The Washington herald., 1916-04-09

VIII play second although Watt also has
even chance of starting the series at
second. Stevens who seems to be a find
will play short, while LES" Peine VIII
play third. Capt. Tom Peyton will play
center. while Sergeant will hold down
left when not pitching, and Border win
play right. % - 80
Although Tech has not won a practice
game 30 far, II will probably prove q
tough customer to every teap It faces
in the series II they start hitting ami
score a few runs behind Capt. DENLY
Hurd. who In all probability will prove
stumbling block to all the teams he
faces II he pitches up to present form
and comes up to expectations. Techs
! failure SO far has been on account of
! its inability to hit.
Tech will be greatly weakened in the
hrst couple Of games IN tho series be-
cause of the absence Of "Skeets" Shewal-
ter. who has proved so far to be one of
the best all-around players on the tssm,
and Dutch" Berens, who will either
play right field or first base and add
/ greatly TO the batting strength OF the
team The opening game Of the series
next Friday will see Capt. DENLY
Hurd in the box and Brumbaugh doing
/ the receiving.
| Brumbaugh will most likely prove one
Of the best catchers in the series, hav-i
J ing a fine throwing arm and being a hit
! ter OF no mean ability, and, able to work
his pitcher with good judgment Steph-
| enson will start the series at first al
though he may be replaced at any time
unless he starts hitting the ball john
NY Eiseman, the peer OF all second base
| men last year. will play secand, and
! Del La Vergne will play short until
! Sheets" Shewalter becomes eligible and
then he will either play third or right
! field. Cotton" Strawn will start at
third, while in the outfield the only one
sure of starting the series is Dave"
! Pfeiffer in center. Both left and right
field positions are as yet not picked, al
though the most likely choice is Stan
ley Cole in left and Golden or Biggs
in right
Eastern has as yet played very few
| practice games and only a slight COM
parison can be made Of her strength
compared with the other high schools,
but from present showing she seems to
have steady and snappy little team.
although very weak on defense, she will
| probably prove one OF the strongest If
not the strongest team in the series with
the bat Practically every player on the
team is a good hitter, and II by constant
practice she overcomes her poor field
| ing, she will probably be the dark horse
Of the series. Eastern will break up
many a game before the series Is over
| by her strong hitting.
The opening game OF the series with
Tech, will probably see Shield in the box
with big Leo Flatery behind the bat
Reds" Ltchfield on first and Newman
on second, and Capt. Leo" Lanahan
playing, and little Willie" Thomas the
one bright spot Of the infieid, as far as
fielding is concerned, on third. II "wn-
lie'' Thomas keeps up his present RaiB
Throughout the SERIES he will prove to he
the best in the high schools
The outfield will be composed of Tom
lin, left field, and Smoot IN right, and
''Hammy'' Blake in center, although he
Is at present out OF the game on account
| OF a torn muscle in his throwing arm
II Blake Is not in the lineup the team
Is weakened by one OF the best all around
players on the team.
Business has as yet not played up to
form. its greatest weakness being unable
to field, but with the constant practice,
she ought to be able to overcome this
weakness. She has started to hit the ball
and should prove a stumbling block IL
she overcomes her weakness and will be
In the fight from the start. Business
VIII open up the series with Carl wassa-
mann, last years regular catcher, in the
box, and Johnson, a freshman, who has
shown great form, behind the bat Buck"
Wise, who seems to be the best of the
first basennan so far. will play first while
Junghans win play second, and shorty"
Gerald, the best shortstop In the series
last year, will cover short, with Can't
"Toots" Wise playing third. The outfieId
will be composed OF Hawk, In left; Keech,
In center and Harrell, in right.