The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
CENTRAL Mines
RECORD GOOD
Scholastic Team Will Be
Ready for Title Series
After Holidays.

Although the high school teams
are forbidden to play any baseball
during the Easter holidays. they Will
make up for lost time after the vaca-
tion- The boys OF the high school
teams have been progressing at a fast
clip. and when they return after the
> holidays they will display keen base
ball ability.
The Central team. with six victories
and no defeats to its credit so far
this season. will undoubtedly show ur
well In the scholastic baseball series
Ernie Schafer. the main pitcher OF
the Central team. has been showing
keen form on the mound recently.
Out of the six victories for the Gen.
trail team Schafer has been instru-
mental in winning four OF them.
Frank Krupp. new pitcher for Cen
tral. Is expected to be worked by
Coach Metzler considerable this sea-
son. Krupp won his first game easily
and allowed but seven hits and walked
one man. He has excellent control.
and later in the season it Is hoped
he will develop into one Of the lead
ing high school pitchers.
Charley McKimmie. Penrose Rus
sell, Charley Dasher, Jack Brink
man, Willis Ballanger. Carl Cullen
Cummings. Parrish Wood and Jimmie
Lemon are showing up exceptionally
well on the field. On April % Central
Is scheduled to engage the strong
Episcopal High nine at Episcopaf.
Central triumphed over Episcopal in
their last encounter and hope TO turn
the trick again. -...-
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ceptionally strong one. and with
wardwen. Grubb. Hutchinson and
Parrello as the mainstays. ought to
show up we'll in the Scholastic base
ball series. The Tech nine have won
the majority OF the games played in
handy fashion They are scheduled to
encounter st. Adams in a baseball
contest April 80. On May they will
engage the Princeton A. e. nine. This
contest will undoubtedly be well
played, for both teams are worthy
combinations. In this contest Deloe.
for Princeton. and Hutchinson. for
Tech. are expected to do the twirling.
Business, Eastern and Western have
shown in games this season to have
exceptionally weII-balanced teams.
Coach Battersby. of Eastern, has been
developing his youngsters in fine form.
Although they have played very few
baseball contests. Coach Battersby an
ticipates a good season for his boys.
In the game with Emerson Institute
the Easterns easily defeated them by
large score. Coach Morris baseball
aggregation have shown kgsu base
ball during the last few games played.
His combination has played e number
of baseball contests. coming out VIC
toricus in the majority of them.
Burke. Claude. NoIdlinger and Quinn
are players who have shown in. form.
Now comes the StenoSraphers or .he
Business High combination. Frank
Baxter. manager of the Business nine,
stated not long ago that the BUSINESS
team was going TO be the dark horse
rin the scholastic series. They hope
to come through like they did in
basket ball. to hang another cham
bionship trophy on the Business High
wall. Williams and Wise are doing
the twirlinE, and so far have shown
up we'll
with the reopening of school the
teams will get going in full. and with
i've competent teamS. ought to make
the scholastic baseball series well con-
tested
The Central spring tennis tourna-
mont Will get Undcr way tomorrow
With nifty tennis candidates in the
tournament. Central ought to develop
a strong tennis team. The veterans
who arc back on the job are Shorty
IhiC". captain Of the Central team:
Paul GoT;lin. Edward BeaIe and
Ralph Acton. Charley Cook, manager
Of m" team. has arranged many out
side tnrni- matches. He has written
to Episcopal High. Alexandria High
and Tome Institute. and is practically
assured of these matches. Western
and Eastern are authorizing tennis
this year. and they are expected to
set going in a little while.