The Washington times., 1916-06-06
TIE IN TITLE RACE
TOBEBROKEN WHEN
TEAMS MEET TODAY
CentraI-Eastern and Technical
Business Games Should Fur
nisn Plenty of Sport.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

A tie for FIRST honors in the champion
ship baseball series will probably be
broken today when Eastern and Central
meet at American League Park. Both
teams have won three games and lost
two and today's meeting should give
the winner a clear lend for title honors.
Eastern will send Eddie Tomlin In to
stop the sluggers from Central. while
Sam Gottlieb will try TO perform a
similar duty against the Capitol Hill
players. Eastern defeated Central In the
last meeting between the teams on the
Monument Lot.
On Georgetown Field Tech will en-
deavor to make a bid for second place
In meeting Business. The Stenograph-
ers met and defeated Western on Sat-
urday, and can be looked upon as able
TO hand Tech a setback II they can re-
peat their performance of last week.
At a meeting of the faculty advisers
held at Central yesterday 1t was de-
cided to play today's game and to have
Business play Eastern on Friday.
Central and Western were scheduled to
meet Friday. but on account Of the
Central High School excursion Western
agreed to meet the o streeters on Sat-
urday.
These four games will put the schedule
within two battles of completion. The
Technical Central game and that
scheduled between Western and Eastern
will wind up the series.
Another Washington boy will lead a
Georgetown team. William Cusack. for
the past two years prominent in base
ball and football at the Hilltop. received
the captaincy Of Georgetown's baseball
team for ls17. The honor is well de
class leader for the Hillteppers.
Awards Of letters were made to Pitch
ers Murray. Kelly. Finnegan, Breslin
S inssssr, saSan M MsEsr sna
Earty. Murphy and Cusack; outfelders
Giiroy. McCarty. Beradini and Joyce.
Thomas v. Mcclure, of Maryland,
town Prep Athletic Association at a
recent meeting. and other officers elect
ed as follows: John B: Flynn. Cali
New York. treasurer; George f. ferret.
Minnesota, assistant manager of foot
ball; John H.. Rae. New York assistant
manager of baseball: William Storen,
track. and James e. McCallister, South
Carolina, assistant manager OF basket
ball.
Coach McMillen, of the Tech track
team, paid Buck" Wise, of Business an
unusual compliment the other day. Wise
has won four letters two years straight
running at Business. and went out with
out special preparation and won the
high Jump In the schoolboy track meet
for the second time In succession. Nc
Millen says Wise Is one OF the greatest
natural athletes he has ever SEEM Some
fine points about jumping impaired to
Wise would put the youngster In the
front rank of jumpers In this section.
declares McMillen.
Karl Wassaman. of Business, will
graduate this year. Wassmann Is an
other versatile athlete, having won let
The unfinished events OF the athletic
meet held by the Tech Alumni Associa:
tion at Marshall Hall on their annual
excursion. Saturday. June 3, will he
run off at the school track at $3.50 y. M
Wednesday, June 7.
After running on the 7S.y va l.,o da thS
meet was called on account OF rain
Competition for the silver loving cup
offered to the man scoring the highest
with odds, favoiing sheehan. the Tech
half miller. In addition to the cup there
will be individual prizes donated b,
The remaining events and entries are
as follows:
Three-legged race-Carr- Eiseman. Kir
by Tibbott. Phefcr-Taylor, Sheehan-Me
saO-yard dash-MeNamara, Kirby
Hheehan, Tibbott, Eiseman, Cole. Vol
ton, Hough. and Wheeler.
4i0-yard dash-Sheehan. Mcnamara
carr. Kirby Eiseman, Cole, Tibbott and
Wheeler.
Mile run-carr Wheeler. Taylor, and
Hough.
Hop, step and jump-Kirby, McNa
mara, Sheehan. Tibbott, Carr. Wheeler
Volton. Eiseman, Cole and Haley.
Relay race-Baseball team. Cole
Prefer, Eiseman, Hird; track team
vi-hy. Tibbott, Mcnamara. Sheehan.