The Washington times., 1915-03-16
Team Has Been Playing for
Three Years, and Is Expect
ed to Come Through.
G0NZAGA TEAM NOT BEATEN
Players Under Faculty Ban, and
Suits Have Been Turned In
As Season Is Closed.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Central High School baseball play
ers, under the leadership of Capt.
"1ke" Macdonald, hard at work for
the past week with Gould Menefee
as coach, have already annexed their
first contest Of the season and are
ready to come through the campaign
with as good prospects as any of
the other high schools in the city.
The Central players are making
no claims to the title, but their ac-
tivity is demonstrating daily that
they can be counted upon to produce
the goods this year. With the ex-
ception of the catchers, Central's
nine is a veteran one in every sense
of the word. The players have been
together for nearly three years and
are looked upon as sure to come
through.
Two newcomers at Central. Lee Hart
and Joe McFall, are being groomed by
Ihere Is a wealth of material among
the pitchers as Cox. Gottleb, DOC"
White. Kelly and Daily are on the
Captain Ike" Macdonald leads the
candidates for first base although
bowling and Donovan are out for the
position. On second Central is trying
out Buddy" Belcher and a youngster
named Marbury, who earned quite a
reputation at Epiphany in basketball
during the winter.
nartshGrn nS veteran noSt. OF two Years
veteran. are scrappng away for the
are on the hot corner: seldom is an
other Epiphany basketball player
The Central outfeld will be picked
from 'Mollie" Roberts, brother of
Jake" Roberts, the Tech baseball cap
tain: Chaplin. veteran OF two years
ago. and Molster and Foster. whose
names sound like two of the Nationals
players. Jake" Macdonald, brother of
the captain, is another trying for the
sh a Is to 'hr trv 9th base
ball teams and if he shows as much
stuff any OF his brothers he Is sure
to land.
Central has gained a decision over
the Gallaudet College players already,
winning handiiy from Johnny Priest $
aggregation in a practice game. In
pitcher. Gottlieb is another hurler who
can be counted upon. doc White,
who played in the outtield last season.
is being made into a pitcher so that
the hurting end OF 1t Will be we'll taken
care of.
The Preparatory Basketball League
championship cup, given by Georgetown
reposes today in Spalding's window.
John OReilly. president Of the circuit,
will award the cup to the GonZaga boys
toward the end Of the week
Authoritative announcement comes
from Gonzaga today that it has formal =
y closed its seas9n called in the pn 10
have been played by Gonzaga against
the Empire A. c. last night was not
Gonzaga Two of the boys, PLAYING on
under the faculty ban. Several OF the
Gonzaga players have played on team
called the Ramblers, and it is thought
that the mistake was made, as several
Of the Gonzaga boys were on the team
opposing the Empire A. c. five.
mated to umpire the Business-Western
game on Friday. does not care to work
in the final battle. Business and West
ern have agreed upon ''Shorty' Hughes.
who will be prevailed upon to take up
the umpirng end of the game.
Tech will tackle the Georgetown Uni
versity team on the Hilltop TO-DAY IN
an effort to show the .Collegians that a
high school can play classy "ru lie
of baseball. Harry Collifower has had
the Tech team we'll under way, and Is
expecting the lads to give good ac-
count Of themselves Snyder, Hurd, and
Showers will probably be given a chance
to work against the college players.
' Business has called off it's game With
the Columbia Theater nine for tomor-
row as many of the baseball candi-
dates are still working in basketball
All three Wise boys playing on the
basketball team are in the baseball
games this season. Ray Wise, capita n
Of the basketers. Is the leader of the
baseball nine as well.
Word comes from Baltimore Today
that eleven Washington schoolboys art
entered for the scholastic swimming
championships to be held at the B. =. G
tank Saturday. Latrobe Cogswel say!
the meet will be the biggest ever
Prominent among the Washington
swimmers are Zerbe, Hunt, and Francis
of the Army and Navy Preparatory
School.