Evening star., 1915-05-11
SCHOOLS WORKING
FOR TRACK GAMES
Squads Being Prepared for
Crucial Test in Meet Sched-
uIed May 22.
WESTERN AND BUSINESS
WILL PLAY TOMORROW
Contest Postponed From Today Be-
cause of Military Drill-Re-
suits Among Amateurs.
BY H. C. BYRD.

4 Three of the local high schools are
working might and main in preparation
! for the annual track and field meet
| scheduled for May -. Eastern and
Business proba bly, will have some en-
tries in the games, though the real
| fight is sure TO be between Western.
Technical and Central.
Since it has become evident that Cen
iral may not have the walkover ex-
pected earlier in the year. Western and
Tech are bending their energies toward
the development of their squads that
/ they ma y make the best possible show
ing. Al present it seems that Central.
Western and Tech will make a close
fight of it. though Central has much
the largest and most experienced squad.
1t is not evident, though. that Cen
tral will make the cleanup anticipated
during the winter. Central is still the
! favorite and will continue to be until
the meet. even though it fails to win,
but it will have to work for everything
:. it gets, and work hard.
! Tech is going to lose the shot put in
| all probability, while the only running
event in which Central seems to have a
| solid hold is the quarter. Maxam of
/ Western probably will he the victor in the
! 100 and 220. while Sheehan and Carr
| of Tech appear the best iE the $50 and
mile. Central ought to have an easy
victory in the pole vault. possibly the
i high jump. and an even chance in the
| broad jump. The seconds and thirds will
/ be the factors in deciding the champion
ships, in all likelihood and 1t is in this
4 that Central will star. Central may not
| get many first places as expected two
/ months ago. but it is sure to be good for
enough seconds and thirds to warrant a
prediction in its favor.
4 40 de- hoo t.l hA ,Irv1,
school games will he held May %. but
the place has not yet been decided upon.
/ Last spring the meet took place at the
/ Maryland Agricultural College, but
whether it will again be held there Is a
| matter of conjecture
| Western and Business. tied for the
| lead in the race for the high school
today, but the game was postponed be-
| cause of the regimental drill, which
takes place on the White Lot The con-
/ test will be played tomorrow.
| The meeting Will put one Of the
| teams on top in the race for the title
and give ii a margin hard to over
| come. Whichever nine is the victor
will be the only one that has not met
| defeat. The only real contender the
| winner will have to dispose of in its
efforts to land the championship is
Technical. The Manual Trainers are
much to be feared and have an even
chance to win from any team in the
| series.
Eleven hits made by the Government
/ Hospital against the Congress Heights
| team in the Potomac League yesterday
were sufficient to give it the victory by
| to }. All the runs gotten by Congress
| Heights We're obtained In the last in
| ming. Thornett was the only member
OF the losing nine to get more than one
| hit, while four members of the victors
1 connected for two each.
| Brill did some good work at short for
| the losers, having five assists and two
/ put-outs to his credit. Hunt at short
and Dodge at second for Congress
| Heights also had several creditable
! plays scored in their favor
Keller won another victory in the
East Washington Sunday School
| League, defeating st. Agnes by 10 to 8.
| Keller scored three times in the first
| period, and after that held it's lead
| There was very little difference in the
| hitting of the two clubs, Keller getting
nine and the losers ten. Keller's safe
I ties Games al more opportune times,
] and ii did not make errors which figur-
| ed SO much in the scoring.
| Staff team ran up big score on the
| ordnance nine III the Interbureau u Lea que
| of the War Department getting seven
! teen runs. Ordnance was able to send
| men across the plate only five times
| The remarkable batting of STAFF was
! the big factor in its victory, as it got
/ seventeen hits, one for each run. Skid
| more. who held down the position in
| right field. and Sanders, at second,
| were the stars at the plate, each hav-
| ing four safeties. Sanders was at bat
| Ave times and Skidmore four. Webster
| of the ordnance team batted and play
ed well generally at shortstop.
/ Although both teams scored lot Of
runs the Bokkeepers barely beat out
4 Z b. p,trf ha n + feo in,
Southern Railway League by one run
/ The score was TO Z. Purchasing took
the lead at the start. scoring two runs
| in the first period. but the Bookkeepers
/ evened up the count and went their on
| ponents one better in the third. Pur-
| chasing again went to the front in the
] third and fourth periods, but Bookkeep-
iers had a rally in the sixth, during
which fiye men crossed the plate, There
was no more scoring.
| Jones of Bookkeepers and Degnan of
Purchasing got three hits each. Both
men were up four times. Only one of
! the six safeties was for an extra base
which was q two-bagger made by Deg
man.
| Commerce won from Bureau in the
lGovernment League by IL to 10. Better
lhelding and superior hitting were re-
sponsible for the larger score gotten
lby Commerce.
/ Both lead-o off men got three hits each
Creditor for Commerce. made three out
lof FIVE trips to the plate and Roche of
Bureau had the same record
| 1t was hard game for McDonough
| of Bureau to lose. ms he famed twelve
men. especially after 1t appeared at
one stage as IL Bureau might win.
| Bureau got one run in the first inning
and six in the second, which gave 1t q
lead of four Commerce commenced
in the fourth, though. by scoring five
times, and after that it got men across
! in every period.
A one-run margin was all that Car
Department could get on the Auditors
in the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ c. A.
League, the count being to g. The
Car Department made less hits than
the opposing players, but managed to
make longer ones. which counted more
Hughes connected for a home run
Handy got three-bagger and a two
bagger. while Marceron drove out q
double.
The Rosedales proved too strong for
the Gibraltars in the Rosedale organi-
cation, winning by to 2. The yictors
| scored twice In the first inning and
were never headed thereafter.
Stanton's pitching for Rosedale was
the feature of the game. He allowed
the opposing players only three hits
and struck out eleven men. The Glib
| raltars made an attempt TO accomplish
something in the ninth by the substitu-
ton Of three pinch hitters. but only
the third man. Balleneer. made good.
sion the Home Club circuit. 1t start