The Washington herald., 1917-05-20
CENTRAL ROMPED AWAY
WITH SCHOOL Series
Players for Positions on All-High
School Team Are Picked.
Nv IACK EASTER.

BY JACK EASTER.
The recent high school series. which
had to be cut short. was one OF the most
interesting as far as the point of the gen.
eral public was concerned, there not be-
ing close game in the whole series. The
than in former years, shown by the fat
batting averages most every player
rolled up OF the pitchers.
The series was walk-away for Gen.
trail from start to finish, which is shown
by the number of runs scored by her to
the. comparatively small number of her
opponents. Entering the season with
practically veteran team from last year
she literally tore things up and easily
romped away with the rag. With such a
well-balanced team under such a capable
coach as Metsler she would do Justice
to any secondary college in the country.
Always on the alert, with plenty of snap
and ginger In her play, she reminded
you of a big league team playing against
a minor league club in some of her
games. Her greatest asset was the way
she took advantage of her weaker oppon-
ents' mistakes. During the series the
, Blue and White nine scored 4e runs to
her opponents s, probably record for
the high school series.
With such a battery as REDS Scha-
fer, the Blue and Whites big southpaw,
who proved to he the most effective
pitcher In the series, and Bailey, their big
catcher, who was by far the best receiv-
er in the series for his all-around abil-
ity. and Sam Gottlieb the right handed
pitcher any all-high team would be well
fortified as far as batteries are con-
cerned.
"snitz'' Snyder. the Manual Training
big first sacker, proved himself to be the
a Lar Rrof l..
hitting 800 and fielding with the best of
them. Snyder was the mainstay of his
team at the bat and in the field. "Toots''
Wise, who held the same Job down for
the Stenographers, led the series with
his hitting, but his fielding was very
poor. His hitting ability can hardly be
overlooked. so he is given a place In
right field, which is not new to him. he
having quite little experience. Ross
White. who landed the job at first last
year. fell down miserably in his hitting
this year, which kept him OF.
The keystone sackers were all poor this
year. Not one shown out enough to be
considered as candidate. Jake" Nc
Donald, OF Central, was expected to land
the Job but his hitting and fielding were
so below his standard that he hardly
could be considered. Aubrey Ward
well. OF the Manual Trainers, proved to
We lhe ptSl uelulnG second SaCkeT IN tne
series but his hitting was poor. Gene
Stevens, the Western shortstop, Is given
the job at second. being a steady fielder
and a good hitter Stevens has had ex-
perience in the job so It won't seem
strange to him.
Cody Gerard. the Stenographers'
little snappy stortstop, not only proved
to be the best shortstop but was by far
the best all-around bali player in the
series. "Gooly" at times looked more
like a big Lacquer than a mere high
school player, and II don't miss my
guess will some day be in the big league.
Harry Hout. the Western snappy little
player who held down the hot corner
for his team, had not a rival for the job
on the all-high team, being by far the
best OF the SERIES
The Job of picking the outfelders was
the most difficult of all and was really
a toss-up between Hungry Grub, of
Tech, DAILY, of Central, and Mike"
Ready of Business, for left and center.
"Toots'' Wise gets right field because of
his hitting ability. The first two are
given the jobs because OF the slight mar
gin they hold over Ready in hitting abili-
ty but II the series had gone its fun
route the story would probably have
been different.