The Washington times., 1914-05-18
CENTRAL WILL SEEK TO
RETRIEVE 1913LOSSES

oped during the winter SO that the
team now stands well balanced in al
most every department. In the sprints,
Milstead and Agnew look good enough
to compete with any of the others pos
scssed by Tech or Western.
Bowling, Agnew, and Hill IN the fur
long and quarter will force the others
to the limit to win. In the half Foley
has Taber and Galloway with the sdme
two runners in the mile. Ifthe re q
weakness in the team II is in the high
Jump and weight event, Outside Of
these two numbers Central can be look
ed to win the majority of points for
Goodman and Speidel are almost in
vincible in the pole vault and broad
jump.
With the exception OF the mile mark
made by Galloway this year none of
the performances of the Central men
have ranked with those of former stars
but the lads are good enough to win.
If the going is fast it is not unlikely
that one or more marks may be set
There Is little chance of the sprint
events being approached, although Har-
dell may be forced to the limit in the
quarter. and Sheehan. of Tech, may
have to travel close to the record to
win.
Mike Stuarts mile mark NAV be
eGualed or beaten if either Galloway or
Taber goes after it.
Tho game scheduled at the Hilltop
tomorrow between Business and East
ern is expected to draw out the ban
ner crowd of the season. The title
hangs In the balance. II Business sue
Ceeds In defeating Eastern. the Capitol
!iill lads will have to play Western
again. A win for Eastern will gain the
title FOR the second time I'm succession
Look back awhile and remember that
Eastern was not expected to win the
title again. 1t was said that IL either
Greer or Johnson failed the team would
be absolutely without a leg to stand
upon. WoTden Dyer has stepped in the
breach with a will and has pitched as
well as any OF the regular hurlers this
season. He was n catcher. second
sacker. and third base guardian before
he essayed the pitching task =
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Dutch Peck. OF Western, has played
through two school title games. and in
each instance has delivered the goods
Batting against Business. he got one
hit out of three trips to the plate han
died all his chances. and showed a fair
amount of ability around the base
Against Tech he clouted three out OF
four times up and made no miscues
Previous TO the Business game. Peck
had one days practice. that In a paure
against the Episcopal High School nine
The youngster has made good in three
branches OF sport in this, his first, YEAR
OF competition.
The elections OF the various captains
is expected to take place after the
games are concluded. Football CAN
tains are beginning to take interest in
the doings OF the boys who are expected
to make the teams next fall But four
weeks remain before the close of school
during which time the leaders will make
an effort to have sevcraT stars sure of
getting through their work in good
shape.
Bill Handiboe's work as umpire in the
present baseball series has been par
ticularly good. With the handicap Of
having to 90 it alone his umpiring has
been above criticism. No kicks have
been registered by the athletes.
Bradley Gish is bringing the Tech run
ners along in fine shape, and is ex-
pccting to cut a big figure in the track
meet on Saturday. Several remarkably
good athletes have been DEVELOPED this
year for the Manual Trainers.