Evening star., 1920-06-17
WESTERN, Central
IN DECISIVE GAME.
Both Teams Ready for Final
Struggle of Hard
Fought Series.2
BY n. c. BYRD.

Unless there is tie score thehish
school base ball championship win be
decided tomorrow afternooag Central
and Western meet in the final contest
for the title at Union League Park at
$3.50 O'Clock. the former having Won the
right to play the decisive game Iwith
Western by defeating Business 1ues-
day taI
Tomorrow's game will wind-up dne Of
the hardest fought series in the IhlAtory
OF scholastic base ball. At the Begin
ming of the series it seemed as II a very
close struggle for the championship was
in prospect. but after the first few
games Central got what appeared to
be commanding lead. However. in
the final of the regular part of the
schedule Western beat Central and
created by its victory triple tie be.
tween Central. Business and Western.
An extra series was necessary to de.
eide the championship.
In all probability Krupp. who has
been most effective for Central this
year. will do the hurting for the Blue
and White. Bryan Morse's Western
men realizethey should have the time
of their lives beating the tall Gem
tral finger, but feel they have an
even chance Central expects to win.
Our team is going in great shape
just now and If we don't take home
the bacon / shall be very much sur
prised," is the way one Central man
expressed his opinion this morning.
Al Watt. who was among the two or
three best ball players on the local
sandlots last year. is putting up
great game for Portsmouth in the
Virginia League. Watt is hitting over
300 and fielding brilliantly He Seems
destined to go higher in the fall. when
| it comes time for the majors and claeb
A leagues to make bids for players IN
| the lower circuits.
| Lucey Catholic University's short
stop last spring. is making good
| impression in practice with the New
York Yankees. His work has been
| commented on favorably by several
who have watched him work out.
| Lucey was given an ironclad con-
tract by the Yankees, SO well did
they think of him.
Maryland State has not yet elected
a captain for it's base ball team.
| Through the inability of Vic Keene 60
be present. the election was post:
| pcned until next year. keene still
| is in the hospital as a result or the
| broken leg he received during the
! game with Georgetown a month ago.
The last big intercollegiate event
| of the year Is to take place Satuf.
day on Lake Cayuga at Ithaca. when
| the best crews of the east meet In
the annual regatta, which formerly
has been held at Poughkeepsie. The
event was transferred from Pough-
keepsie to Ithaca in order that obser:
walton trains could be obtained. such
trains having been denied at Pough-
| keepsie. When the. event finally was
| landed for Ithaca, or for Cornell Uni-
versity it was found that the obser-
walton cars. which the railroad conn
pany there had stated could be he'd.
were scattered and could not be re-
| turned. The race without observa-
ton trains is sure to lose much OF Its
| luster.
Rowing sharps are picking Cornell
and Syracuse as the crews most like
ly to win. Syracuse has its victory
over Navy to prove the caliber OF Its
boat. and everybody is familiar with
| the kind of crews Courtney has been
turning out at Cornell. Up at ithaca
students and everybody see nothing
ahead other than a Cornell victory;
just the opposite is true at Syracuse,
and unbiased authorities seem to be
about evenly divided in their opinions.