The Washington times., 1916-05-01
BUSY WEEK AHEAD.
FOR ATHLETES IN
VARIOUS BRANCHES.
Baseball Title Games and Big
Track Meet Scheduled.
Gossip and Comment.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

While Catholic University and George
town are battling their way through the
North on baseball trips all this week.
home staying mines have their work
cut out for them. The high school
title series Is resumed on Wednesday
when Eastern makes Its first appear
ance against Tech. Business meets
Western on Saturday.
in addition there will be a resumption
Of tennis relations between schools,
while track candidates will put the fin
ishing touches on work in preparation
for the big NJ. A. C. meet to be held at
College Park Saturday.
during the past week several shifts
have been made In high school teams.
One or two schools are deprived Of good
players either through illness or fall
ures In scholastic standing, while others
are finding stronger candidates to sup
plant their regulars.
Te.h dropped a tough one TO Tome on
Saturday. chiefly, through the inability
20 solve the delivery of Sam Miller,
Tome crack hurler and former Tech
athlete. In preparation for its games
to come Central handed Episcopal
breatins. the first any local school had
been able to negotiate this season.
business Jared well on Ito trip
through Virginia. meeting Harrisonburg
High, Massanutten. Staunton and Fish
burn, while Western played In town,
winning two and losing two in the
week.
The Virginia Military Institute nine Is
at NJ. A. c. today. and Western Maryland
will be here Wednesday. No other con
test Is slated this week at College Park.
as the track meet on Saturday Will
occupy most of the attention. From In
dications there will he q host Of Wash
innton lads entered for the prizes. They
will be sent in from every high school
here. Eastern. Western. Tech. Business.
and Central will furnish more than 100
athletes for connection.
Manv Baltimore schools and institu-
lions In MARYLAND will send teams to
tinRent. With Central and Tech put
ting in more than sixty boys. there Is
every indication that the lists will be
fairly well crowded.
Hut once before In tho history of the
Penn relay carnival has faster time
baen made than that of Saturday in
the Preparatory, school chamlplonship
In 1913 Phillips Exeter did 2:26:l. setting
the record. st. Adams would have
beaten that had Brewer been able to
get out of pocket made by Mercersburg.
Exeter and Huntingdon runners. The
local school the title both indoors and
outdoors. new worlds record was
made In the Meadowbrook games at
Philadelphia last winter.
DENLY Hird Techs baseball captain.
10 blaming the Door weather for the
hackwardness of teams here. Hird
saws 1t has been almost impossible to
keep up interest In baseball after such
n late start when the weather has been
SO poor.
Eastern is the dark horse of the series
in more ways than one. The Fasteners
have a dearth of pitchers this season,
but can hit with the best OF them. The
team that counts on finding Eastern
easy licking is going to be sadly mis-
taken. III Flaherty, Shields. Thomas
AMI ] anuhan Eastern has bunch OF
solid hitters.
Techs right fielder. Gurevuch, wenI
dowr IN the advisory marks and will
be ineligible. Gurevuch appears to have
the making of clever fielder. He is a
fair hitter. and fast enough on his feet
TO make good.