Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
WESTERN HIGH SURPRISES
CENTRAL IN CRUCIAL GAME
Splendid Work on the Part of Holden in the
Box Proves Undoing of Blue
and White.

A timely single in the ninth by Scofield,
pinch hitter sent III 10 bat for Lehman.
who did the catching for Western. fol-
lowed by hits by Howard, Meyers and
Gray, and a whole lot of Stick-to-it-ive-
ness on the part of Randall Holden, was
the method by which the Georgetown
school won its first victory in five years
over Central. The majority of the credit
for the winning of the game goes 10
Holden, who, in the face Of support that
would have caused almost any high
school twirler TO give up the ghost. stood
manfully to his task, and finally landed
one Of the most hard-earned victories
ever gained by high school team. Seven
10 six was the final score.
No better example of the fact that a
ball game is never over until the last man
is out was ever given than in yesterdays
game. 1t looked almost certainty that
Central was due to repeat last years vic
tory when the ninth inning opened but
the ability of the Western team to get In
in almost any inning and bat out three
or four runs cropped out, and II meant
the turning of the tide for the Blue and
White.
The two runs which tied the score for
Central and placed il one TO the good,
S0CulI never nave DeSEl SCoftt. -ht<Ai uic
sadly misjudged a fly ball in center field
and after misjudging it was slow in GO
ing after il. Had he gone after the ball
as he should, King, who made the homer,
would have been held on second. Ihomp-
son. who scored in front of King, was
walked after two strikes had been called
on him.
1t was remarkable that just wherein the
Western team has been showing up best
this year it failed to make good yester-
day, and that was in it's fielding. The
Red and White players We're up in the
air for fair at times, not one OF them
seeming able to handle the ball as he
had been used 10 in the previous games.
The only men who failed to make an err
ror We're Gray in left field and Fuller In
right. The former handled his two
chances in good style. while the latter did
not have a single ball hit in his direction.
King for Central, although shifted from
first base TO the catcher'S position, did ABOUT
the best work seen behind the bat in any
high school game this season. The former
first baseman, while he had to take up
the burden of backstopping on short no
tice, was there with the goods, his WORK
in pegging to second being better than
that any high school catcher has SHOWN
this season. The first three men who at
tempted to steal for Western were nabbed
easily on perfect throws by King.
There is no doubt that Meyers. the
Western first baseman, clinched his right
to the all-high school first basemans job
The big fellow should have been credited
with another hit on the ball that he drove
past the Central second baSeman, and he
fielded his position in perfect manner
Catholic University, after taking the
lead in the first three innings by two
runs in the game against the Eastern
College nine yesterday, was beaten out
when that team scored five tallies in the
fourth. fifth and sixth, on some mighty
ragged work on the part or the Brook
land fielders. Both Green and Hall
pitched good ball for their teams. but
both were poorly supported, most of the
runs that We're scored being due to the
poor work of the men back OF them
Hill, the Eastern College shortstop, led
the two teams in the hitting, getting
three hits out of five times at bat. Carr
Zachary and Ryan each got Two safe
bingles.
Battiste although pitching good ball
against Georgetown University yesterday,
lost his game because of the exception
ally ragged work on the part of his team
mates. nine errors being made behind
him. Georgetown, on the contrary, put
up good game In the field, the Blue and
Gray making several mighty good plays
during the contest.
The Alexandria Athletic Club won from
the Eastern High School team yesterday
by an to 5 score. The errors made by
the high school lads were responsible for
their defeat eight miscues being made by
the Capitol Hill team. Mccartney. for
Eastern, pitched good ball with the ex-
ception that he was a trifie wild during
the early stages of the contest Parker.
the Eastern catcher, led that team with
the stick, getting two safe whacks out of
four times up, while Lynch was the
heavy man for the Alexandria nine.
1t would he quite a joke now if the
Eastern nine, which is the only team to
be beaten by Western to give that school
the championship of the high schools,
should turn around after being trounced
by both Central and Tech and give the
Red and White a trimming If Eastern
should beat Western a triple tie would be
the result of the games played for the
high school honors II Central beats Tech.
While from a standpoint of form West
ern should not have much trouble dis
posing OF the Eastern crowd ii is not at
all Impossible that that team will be the
very one 10 stop the West Enders. At
any rate il Is safe to say that Western
had better not loaf on the job any if 1t
wishes to get away with the champion
ship. after practically having it won on
form.
The census bureau has organized a ball
team, and wishes to arrange Sunday
games with any teams in town, or out
side of Washington within radius OF
seventy-five miles. Those managers wish
ing to arrange games should address
ID. B. Dovel. 1l13 X street northeast.
A league has been organized among
the divisions of the Agricultural Depart
ment, and 1t will open its season tomor