Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
CENTRAL AND WESTERN MEET
TOMORROW IN DECISIVE GAME
Blue and White, Unless It Wins, Will Lose
All Chance for Championship.
Other Athletic Gossip.

tailed to put UP even a fairly capable
contest. 1t may happen that Central will
tighten up and appear at it's best against
the Red and White crew; if so. Western
will be up against 1t. Otherwise, the
chances are about even.
There is no question about Central
| having a better offensive team than
Western. In all the games that have
been played this year by the Blue and
White 1t has never failed to score runs
enough to win ordinarily any ball game.
Loose work, though, on the defense has
| caused the team to drop several games
that should have been won.
| Central is especially strong in the
| catching department, it's receiver hav-
| ing proved himself to be In a class alone
as far as handling the ball and using
| the bat effectively is concerned. That
will mean great deal in CentrafS favor.
| On the other hand Western will not be
| easy to beat under any conditions. The
Red and White has a team that may al
| ways be considered in the running until
| the last man is out Its players generally
are not as old nor experienced as those
who make up the Central nine. but, at
| that. they are pretty hard bunch to
beat, IS will be seen.
| Il is rumored that Mess, who was hurt
in a collision with King in the game
| which Central played with the Alexandria
ball club Saturday, may not be able to
| play in the game tomorrow against
Western. If such is the case 1t will be a
decided loss to the Blue and White school.
| Mess is probably the most valuable man
| on the team and would be missed more
| than any other player. He is rated as
| one Of the best catchers holding down
jobs on any of the teams, and his playing
has seemed to justify that. 1t would be
| impossible to replace him If he is out for
a few days.
1t is unfortunate that the accident oc-
CURED when it did. Unless Central wins
tomorrow's game with Western, it will
, have lost its last chance for the cham
pionship, and 1t Is much to be regretted
| that the best man on the team will not
be able to take part in the contest, IL the
report that he will not is true.
Taggare and Loon1is are the two men
who will probably be sent to the mound
to work for the two scholastic teams to-
morrow. These two men have pitched
the other two games played by Central
| and Western.
| The accident to young Hiett, the Sunday
School League ball player who met his
death Saturday by being hit on the head
with pitched ball. is extremely unfortu-
nate and is regretted by every man asso-
Gated with the game. Hiett was fine
fellow and we'll liked by all with whom
he came in contact
| There was a mistake in the published
accounts of the accident, though. The
ball that struck Hiett did not knock him
unconscious Immediately. After being hit
he desired to continue in the game, but
was not allowed. He sat on the bench
and watched the game until 1t ended and
did not become unconscious until he was
taking off his suit in the dressing room
| some time later.
There will be no games PLAYED tomor-
| row in the amateur leagues all having
| been Cancelled because of the deplorable
| accident to one of the Sunday School
| League players. The amateur commits
l a a do
| creed that there would be no contests
| played
| A mistake was made, though, in the an
nouncement that there would be no more
| games in the Sunday School League this
week. All games have been called off
/ for the first three days, but the schedule
| will be resumed Thursday with a game
between Lincoln Avenue and Ingram.
| The Gish who has been doing some good
pitching for the Ingram Church is the
same Gish who had charge Of the George
town University track team and who did
some running himself last winter.
| While there is whole lot of talk going
on and a lot of stuff in the newspapers
about John Paul Jones not being a mem
Der of the Olympic team, such reports
need occasion but little worry to those
who have at heart the track interests OF
4 this country at the next Olympic games.
The great Cornell distance runner is Just
as sure to be member of the team
that sails from. New York in June as is
any of the other great athletes. Jones is
| too sensible man to miss the oppor-
tunities afforded by such trip, simply in
order that he might make couple Of
hundred dollars taking charge of bunch
of boys in summer camp. That could
pc done any or every year. but the
Olympics come off but once every four
years, and 1t might be the only oppor-
tunity for the Cornell man to ever annex
a worlds championship. which he seems
reasonably sure of doing
Yale has a man on the Olympic team
and it is now up to Harvard to get
representative in the trials who will
show championship form. The Crimson
| will hardly want to be outdone by it's
greatest collegiate rival.