Evening star., 1915-05-25
BY H. C. BYRD.

A double header is scheduled tomor-
row in the high school championship
series. The two contests will bring to-
gether all the four teams tied for the
lead. Central and Business will meet
in the first part of the bill, and Techni-
cal and Western are to come together
in the second.
The games will break the four-cor
nered tie which now exists and place
two of the mines on even terms for
first position, throwing the other two
in a tie for third. The teams are fair
ly evenly matched: of that there is no
question, and consequently it would
be poor judgment to attempt to select
two winners. Both contests are Very
likely to be close and we'll played.
The winners of the two games will
| meet in final contest to decide the
championship. Tomorrow's schedule
is supposed to terminate the series,
but it will be necessary to stage an
extra game to determine which team is
entitled to highest honors.
AS was stated some time ago. It
would not be a surprise If Central and
Technical meet in the extra contest,
but that is not saying that Business
and Western haven't good chance 10
win. Tech seems to have the best bal
anced nine of the four. Central has
some very good players in it's lineup,
at least three of whom rank with the
best in the series: Business and West
ern have some capable men also, but
none is as well balanced as the Manual
Trainers However, that counts for
little and Tech cannot be considered
as having much better than an even
chance to win from Western in any
one game.
Vernstein pitched a mighty good
game of ball for the Government Hos
pital team in the Potomac League
yesterday, winning by to B. he
but caused eleven men to strike out
The Fairlawn players were able to
connect safely, with Vernsten's de-
liveries only four times, two Of the
hits being gotten by Soper, who played
third base for the losers. One of So
per's wallops went for two bases.
Brown. who was on the mound for
| Fairlawn, worked almost as effectively
| lot more men than Brown. but the lat
| ter did not allow any more hits. Brown
was very effective after the first in
ming, in which Government Hospital
got all its runs. Speith. who played
center field for the victors, led his team
mates at bat, getting two singles out
| of three times up.
| Keller continued to win in the East
washington Sunday School League, de-
| feating Fifth by to 6. Laverine, who
pitched the last three innings, struck
| out six men.
| Notwithstanding that Keller won the
game by a one-run margin, it was out
| hit by Fifth. Four errors made by
Fifth figured in the runs made by kel-
| ler White, in left field for Fifth, ana
Mortimer. who held down shortstop
for Keller. were the batting stars, eacn
man connecting for two safeties. Wnite
was up only twice. while Mortimer
went to the plate three times.
The Bookkeepers won from Mailroom
| in the Southern Railway League by
| I to g. The Bookkeepers scored SIX
Of their seven counts in the third and
fifth innings, getting the same number
| in each. Three men in the lineup OF
each team got two hits, Perkins,
Slough and Turner for Bookkeepers
and Larcombe. H. Lawrensow and Cuts
hall for the Mailroom, We're the men
to connect most consistently Tor thelr
clubs Both pitchers did creditable
work. Simpson working we'll for the
| winners and Thompson hurting in good
form for the losers.
Staff was a victor over Ordnance in
the Interbureau League of the War
Department, by to 4. Staff got five
runs in the first three innings and was
meyer ~. heaSed after ea, that. ns stolen bases
credited to the players of each club
McCleary. BontZ and Gaskins or stan
got four each, while several or the
others had one or two each counted In
their favor.
Nops, pitching for War against the
Printers in the Departmental League;
allowed only one hit. Nops famed
eight men in the course Of his exhibit
tion, and at no time was he IN dan
gerous position. His splendid perform
ance was the feature OF the game
which was won rather easily by War,
4 to 0. Cutting, shortstop for the type
settlers, made the one hit obtained by
his club. Donnelly and Blair OF war
made four of the five safeties credited
to the winning nine. one Of Blair's
drives being for three bases. Stringer
Of the Printers did not allow many
hits either, being batted freely at no
period
One of the best contests of the year
took place in the interbureau circuit
Of the Department Of Agriculture, Sec
NAL Husbandry, to 8. Breslin, who
hurled for the winning nine. struck out
ten of the opposing players. His
pitching featured the battle
Emmanuel had a walkaway in the
Northwest Sunday School League con-
test. defeating the Central Presbyter-
ians by Is to 1. The Central nine was
held to four hits. while the winners
made a total of fourteen. There was
not a great deal to the contest other
than an overwhelming victory for I'M
manuel
The Auditors won another game in
the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. e. A. cir
cult. defeating the Station by to 5.
Station outhit the winners, but failed
to get its safeties at as opportune
times A three-run lead obtained by
Auditors in the opening period was too
much of a handicap for Station to over
come, though 1t made a game effort
Only FIVE innings were played in the
Rosedale League. the Crescents losing
to the Rosedales by 3 to 4. Weaver.
the Rosedales to three hits, but his
team mates could not produce the runs
to win. Stanton. on the mound for
Rosedale, was effective in the pinches.
The Indian Office had a rather easy
time winning from the Pension team