The Washington herald., 1914-01-25

FACULTY BOARD TOMEET
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80 ~ s.BGCk" HOWARD.
: For the first time in many years, has
ket-bail. In the local schools. II receiving
. great deal Of confederation and II now
looked upon as a major sport by the
school heads. Students and players are
showing q lively interest in the series
now underway.
host OF loyal rooters Who seem TO have
acquired quite a little spirit In the sport
and II may be said that this IL the one
factor In the success OF any sport and
with the amount Of support nov, being
shown the indoor pastime promises to be
good for all times In the schools.
With the exception Of Business and
Army and Navy Prep. the teams have
displayed far more than was expected
showing marked degree of capability,
and Development In this branch Of sport
Is looked for In the future.
The Western Business game last Fri
DAY afforded some mighty clever work.
The average school game does not Offer
the same amount of speed and accurate
passing that was present in this con-
test with Business the more efficient. al
though Western managed to ret In .
little teamwork now and then
The board of faculty advisors viii
meet In order to arrange the high school
schedule for the coming baseball season
II will not be long before the various
schools will know just whore they stand
In regard to baseball material a. the
semester marks viii be recorded the
last Of the week. However. this Is not
the last chance a student has In order
to be eligible for baseball as the first
advisory marks of the second term are
the last before the series opens, but the
men who do not pass this week will Ger
tainly not be depended upon by the
coaches to take part In the series.
The big problem which confronts the
high school authorities at the present
time Is that of securing desirable park
in which to play OF the baseball series.
Just what conclusion will be arrived at
by the school magnates cannot be de-
termined. but the series will probably be
shifted from one field to another, ac-
cording to the schedules Of the local
teams Of the city in possession Of playing
fields.
Chapman and Maximum are the new
men who are showing class on the West
ern High School track team, and will
in all probability land Jobs ON the Red
and White relay IL their good work con-
tinues-
Maximum; II also highly touted a. a
capable outheider with hitting sbiiity and
Is being counted upon by the West End
ers this spring In baseball
A corkins good race Is expected this
year when Galloway. of Central: Sheehan.
OF Tech. and Prodigy. of Western, hook
up In the mile run. All of these men
have done some coed work in this event
and each school thinks their man better
than either of the other two.
With the graduation of Paul CohiIl,
Easte-n's classy catcher of last year,
Dyer, who Is captain of the light Blue
and White for the second consecutive
year, VIII probably be shifted from sec
ond base to the receiving job. Dyer has
played In this position before for East
ern and has done some mighty clever
work Tech will be the only other school
who has veteran catcher who is well
fortified in the person of Bullet" Steed
! over at Western preparations are be-
ing made in another interest, in that
of chess team Blanford Jennings
has been elected captain of the same,
and rapid progress is being made in
the organizing of the new activity.
There Is little doubt but what the
terial in this respect. and success Is
expected in the latest acquisition at
Western.
Showers. the lad who played FIRST
base for Tech last year. Is expected
TO do the bulk of pitching for the
Maroon and Gray this spring. Stow
ers Is a big left-hander. with a world
of speed. and il control can be obtained
on his part the other schools will have
dificulty in hitting the offerings of
the former first basemsn.
Coach Doggett, of Eastern. expects
to have a good ball team this spring.
with all but two of last years cham
pionship team now on hand at the Cap
itof Hill school Cohill and Shinn,
catcher and shortstop. respectively.
are the men lost. but these vacancies
are expected to be taken care of by
Capt. Dyer and Dean, In the same order.