The Washington herald., 1914-12-27
Proposition Of Lengthening
the High School Baseball
Championship Met with
Unanimous Favor.
LUCK NOW BIG FACTOR
By "BUckr HOWARD.

pose Of adopting schedule.
% Ever since baseball has been played in
the high schools, a one-game series for
total of ten games has been the ulti-
mate test for supremacy. The proposed
tweRty-gRme series would call for two
games with each club and would give
tie players chance to show their work
There seems to be little doubt but what
a longer series would enliven the inter
est and give more boys a chance for
training in baseball The followers of
scholastic baseball now look upon the
outcome Of the series as more or less
luck Each year the contention is held
that a short series in baseball does not
afford fair test to either the coach or
the players and for that reason, do not
look upon baseball with the enthUiasm
that il should carry.
In the opinion of the writer a one-game
series is a joke. The object of inter
high competition is 10 determine the best
team among the schools and TO carry
with il the Undisputcd championship. The |
One-game series cannot and never will |
serve as real test and no championship |
team walks of the diamond with the !
feeling that it has a right TO enjoy the !
distinction. in view OF the fact that it |
was not compelled TO live up under a |
real elimination series.
Baseball is the most uncertain pastime |
in tine world Of sport today and for that 1
reason it has large following. The fact
that the team in last place wins over |
the leaders in the big leagues each year
reveals this point. The American League
magnates are not satisfied that the Bos-
ton Braves are superior to the Athletics
much as four straight wins indicate
and for that reason asked for a discus
sion OF lengthening the worlds series,
knowing that short series in baseball
does not decide anything.
Each pyPry hfpb spI,ool |
plays at least twenty-five games and but
four OF these have any bearing on the
title. Does this look 10 be a real sys-
tenn? In other words a team can win
twenty-foUr games and lose one, a cham
piOnship game, and then lose the title
after making a percentage of $50. On
the other hand another team can lose
twenty-one games and luck out on the
four championship games and win the
title.
For the past four years the best base
ball team has not won the champion
ship. The title holders for the past four
years have won simply because they
played their best game during the series
and not because it was better than every
other contender It is absolutely ridicu-
lOus for a baseball team to lose a cham
pionship on account Of losing one game. !
That generally happens in the local
scholastic league I
The teams play at least twenty games
each season anyway. so why not have
them all championship games? 4
Sam Miller, who was one of Techs
slabmen last year. is now enrolled in {
Tome Institute in Port Deposit, Nd.
Miller broke into prominence as sooh as {
he landed at his new quarters. He is
playing center on the basketball team
and giving a good account of himself.
In addition to his ability as a basket
baller, Sam is A young pitcher with a
great future ahead Of him, IL his desires
tend to run IN baseball. He has a world
Of speed with good hop on his fast ball S
and a good curve. Last year he worked |
in many pOst-season games for the Man !
ual Trainers and looked TO be a capable :
hurler. He was a victim of a sore arm i
and for that reason did not get a chance
To perform in the championship series 2
There seems to be little doubt but what
Miller will be included on the regular |
stan at Jacob Tome this spring and :
should prove a valuable acquisition to
the Marylanders. ,
NeXt Wednesday evening the Western O
quint will meet the five from the boys t
department Of the Y N. c. A. in the lat
trr's gym. Both Of these teams have
been going at a fast clip 50 far this sea- c
son and the outcome should prove inter q
esting to the immediate followers Of the b
sport 5
bryan Morsc's bunch of basket-ballers
have proven a surprise as we'll as reve- c
latioH In scholastic circles. Peck and i:
l'rine are showing Up as well as any two 6
iorwards in the schools, while Giblin, y
.eetch. and Fuller are far above the
ID versge.
The feature Of Coach FuIler's boys in
in games SO far this season has been
! - ability TO move about the floor CO.
} rhtlv an1 by the teamwork shown il
heavier teams. Every guard that has y
been opposed to Hart and Davis in the :,
forward positions has experienced the :,
greatest difficulty in keeping them in y
sight. these two men are constantly Ct
in the midst of all plays, and constantly
dropping them through the meshes. Aus Sc
in. in either defensive or offensive, can d
play any scholastic center to a reason
lble degree.
Happy" HardeIl, formerly captain Of OF
rech's track team and now attending the
University Of Michigan, is home for the g.
holidays Harden will lend a helping al
hand to Coach Gish during the holidays
md viii no doubt give his former pals y
'ome good advice Hardell is running on
he track team at Michigan. and will
make the varsity relay team.
IN recent trials he finished the t4O-yard
lash second to Robertson, who made
luite a reputation at Marcersburg Acad-
my.
Following Robert HardelFs deposition
is captain OF the track team, the an
was made that he would be
candidate for the baseball team in the
pring. Hardeu will run during the win
er, but in the spring he is to take his
and at baseball Bobby is q good out
elder, and should be a valuable asset to
he Manual Trainers.
Francis Stetson. formerly of Western
figh and now at Harvard as the result
( winning scholarship. Is expected to
and place ol the Harvard swimming
cam this season. Under the tutelEge Of
runner. of the Washington Swimming
Tub, Stetson won the three-mile cham I
ionship last summer This in itself Is wa
Sough to warrant that Stetson viii be fns
the running for the Harvard honor. So
While at Western Stetson was editor of 20 20
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