The Washington times., 1915-05-18
Business Gets Its Real Test IN
Meeting the Manual Train
ers at League Park.
CENTRAL MEETS ST. ALBANS
Georgetown Props Take on
Western in Return Game on
Hilltop Diamond.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Three good high sschool baseball
games are on tap for followers OF
scholastic mines today. The big
game of the high school Champion
ship series, that between Tech and
Business, is slated for American
League Park today. Central is play
ing St. Albans in a return game
while Western is stacking up against
the Georgetown Prep team on the
Hilltop.
Business will get it's big test in
meeting the Manual Trainers today.
stead, although there are those who
games, defeating Eastern and West
ern, and have yet to defeat Tech
and Central before landing the COW
eted championship. Coach White
has developed a team of capable
players whose sole ambition Is to
hand the Manual Trainers a defeat
today and to come back with a win
over Central next week.
Techs capable pitching staff is
expected to stand the team in good
stead although there are those who
say that if Business can score ten
runs without knocking the ball out
of the infield as they did against
Eastern and Western they should
have no difficulty in winning over
Tech.
The faculty advisers will probably ger
together on Wednesday to decide upoi,
the place for holding the annual heli
and track games scheduled for May -.
Satterlee + ield and Catholic University
are being considered for the affair.
Mark Showers, the big Tech pitcher.
is capable of doing well over Ave feet
in the high jump, and is expecting to
take flyer at the event IN the sprins
meet.
Business cannot get all of the breaks
as it has in its two games played so
far but Coach White lads can be
looked upon as being ready TO taKe al
vantage of the slightes slip on the part
OF the Tech nine and this Is real pase-
ball of the winning kind.
Central won an S-to-I game against
St. Albans earlier in the season and Is
looking toward Walter Holmes to de-
struck out twenty batters on Saturday
in Baltimore, going along easily all the
way Central will have its hands fui
today In winning. Sam Gottlieb. Cen
trails winning hurler. may be picked by
Coach Menefee for mound work today
Western defeated the Georgetown
Props 4 to in an early season battle
and Is hoping for another win today
The Props are in line for the Prer
School title. having landed a win over
the Army and Navy Props. Peck OF
Johnny Corbett will probably be select
ed to pitch for the Preps.
Briarly Hall made what is thought tc
he a scholastic record in a double
header against the Rockville High
school team in rolling up Al runs. The
Rriarly boys have had an in and out
season but have won the games they
wanted the most. Sid Lodge. a we'll
known Washington man. Is coach OF
the team.
Zeke Blundon. the Business pitcher
h<s shown more Improvement In the
rist wear than any of the other pitch
ers Blundon is also mana ger OF the
Rusiness team. HIS work in the box
has been stead" at all times, and he
has shown ability I'm the face of ad'
verse circumstances. Last year he was
nounded to a fare-ye-well by the East
arners and came back in grand style.
The Wise boys will probably show
their versatility in another way wher
the spring meet comes on AT present
thev are playing baseball having ner'
formed in football and basketball this
Year Ruck and Ray are good high
summers and may land places in the