The Washington times., 1916-06-16
-FOUR WESTERNERS|
SLATED FOR PENN
AT START OF YEAR,
Peck, WheIchel, Sergeant, and
Smith, Members Of Title
Team, Enter Wharton School
BY BRYAN MORSE.

-Four members of Western High
Pchoors championship basketball team
Of last winter arc entering the Uni
versfty of Pennsylvania next fall. Ray
mond Peck, captain Of the title team:
for two years; John Whelchel, Stuart
Smith. and Richard Sergeant have en-
tered the Wharton school at Penn.
These boys with Lester Peine won
the basketball title here last winter. scor-
ing twenty-one victories and but three
defeats. In, no Same last year. when all
five were playing from the start Of the
game was the team defeated. One or
two of the players were out of the
game when defeats were registered so
that the record is n clear one of twen-
ty-one victories.
Peck has been prominent In three
sports at Western for the past thrce
years, as has Whelched. Both Buys have
been mainstays of the football. baseball
and basketball teams and have envi-
able records. This spring Peck was out
of the game with tonsilitis and has
failed to measure up to standard.
Whelchel IN leading the high school hit
Sergeant has played football, base
ball and basketball at Western. earn
ing letters in each sport. while Smith
has won his letter In football and was
a most consistent court coverer In bas-
ketball last winter: The defensive tao
tics of Smith had much to do with
Westerns success last year.
Penn will get four remarkably good
best all-around athletes at the George
town school. The two championships
won at Westcr min basketball In the
past two years. including the decisive
defeat OF the Wellesley High School
rhap 80 Ia "a
winter, were won by this team. which
had high rating.
Word come from Tome that Sam
phenomenal pitcher will enter Lafayette
College in September Miller placed
himself in the no-hit. no-run class, and
established q record for Tome on the
18th of April. when he shut out the
, Gilman Country School, % to 0. Tome
won II of its u games. and throughout
the season Miller averaged twelve
strike-outs in each game. and allowed
the visitors only four scattered hits
lie throws remarkably sharp-breakins
livery He keeps the batter guessing
uses good Judgment. has lots OF speed
and almost rerfect control. In the Hi
game he struck out fourteen OF the
opposing batters: and proved a. that at he Il
Hall ami the Princeton freshmen
Miller Ia feet inches tall. weighs
about ITO pounds. and possesses tn,
ideal build for a pitcher. Without
doubt. he will prove the sensation OF
next years college tossers.
II the ground Is in condition West
ern and Eastern will play off tn,
Anal game of the series today. Ar
rangements are being made to stag
the contest at American League park
Bill Handiboe has been selected Il
handle the indicator.
"Toots" Wise, captain OF the Bust
ness nine. is leading his team in hit
ting In the high school series. Wis
has been at the bat 81 times and ha
gathered 10 hits for an average o
, a22. Wise has proven himself to b.
the best hitting third sacker in tn
series and stands an excellent chanc
for the All-High selection.
Johnson's 80 times at bat for hit
earns him a mark of 800, while Buck
Wise has hit for .266 clip. "Gooll'
Gerard, captain-elect for next season
has been IN 81 times for Q hits,
mark of .262. Payne, playing left an,
right during the season for the Stem
ographers. got an average OF ,269 II
six games.
The stenographers proved to be
rather weak combination with tn
stick. The players went to the ba
266 times during the eight games. go
81 hits for q mark of .20S and score,
80 runs. Thirty-four errors were mad
during the series