Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-23
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Coach Peat of Business High is iubilant
over the showing his charges have made
| on the diamond to date. In spite of the
fact that he lost good many of the men
| who composed the championship nine last
season. he has uncovered some likely ana
capable looking substitutes to take their
places. To begin with. he believes he has
a better catcher and first baseman on
the team this spring than represented the
Rhode Island Avenue School last year.
And that is saying good deal, for Fegan
and Gregorw were no slouches. Goebel
is on the receiving end for the Stenogra-
piers this season. while Mccarthy has
won the first base job by his heavy hit
ting. The coach is also under the i'm
preston that he has a heaver-hitting
| team this spring. and says unhesitatingly
| that If Burnley holds his own in the box
the Stenogra piers will be there at the
finish
Regardless of the fact that Acton. now
one of the most experienced players on
the Central nine, has had considerable
experience as a first sacker. he's has been
playing the outfield for the Centralites
when he has not been doing box duty this
season. From this wet can easily garner
that he must be an all-arOund man, and
will undoubtedly be of great value to the
0 street team this season. Central does
not seem to be lamenting the fact that
Eastern let this ball tosser get away
from the southeast school. Central IS
downcast owing to the recent jolts the
squad received from the first advisory
team are game and will give the school
the best article of ball in them.
If the early work of Donovan. the West
Is<-l.< al 10 o1rAy1 nyv
ample of the ball he will pitch in the
high school series. it is a safe bet
that the other high school teams will not
have a walk-away with the boys across
the creek, as has been the case ever since
the Georgetown High School won the
championship with Michael in the box.
Donovan has been extremely unfortunate
for the past couple of years in not being
eligible for the team, but the school was
presented this season by the new rule
with just what was needed, a good twirler
The team has been displaying midseason
form in the early games taken on. and
the base ball management is not leaving
anything undone in the way of affording
the team practice and experience. The
nine has very heady leader in Capt.
Stone. He will hold down one Of the out
field positions.
The Business team received a setback
recently for Davis, the captain of the
nine, has been compelled to give UP prac-
tice, owing to blood poisoning In his arm.
His position at third base has been filled
by BeaIle, who will most likely be shifted
to the outfield when Davis is able to re-
sumo work. Naughton appears to have
! regained his batting eve. and is smuggling
the ball in the manner in which he
slammed 1t during the season Of 1905
This is welcome news to the Business fol-
lowers, all OF whom know what the clever
outflelder can do with the willow when
going right.
All the high school teams play a swell
article of ball in the practice contests.
but this does not always mean that the
same teams will put up their best article
of ball when the championship series
blows round. This is especially true of
the novice candidates, who must all ex-
perience their first case of stage fright
with sad and harmful results Even if
some of these youngsters do possess a
great deal more ability than the veteran
players, they usually offset this talent by
falling down in pinches with a bad case
Of the rattles. 1t is the team that has the
nerve or the player who has the fight
that usually wins out in the long run.
The Manhattan base ball team, COM
posed largely of players off the champion
Business High nine of last season, have
organized and desire to arrange games
with all uniformed teams in the District.
The Manhattans will have the star bat
terry, which was largely responsible for
the Stenographers winning the bunting
last spring, namely, Rawlings and Fegan.
Gregory wifi cover first. while Donnelly
will also be in his old position at second.
George paying second for Western, is
surely hitting them on the nose this year,
and this. together with his ability to
work the pitcher for free passes, is the
reason he has been selected to top the
Red and White batting order. George
! broke into high school base ball for the
first time last year, but promises to
play much better ball for the Hilltoppers
| this coming series. One thing certain.
if the boys across the creek are a little
| lacking in ability they will more than
| make up for this minus quality WITH
nerve and gameness, for when it comes
| to lighting against odds you have just
| got to hand it to the Western boys.
The catching and throwing to bases of
! Goebel, the new Business ball player,
| certainly indicate that his short lay
off with an attack of the grip has had
| little or no effect upon his playing. A
catcher with good wing means more
!, than half the battle to school nine, and
| always proves his value to the team be-
/ fore the series is hardly under way. 1t
| is also reported that Capt. Parker, who
will work behind the bat for Eastern this
spring. is pegging to bases In good style,
! anu that few bases will be purloined on
| him during the championship series. A
great deal of the base throwing depends
/ or. the pitcher. and SO all the high school
slabmen should realize for the good of
| the series, which will shortly begin. that
! it is up to them to get the ball away
| quickly and that it also comes under their
| Jurisdiction TO keep the runner nailed to
| the bag. If these two important points are
overlooked the catcher should not under
any circumstances be blamed for any
! stolen bases
] Coach Sprigman. who is handling the
| Central candidates, appears to be saving
/ Shock Boetler for emergencies. Boetler
| has recently been elected temporary
| captain of the nine. Now that Menefee
| has been ruled out, the coach Is finding
t most difficult matter to develop a
| receiver capable of handling the delivery
| Of the Central twirlers. When one stops
to consider that Sprigman is working
| with mostly novice players. one can
| readily sympathfze with the coach in his
work. 1t certainly did look like cham
pionship for the O-streeters uptil the
funk rule had its say and laid Tow the
hest players in this seasons squad.
| Prlnceton's Foot Ball Schedule.