Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
FIGHT NARROWS
TO TWO TEAMS
Western or Eastern Should
Finish First in Race for
School Title.
PETITION MADE FOR
NEW ATHLETIC BODY
Application Signed by Nearly
Every Association in Dis.
trict-0ther Gossip.
BY 81. C. BYRD.

BY 81. c. BYRD.
between Eastern and Western. From
what has taken place in the series so
far. everything points to the fact that
one of these two teams will secure the
highest honor that can go to a high
school nine.
Which of the two teams is the
stronger would be hard to tell. West
ern made much the better impression
during it's practice contests, but East
ern has since come forward rapidly
and now looms up as a real contender.
Western has won both the games it
has played in the series and Eastern
has accomplished the same Western
beat Tech by a score Of to and
Central by s to 3, while Eastern has
won from Business and Central by de-
cisive results. Western has yet to
meet Business and Eastern; Eastern
has not played either Tech or Western
Eastern has been doing well enough
in the outside games it has been play
ing recently to guarantee that the rec
ord 1t made against Central and Bust
ness was not merely a flash in the pan.
1t held Tome Institute to a close score
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to game, and Episcopal won from
Tome Institute by ] to 0.
The real game Of the series will be
that between Western and Eastern,
unless something entirely unexpected
happens. They are the only two teams
that have clean states, and it seems al
most certain that one or the other will
win out.
Now that Cohill is back in the game
IL would appear that Eastern should
stand much better chance than ever to
make the best showing it has in a
number Of years. The one weak spot
has been back of the bat. and Cohill
will fill that as well as would any
other youngster in the high schools.
Cohill is clever catcher, and besides
that his hitting will help his team a
great deal. He hit we'll in the series
last spring, and there is no reason why
he should not keep up his good work
this season.
Georgetown failed to make much of
a. showing against the Navy yesterday
in either tennis or base ball. The ten
mis- team did not win a match. losing
by a score of to 0, and the nine was
walloped to l. The defeat in base
ball by such one-sided score was en-
tirely unexpected. OF course, it was
realized that the Blue and Gray nine was
against one of the most capable teams
but it was not. thought for an instant
that 1t would lose by that big mar
gin. AS 1t was, though, it was all the
Navy. The Midshipmen started off by
making six runs in the first three in
nings. Georgetown did not have a
chance after chat, as 1t could not hit
Seibert effectively.
Adams the former Western High
School boy. who is playing short for the
Navy. seldom goes through game in
which he does not make an error. For
tt,of aC<,v1 hSo
times that he was not a yer high-class
fielder. Just the opposite is true though
There are few better college shortstops
than Adams. Adams makes errors on
balls that a great many other players
never attempt to get, and that is just
how he makes the majority of miscues
with which he is charged He covers
lot of ground and gets in front of hard
hit balls to either side Of him with great
facility. with the result that when he
gets such balls and fails to throw out the
batter he is given an error. The scorers
in Annapolis give the fielder no credit
and the batter none of the advantage in
such matters.
An instance of how they score was
noted in the NJ. A. C.-Navy game, and it
illustrates just how Adams gets many
of the errors he is charged with. Shipley
of M. A. c. drove the ball on the ground
between third and short 1t would have
been a hit in almost any league in the
country. Adams. who was playing we'll
over, almost got in front of the ball and
barely touched it with one hand The
ball was going too hard to stop and it
went on into left field. Instead of giving
Shipley a hit on the play, an error was
charged to Adams.
A petition was sent to the head body
of the Amateur Athletic Union last night
asking that a new branch of the union
be authorized in the District of Column
bia. The petition set forth the reasons
for the desire to form a new associa-
ton. and there is every reason for be-
lieving that 1t will be granted. The Pc
tition was signed by representatives of
the following organizations: Fairgrounds
Association, Y. NJ. c. A., National Guard.
Washington Athletic Association, Carroll
Institute, Catholic University. Central
High School, Memorial Athletic Club.
Technical High School, Peck Chapel and
Epiphany.
Beginning in the first inning yesterday.
Western High scored the runs which
gave it the start which won for it over
Central. The Red and White nine got
three tallies in that period. and it was
never caught by the Blue and White
lads.
The Western nine showed itself to be
more steady-in fact, it's play was such
that 1t looked to be the steadiest of all
the school mines. 1t did not at any time
allow itself to get up in the air, and it
was this factor which caused Central to
allow Western to secure the runs in the