Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-03
tie to land a job on the all-high nine,
provided it picks up in its hitting.

That the coming base ball series will
be interesting and closely contested from
the start is concluded fact. 1t seems
that each school has about an equal
chance Of landing the bunting. and it is
certainty that each school will put in its
best bid for first honors. Some of the
schools, which have not so many promis-
ing candidates, can count on at least
some of the boys, who have entered the
high schools this month. to make good
in base ball. Falconer of Technical made
good during his first year at Technical
and is now considered one of the best
first basemen in the high schools. This
will be his second year as a member of
high school team. He gained most of his
experience a member of some of the
local amateur teams. There are plenty
of boys who learn the fine points of the
game on the sand lots around town before
they enter the high schools and they
usually turn out to be the best players. 1t
is just a matter of chance which school
is the most fortunate in enrolling these
boys. 1t will soon be discovered that
several Of the school mines will be much
stronger In the spring than expected
1t is stated that Tpman. halfback on
the Western High eleven during the past
fall. is well acquainted with the short
stop position in base ball. He Will be
afforded an opportunity to display his
he has a good chance OF landing the job
in the short field. Western will have a
fast combination of fielders in the infield
this season, which is bound to give the
twirlers the best of support.
Whitney and Parker will be the prob
able battery of Eastern High this year,
for these boys appear to be the best
combination in school to date. Parker IS
a good man behind the bat. but should
practice his throwing to bases at every
opportunity. Whitney showed he had the
earmarks of good twirier last spring
when he acted as sub pitcher to his
brother. He has the speed, and when the
control has been mastered he should rank
as we'll as any of the high school fingers
Menefee and King are the two principal
candidates for the backstop position on
the Central nine, with honorS Slightly IN
favor of the former. Menefee is little
behind in his studies, but it Is expected he
will make UP the deficiencies before the
season gets under way. He is good man
in steadying the pitcher. but is somewhat
weak when it comes to connecting for
safeties. He is the brother of G. Menefee,
who was elected captain of the nine for
this season. but who quit the school early
in the school year.
In spite of the many reports going the
rounds that Boetler of Central will not
be in school when the high school series
is pulled off, it was recently learned
from the proper authorities that the big
twirer will take part in the base ball
contests this spring and will do the bulk
of the pitching for the o street school.
He led the High School League in bat.
ting last season, and for this reason will
most likely play the outfield for his
school when not pitching. Prince and
Adams are showing up well in the indoor
work and give indications of developing
into good box men. Adams is left
handler with a good head and excellent
control.
There will be something doing when
the Central midget relay meets the Bust
ness midget four in the next indoor
competition held by the Stenographers.
This is the first time Central has shown
any inclination to enter any of these
practice meets between the high schools.
Central has one of the fastest midget re-
lay teams in town, and 1t is the fayorite
the Rhode Island avenue school is back
ing it's short" ones to come out on top.
"Chick" Thomas one of the best known
base ball players at Central. will again
be seen at shortstop when the team lines
up for work in the early spring. This is
his third year as member of the Cen
trail nine. and he is very anxious to have
the honor of playing on a championship
team before he graduates this June.
.Chick" is a hard worker and is in the
game all the time. He has not been bat
ting at his best in the series during the
past years, and it is hoped by his many
friends and teammates at Central that he
will do himself justice this spring.
Thomas is one of the most popular boys
in the street institution.
Central will have to go some to defeat
the Mercersburg boys on the track If
they happen to compete against this
school in any of the local indoor COM
petitions. This school has the reputation
of turning out some of the best track
athletes in the country, and as Central
High has also quite an enviable reputa-
ton in preparatory school track athletics
these schools would naturally afford
much interest If they were matched in
some of these meets. A dual meet be-
tween these two schools would prove an
affair.