The Washington times., 1915-03-25
High School Title Holders Go to
. PooIesviIIe, Md, to Play
: BriarIy Hall.
ST. ALBANS PLAYS FRIENDS
Business, Central, and George
town Props Lose Their
Games. and Western Wins.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Eastern High School, champion!
Of the high schools for the past two
years, will make their initial star
of the season today at Poolesville
Nd, against Capt. Sid Lodges
Briarly Hall nine.
The Fasteners will take out q
bunch of candidates, and Judging
from the number of veterans will
more than hold their own. Coach
kimbel is enthusiastic over pros
poets, and predicts a successful sea-
son for his charges. Briarly Hall is
an unknown quantity this season
The team has been strong in the
past, and should give Eastern good
practice.
The Capitol Hill team IS we'll fortified
with material this season. Behind the
bat Flaherty, Lanahan, and English are
perhaps as strong a trio as any in the
schools. Flaherty has done the back
stepping for two years, while Lanahan
is a strapping youngster, who has been
under fire many times. lie is the cap
sain-clect OF the football team for next
fall.
Capt. Worden Dyer seems to be
fixture In tho box. Last year he proved
good enough to land the baseball title
for his team Other twirlers are Tom
lin. Burton. and Whitehill.
Doc" Davidson and Matt Horne are
fighting it out for first base. Thornctt
seems to have landed the second base
Job. while Shields and Graman arc
being groomed for the shortstop posi-
ton. George Ellis. who is manager Of
the team, looks like the regular third
sacker.
In the outfeld Eastern has Rice and
Roddy from 'ast season. with Cornish.
Mansay, Jonscher. Gath, Shields
Wright, and Bailey. All OF the players
will be carried along all season. accord
ing to the dope. Eastern looks to have
team of veterans capable of getting
out and playing fine baseball at all
lines
Tomorrow the team is slated to meet
Gonsaga at the First and NJ streets
grounds. A win today will go far
toward boosting Eastcrn's season.
st. Adams will tackle the Friends
School team today at Satterlee Field.
4 rhe st. Albans players dropped their
opening game to Tome Institute. while
before YESTERDAY Since Saturday st.
Adams has put in deal of work. The
team Is composed Of green players in
almost every position but in the box.
Central. Business, and the George
town Props were unsuccessful in their
starts yesterday. Business dropped a
Il to 2 game to Episcopal High School
Stehographers were forced into their
first game without practice, and are
bound to show better.
Central met Gallaudet and took the
short end of IA to 3 game at Kendall
Green. Gallaudet had its first string
pitchers in the game, Rasmussen and
Eerguson serving them up to the high
and made eight errors which spelled
certain defeat, although the Kendall
Greeners We're able to get but eight
safeties off Walter Cox.
The Georgetown Props found it hard
shedding against the Varsity Reserve
team on the Hilltop yesterday. losing by
u to >, hut will go in against the Fresh
men, today In preparation for the game
with Western tomorrow.
At Alexandria yesterday Western High
players fattened their averages off the
nigh school players there by winning a
l3-to-6 game. western won all the way,
and would have held the Alexandrians
to a smaller score had not Griffith
taken 1t into his head to be too liberal
in the last two frames.
Tom Peyton set n record in getting
five hits out of five times at the bat
western made nineteen hits in all How
ard and Collins got three hits each two
of Howard's hits going for doubles.
its players yesterday as did Western.
The StenoSra piers have few veterans,
and Coach White is planning to get ali
,the work possible owing to the late
start.
Coach Frank New berry will start tho
Army and Navy Preps against tho
Chevy Chase high school team tomor-
row. and hopes for a win. The Preps
have a number of big fellows on the
squad, and should make a formidable
aggregation.
Western should be fairly fast on the
bases this spring. Maxam, captain OF
fhe track team: Griffith, the other
sprinter, who made great record this
winter: Peyton and Anslcy, of the re-
lay team; Peck and Peine. the baslI ct,
ball stars, and Stearns, Il former track
man and captain of tho team, are all
runners and speedy enough to win.
Eastern will be speedy as usual.
Roddy Rice, Davidson. Jonschrr, and
Thornett arc as fdSt as they come when
playing baseball and football, and
should prove valuable to the nine.
"Nubby" Jones. the Georgetown flyer
is the holder of three records 'in tho
Washington and Lee scholastic games
held each year at Lexington. Jones
&olds the mark in the 100. 30 and broad
Jump. His marks have not been .qualed
in the past two years.
Some interesting baseball games would
mark series of twenty games for tho
high school title this season, and it VIII lie
seen when the games arc played that
The title will probably go 10 the Iuckiast
nine, unless there is a team that is su-
pCrIOr in every way.
Aany OF .hc players, cCarhes, and