The Washington times., 1916-05-09
ONLY ONE CONTEST
CALLED OFF DURING
week FOR SCHOOLS
Tech and Business Forced to
Lay Off Today, While Central
and Eastern Play.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

There will be hut one postponed high
school championship game this week
II the plans of the fecurty advisers
carry. Today Eastern and Central Will
play their scheduled contest on the
Monument Grounds on the diamond
north Of the municipal bathing pool.
The Tech Business contest has been in
definitely postponed. ia
No-games will be played on Friday.
but Saturday morning Business and
Eastern are scheduled to play on the
Monument Grounds while Western and
Central will play in the afternoon either
az Brookland or Georgetown. Negotia-
lions are under way for the use of one
Of the college diamonds for the Satur-
day afternoon battle.
The faculty advisers got together yes
terday for meeting and accepted the
offer of the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege for the Use OF the field at College
Park for the annual championship field
and track games to he neld Nav 90.
The time of starting was set for /:
o'clock.
The present schedule Of baseball
games Will be PLAYED during the week
the Shakespeare celebration which viii
start today and continue until Friday
afternoon.
The lineup for today follows. Cen
tral-Roberts. centerheld: Marbrry. sec
base: Belcher, shortstop; White. first
base; Baily catcher; Sheers, third
base; Cook. left field; Gottleib. pitcher
Sacks. right field. Eastcrn-Thomas.
ceHter seid; Tomiin. pitcher "eq Fla R'@.
catcher: Smoot.- left field Newman.
third base: Boteler. second base; Litch-
field, first base.
all rsatx atN
nova today in what IL expected to he a
closely contested game. Tho Catholic
University nine Is more than anxops
to complete a successful season with a
for the Brookland team. The Navy
will be played tomorrow afternoon at
The Army and Navy Props are slated
to oppose the Alexandria High School
nine at Connecticut avenue today. The
Preps have lost several good players,
hut are getting along nicely with green
material.
Centrals tennis team has come To the
front RAPIDLY under the tutoring of Lou
Doyle. Selden is said to have improved
greatly since Doyle took hold CT him
and the Central players as a whole
this season. The recent defeat OF
Tome was big feather in Doyle's
cap.
Today's high school game will be the
first Of the series to he PLAYED on the
Monument Grounds. In order to play
twenty games II was necessary to OBJ
tain the use of these diamonds. Twelve
games have been carled for the White
Lot. and the real ba ttle for honors Will
stnrt todav. Central Is expected IN win
although Eastern has shown Itself ca
pable of putting up a great scrap.
Two Washington boys. Ed Flaherty
and Ed Kelly. at Dean Academy. arG
doing much to land the prep schoo
title for their school. Dean has dc.
feated ST. Anslem's. Tufts second
Brown second. Harvard freshmen
HOLY Cross second. and several prer
schools. Flaherty Is wnshingt0r
hoy whose brother Leo. is now catch
ing for Eastern. Kelly will be- remem
bered as pitcher at Buhiness two wear,
AFRO. Harry Harris. another Bushes,
boy, Is playing on Dean Academy.
Bill Handiboe probably will handle thu
Indicator In todaY's schoolhov Cnme
Both Handiboe and Woodward hnv,
been unusually successful with tn,
games this season. not n kick belnt
registered against their decisions.