Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
BY u. &C. BYRD.

The high school base ball champion.
ship will be decided tomorrow. Tech and
Western will meet in the decisive contest.
Both schools have gone through the
season without defeat 80 far, and upon
the result Of the game depends the high
est scholastic honor for the year. The
game will in all probability take place on
Georgetown Field.
While there Is much speculation as to
the team that will win, 1t Is impossible
to forecast anything much along that
line. All the knowledge Of the relative
abilities Of the two teams might be ad-
vanced with absolute accuracy and yet
the result Of the game might be just
the opposite Of what would be expected.
Considering the work Of the two teams
In the past and the quality Of their play
in the different departments. there seems
to be little difference between them.
There should be no advantage for either
when the game is started. They should
go into the contest on practically equal
terms. II there is the least advantage
cause Of the veteran it has to do its
pitching.
Tech has proved itself a strong Often
an ability to tally runs that has not been
evidenced by any other nine In the series
except Central. There has been scarcely
q game played in which the Manual
Trainers have not made more TALES than
has any other team against the same
aggregation, excepting those with Eastern,
and the weather conditions were largely
responsible for the big scores run up by
both Central and Western. On the de-
fensive Tech has also been strong. With
- Nxc 90 vxtSAv
allowed Central to get big lead In the
early innings Tech has held the scores
against 1t to q minimum.
The Western infeld has been playing
good ball, but there is 2 question as to
whether it is really any better than is
Techs. The Manual Trainers short field
ers have been doing splendid work with
, the exception Of the first game, as the
results OF the last two or three contests
will attest. Techs outfield is perhaps
little stronger than is Westerns. 1t has
shown more ability with the stick ana II
has also felded more accurately. II there
| is any especial advantage, though, ina
will work in favor of Tech 1t will be evi'
denced in Austin. who mas been DOING
some admirable work throughout the en-
tire series.
II Tech wins 1t will not do so easily
| Western has an aggregation that Is moi
easy to beat by q long shot. There Is ont
factor that will work In favor OF West
ern-in all Of its games it has had tt
| work hard and put forth every EFFORT e
win. Tech has not. When Tech finds It
self In a game In which one run will VIII
or lose 1t will not be likely to play al
well as it has in the others, simply be-
cause OF the tension that has not beer
evident In its last two contests. West
| ern has had to work hard in all it's con.
tests. It will be used to playing any kino
| of a game whether it finds itself behind
| on even terms or ahead when half the IN.
nings have been finished. Then. OF
course, there is this way to figure 1t. thai
Western, having had to play through
games under tension, may break In the
decisive contest, as both teams did last
spring in the final reckoning.
There are all kinds of ways to figure
the expected result. but any one or all OF
them may be wrong. It Is generally the
twenty-first reason, the unexpected, that
determines the result in the majority OF
scholastic games, and the contest tomor-
row for the scholastic championship will
probably be won by some undreamed-of
twist the play will take.
Rick, the lad who has performed credit
ably on the track for the National Guard
A. A. and the Washington Cross Country
Club. will likely run under the coiors OF
spring. He will compete in the middle
distance events and hurdles
Weidmann. the Emerson Institute ath-
lete who has been competing In the
scholastic meets In this section. took part
in tho middle states scholastic in PhilA-
delph1a Saturday. Wetdmann did some
splendid work against some Of tho best
scholastic athletes in the country. He