The Washington times., 1915-04-12
SCHOOL TEAMS GET
DOWN TO HUSTL|NG|
IN NEXT TWO WEEKS.
Championship Series Starting
April 20 Finds Mines Putting
in Time in Preparation.
TENNIS STARTS UP SOON
Racquet WieIders May Have
Tournament This Spring II
Success Crowns Efforts.
TENNIS STARTS UP SOON
Bv BRYAN MORSE.

The real business of baseball will
be started this week when the high
school teams begin to point their
players for the opening game of the
championship series which starts on
April %. In little more than ten
days four of the high school teams
will have been pitted against each
other for the title.
In the meantime every coach and
player will settle down to the hard
est work of the campaign. During
the week no less than eleven games
have been booked by the schoolboy
managers for their teams. Today
Western stacks up against the
strong Strayer's Business College
team while tomorrow Central gets a
crack at the Lincoln A. c. team
which has already gotten the long
end of scores against Eastern, Busi-
ness, and Western.
Eastern will have recovered from its
trip through Virginia by Wednesday.
at which time 1t will meet the George
town freshmen. On the same day West
ern goes down to meet the Episcopal
High School at Alexandria. st. -tlbans
will meet Western on Thursday, while
on Friday Business will tackle Coach
Ryrd's Maryland -Aggies. Tech and the
Georgetown Preps are due tor game
at the Hilltop Oh Friday, while on Sat
urday St. Adams goes to Baltimore
10 play the Boys Latin School; Tech
is at Episcopal High for game. and
Eastern and Western so to Charlotte
Ian p,,a 81, IIon %,
Down in Virginia some OF the teams
are in the habit Of playing members
or the faculty, which,. OF course, gives
them an unusual advantage. as many
Of the-oder men have either Just grad
uated from college within a year or
so or are coaching the team.
When Briarly Hall came here Satur-
day to play Gallaudet the name Lodge
appeared in the lineup of the Poolcs-
ville team. Briarly Hall held Gallau-
det to 1-to-G score, and came near
winning. 1t was Lodge who nearly
defeated the Gallaudet team. and from
reports, Captain Lodge, who pitched, is
the principal Of tho school. In his
day he was one of the best Of the
amateur baseball players here anc
reated BrIarly in a one-sided hettle
but it is a safe prediction that if Sic
Lodge pitches for his schoolboys wher
other high school teams play them {
ulHercnt story Will De lOlu.
, Events OF particular interest 10 school
hoys are due for April 90 IS and -
The Harvard tennis team will be here q
Chevy Chase on the 22d. while the
Harvard baseball team comes 20 George
play tho ed. while Business md East
ern get together on the following day
In addition to this the Analostan Boa
Club crew. composed of MANY high
school hoNs. gets action at the Navy ol
that same date. Relay teams from St
Alhans, Central. and Western will rul
in Philadelphia on that Saturday.
general revival of tennis anon,
the followers Of the game in the cit,
will probahly near that the higl
schools and preparatory schools will
have Somc tennis matches during tn
srrinc. Eastern and Central play ten
MS. while St. Adams and Western haV
regular teams which meet each other
play matches with teams in othc
"'tics and hay" regular schedule.
steps are already under way for
l'istrict sChoolhoN tCUnis championship
this spring. overtures will he made
II is Understood. to ono or two of tn
local tcNnis clubs to try and have
tennis event staged. Not since the ol
WASHINGTON School for BOYS nnnua
tennis tournament has local tcnni
tournament boon held for boys. Th
surest means n development of play
"rs to take the places OF the Doyles
Gordon. Moore. Howard and the othe
nistricr cracks IS to encourage tn
youngsters with p few tournaments.
Several Of The local tennis cracks GO
their start while in the schools helt
spencer Gordon Won the Princeton Gu
while At Western. as did Billy Harriso,
Raul Troan0r. 4 vounestcr who mad
= great reputation last summer was q
Georgetown Prcn. VIII 'lC DOuElns
lhllNor. Arthur HELEN. Al Howard
l'pshur Noorehcad and Walter Dunlu
all got thcir starts while in the school
here.