The Washington times., 1915-05-15
BUSINESS CONTROLS
DISQUALIFICATION
IN SCHOOL CIRCLES
Stenographers Have Clean Lead
For Title After Defeating
Western Nine, 8 to z.
CENTRAL COMES SECOND
Dark Blue Hands Eastern
1O.to-5 Beating in Second
of Double Header.
CENTRAL COMES SECOND
By BRYAN MORSE.

BY BRYAN NURSE.
Business and Central are in COM
plete control of the high school hase-
ball situation today by virtue OF WINS
over Western and Eastern, respec-
lively, in yesterdays matinee at the
American League Park. The busl-
ness players have a clean slate win
two wins and no losses, while Cen
trail has two wins and single ueteat
registered. Business won by . TO q
and Central by 10 to 5.
Big innings in both games were
responsible for the wins. In the
first game, that between BUSINESS
and Western, Dutch" Peck, the Red
and White twirler had Business eat
ING out of his hand. For four in
nings everything went smoothly Tor
Western until hit sandwichcd IN
between two errors by Captain
Stearn loaded the bases.
The Wise boys. aided and abet,ed oy
Culligan, Blundon, Wassman, and DOW
rick managed to squeeze in four runs
A triple steal was executed ana with d
base on balls seven runs In all were
scored without the ball going out or the
diamond. which was a worthy feat ana
deserving of winning.
Business got one run in the sixth. The
Westerners scored in the opening ses-
sion on three hard drives and again In
the seventh on a base on balls, STEAL
and a double.
Eastern started off as though it would
make short work of Sam Gottieb. the
Central hurler, elected to do the poS
work for the dark blue. In the second
session Eastern gathered three runs oi.
three hits and went to the front with
vengeance. In the third inning the Cen
trail artillery got going and on four hits:
three being triples. and a couple or
errors six runs were scored. 1nis was was
Centrars big inning. although Eastern
scored in the fourth and NTH. and JUST
to make the game sure Central went
back for four more runs in the eignth.
Zeke Blundon's work in the box for
Business was commendable all through
the game. He fieded we'll. getting seven
assists and one out. At the bat he
kept things on the move, and was in
strumentai In getting runs across on the
squeeze play.
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Shields. Of Eastern. famed ten bat
ters, equalling the mark set week
ago when Business was played. At al
times the Fastener kept at it. despite
the shaky work Of his infcld.
Central will not send a contingent tc
Philadelphia today. according to an.
rouncement. Coach Foley has decided
to stay his hand until the annual higl
school meet.
Hawk. the Business left fielder, gath
cred in three hard flies after long runs
and got two Of his teams nine hits
Gerard, at short for the Stenographcrs
got two hits out Of three times at tht
bat. Peck. OF Western, led all foul
teams in hitting, with three out Of foul
times up.
shortstops had a bad day Of it il
general Tomlns, OF Eastern. i
three. and Hartshorn with one. Th,
Central shortstop got walk on hi,
drst trip to the plate and famed fouI
times after that.
Ike Macdonalds triple was a scream
er over .Sice's head. The ball traveleC
to the extreme end Of Tn" jury box. bu
was retrieved by Rice. who shot to Tom
lin who threw perfectly to the plate
getting the Central captain. Chaplin ant
White, of Central. and Howard. o
Western, got the only other extra bas
knocks.
Business and Technical hook up ol
Tuesday next, and if the Business lad
can come through they should win tn
title. Tech and Central have yet to b.
met by the Stcnographers. Both Cen
trail and Tech are figuring on tie-ul
In the series yet.
ST Adams meets the Dunham Latil
School in Baltimore today while Brcwe
and Carter go to the games in Phila
selphia. Holmes made q record o
twenty-five strikeouts in the last gam
against Dunhams.
Sam Gottlicb, the Central pitcher,
deserving OF deal of credit for his per
formance yesterday. His win was popu
lar and he came through after workin
hard all the time.
In yesterdays battles there were tif
teen errors and thrty-two hits. In a
tUenty-four runs were scored whiC
shows that the pitching and fieldiu
vas not on par with the Cloutin
abilities of the sChooiboy PLAYERS. Hit
are few in ordinary high school game
tinct surprise. To date Western lead
IN hits with twenty-three in two cor
tests. Twenty times runners wcr
struck out in the gamesayesterday.
Shields had a peculiar fate yesterda
I'm the third inning of the Central Eas
ern game. Botn Seldom ana Hartshor
reached first after striking out Dye
had pasesd ball and Davidson droppe
Overs throw on Hartshorn.
Here is the school team standing:
Won. Lost. Pc
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