Evening star., 1909-04-11
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

| Capt. Whitney. on whom the Capitol
Hill team is depending to hold the oppos-
ing high school mines in check in the ap-
( preaching interhigh school series. is rap
idly regaining his old-time form, which
was largely responsible for Eastern s
| good showing in the series last spring.
With Whitney in good shape the South
east lads should compel the other high
school teams to go some to bring about
defeat.
Business High has an extensive sched-
ule on hand for this week, playing every
day except Saturday. in the following or
der: Monday morning, Business VS.. Con
zaga Preps; Tuesday, Business VS.. Emer-
son Institute: Wednesday,, Business VS..
Langdon. Thursday, Business VS.. Army
and Navy Preps: Friday. Business VS..
Georgetown Preps. The Stenographers
in their best playing form and look bet
ter this season than they have for several
years.
for the lucky hit through hole in the
fence at Union League Park last spring
which was indirectly responsible for Tech
annexing the base ball championship last
year. is playing good game at first base
for the Machinists. and looks like the
man for the job. Technical will be Sc
verefy weakened this year, as the funk
rule is playing havoc with several of the
teams best players. AS far as can be
seen now 1t looks as If the team will be
minus the services of Spencer, Offutt and
Falconer. These boys are all players of
considerable ability, and If they are COM
PEELED to quit the team their loss will
be greatly felt.
Capt. Dolly Gray of Technical, who
announced the early part of the year his
intention of retiring from the pitching
job to play the outfield. will most likely
be seen on the firing line again this sea-
son for the Machinists, as the team is ex-
ceedingly weak in the box. Gray had
counted on Offutt doing the bulk of the
pitching this spring, but as conditions are
keeping him out of the game, and Kraft
and Cruickshanks are little inexperi-
enced. 1t certaf My looks as If Gray will
be compelled to resume his old position in
order for Tech to make it's best showing.
If Capt. Thomas of Central is fortunat te
enough to remove his Latin condition he
will fill in the gap at short, the only posi-
tion on the team where the nine has been
showing any weakness at all. His re-
turn means much toward the Centralites'
chances of annexing the championship.
Davis and Whitmarsh are having live
ly competition for the shOrtstop position
on the Rhode Island avenue school team,
and so far the chances seem to b, about
even for either player landing a job in
short field. Both boys are clever fielders
and the one who wields his bat to the
better advantage is the man likely to
be selected.
Rheem, Richardson and Harah. who
compose Central Highs outfield, seem to
be the best outer gardeners in the scho-
lastic circle. These players have been
working on the same team for the past
two years and are improving with prac-
tice. Besides being clever defensive play
ers, with their excellent fielding, they are
also worthy men on the offensive on ac-
count of their heavy batting, which has
been the feature of the games taken on
by the Centralites SO far this season.
handicapped in recent scrimmages owing
to the fact that Jimmy Feagan the
veteran catcher of the team, has peen
absent from the lineup on account Of
sickness. Hinwood, the heavy-hitting
centerfielder of the team, has been
taking Feagans place behind the bat
and has been making a capable substi-
tute. The boys expect Feagan to soon
return to the game, and with hln
again in harness the team will be in
tact to play its best ball.
Howard, who has been on the receiv-
ing end for the past few years for
the Western High School nine, is pre-
son. and, judging from the game he is
playing both behind the bat and with
the willow, the prediction for the
Georgetown lad is not far from being
true. He is veteran catcher, and is
just the ian for the boys across the
creek in sadying the novice pitchers
trying for the He'd and White team
this spring.
Macdonald is continuing his good
work at this wiring on first base fo,.
the Centralites, and besides playing u
good fielding game Is also lining them
out with much regularity. Mike" IS
a hard worker and by his clever field
! ing will greatly strengthen the Blue
and White infield in the approaching
high school competitions. Herman is
also playing his usual steady game for
the o street aggregation, while
Bouschee is rapidly improving in his;
playing at second base. With Capt.
Thomas at his old position at short
the nine will be in every way pre-
pared to put up creditable fight IN
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