The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Scholastic Title Fought Out In
Double Bill on Wednesday,
According to Plans.
PREP HONOR GAME TODAY
Georgetown and Army and
Navy Lads Will Fight It Out
on Hilltop Fields.
By BRYAN MORSE.

The high school baseball curtain
will probably be run down this week
and bats and gloves put away for
another season unless all sorts of up
sets happen. Central and business
are carded for the next to the last
game on Wednesday, while Tech and
Western are due for their annual
baseball clash on the same day in
the second of double bill.
At present there is four-cornered
tie among the teams mentioned, and
the games this week win or lose for
the competing teams will mean tie
for the title and an extra game for
the championship. The faculty ad-
visers have planned to hold the dou-
BILE bill on Wednesday unless the an
nual competitive drill of the high
school cadets is postponed a day.
In any event the games will be
gotten off this week if possible so
that baseball will be done for the
season. The title game will probably
be played Friday or may be shifted
over until next wee kwhen the track
games are out of the way.
The race for the title this season has
been closer than ever. Central IS
possessed of a fine hitting team with
mediocre pitching stan, Business Is
represented by a well-drilled smoothly
working machine. Tech has the edge
rit,bipu u hile Western preSents n
team liable to break up a contest at any
minute.
1t has been many a long year since
followers OF high school baseball have
naming games Central Is confident of
defeating Business. while Tech IL sure
that it has strength enough to defeat
Western.
suggestions haze been made that the
losers in Wednesdays games be pitted
against each other for the honor OF
getting in the money in the race. 1t
has also been mentioned to the faculty
advisers that in view of thu closeness
OF the race, an extra umpire be called
in to help out Umpire shurticn.
The prep school title will be decided
to day at Georgetown Field when the
Army and Navy Props meet the
Georgetown youngsters. Each team has
won a battle, the Georgetown lads TAX
Army and Navy players anneNing Fri
days game by S to 5. Corbett Is cx-
pe cted TO come back :or the Georgetown
team while Hunter, Foster or Franzen
are picked for box honors by the sailors
and soldiers.
A meeting of the high school faculty
advisers will be called today TO hit
upon a field for the annual track games
set for Saturday. Gallaudet, Satterlee
Field and Catholic University are being
considered. Officials have not been Sc
lected as vet and the whole business
Of the meet is to come up for final
consideration.
St Alban will take its annual trip
to Tome on Friday and will play in
CedarCroft, Pa. on Saturday against
the CedarCroft School. Tomorrow the
Briarly Hall team comes hero for a
game.
Wordcn Dyer, Eastern's captain.
came near defeating Western on Satur-
day. but had none of the breaks in the
luck. Dyer went in the box with two
on the bases in the ninth when the
score was tied. He passed a batter
filing the bases and then cut loose
with a wild pitch which scored OBrien
with the winning run. PcytOns drive
to Shields was a beauty and had II
been q foot to the left would have
been q double. A triple play was made
and Dyer escaped without further in
jury.