The Washington herald., 1913-03-23


get down to real work this week and
hard-fought practice games will be in OF
der. Most of the schools have already
been seen in action with other teams, apd
those that until now have not been in con-
dition to start scheduled contest ana
play games the coming week
High school coaches always regard the
Easter holidays the time TO get IN
their best Iicks The boys are care-fret,
with no lessons on their minds, and more
time is at hand than when school is in
session. Under these conditions a great
deal can be accomplished in developing d
team to the end of having it in first-class
playing condition when the first cham
pionship contest comes.
At the present time. Western is the IA
vorite for the championship. There is but
one thing that makes one feel the least
dubious over the Red and Whites pno.'-
poets for championship. and that is the
fact that its pitching candidates have not
yet proven their ability. The Western
. ers are represented by virtually the SAM
aggregation that was nOsed out of the
championship last year.
First base is another position that is /"
he filled by new man. but. according TO
reports. young Howard, brother of the
captain. is developing into a capable firsI
baseman That narrows Western
chances down to the development of \
pitcher and if man can I've turned out
who can hoiI up his end, then Western
should cOnquCr
Business promises To he a Troublesome
nut to crack in the coming campaign.
Any team that has a pitcher Of the
ability that Kelly is reported to possess
should have little trouble making cred
liable showing in the high school series
The StenoSrarhers have got something
.@else besides a goJd twirlcr. In MaEnus
Wood the Orange and Blue has man
who can hit and field with the best.
Capt. Derrick also should prove most
Valuable man this spring. With this nu-
cleus Coach White should give Business
the best team it has had since 1t Won
the championship in lr".
Prospects at Eastern are not as bright
as they might he. The student body is
not supporting the ball min" as IT should.
and there is some rrrcSularity on the
part ut the players in reporting Tor
practice Thr Capitol Hill school will
present a fair inficld in the high school
series. but it will be nothing out OF the
ordinary.
One Of the most difficult things for a
young inficldcr in baseball to acquire
is the art of covering second base on
throw from the catcher TO head of an
attempted steal II is just in this re-
speCt that Eastern Will Ice weak The
candidates who have been working out
at second and shortstOp have not Vet
shown their ability in this line. and II
improvement is not noted the Light Blue
and White will he seriously Handicapped.
Central and Tech can always be count
ed on to be a contender for champion
ship honors. These two schools always
manage to have a wealth of material
TO chose from. and always win then
share Of games in the big series This
year will be no exception.
''I'ntz'' Brewer is proving all the good
things said about him earlier in the year.
and according to reports will ne started
in the box hy Coach Dave White in the
big games.
Eastern has lost good outhelder in
Graham Rice. mainly through the
thouchtlcssness Of the lad. This is RiCe's
first year out. for the team. and until
he left the city for the Easter holidays
Coach Hatch had decided to play him
in center field. 1t is improbable that the
Coach will give MIN back his job when
he returns after the holidays.
Gallaudct will have Il busy time with
the high school mines the coming week.
Tech will b.. met on Tuesday. and the
Buff and Blue coa"I plans to work all
thre- Of his twiIl"rs in this contest.
Rasmussen. Moore. and Marshall prob
ably will work three innings each in
this contest
Eastern will be seen in action at Ken
dali Green ON Wednesday. and a col
lection Il local college and high school
stars are booked to do haiti" with the
ATutes on Friday. The game on Friday
viii H.. a good test for GaIlaudet. as the
team that viii far" them would stand
q good rhanrc to got away with a game
with any coiICc" team in this vicinity.
Durimc tn" course Of tho play to n"
given at Polls this week football team
is secn in action on tn" stage. Several
members OF F.asterns football team hav"
been engaged to S''TvC on tins tam.
Among them are Greer, Pope, Baker.
Manning, lIl Barr. - i