The Washington times., 1913-03-09
NEW HANDS ARE TO
PILOT BALL CLUBS
Central Is the Only Possible Ex-
ception in Changing Its
Baseball Tutor.
WHITE TO COACH WESTERN
Followers of High School Teams
Begin to Discuss Chances
of the Five Mines.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Whats the dope on the high school
championship this year, "Win Tech
come through again." rs Central 60
ing to have a better team this season.
Can Business make as good baseball
rocord as 1t did several years ago!
Can Western. with Big Dave Mm.e
coaching, put il over Tech after coming
SO close for the last two years. VIII
Coach Hatch, at Eastern, with its Wal
ter johnson in the box, be able to over
come the strength of the other mines?
These are a few of the questions that
are being discussed by followers of high
school mines which are ready to take the
field for the first games Of the season
Practice already had, has convinced al
most every seam follower that his nine
is going to be lot harder to make this
year and that II will be much stronger
than last seasons team.
By a peculiar twist of coaching policy
not a single man who has charge OF the
high school teams this year, with one
possible exception. Central, which has
made no definite selection, is again at
the helm this season
Western Gets White.
Captain Buck Howard's association
with Georgetown players at Western
led him to believe that Dave White, the
Blue and Gray baseball and football
star. would be the right man for the
job, and accordingly the former Exeter
star is at the head of the Red and
White candidates. White has had
good string Of players out on fair days
for the past three weeks, and Western
has played several short practice games
with pickup teams.
White is at Western, having taken the
place vacated by ''Curley'' Byrd, who
last year landed Western well up in
front White is putting his candidates
through a course of sprouts and prom
f8es to have q good nine.
Among the catchers. Doxson and Leh-
man look to be the goods. Both boys
played on the football team, as did Jack
Adams, who is showing up well in the
box. Besides Adams "Unz" Brewer.
whose sprnting ability makes him one
of the fastest high school runners, is
doing wonderfully well.
Buck" Howard's brother, Bron. is
slated for the first base job. Il he can
escape the clutches of the faculty long
enough to get his record cleared up
For second, Roger and Bethel are fight
ing II out. No one seems to be able to
ard or Stearns at. third and short:
Capable outfielders are to be picked
from a number of candidates.
Business Not Slow.
Business. like the others, will have
newcomer at the head of the team. un-
less a change in policy is to be advo-
CdIGQ. II Is uIlutl lnot PiCschh al
raneements will find Paul White. a
member Of the faculty, taking charge
of the men.
Many of the old Business men of last
season will report for the team. and
while the nine will be Handicapped by
graduation. 1t is full yexpected that the
Stelographers will be able to turn out a
fast aggregation
AT Eastern they are looking to Coach
Hatch to develop a winning team.
Eastern looked good at times last year.
and with one or two changes would
have made the others hustle. In john
son the Capitol Hill team has pitcher
who is considered as good as any now
in high school ranks. He was selected
as one fthe best last year, and should
again prove his usefulness.
II Is not unlikely that Tom Fisher,
who was elected to the captaincy at
Eastern, but who was forced to give
way to Dyer on account of leaving
school, will again be at Eastern.
Fisher has been prepping at the Army
and Navy Prep School. but expects to
return to the school on the hill after
April
Horn and Danforth at Eastern are
locked upon as being able to take
Brockwells place at first. while Thor
nett. too. can be counted upon as being
able to deliver. Altogether, Eastern
may be counted upon 10 turn out a
cred1table team.
Central Looks Likely.
Captain McDonough's Central High
School squad is not going to be slow by
any means. Just what the little Ma
poleon is going TO have this year re-
mains in doubt. II has been various
IL reported that Frank GarGan would
return to coach again.
Others say that Jim Sprigman who pi- |
1oted the team to a championship sew
eral years ago will take up the reins
at o street and prepare for anothep
campaign. Announcement is expected !
at any time
Dick Robertson. who is stepping in c, |
Ernest Smiths place at Tech as coach |
of the baseball team is going TO have |
few veterans at his disposal Oliver |
Perry. whose election as captain took |
place two days ago is to be used i'm the |
outfield again according 10 the dope |
while the few positions on the team |
open to candidates will have a number |
OF men anxious to make good
Tech Is almost cetrain to have a good |
team ''Robby' has had experience with |
the Savannah club in the South and while /
he has had little or no work with the !
high school boys as a coach he has 4 |
pleasing personality, is popular, and |
should bring out best results.