Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-04
STAUNT0N athlete
IN CENTRAL GAMES
Benz, Star Field Man, Likely
to Be Too Good for Op-
posing Athletes.
by II. &. BYRD.

stanton Military Academy is en-
tering an athlete In the Central High
School track and field meet Saturday
who is likely to prove an easy win
ner in at least two events and prob
ably in three. His name Is Benz. and
the way he is likely to toss the fave
I'M. shot and discus in all probability
will cause no little surprise among local
followers Of scholastic athletics
In meet last week Benz put the
shot more than forty-two feet, threw
the javelin 122 feet and tossed the
discus 109 feet. II there Is any scho-
lastfc athlete in Washington who can
equal these marks he has not yet
made himself known to followers Of To-
cal schools.
While the statement has been made
before in this column. 1t may as we'll
be reiterated that Central Is going to
nave one OF the best scholastic meets
ever held in this section. With scores
OF athletes Of scholastic caliber due
to compete against the stars OF Wash
ngton's schoolboy institutions, and
those athletes representing the best
talent in the big prep schools OF the
south Atlantic states. good competi-
ton may be looked for. with ali the
attendant frills of the usual high
grade scholastic games.
In
and University of South Carolina
play ball games here today The
former meets Catholic University at
Brookland and the latter goes against
Georgetown on the Hilltop. Washing
ton and Lee has been winning con-
sistently this season. with the excep-
ton of defeats at the han,ls OF Uni
versity Of Georgia and Virginia Poly
technic Institute. At v. F. l. yes
'erday the W. and l. outfit was
thpA o Inv
University, while it has put up some
good games at times this year, has
been rather consistent loser and
Georgetown should be a rather easy
victor.
Yesterday at College Park the
Maryland State nine for the second
time this spring administered a rather
severe trouncing to the University
of South Carolina, the score being is
to 4. Down at Columbia early in
April the Marylanders took the long
end of 14-to-5 score.
Yesterday Nisbet. the big Maryland
pitcher. who has been in poor shape
since the trip south. when he was
worked about twice as hard as he
should have been, got back in some
thing like the form he displayed
when he beat Virginia and Georgia,
and held the South Carolinians to
two hits. At that Nisbet has not re-
covered MS control, although he was
nothing like as wild as when he had
to be removed in the second innings
Of the games with Tufts and Della
ware College. Nisbet also landed on
the ball effectively. driving out two
two-baggers.
Maryland State goes to Annapolis
tomorrow for a contest with St.
Johns. its oldest rival. While any
thing may happen in a ball game.
there Is not much doubt that the
College Park men have the better
ball team.
The Center Market team makes its
first appearance today in the Poto-
mac League against the Highland
Athletic Club. The Highlands have
not lost a game and expect to win
again today. despite the fact that
Manager Koogle of the Center Mar
ket has got together a rather prom
Using lot of ball players. The game
will begin at $50.
Business High School and Western
appear today at Union League Park
in the high school championship Sc
ries at $3.50 o'clock.