Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-30
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS

scholarships. for Syracuse enters ell the
branches OF college athletics and would
welcome q Washington high school ath-
lete. Syracuse also carries various
courses OF studies. and for this reason
the winners OF these scholarships can
take up most any course suitable to their
liking. The Business teacher who was
should receive vote of thanks from the
different high schools. 1t 10 q safe bet
that the spare time he spent In inducing
his alma mater to give five free courses
pupils.
Capt Shore and Rathbone. regarded al
the two best track men at Business High.
were entries In the National Guard indoor
meet. Some one asked why Capt. Shore
entered the pole vault. stating that 1t was
never known he was acquainted with the
event. There's q reason. Ask Rathbone.
Varela Is putting up a good game at
the short station for Eastern High and
Is also connecting with the ball with bet
ter results this season than last Eastern
has a good combination OF aggressive in
helders. and II can be safely predicted
the southeast boys Will back up the
pitcher with good defensive work this
spring. Eastern is still putting In claims
be satisfied with nothing short Of first
honors. championship would mean
much to athletics at the Capitol Hill in
stitution.
Charlie King. the Technical coach, 10 Of
the opinion he has a coming twirier in
Austin. who 10 experiencing his first
workout on a high school nine this year.
OF course, Austin has quite a lot to learn.
but he has already proven he ts an apt
pupil with plenty Of natural ability along
pitching lines Tew 10 also going good.
and with little more practice should
be able to work up considerable speed for
he certainly has the weight and height.
King Is working hard to round his pitch
ers into shape. for he has been compelled
to develop new man to represent the
Machinists In the box this spring. Tech.
meal Is hoping he will give the preference
to the twirler with the most grit and
nerve. but this quality cannot be deter
mined until the championship series 10
under way.
Mallon has good chance Of filling the
gap at third base for Western. left va
cant by Howard. Although not as good
a helder. he is claimed to be better
hitter than Howard. Garner, one of the
best foot ball players at Western, and
also one OF the most formidable gridiron
schools. is a likely candidate for one OF
the outfield positions and may play in
the championship high school series. One
thing sure. Western will have a good
PitSHiHS SOTpS lUlS season. T0tS Is the
first year the high school boys have had
good twirler since the days of Virgil
Michael. Capt. Stone has had his men
working hard throughout the holidays,
and reports that the team is at present in
good enough condition to enter the series
and play its best ball.
Technical High il extremely fortunate
this season in having six good all-around
players from which to pick the outfield
thA Mo- 1wIA IT,
the approaching series. These players
are Gill. Echendorf Lynch, Towles,
Swaggler and Burley. Each of the sex
tet has been going good since the early
the bat. and it has the coach guessing as
to who Is the best man. Many of the
Technical followers. however. predict that
Swaggier will land a berth on account
of his consistent hitting. They are very
sweet on this lad. and back him to make
good from the start. Reports are going
the rounds that he is also some fielder.
and has been gobbling them up around
his shoe tops after long runs. Charlie
King, the coach, il also enthusiastic over
his outfield. and claims he will produce
this spring one of the best outfieids ever
known to Technical, and that is some
broad statement.
Coach Peet of Business intends to
carry Patched, a player off the second
team. with the regulars from now on.
Patched opened the eyes of the Business
players when he caught one on the nose
which proved to be the longest hit of the
contest This one hit, of course does not
signify that Patched will be awarded a
position on the Business nine. but II does
mean that Coach Peet will give him a
trial. for he is always ready to allow a
player the privilege OF displaying the best
he has in him and shows no preference
whatsoever.
Central is still pulling for the eligibility
or Thomas and Capt. Macdonald, but so
far nothing has developed toward clear
Ing the much-needed ball players Of
the conditions. which are keeping them
from representing their school. The O
street school is pulling for Dame Fortune
to smile on these lads when the next
advisory marks are registered, but 1t is
difficult to predict what the outcome
will be.
Maybe Austin Howard, the WASHINGTON
boy playing third base for Cornell, did
not pull off some classy plays for the
Ithaca nine In the game against Yale Eas-
ter Monday: In spite of the fact he
played brilliant game. very little press
notice was given him by the local papers
In the way OF a boost. It is true he
had three errors registered against him.
but the spectators at the contest can well
remember that ii was possible to field
at least two of his wild heaves without
much exertion. These same witnesses
can also readily recall that all the Wash
ington boys stops were of the sensa-
tional order, and his one-hand stab of
the pitchers Wild throw, nabbing the
base runner at the same time. would have
brought forth a round Of applause had Il
been accomplished by a major Lacquer.
Immediately after school takes in. fol-
lowing the holidays. outdoor track work
will be resumed by several of the high
schools. Business. Western and Central
appear to be the only schools out of the
five which are giving this branch of ath-
letics the proper support. but. at that, an
interesting three-cornered spring meet
could be pulled off to the satisfaction of
the public If these three schools would get
together and work toward this end Pien-
ty of outdoor work and training could be
gotten where 1t was impossible during the
winter months, for now training quarters
will not be so scarce as they were when
the teams were indoors.
Business Boys Win.