Evening star., 1909-05-23
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


| by Business has done all the more to
inspire the base ball team of this in
stitution to put in a strong bid for
championship honors. The Rhode
Island avenue school feels itself at last
| in the running with the other high
| schools, and 1t is the undenied belief
that from now on interest In the drill
and all the athletics will be just as in
tense among tho Stenographers as
| among any of the other high school
pupils. Although each Of the high
schools felt the loss of the drill.
nevertheless, Business was not very
| much envied, as all the losing high
| schools seemed to be more satisfied
with the result Of the drill this sea-
| to have been the first time Business
company ever carried of these honors
Central and Technical will meet on
the diamond this week and a good
game is expected. as both teams seem
confident Of a victory. It has not at
| this writing been decided who will
serve them over for the Centralites
but Boetler will most probably be the
logical choice. Parker Richardson.
| who has been experiencing somewhat
of a slump in both his fielding and
hitting this season, has been benched
by Coach Sceller, mad Rawlings is q.
on the nine. All the members of the
team express an earnest desire to see
Rich" come back In the game, as he
has always been popular Fellow
among the players and and they hey fee feel
time form when he was considered about
the best outfelder at Central High.
Richardson expects to soon take up row
ing with the Potomacs. Several high
| OF lot yxrf1l on q
on this eight this season. Mueller. who
| held down first base on the Central High
team, is another Central graduate trying
for position on this crew
The leaders Of the Business High School
base ball nine did everything In their
power to bring about the postponed scrim-
mage between Business and Technical
| during the past week, but for some rea-
son or other Technical was not anxious to
meet the Stenographers till later on. 1t
recently leaked out that thhe Machinists
| were not In the best OF condition. and
il the game was postponed for couple OF
weeks. BUT Coach King stated the real
reason the game could not be played was
that Tech had several scheduled games
for the past week. The Rhode Island
Avenue School team is in the best possi-
BILE physical and playing condition, and
was strong for having the game played
the first opportunity offered. 1t is not
known now when the game will be
played, as several of the other high
school contests are scheduled to take
place during the next two weeks.
Howard is catching much better game
| for Western High School this season than
he did last and is injecting much life In
the teams play by his fast work. His
hitting has also been picking up, and. to-
gethar with Robeson Is sharing the bat
ting honors of the team. Western is still
/ nf q
of the high school teams and may yet
cause trouble for one Of the leading
teams.
less game behind Capt. Whitney this sea-
son, and is not supporting the big twirl-
er in any manner at all. The team seems
| to be out OF condition. judging from the
| ting up in the past high school scrim-
IMAGES. Capt. Whitney seems to be doing
his part and deserves better support from
his teammates.
Coach Peet Of the Business High School
team recently made the statement that
he had in Fegan. Rawlings, NaughtOn
and Davis four of the best base stealers
in the high schools and looks for their
| base running to be an important factor
toward annexing the base ball champion
| ship. These boys are not only players
OF ability, but combine their talent with
hard work and are IN the game from the
start. Donnelly and Whitmarsh are also
i no slouches in purloining bags.
| Menefee. the mainstay Of the Central
| High School team, broke into the game
| for the first time In the Departmental
League. wearing a Commerce and Labor
uniform. He handled the delivery Of
Balzer. the Georgetown varsity twirler,
In faultless style, but did not connect for
! a safety during the contest "Menie" is
| about the best catcher for his age In the
District and can hold his own with any
of the fast amateur teams around town.
| In discussing who would be the most
likely candidate for the captaincy of the
Business High School team for next sea-
| son, It was announced by good authority
that Jimmy Fegan. the teams star
catcher. would be the popular choice. Fee
gan has been catching an excellent game
| for the Stenographers this season. while
| his hitting has been clean cut and time
| iy Fegan is a hard worker and with his
knowledge of the game would fit in nicely
| as the captain for the nine of 1910.
Kid Herman. the Centralites' third
baseman. is banging the ball on the nose
with much regularity this season and is
/ one OF the mines most timely hitters
| Rheem Is also there with the stick this
4 year and Is largely depended on to pro-
duce some good hits In the high school
games which the o street school will play