The Washington times., 1915-04-16
Eastern and Western Take
Short Trips in Maryland for
Preparatory Battles.
ST. ALBANS TEAM IS BEATEN
Peine and GrosecIose Land Con-
test With Hits for Red and
White.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

With the championship baseball
series but week off the high schools
are rushing into games daily now,
seven being scheduled for today and
tomorrow on the local fields and out
Of town. Central, Business, and
Tech are taking on teams today
while tomorrow Western, Tech,
Eastern, and St. Adams set action.
Business received to troun-
cling at the hands Of the Gallaudet
team yesterday, but will go out to
M. A. C. for scheduled game to-
day. Central is taking on the Brook
land A. c., while Tech goes over to
do battle with'the Georgetown Props
on the Hilltop.
Tomorrow at Sattcrlcc Field in the
morning, Dunhams Latin School, of
Baltimore, will be up against the St
Albans team. Tech goes down to con-
vince the Episcopal High school team
at Alexandria that it has better ag
gregation and to make better showing
than Central. business and western.
Eastern and Western are off on trips
tomorrow. The Fasteners go to Char
lotte Hail. while Western goes to
Poolesville. Md. to play the Briarly
Hall Military Academy.
Western got the long end Of q G-to-5
score against 81. Albans yesterday ON
Eatterlee Field. March pitched for
ST. Albans and got away nicely Tor six
innings. western got next to l. NJ IN the
sixth and pounded out three rIui. Pal
ner Stearns connecting for single
with three on base. st. Adams got three
runs in the first inning and .rorcd in
La, 1 20 "a,
bad bouncing ball which went for hit,
and March got credit for homer when
the ball went under the fence in right
field.
up the game for Western in the ninth.
Peine led off with hit. O'Brier sacri-
ficed and Groseclos" Grove in Peme
with single to l"ft. = Br'"n got rld
OF Daniels and famed "'rtnn%' Holmes
and Davidson in tho final session.
Business could not hit III, GallauGet
fingers yesterday. und vas forced 10
Wise were the onl! Business PLAYERS
to connect for hits. Business hold Gal
laudet to one run for fvc innings, but
could not hit Ferguson or Lynch.
Central held trial at Episcopal High
School yesterday. No times were given
out by Coach Foley. but 1t ia under
stood that the Central runners lvcG
the teams TO run at Philad"lphia next
week arc expected to be made Monday.
Western High School will send ton
mis- team to Frcderl"ksbGrG. Va. to-
morrow. Fuller. Baker. ard pdtton
probably will go down fOT Western.
At least two of the high school t'am7
are weak in tho box this season
Where Tech. Eastern. AMI Ru%tM"Es
have good bOXmrn. Central "Wi " I
ern have suffered in "OmnhriS0n. 'r''-
lieb and Cox hay" been tn" mn'n imLs
for Central, while D'Rlien AMI P""E
have done the wo"k for W"St"rm
D'Brien has been mt freely. hut has
gotten away nicely with his games.
Elmer Iiardell. Techs Quartermil"r. Is
at present out for the base ba II team. an1
expects to land q berth in the outheld
He Is a good hitter and fast ON the
bases and may make tho team before
the school series starts
Baxter Davidson, rorMcr Tech alchcr.
playing with ST. .NlhHuH. j. dcv"l"rlue
int, a frSt-ral" NHCE"tup. IIC handlCd
March in raulte&s style yesterday.
Little, Of BuSiI'' %C. seems to he " hit
ter as well as a pitcher, In every game
ne has connected for enc or more hit,
Little and Dyer. Of Eastern. are tied
for the strikeout hOnOrs this season as
each has twelve in a single game.