The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

| Five good shortstops played in every
game In the series.- with the little Eastern
scrapper. ''Katsy" Dean, proving the star
of them all. Dean 10 the .'Ty Cobb of
the High Schools." his work was the
| sensation Of the series. and with this lit
tie fielding and ciouting wonder holding
forth in the shortstop position. the All
| High team Is just about complete. Dean
Is a marvel. there is no denying this fact.
and with q couple of years experience,
will be found playing professional ball.
and not In a minor league, at that
Dean is a great fielder, a good pegger.
and best of all, he can hit that old pfll.
Able to run bases with the best. "Katsy"
has the opposition up in the air all the
time. and by pulling stun that the
average scholastic athletic Is afraid of.
gets away with good baseball. Dean was
closely pressed by Flood. Techs lightning
little infieider. who hammered the pill
for an average Of .3ss for the SERIES and
also field I'd well. Flood, although small.
hits the ball hard. has a good arm. and
knows baseball He Is the choice for the
snort field position on the second team.
Palmer Stearns, of Western. one Of the
best ball players in the league. Is not
picked on either the first or second team,
as his work in the series was not up to
the standard of the other inielders.
q
fielder. and a fair hitter, but he played
way below form In the scholastic ranks
Hartshorne, Of Central. is another lad
who played great ball In the field through.
cut the season. Hartshorne fielded with
the best In the league. while his throw
ing was a feature of every game Central
played. Hartshorne also hit well, batting
for an average of .2s6 for the series
Bornet. Of Business, did not play his
nal tv. AL -
.s6a In the four game. played.
Third base presents another fair lot
Of ball players. with Cutie" Helm. of
Central. being awarded the berth Hefiin
Is steady fielder a reliable hitter. and
good base runner. With Helm on
third playing In for bunts and ..katsy''
Dean playing deep short. 1t would take
a real bingle to get BY. Peine. Of Vest
ern. In another good fielder. but he failed
Cf Business, hit 49, while Lawson, OF
Eastern, batted .125. Druokenmiller. of
Tech. led the third sackers in hitting
with a mark of .3S3. but he only played
In three games. His field was also not
Of the best.
lIltters in Field.
Three good hitters are holding sway in
The Herald's AIl-High outfeld. Greer, In
icht' isucr, IN CENTER, AHu f1aFIlS, IN
right. are the players in question. Greer
hit SEQ while Fisher came next with .3oe.
Harris. hitting .eSs. Is the weakest hitting
member of the trio
Greer played in only three games. but
his work in these games was Of the high
est order. He fielded in great style. and
hammered that old ball all over the lot.
Fisher also played a good game. getting
on lot. and also fielding well. Harris
started on like a world beater. but could
not keep up the pace.
There are other good outfelders-plenty
OF them. in fact-end as the policy of the
writer is to never shift a man from one
position to the other, several star out
felders must be sent to the second team.
Mccarthy, of Tech. Is really the best
bali player of the lot. He IL finished
fielder, q great base runner, and mighty
good hitter. as his work In the amateur
leagues of the District will show. but he
did not hit the ball in the school series.
and for this reason is placed In center
neld on the second team. Mac only
bstted rs In the four games, and should
have lift at least 30. As he Is q 800 hit
ter. Roddy, OF Eastern. is placed in right
field. as he hit "A In three games. and