Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27

manager Of the Central High track team
Mcqueen is now handling the managerlaI
role. with Macon as his assistant As
the Blue and White track team is quite
nrorninent in track competitions it Is
quite q Job and responsibility keeping
things straight, but 1t is predicted these
two boys win handle the relns Ia proper
style.
II will be interesting to follow the per-
formances of both Capt. Macdonald OF
Central and Capt. Falconer OF Technlcai
on the base ball diamond aaMort TINS aro,n9 the
first base position, and It Is claimed IL
will be difficult to pick which player VIII
land the all-high job at the first vase
station this season When n. making a,sEsa Pre- re-
the all-high first baseman, Leland. the
heavy hitter Of the Eastern High nine,
must be taken into consideration.
All the high school managers have been
very fortunate In landing d,'i g,,r suitable PIE
early season. When considering the few
diamonds around town which are unoc-
cupied the high school teams should
consider themselves very lucky Cs,.u Tech srE
grounds this season. and from apl ear
ances seems to have gotten the best
grounds In the city, aside from the
American League Park grounds. The
the same infield to represent the nine
this season which held down these po-
sitions in the base ball series last spring.
When the first call for outdoor practice
is given 1t is certainty that Gill and
Morris, two sure candidates on the Tech
meal nine, will be in the best of phys
ical condition. These two boys have
been keeping in condition all during the
winter months, as both played basket
ball on the strong Northminster auint.
1t is the custom Of the coaches to have
the candidates indulge in runs after each
practice to increase their wind, but If
thing that these two athletes will have
their share OF 1t, for 1t takes quite a
little wind to play the tossing game In
fast company.
.Sprigman. the coach Of Central, Is the
only coach fortunate In having veteran
pitcher to start the season with. Boetler
has been with the team for the past two
years, and will celebrate his third sea-
son as q member Of the Central nine
this spring. He should have the ad-
vantage over tue other novice twirlers
for this reason. The o street school
will be compelled to develop an entire
new outheld this year. but the school
Is not worrying about this matter. for
II is generally understood that Coach
Sprigman possesses the ability to tell a
good ball player at sight, and so the
supporters OF the Blue and White team
feel assured that the best available play
ers will land the jobs In the outer garden.
A peculiar fact about the high school
mines last season and this year Is that
each team possesses a midget player who
acts in the capacit~ of a sacrifice hit
ter. or who Is used to head the list OF
batters for his ability in working the
base. Whitmarsh of Business, Howard OF
Western, Thomas of Central and Gill of
Technical are all very valuable to their
respective teams. as each player Is en-
that is. playing the inside points Of the
game.
The new rule passed by the faculty
advisers, allowing the advisory marks
in an athletes studies to govern his ell
gibility, would HIT the ban off of several
Of the base bali candidates who have
been wayering between the passing and
failure marks. Heretofore If an athlete
was ineligible a. the end of the first
is behind in his studies at the end of
the first semester he is permitted to
work OF the .unk by the time the next
safely predicted that this new rule will
do away with great deal Of the fiunks,
which have been / -ying havoc with the
high school contests. 1t can also be
stated without argument that the high
school contests W = be boosted to q higher
standard by the passing Of this rule,
for it generally seems that the best ath-
letes are the ones who suffer mostly
with the funk disease.
Lynch win. in all probability. do the
bulk OF the twirling for Technical High
this season. for he clearly demonstrated
that he has fine assortment of curves
in the deciding game against Business
last year, which was lost through no
fault of his pitching. Lynch has also
been acquainted WITH the base ball game
for several years. and and, as experience
able to deliver the goods for the ma
chinists this spring. Lynch played the
last season. and displayed exceptional
ability with the bat. Capt. Falconer
reports that among the many candidates
this year are numbered several pitching
aspirants, and that the best man will
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