The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-04
MANY NEW PLAYERS
TRYING FOR SCHOOL
MINES THIS SEASON
Graduation Forces Coaches to
Develop Candidates for
Vacated Places.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Many new faces will be seen in the
| line-ups of the FIVE high school mines
which start on their championship base
ball series April II. The graduation of
veterans from the teams last June and
in mid-year leaves many gaps to be
filled, and coaches have given candi-
dates a thorough trial in the few pre-
| liminary games.
Tho next ten days will find the ex-
perimenting at an end, and the selec-
ton OF candidates made. Tech is 60
! ing to have more newcomers in the
ranks than any other school. according
to the line-ups used. The Manual
Trainers were harder hit last year
than in any other season by gradua-
reiter. Myers. Rooney. Showers. and
Roberts went out. and when Coach
Fury took charge he had but three old
players TO use as a starter.
| Brumbaugh, a catcher; Stephenson, at
| first: De la Vergne at short, Strawn at
third. and Biggs and Cole in the out
| field. are the new men in the Tech line
up. At Central, Dawson is fitting in as
catcher, Shears at second, Marbury at
| third, and Buddy" Belcher at short.
| Cook is the only new man in the out
| field.
| this season. Fenwck. second string
catcher from last season; Borden and
Hout in the outfield; Stevens and Watt
at short and second. are starting their
| first campaign.
Business has Johnson catching. Jenk-
ins in center. Jones on second, Keech in
right. and Wassamann in the box East
ern will have Sweeney, Baldwin, and
Thomas as the new players.
nj
| ern are due for a game today on the
Prep field. 1t Is the first clash of the
| season between the teams Last year
| the Preps handed Western a good beat
| ing on both occasions. Coach Newberry
| lost several players recently as exami-
| nations were concluded for West Point,
| and many OF the boys decided upon a
| vacation.
Tech and st. Adams are due for battle
on Sstterlee Field II the ground Is
dry enough to play upon. Central ana
| the Georgetown Props will play at the
| Hilltop. The Preps have already gotten
In ahead OF Western.
Tomorrow the Georgetown Freshmen
| tackle the Western team, while Busi-
ness goes TO Alexandria. The Stenog-
raphers are somewhat backward in their
work this season.
Western won out over stewards BusI-
ness College in a seven-inning game
yesterday by to 5. Lester Peine, West
ern's third baseman, got four singles
out OF four trips to the plate, and put
up n great game around third Peine
is recovering from a sprained ankle.
Catholic University should have no
difficulty with the Randolph Macon
team at Brookland today. Coach Mo-
ran has rounded up a fast bunch of
hitters this season, and can be expect
ed tn come through with a majority of
his games.
The Maryland Aggles' are putting in
their ticks for Cornell University which
lands bunch of players here for a
game on Friday. The Aggies played a
great game against Cornell last year,
the contest going into extra rounds.
The lth9cans will play Georgetown on
Saturday at the Hilltop.
Raw weather is seriously handIcer-
ping the pitching STATS OF the various
high school mines. Many of the young
sters are trying to hide sore arms as
result of playing in the cold of the last
week.