The Washington times., 1915-05-03
By BRYAN MORSE.

The high school baseball cham
pionship battle schedule for tomor-
row with Central and Western play
ing at American League Park, will
give Central the edge for the title
in the event of win or will instill
confidence in Western in the event
that the Red and White comes
through.
Central has played the best base
ball of any of the high schools in
ante-season series games and is
picked to win by all followers Of the
game save those who know what a
hoodoo Western is for the Central
teams. Neither team has lost any
of it's players by failure in the ad-
visory marks, and both will start
full strength in tomorrow's battle.
Walter Cox and Lee Hart will be the
probable selection for the Central bat
terry. Western has Peck. O'Brien. Ser
geant, and Griffith to chose from. Mono
Of these pitchers has come through yet
and the Red and White has been sorely
put to it for a boxman. Whelchell will
do The receiving.
There are two championship baseball
games this week Tech and Eastern
meeting Friday in their engagement this
season. The Tech team is expecting to
hand Eastern a defeat. and on form dis
played should win rather easily. Eastern
got the worst of its meeting with Busi-
ness, and has lost several players by
low scholarship standing, 1t Is said.
There is still much talk about the NJ.
A. c. meet and the chances OF the var
ious athletes in the annual high school
field and track championship games set
for May q. Central is not going to have
the walkaway that was at first supposed
Il Tech continues to develop as 1t has
90 far. Capt. Edward Taylor has gotten
his athletes In fair shape. and with two
more weeks work should be In fine
shape to give Central a run for the
money.
The Blue and White in losing Tabor.
its mile and half-mile runner. is prac-
has Carr and Sheehan, while Western
has Kilmartin and Peyton. who will
count ahead of the Central runners.
possibly the broad jump, Tech will star
In tho weights. with seconds and thirds
in the jumps. which will about even
beat out Maxam. Of Western. in the
dashes apparently. and unless Central
can score heavily in the 44o. which 1t
failed to do Saturday with it's cham
be a three -cornered affair. instead Of
Central walkover.
"Untz" Brewers performance Satur-
day will set the tongues waggins for
quite awhile. Those erworked ath-
letes who are continually complaining
must bear in mind that Brewer ran in
three events, the loo c0o and 22O hurdles,
seven heats in the various races, took
a flyer in the high jump and-what Is
not generally known-has been playing
baseball every day this spring, pitching,
leading off in the batting order and
running his head off in getting around
the bases.
wingate. of Central created a sur
prise when he went over feet inches
and won the high jump Saturday. The
tall youngster gives promise Of being
first rate jumper as he has the height
and form witch should carry him well
up toward six feet if he continues to
Improve.
st. Albans has two of its best baseball
players on the crippled list. Holmes
Is nursing a bad knee while March Is
SUFFERING from the same trouble. The
game between Central and St. Albans
on Thursday should prove a good one,
despite the fact that st. Adams is nurs-
ing It's cripplcs. Victories over Tech.
Western and Army and Navy Props
have put the St Adams players In fine
fettle even though one or two are phys!-
cally laid up at present.
Robert MaXam. of Western, has had
little time to get in condition this spring
as he, like Brewer, has been playing
baseball, as has Dorsey Griffith. Max
am has been trying the broad jump
end Will go well over twenty feet by
the time the spring meet comes along.
Eastern has several OF it's athletes in
the NJ. A. & meet. aud while no places
were made the hoys did unusually we'll.
McElhannon Sherry, Barr, Mansey,
Davidson and Flaherty were in the
events and performed crsdiatbly.