Evening star., 1911-05-29
HIGH SCHOOL SERIES LIKELY
TO END WITH TODAY'S GAME
Contest in Which Western and Eastern Are
to Figure Will Settle Champion
ship if Former Wins.

Probably the last game Of the higf
school series will be played today. Wher
Western and Eastern meet on the Rail
road 7. NJ. c. A. grounds it will mean th'
end OF the local scholastic season. pro
vided, of course. Western is lucky enougf
to win. II Eastern gets away with The
long end of the score then Western anc
Tech will be tied up for first place, and
it 10 probable that another game would
be played to settle the championship II
that event.
Every bit of dope that can be gathered
would tend to show that Western Will be
returned the victor, but in base ball dope
u SO absolutely uncertain that there Is
no telling what may happen. Eastern 8
showing in recent games has been AL
that could be desired, the Capitol Hill
lads record being just as consistent a.
that Of any of the other schools, Win
the possible exception of Western. Inc
game Saturday, in which the Eastern
crowd shut out the Charlotte Hall Mill
tary Academy, would tend to show tnat
the boys from across the creek are In LOT
a haru rub even though they DO VIII,
especially If the Charlotte Hall team Is
up to the standard of couple or years
ago. -
ON the other hand, the two games IN
which Western figured last week Wouio
show that nine to be the strongest nish
school team in the city on the offensive.
and i'm every game a strong offense Is
the best kind of defense Ine heu
and White gave the Maryland Aggies an
awful scare, scoring five runs against
them i'm the first two innings, ana tne
day before swamped Cathedral with SIX
teen tallies in seven innings.
So far Western has shown more abiilty
to hit, the ball than any of the others.
and it is that more than any thing eise
which has been winning games Tor IL
In almost every game played the nine
mas shown a tendency to get in In al
most any inning and wallop out three or
four runs. and any team which can 90
that is never beaten until the last inning
is ended.
The dope on the games in which the
two teams have taken part In the nign
school series SO far Is as follows: west
ern beat Business, IL to o; Eastern Deat
Business, to 4; Western beat Central,
to s; Central beat Eastern. to s.;
Western beat Tech, to 3, and Tech won
from Eastern, s to 1. II comparative
scores show anything at all, wnich they
do not, then Western should win.
Western has been the more consistent
team, and everything which counts IN
base ball seems to favor its winning. put
at that II is generally the twenty-nrst
reason which upsets calculations. ana
such may be the case in this instance
certainty
Western will lose. as that team Is con,
tiuuinR its practice with the hope tna'
IL viii get another crack at the Doys
across the creek. Taking everything tntf
confederation: though. it would seem zen ,hs;r 3nar
the Manual Trainers will have nao tneir
work Tor nothing.
RI. bsref,t which is to be held for the
widow Of Frank Stecher. the ball player
who died on the field last week, Is Ger
tainly deserving Of the success which
seems assured II. No nobler purpose
could sctuate the promoters 0, al any
Of the movement to help the family Of
the deceased ball player
one OF the best teams In the city has
been secured to oppose tho Hamhne az
grewntiop. Of which Stecher was mem
her. and the lovers Of base ball are likely
to see the best game OF the year on tns
sunday School League grounds. the sew
erage Pumping Station is vyfng with tne
Company for the leadership OF
the CAPITAL City League. while the Ham
line n 1t the head Of the Sunday Schoo
circuit.
r~> pandle Highlands team beat the
rwining city nine yesterday by a score
OF Is to II
The defeat which the Maryland Aggies
unstsined Saturday at the hands Of the
Washington College team over ON the
eastern shore was great surprise te
those who are familiar with the snow
ing made by the mines 30 far this season.
Upon its past record the washington
College nine did not have . chance to
win from the Farmers. but the unex-
pected happened. Pitcher Duckett, VINO
up to Saturday, has done excellent work
all year. did not come up TO STANDARD
against the eastern shoremen, and waf
hit hard in the early innings. HoneckeI
was sent In too late to win the game
although he held the opposing batters In
check during the time he was in the box
Each Of the three local colleges will
wind up its season tomorrow. Gallaude'
and Catholic University will meet out al
Brookland, while Georgetown is sched'
uled to play Fordham In New York
Georgetown and Fordham have each wor
q game, and the series between the two
stands q tie. Tomorrow's game will de-
eide the supremacy of the big Catholic
colleges Of the east. as each school hal
taken the measure Of Holy Cross In pre-
vfous games. The Catholic University
Gailaudet game will give the Brooklane
crowd the chance it has been looking fol
10 get even with the Kendall Green team
for the defeat administered to 1t during
the early part Of the season
The Maryland Aggies viii not wind vi
their season until Wednesday, when the!
again go up against the st. Johns Col
lege team The contest will be played
Q In Annapolis. In the first game played
between the TWO ScnOOiS two weeks agt
tho st. Johns team got away with tn,
long end Of the score, and the Aggies viii
work hard tomorrow to even up matters
Tomorrow will be a gala day on mos
Of the amateur diamonds. In almos
every league special arrangements hav,
bosn made for events other than tn,
ball games which are intended to enliveI
the occasion.
In the District League the main featur,
will be the meet which Is to be held
Some Of the best scholastic and clul
men In this section have been entered
and there Is every likelihood that it will
be most attractive affair.
notwithstanding the fact that Ligol
pitched for Eastern In Saturdays gam
AGAINST Charlotte Hall. there is ever
likelihood Of his being In the box agail
today The showing of the Eastern twirl
er was about the best that has bee
made by any man on the mound for tina
school this season.
Three teams are leading their respectiv
leagues at present with clean states
Hamline still retains its lead In the Sun
day School League without having re
ceived @ defeat: Commerce and Labo
has yet to meet its first loss in the De
partmental League. and the Commercial
National Bank Is still leading the Bank
ers' League with a clean string of vic
tories
The Walford club in the Commerce.
League is going at a fast gait at presen
II the club keeps UP the pace II Is settin
now it will not be long before II stant