The Washington times., 1915-04-24
Business Hooks Up With Last
Years Champion Eastern
High School Team.
CENTRAL. WINS FROM TECH
Dark Blue Gets Close Decision
From Tech, Although 0uthit
and 0utfieIded.
By BRYAN MORSE.


field at American League Park to-
day in the second of the high school
; championship baseball games, Capt.
Worden Dyer may 60 into the box
for the Fasteners, although Shields
may be the last minute selection.
For Business Little is the probable
selection.
Eastern and Business are fairly
we'll matched in hitting strength
judging from the games played so
far this season and there may be q
repetition of yesterdays Tech-Cen-
tral battle.
The teams in today's games are
rated somewhat below the standard
Of either Central or Tech, but may
put. up the closest sort of argument.
With high schools, provided the first
few innings are close, the games are
generally tight affairs, unless the
youngsters decide to go aeroplaning
all over the lot, and there is little
hope of handing out anything in ad-
vance.
Both teams are eager to get the
jump today for chance to make it
even running with Central. East
ern is brim full of confidence born Of
two straight championships and the
realization that the win this year
will mean permanent possession of
the Princeton Cup.
Tech is quite willing today to argue
for a longer championship baseball
series having lost the opening battle of
the season to Central by a 1-to-o' score
yesterday.
No victory was ever sweeter to Gen.
trail and no harder pill could Tech ever
swallow than that administered by Cen
trail yesterday afternoon when Lee Hart
scampered across in the seventh inning
with the run which proved the game
and a fine chance for championship
honors. Central was outhit and out
fielded and deserved to win no more
than Tech. Another game might find
Tech on top, judging from yesterday 8
very start Of the campaign it mil ght be
hoped that the series went to twenty
games instead of ten.
DENLY Hird. Of Tech, opposed Walter
Cox, Centrars veteran and suffered in
way for Centrals win by hitting Hart.
who stole second in that fatal seventh.
passed Cox and then stepped In front
Of Jake Roberts throw to the plate,
which cut off a possible chance to catch
the runner coming all the way from
second.
Molly Roberts. Centrals center
fielder. is something more than Captain
his safe drive In the seventh which sent
Hart across with the winning run. The
Tech captain was forced to acknowledge
that the Tech loss was due to the
ability of one of the Roberts boys to
hit, although Jake himself got two safe
drives, leading both teams at the bat.
Both teams threw away chances to
score in the first inning. Molly Roberts
vanced to third and then tried to butt
Mccarthy over on an attempt to steal
home. Jake Roberts tried home steal
in the second and was caught up
standing.
Tech had four men caught off base
on Walter Cox's matt balk motion which
caught them fat-footed. Flood was
nipped In the first inning and Jake
Roberts was also caught incoming of
the bag. At that Tech got away with
four stolen bases while Central grabbed
five. The bases were loaded In the first
inning by Tech runners. but Cox got
away with II nicely with a slow ball
which he worked to advantage during
the entire game.
Umpire Shurtleff. who will work the
whole series. gave entire satisfaction
there being but few kicks registered. He
hustled the boys along all the while and
was exceptionally good on strikes. There
was considerable discussion from the
dugouts as to the number Of coaches
on the playing field.
Coach Bill Foley took nine Central
Quartermilers to Philadelphia this morn.
ing for the big meet there today Nor
man Oyster, captain of the track team
heads Hunt, Gates. Milstead, Hill, Fish.
back, Birthright. Jones and Agnew who
will run in the championship relay and
the class race
Westerns tennis team Is in Baltimore
today playing the Dunham Latin School
Captain Fuller Dutton and Baker ex
pect to win out repeating last Satur
days win over the Fredericksburg, Va.
team,