The Washington times., 1915-04-20
High School Championship Con-
tests Begin Friday, Teams
Prepare for Struggle.
TODAY'S PLAY MEANS MUCH
Comparison of Three Contend
ers Possible as Result OF
Clashes on Diamond.
Bv BRYAN MORSE.

Three high school title contenders
will get action today in preparation
for the big games which start Fri
day. Tech is journeying TO Mt. st.
Albans for a game with George
Green's youngsters, Eastern meets
the Georgetown Props on the Prep
field, while Central plays Gallaudet
and Business meets Gonzaga.
St. Albans snatched 3 to 8 tie
with Eastern, and was beaten by
Western 6 to 5, so that Tech will
know just how strong it is Today af-
ter making the running with the
Cathedralites. 1t is not unlikely
that Brewer will be used by St.
Albans while Coach Colliflower will
put Hurd in against the Cathedral
team.
Eastern will get chance to see how
it compares with Central, as Captain
Macdona!d's crew defeated the George
town Preps by 12 to I, Walter Cox hold
ing the Props to three hits while his
team gathered in thirteen safetics. The
a while and can be expected to better
the performance made against the
Georgetown Freshmen.
Business in meeting GonZaga is taxi
ing on a tough customer. The Con
zaga boys have a fine team and have
been holding their own all season.
Business defeated the Federals yester-
day by IA to 0, Little and Blundon al
lowing .one hit between them
Finishing touches are being put on
the Central and st. Adams relay teams
Adams will hold trials today for the
fourth man on the team to go up for
the big meet and the choice lies be-
tween Stubbs, Sternberg, Houser and
Cleborne.
Central's infeld looks much the same
as 1t did last season. White has been
shifted back to first base. Ike Macdonald
is playing Acond and HartShorn Is in
shortstop. Seldom is holding down third
and is an improvement over HELM, of
lastsyears team, in that he is clouter
of the first order Against the Props
yesterday, Seldom made three hits, one
homer.
Tech players maintain that in their
game with Episcopal High School, in
drive went right in one of their oppon-
entS hands. Tech maintains that with
any sort of break there would have
been different story to tell. Jakey
Roberts was out of the game for Tech
and says that in all the games he has
played for Tech he has yet to meet
Episcopal. Every time Tech has jour
neyed to Episcopal Roberts has been
absent.
The high school faculty advisers have
instituted a new form OF ticket for the
baseball games this season. Each mem
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various schools is entitled to a ticket
which is collected at each game and
returned to the holder. AS the first two
games come on successive days it will
be difficult to get the tickets back to
the holders for the Eastern Business
game of Saturday. Strip tickets of ten
for the series have been done away with
this season.
No date has been set for the annual
field and track games for the high
school championships as yet Central
has always been the guiding spirit in
getting action on the track meet and the
matter has generally been in the hands
Of Robert c. Maurer, faculty adviser of
Central.
1t will probably he DENLY liird. OF
Tech. against Walter Cox. Of Central,
I'm the first game Friday. while "Iit'
Little, of Business, will probably face
Warden Dyer. of Eastern, in the game
Saturday. No selections have been made
by the various coaches as yet. Olt the
advance dope seems to indicate these
pitchers as choices.
Business, considered an outsider IN
the series, may come through with a
win from Eastern on SATURDAY ard fool
the wiser ones. Th"r" - rOnSidera BILE
hitting strength amon.' the RusinC ss
players. and with Il bit If luck, despite
Easterns genc"ous supply Business is
likely to mako good.
All of the athletes in track work are
beginning to pin. up for the Maryland
Aggies meet TO b" h"ll in May. So.ne
of the best athletes in the country
among sChoOlhOyS are to be down for
the Aggies' meet. Tome. Baltimore
Polytechnic, and Baltimore City Col
lege will send their teams.