The Washington times., 1916-01-06
By BRYAN MORSE.

The high school faculty advisers
will entertain a proposition of in
creasing the annual baseball cham
pionship series from ten games to
twenty at their meeting scheduled
for next week. A scheme has been
worked out whereby the five high
schools in the circuit could meet in
twenty games instead of ten as
usual.
1t is proposed to play the games
on the grounds near the Monument
on the two new diamonds near the
Municipal Swimming Pool, and to
have two games going on at the
same time on the Government
reservation. In this way with four
games a week being played the
series would be completed in five
weeks.
As the Easter holidays are late this
year Easter Sunday falling on April 49,
it is not unlikely that the title series
viii have to be started about the middle
of April. before the holidays start.
During the past four years IL has been
impossible to play Ehe ten games on one
field. and 1t has been held that the short
series of ten games placed too high
premium on the single meeting between
the rival, teams Faculty advisers,
coaches. players. and followers of the
games have wanted longer series.
John F. Bethune. of the public build
ings and grounds, has promised Cooper
alton in obtaining the use of the two
diamonds in question for the proposed
series. There are many objections TO a
longer series, and the advisers expect
to go over the whole proposition at
their next meeting.
The advisers have expressed them
selves in favor OF q twenty or even
thirty game SERIES but the expense OF
umpires and a tield has always inter
posed in the calculations. IT IL admit
ted that a longer series, or rather
bigger series, would have the adVan-
tage of giving better competition, de
termining the real champion and les
SEEMING the strain OF the single meellhS'
st. Adams and Western meet toner.
row at the Arcade III the first game OF
a double bill in the lntersrho'astlc
League series. Business, winner owes
Eastern on Tuesday, comes oack Tor lts
initial engagEmcnt of the season against
a
Western is expected to defeat the 81.
Adams auint while Business Is eX-
rected to have the edge on the A. ~: +,
players on account cf better conoltl; "A
and a greater familiarity with the
floor. Karl GleSsner, the strongest de-
Tense player on Business, may be out OF
the game on account of bad leg
Glessner was forced TO be idle on Iues-
DAY.
Eastern dropped a game to the Alex
andria High School at ALEXANDRA yes
terday by a 2}-to-l5 count Better
passing and teamwork won for the Alex,
Rndria players. who have improved
greatly since their advent here early
in the season.
ST. Adams took on team at thee
Arcade yesterday I'm practice, working
M in preparation for Western tomor-
row. Western stacked up against GAL
laudet for thirty minutes of practice.
and succeeded in holding the Eendau
Green team to so-to-l6 count
At the conclusion of last years base
ball championship series. Central was
awarded the title after defeating Tecl
in a plqy-off. -Four teams were at one
time in Tie for the title after eight
gaTnes had been played i'm the series
Western defeated Central and was
defeated by Business. The Stenog-
,,a phers lost to Tech but defeated West
m.
trick. much as II did i'm the Western
Central contest Although Central de-
feated Tech, in the play-off the Manual
Trainers having beaten western by to
l the q street nine failed to defeat all
the teams i'm the circuit No attempt Is
made TO detract from Centrars title,
but II seemed to those concerned that
a longer series would have determined
the winner without doubt
0onzaga will start its games next
week. Several contests have been book
ed by the Gonzaga duint. The George
town Preps get back for the regular
session today. Tech is booking up with
several teams In the near future.
Many OF the high schools will play
through virginia during the Easter
holidays. Last year Business. Eastern,
and Western went down as far as Har-
FAAoahEIEE for battles.