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
Vcar, Easter Sunday falling on April -.
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 it has beca
Impossible to play tue ten games on ono
field. and it has been he'd that the short
series of ten games placed too high
pre- MUM on the single meeting between
the rival teams. Faculty advisers,
coaches. players. and followers OF the
games have wanted longer series.
John F. Bethunc. of the public build
incs 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
longer series. and the advisers expect
to go over the whole proposition at
their next meeting.
The advisers nave expressed them
selves in favor OF a twenty or even
thirty game series, out the expense Oh
umpires and hold has always ,ntr,-
posed in the calculations. It Ii admlt
ted that a longer series, or ratner
digger series. would have the adHan-
taee of giving better cpmpetitlpu, de
1crmining the real champion ana les
sening the strain OF the sin;ie lneellns'
st. Albans and Western meet toner.
row at the Arcade III the iirst Same OF
n double bill in The lntcrSrAo'astic
League series. Business. Wlnner oE5t
Eastern on Tuesday. comes back Tor its
initial engaG GrmCnt of the season against
tho Army and Navy Prep team.
Western is expected to defeat tne 81.
Adams uuint. while business Is cK-
rccted to have the edge on the A. y: +,
players on account rf better condlti; n
and greater familiarity with Inc
Noor Karl Glessner, the strongest dtS
fense player on Business, may he OUT or
the game on account of a Chd les
Glessner was forced 10 be idle on Tues
DAY.
Eastern dropped a game to the Alex
andria High School at AloNandr'2 yes
terday by EIto-l5 Count. betser
rasSing and teamwork won for the Al"X-
hndria players. who have improved
ercntly since their advent here early
in the season.
St Nbars took on a team at the'
Arcade Yesterday in practice, workihS
m in preparation for Western tomor-
row Western stacked up AGAINST Cal
lau1et for thirty minutes Of practice;
and succeeded in holding the Eend1u
Green team to a n-to-l6 count.
AZ the conclusion of last years base
awarded the title after defeating Tecl
in a pIqy-off Four teams We're Mt one
time in a tie for the title after eight
garnes had been played in the seriHs
Western defeated Central and was
raphers lost to Tech but defeated West
ern, one inning sufficing TO turn the
trick, much as it did in the western
central contest. Although C'HlIt' ue
featcd Tech, in the play-off the Manual
Trainers having beaten western by to
the o street nine failed to defeat all
the teams in the circuit. No attempt Is
made to detract from Centrals title,
but 1t seemed to those concerned that
a longer series would have determined
the winner without doubt.
aonzaga will start its games next
week Several contests have been book
ed by the Gonzaga uuint. The George
own Props 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 Ea asteT
HOLIDAYS Last wear Business. Eastern
and Western went down as far as Rar-
FiSnRhLIrE for battles.