The Washington herald., 1911-03-12

With over seventy candidates to pick
| from "cyE Mcdonald is sure to give
Central a first-class team.
| Mumson. a star of last years Garrett
Park baseball team, will try for the out
! field at Business, and has fine hopes of
making the team.
Capt Myers is doing some awful work
with the stick over at Western and if he
keeps the good work up will make his
| team a factor in the race for the flag.
Scofield and Garner both look good at
Western High School, and with the rest
OF the pitchers going good the boys from
across the creek will give a good ac-
count of themselves.
The present scheme of making teams
from the different sections in the high
| schools is a good one and will be the
means of developing soIne first-class ball
tossers among the youngsters.
Colley, former star outfeIder of the
KenSington team, is a candidate for one
OF the outer gardens at Technical and
little more speed in the field he should
make first-class man for the maChinists.
Barr, who is out for the midway sack
at Eastern, is showing some class in the
fielding line and if Coach Donnelly can
teach the youngster some fine points with
the stick Barr will give the veteran,
Harris, a good rub for the position.
Now that the basketball season is
over and Eastern has Won the champion
ship, the men will he able to give base
bail their entire attention. As the bas->
ket ball team was composed of ball
players, they will be in the pink of con-
ditiOn.
Mccarthy. the hard-hitting first base
man of the champion Business team of
rt-iIT Ill hn
As Mac is a seasoned veteran OF two
campaigns he will he a big help to Coach
'Cy' Macdonald IN taking care of the
new men.
The game scheduled for Yesterday be
tween Gallaudet and Business High
School was postponed on account OF II.
bad condition of the field. These two
teams will get together in the near future
and as there is intense rivalry between
them the fur will fly.
I.ipp, O'Connell. and BIumenthaI. who
arc expected to turn out good squad
at 81 of Business, were in the gymna-
sium to-day for practice and were in fine
form. Lipp and O'Connell arc TO do the
pitching for 36-l, and from the work in
the gymnasium to-day they look as if
they should set the other section teams
a-gUcsSing.
The tWirlers of the Cathedral School
are improving wonderfully under the
guidance of Coach Green. Gus Todd
the star twirler for last years Western
High School team. is showing great speed
mixed with bendcrs of the best sort
BeSGs and Small are the other slab art
lists and will make good running mates
to Todd.
Another man that is showing up well
at Technical is big Doleman, who is ont
a star game last year for The Washington
Herald team. winners of the Commercial
League pennant and on his past record
should prove tower of strength to the
Manual Trainers.
Capt Crane is handling himself we'll
dt shortstop. for Cathedral. and. with
a little more practice. in order to get
loosened up. he will prove himself capa-
BILE of filling this difficult place. Davidson
at first is playing in his old-time form
and the rest of the infieid are becoming
used to the sudden break from a long
rest.
During the three weeks that the Ca
thedral School has been out for practice
the work has steadily improved. and now
looks as il they will prove a serious con-
tender tC many of the teams of this sec
ton. The pitchers have improved Won
derfully under Coach Green, and the trio,
Beggs. Todd. and enaIl, are developing
into excellent form.
Chase who played a star game at cen
ter for the champion Eastern basketball
team. will in all proba bility, make
record in high school athletics. Chase re-
ccived an e in football and basketball
and will make the team in baseball, so.
by anneXing a point II the interhigh
school meet will have received four let
ters in one year. This is a record in the
District high schools.
G. /. Kraft. one OF last years crack
twirlers on the Manhattan team in the
independence League. will be a candidate
for the box Job at Technical. Last year
Kraft pitched several practice games for
the Machinists and worked well, and in
the high school series he did good work, !
50 his return to the Manual Trainers will
he hailed with delight
Textiles Will BE Her Subject. !
Miss Sarah G. Flint assistant in
charge of textiles at the Museum of
Fine Arts. Boston. will give a lecture
on Textiles" at the Public Library on
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock This leI-