth inning,
when clean single by Parker spoiled
his chances of twirling a no-hit game.
Capt. Whitney Of Eastern also experience
ed this same misfortune when he held the
Western nine without a semblance of q
hit till the ninth inning. Guy lining out
three-bagger in this session.
A player who at this writing is causing
very little comment. but who is pre-
dicted to be in the limelight before the
season Is over. Is Spencer. the fast out
fielder Of the Technical nine. He has
of the season. but is. in the estimation
Of many at Technical. about one of the
best pinch hitters and steadiest men on
the team.
1t was recently reported that Morris.
who did the bulk of the catching for the
Technical nine before he sustained a
broken wrist in a practice game, might
yet get in a high school contest for the
Machinists. as the injured member is
rapidly healing. but still weak. He would
undoubtedly strengthen the chance Of
the team annexing the championship. as
he is not only good man on the re-
ceiving end, but can also line them out
Offutt, who has been filling the vacancy,
has been holding down the position
creditably, but is woefully weak with
the stick.
Martin. the Eastern catcher, who was
much in evidence with the stick last
season, Is experiencing bad slump IN
his batting. and will certainly have to
brace up along these lines to get any
sort of an average. Martin was a strong
candidate for the all high school nine
last season. but SO far In the high
school matches his team has taken on
he does not seem to be playing up to MS
to be the best man on the receiving
end when 1t comes to throwing to bases.
but can not hit near as consistently as
Menefee, the Centralites' catcher.
Technical seems to have an excellent
player In Lynch, who worked as a sub
stitute on last years aggregation at
Technical. He has been playing great
field and at the bat. for the Machinists
and all of his bingles have been most
opportune. Falconer. who Is holding
down the first base position. is also pick
| ing up in his hitting and Is counted or
| to cut a large factor In the deciding
games which will be pulled off in the
near future.
The Business players are exceedingly
| anxious to have the scrimmage with
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seems to be wearing on them. Charlie
King, the Technical coach. recently stat
| ed that the real reason the contest was
not pulled off last week was on account
| Of several games which the Machinists
had scheduled for the dates the Stenogra-
| pliers wished to play. There is really nc
haste for having the game played, as II
/ will be most welcome when 1t is pulled
| off, as many consider 1t will be about
| the most interesting match played In
| the high schools for several seasons. Al
| though Business appears to be fairly
fortified in every position. Technical is
| backing it's teams chances of winning
on the inability of the Stenographers to
| hit Gray, who has been twirling remark
able ball for the Machinists. With DOL
| ly'' in true form, 1t is figured the Tech
hackers will have a good chance for
| their money.
Western seems to be the only school
| that is not strong on pitchers capable
of holuing the opposing batters in check
| 1t is due to this fact that the boys
| across the creek have not made a very
| impressive or creditable showing In the
| high school competitions this year. The
Georgetown boys have not supplied a
| twirler capable Of coping with the other
| high school fingers since the days OF
Michael, whose pitching was responsible
/ for the championship going to Western
q few years ago.