Evening star., 1922-12-24

ball rather scant attention. Business.
Central and Eastern tied for second
place among the high schools, each
winning and losing two games. Tech
was last with one victory in four
starts.
The high school base ball series was
productive of more upsets than any
other staged in recent years. Prior
to the start Central generally was
conceded the championship. and why
this team with its many brilliant
players did not win it still is mys-
terry. Western won the title mainly
through pair of good pitchers and
a lightning attack. The outcome of
the series was uncertain until the
final game had been played. 1t was
between Central and Business and
went to the former after a twelve.
innin1 struggle.
The Star named thirteen boys for an
all-high school team. They were:
Buckley of Central and April Of Tech.
ca'chers: Roudabush Of Eastern and
Cnverzagt Of Western, pitchers: Haas
Of Business. first base: Davis of Central,
shor+stop: Hall of Central. third base:
Williams Of Central. Rhees Of Tech and
Cardwell Of Eastern. outfielders: Rau-
Der OF Central. utility fnfielder, and
Hair OF Western, utility outhelder.
With moro meets than usual staged,
the scho'astics fairly revelled In track
ana field athletics. but Central absolute
~ dominated 'he lieid. 1t swept the
boards i'll the GEORGETOWN indoor carni-
val and in the Hopkins-5 5th REGIMENT
games at Baltimore finished second to
Baltimore City College. Out Of doors,
Central won the Wilson Memorial meet.
the inter-high school contests, was
best OF the scholastic division in the
American Legion games and scored
heavily at Tones annual track and
held event.
Tech Freshmen Scored.
Tech and Western generously patron
lied most Of the games held hereabout,
much headway. They managed to score
z number OF points. thorsh, and Tech $
team practically roIEped to victory In
rlie annual high school freshmen meet.
THE preparatory schools Gid not make
much effort to develop teams for this
branch OF sport.
This elementary schools, as usual.
went in for track and field work and
their season ended with meet filled
with capable performers and keen COM
cessive time Won the finals conducted
under the auspices OF the municipal
department. During the
spring thousands Of boys participated
In the sectional and divisional elimina-
tion meets.
and another equaled during the high
school games Of May q. James Birth
right Of Central hurled the discus 10o
feet 8 inches, a mark just 2 feet 4
inches better than the record set by
HUGH Johnston OF Central last year.
Leslie McFadden. another Centralite.
Won the high jump with a leap Of feet
5 inches. tying the high school mark
established BY George v. Curtis of Cen
trail III 1898.
Birthright. McF'adden. Kern. Shipley.
Newn an, Montgomery. Vessels. Melton
and White were Centrars mainstays in
the sport. Nichols. Demarest. Scott and
Supplee scored frequently for Tech in
the big games, while killian and Scott
practically We're responsible for Techs
successes N the freshmen meet. Connor
and Dennis carried Business colors into
the point scoring class. while Fountain
and Martin did We'll for Western. ,
As i'll most of the other sports.
Central was cit" in foot ball. Under
L new coaching system that called for
|. staff of alumni tutors. with Thomas
Kirby in charge, the Blue and White
progressed slowly but surely. and