The Washington times., 1915-04-05
business, Eastern, Western,
and Central Get Away for
Trips Through Virginia.
SERIES STARTS APRIL 20
Mines Are Pointing Up for Big
Title Games Coming Now in
Two Weeks Time.
By BRYAN MORSE.

The annual championship high
school baseball games start at
American League Park April 70,
when Tech and Central get action
and the initial game is bit more
than two weeks off. On the follow
ing day Business and Eastern cross
bats at the same park. The nearness
of the opening of the title games
has led practically all of the high
schools to schedule many games dur
ing this week ordinarily given over
to a rest during the holidays.
Four of the high school teams Will
take trips of various lengths during
the next week. In all seventeen
games will form a card for the week
which is calculated to extend the
teams to the limit. Eastern High
School is playing every day in the
week just like a big league team.
Central has four games carded,
Western three so far and Business
four games.
! Thu unusual aCIlNltN ISdIS thdt ''S
hieh schools in particular are bending
every effort toward the title series De-
lieyins in trying out to the fullest ex-
tent the candidates for the mines with
a view of bringing forward the pitchers
IN ton form by the last week of the
month The fact that but ten games
one contest with each team in the Cir
cult. determines the title for the hlgh
schools forced the teams to 80 at top
speed from now until the final game.
Eastern High School gets away today
on a long iaunt through Virginia IN tnS
longest baseball tour ever taken by a
washington high school. Coach klmpei
and cant. Worden Dyer, with Manager
Third Baseman George Ellis have gain
cred their forces for tic battle To-Day
at Front Royal against the Randolph-
Macon Academy. Eastern need make no
underestimate OF the strength of the
Front Royal lads, who haEe gwen a iIae ir.e
account of themselves already against
the Eastern College nine OF Manassas
Va, in holding them to o-to-f score.
Tomorrow Eastern moves on to Man ian
sanutten to play at Woodstock. Inc
dope has It that Eastern can win win
any sort of umpiring. Wednesday the
Fasteners stack up against Staunto'
Military Academy, and on FriaaE , 1ne
comes home Friday night and is Pr
again Saturday for "a battle with the
Tome team at Port Deposit.
Coach Kimtel will take Dyer, Tom
Inns, English, Cornish. Thornett, Bald
win, Ellis. LanahGn, Flaherty. Roddy
Rice, Mansey, Horne, and Davidson.
Western gets away today for games
With Harrisonburg and WhodHtow'
high. The West "rncrs will tax" May
am, Peyton, St"arns. Howard. Peck
Peine, Sergeant. Griffith. heiche'l
and Griffith. Th" Westerners will pla$
the Army and Navy PreDs. NJ. \. [
and the Lincoln A. G. during the week
If games can be arranged.
Business gets away tomorrow FOL
games with Shenandoah Collegiate In
stitute, Staunton Military academy
and the Fishbourne Military Academy
while Central will meet Frederick High
School today and Brarly Hall tomor
row.
Tech and Central have adopted tn,
weekly meet idea for the develOpmcn
of athletes, and just as soon as the
Western High candidates get out a
the bathing beach grounds the sam,
feature will be carried out. Western
mas number of youngsters not fas
enough to make the first string squad
but who will want plenty of work II
getting into shape for the field day t
be held the latter part of May.
Perry Dowrick. captain-elect of Busi
ness is q sprinter OF no mean ability
Three years ago DOWr'Ck cleaned u
IN the 10O-yard dash in the public schoo
playground meet. business has sew
erai good track mon in BUCK Wise.
high jumper; Stern, Il football playe
and distance runner. Stern was mem
Der of the old Memorial a. c. tw
years ago.
the Tech football team for next fall
going to give the Manual Trainers
good start at this time. Gene Ochser
reiter captain of the football team
probably will hoN" - u" spring wor
this year. Western had n footba
meeting recently which brought out
number of candidates
Wilson Houghlvu. Il former Tech bo
Is now manager of thc Washing @
and Lee track team, and II Plannin
/, when the big interscholastic me
is held There will be a decidedly ra
feature in track athletics in this 8e
ton OF the country When the school 1c
prise the shot. javelin, sS0-,yard DIS
loo, and broad jump. and should rrir
out some good competition,
Just row the graded schools arc pla
ing on an average of five games dt
for the grade school baseball champio
ship. There are many good plaNc
among the youngsters who will be
watching Along this line Il may
mentioned that Playground Director
IS Martin is doing a world Of good
development Of G'i .ctc'. many 70 NhU
come to the high schools with II
records.
Basketball aam's in tho grad
schools, a ser,ce of track meets for I
division chamD'6oshps aud the lr
championship meet. a series of hascb
title games and many football gam
among the little fellows have help
greatly in sending TIE high schools