Evening star., 1909-04-18
Lyon Looks Good.

Ligon Looks Good.
The man on whom the school is count
ing to fill the vacancy left by vanderlip
at third base is Ligon, a player unknown
in high school athletics. but. judging from
his early exhibitions, he seems to be
capable substitute for the position
Capt. Whitney Is considerably pleased
with Ligon's work at the third corner so
far this season and backs him as
classy inf1elder Hgon is also credited
with batting consistently. which makes
him all the more valuable to the team.
with such men as Defandorf Leland.
Babcock and Chase for position in the
outfield 1t looks as II the strength In the
outer garden will not be far behind the
defense offered last season. Defandorf
and Leland were substitutes carried with
the team last season and worked In sew
eral OF the practice games and few
high school competitions last spring.
Acton's vacancy at first base will be
taken care Of this year by Donohue. who
is a clever fielder. but somewhat shy with
the stick. Parker, the star second base
man of last season. will again be seen on
second and expects to play his best ball
for the Southeast boys this sprint. Parker
base ball game and should be able to
deliver the goods at all times
If the Capitol Hill school cannot boast
Of star play ers in either the outfield or in
field, it certainly can make the statement
that. the crack battery. consisting Of
whitney and Martin, is about the best
that will be seen in the lineup OF the
high school teams In the coming competi-
tions These boys have worked together
for several seasons and thoroughly under
stand each other, and 1t IL practically on
these two men that Eastern counts on
a strong bid for the champion
ship. This battery ranked with the top
notch batteries of the league last season
IT, IT,
sented such excellent men on both the
pitching and receiving ends. The Cen
traltes lost their pitcher this year, while
Technical will be minus its crack back
stop this season. so it can easily be seen
what great advantage 1t will be for the
Capitol Hill boys In having a battery
intact which put up such an excellent
showing last season.
Team Working Hard.
Capt. Whitney is similar to Manager
Weaver in his statements and is not
does expect the boys to put up the best
article of ball in them. which he judges
will put the team in the race. The nine
does not look extremely strong on paper,
as few Of it's members are players OF repu-
tation and have done nothing wonderful
on the base ball diamond. but judging
are practicing this spring. it would not be
at all surprising to see them land good
position in the league.
Manager Weaver has arranged an ex-
tensive schedule with the best teams In
and out Of town, and when the team lines
up for it's initial high school contest 1t
will lack nothing in the way OF exper-
ience. Among the teams which have ar
ranged games with the Southeast boys
are: Charlotte Hall, Episcopal High
School, Mount st. Joseph Of Baltimore
and Bethel Military Academy OF Warren
ton. Va.
The team has been practicing faithfully
at 9th and L streets southeast where
ample room is afforded 1t for both fielding
and batting practice. Capt. Whitney has
been putting the boys through hard work
since early in the season. and knows
about now on whom he will depend to
represent the school in the high school
competitions this spring It can easily
be seen. judging from the showing made
by Eastern in the scrimmages taken on
so far this year. that the team Is COM
posed largely Of players who are better
men in the field than at the bat and Capt
Whitney is trying hard to remedy this de-
flciency by affording the team plenty OF
batting practice with him on the firing
line.
Parker, Ligon and Martin are the only
players who are lining them out with any
whatsoever. and the weakness
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