The Washington times., 1914-01-27
Thinks Each Team Should Play
Twelve Games With Other
Title Opponents.
By BRYAN MORSE.

A. S. Doggett, Eastern High School
! athlete director, is Out with novel sug-
I gestion for the championship baseball
series. The Eastern mentor would have
| a series of ten, which in his opinion
| would go far toward determining a real
championship baseball team.
Each high school team would play
twelve games with the other high school
| teams instead OF four as is now the
case, according to Coach Doggett, and
where the teams now play fifteen games
on tho entire schedule, all of the pre-
paratory games would be abolished and
| the school teams would play each other
all year instead of playing in and
around the city. The idea would tend
to concentrate efforts on the high
schools alone to the exclusion of other
teams and would have the effect Of
stimulating more interest in the games
According to Coach Doggett, more
players would take part In the series
than do now and baseball at the high
schools would be doomed to greater
extent. The five high schools now in
competition could either play the best
two out of three games with each other
or could enter an elimination baseball
series which would cause them to meet
each other more than once.
Heretofore each school has met the
others but once in the Chmapionshtp
series The ep3ratOTy gaUcs leading
up to the high school series often find
the teams depending on one or two
players who may not be fit at the time
when most needed. II the teams met
each other in two or three games, a
better chance to prove the better com
brnation would be given.
Coach Doggett's idea is one that is eX-
pected to meet with the approval of the
schoolboys. who believe they could get
more development In u long series and
could concentrate their efforts better.
one the other hand, II Is thought that a
long series would give too much pronIi-
nence to the sport and keep the fol-
lowers OF the schools keyed up to
higher degree than is warrantablc. II
is not impossible that the athletic ad-
vlscrs will be approached with the Idea
before the series Is drafted.
Tn. Western High School Athletic AS
ISOLATION is expected to draft a new set
of rules for the winners of the Nv.
Last fall the football players eligible
for the latter received certificate. IL
is not unlikely that basketball VIII re,
Ceivc recognition as u major sport ana
the W. be given at the close of the
season.
High school boys at CathollC InlNefS-
ity and the Maryland Aggies are count
ed upon for the baseball teams. Charlie
Moran is going TO have Eddie McDon-
ough, Centrars captain. and Stone, a
former Western High player. NJ. A. {:
is counting upon Fred Loomis. 'Ooze'
Huntemann, and Elmer Doleman.
1t develops that Episcopal High
School has a fine offensive team, but is
rated poorly on defense. Army and
Navy Prep players maintain that the
Red and Black players from Alexandra
are as accurate goal shooters as any
OF those on the Washington SChoOlboy
teams, but in defense the teams fall
down.
None OF the high school or prep
school teams has had a chance TO
measure up with teams OF other cities.
and the standard here so far has
failed to get correct rating. Would