Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13
SCHOOL SERIES
BEGINS FRIDAY
Eastern and Business Are
Scheduled to Play the
Opening Game.
TWO TEAMS APPEAR
EQUAL IN STRENGTH
Western and Business Seem
to Have a Margin on Other
Three Schools.
BY II. 6. BYRD.

BY II. G. BYRD.
The high school base ball series will
begin this week. The first game of those
| that are to decide the scholastic cham
pionship will be played Friday, Business
| and Eastern meeting in the first en-
gagement
With the beginning of the high school
base ball or one of the other sports, the
first question that naturally arises s:
Which team is going to win the cham
pionship?" That is the Case now, and
| much speculation is being done as to the
probable-possible might be a better
word-outcome Of the series.
While it is true that high school teams
seldom play up to their real form in the
series on which the championship de-
ponds, it is seldom that anything is lost
by comparison because all the mines show
about the same deterioration-that lessen
ing of efficiency which naturally comes
from working under tension tending to
produce nervousness. For this reason the
apparently best nine, while 1t may not
come up to expectations, will, generally
considered, make the kind Of showing
that will cause it to compare favorably
With tue OtucT IOuF I6dHlS
Two Teams Appear Strong.
This season there are two teams which
appear to be stronger than any Of the
others, one because Of its general ex-
cellence, the other for the reason that 1t
has a pitcher who is much above the
ordinary. Strange to say, two teams this
spring that stand out are not the ones
%bof Ho1, Rrr,,r Cd IN, lott oarC Ear fho
past four seasons Technical or Central
has been conceded the championship be-
fore the start of the schedule although
Western made a. strong fight two sue
cessive years for the honor. This spring
conditions are different. Now 1t is Bust
ness and Western, which seem to have
the edge on the mines representing the
other schools, with Central or Technical
in the position to supply the Black
knight, if there is to be one.
Or course, there are many angles to
a ball game, or a series OF ball games,
and it would be impossible to say which
team will win the championship. One
might as well attempt to foretell the
exact time of the end OF all things. judg-
ing by the signs OF the times. To sum
up the general outlook briefly, though, 1t
appears that Business and Western stand
very nearly an even chance, with the
possibility that either Technical or
Central will be dangerous factor. Tech
meal has proven itself a game team and
it is never known when it is going to
win. Last spring it secured the cham
pionship when there were two other
mines in the series that were undoubt-
again. Central has had capable teams
in each of the last two seasons, but has
not made the best of its opportunities.
1t would seem to stand fair chance
of turning out creditable nine, accord
ing to report, although the material Is
not of the best. Eastern Is not likely
to be in the running
Little Choice Between Two Teams.
OF the two mines that are selected as
being better than the others, on the
face of the form shown recently. there
appears little to choose. Western Is
probably stronger than Business in the
infield. which is generally the bulwark
of any high school defense, the pitcher
being excepted. Behind the bat there
is not much difference between Wood
showing better form than the average
high school catcher. There Is not
much of choice to be made in the
question as to the best outfleld OF the
t esSn B9 esa noa ya adS baSs zen
to be tried in a school series Despite
the fact that Western has a very cap
able little twirler in Brewer. the
chances are that Kelly will prove 9
White to face, than Brewer will be for
the Stenographers. Kelly is q big
fellow, and has had some little ex-
perience pitching amateur ball, He has
shown himself to be equal to the task
of getting away with what has gener-
ally been the best scholastic nine in
the District. kellys size will. favor
him more than q little. that being more
of a factor in high school base ball
than might ordinarily. be supposed.
On the whole it would seem that the
chances of the Business and Western
mines are about.eyen. The right side Of
the Western diamond is much superior
to that of any other school and will be a
big factor in all the games. but, on the
whole, it appears that the strength Of one
team is counterbalanced by strength in
the others to the extent that il the teams
were to meet tomorrow there would be
little on which to select victor.
Tech and Central May Deliver.
AS has been said. Technical or Central
may deliver superior style OF play to
that which is expected. but unless they
do. neither is apt to finish in the lead.
Technical made the best OF material that
was hardly up to standard last year and
won. but that kind of thing is not likely
to happen two years in succession.
Eastern Is hardly as strong as either of
the other four schools. The Light Blue
and White has not shown much In its
practice games. and there is not much
probability that it will finish higher than
fifth.
The situation sums itself up this spring
into the fact that either OF four SCHOOLS,
Western, Business, Tech and Central
have chance for the championship. with
the odds favoripg one of the two first
mentioned schools to slight extent.