Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-25

There is no doubt that today's game
between Technical and Western vii: have
decided bearing on the championship
Of the high schools. While II is rot a
decisive battle. in that whichever team
wins the contest it will have the cham
pionship cinched. 1t is certain that the
team that does win will gain lets OF con-
fidence, and with the lead gained will
give the other schools whole lot of
trouble TO get ahead Of it.
This would be true If either Tech o.
Western wins Provided Tech comes
away with the long end of the score. it
naturally. having a good hitting and also
a good defensive team. should not even
run the ohence of a defeat from any OF ler
schoo! except Central. II the GEORGETOWN
sch"oi is lucky enough to carry off first
honors tho confidence that 1t will gain
means moe 20 it thar to Tech. The men
composing the team arc all inexperienced d,
and II they keep together during the
crucial game and win they will have
gained that which they lack al pres n.
and confidence is about half OF base bail
Just which team viii w,n Is hard mat
ter to tell. \ great many thin2s enter
into the contest Which cannot be fore
seen, though, ard rightly. a whole lor has
ite"n said and written regarding tho fa i
that OIL the pitchers dcpen is everything.
lhtle IL no uOupt ABOUT the .Sct that III
high school base ball the man who steps
INTO the box TO do tho tWirlinS has a lot
OF control over the result of the game
In this respect Tech has an advantage i'll
two Ways-flrsf. because its hitters are
better. and. second. because its pitchers
arc more experienced and generally con-
sidered as being able TO twirl better ball
than those who are slated to do the work
in the box for the West End school.
Holden has shown himself able to pitch
GOOD onl l,.,.
Scofield. and both. if right, can work well
enough to keep Tech from hitting to any
decided extent. no matter how much II
! MAJ .oe said that the Tech batters will
s"a MP them. ff tie Tech pitchers can
keep the Western crowd from hitting it
seems that there viii, be n pitchers battle
on. With :he clements .: chance figuring
greatly in the result.
! II is not known definitely lust whom
! Icth will pitc:. bat 1t is almost certain
tiiat Z vii, be Austin, me having 80 far
shown better form IN the box than any
OF his teammates Western viii start
~ greatly against his pitching accord
! ing to the dopestcrs View Of what a
! pitcher should be, Yet he has shown
himself able to deliver the goods fairly
consistently. and against the American
Security and Trust Company did Just
| as we'll as did BoteIer. the much touted
Central star. Whether lie viii he able
| to hold the Tech bstters remains TO be
that they will be able to do much with
his delivery.
On the whole it seems that today is
1.-The crucial game fo- Western, while j.
matters not 80 much 80 Tech. The
| former, il II loses, being green as-
srega ton. will not have the comeback
that would have the older bunch which
composes the Maroon and Gray nine.
Down on the White lot this afternoon,
probably twenty minutes after the Tech
Western game. the American Security
and Trus. Company and the Washington
Loan and Trust Company will start the
first amateur league game OF tae season.
The American Security Company Is the
better conditioned aggregation. having
played many games this spring. while the
Washington Loan and Trust has done
lve:v little work. but 10 even up this 1t
has been agreed that tire Washington
Loan and Trust be allowed to use two
outside men from the Riggs National
Bank team. Whether this will Offset the
superiority OF condition which will GER
| tainiy be evident in the one remains to
y be seen.
]: Rawlings, who will start the game