Evening star., 1923-04-29


tho Central astern clash that
Scrugss. shortstop. and Gordon. sec
ond sackcr pulled Edelin, out ~
numerous holes by their splendid
execution Of plays. These boys fi,r
outclass any others s=,n IN ;hc nigl.
ScruEgs and Gordon stars.
Scruggs has what is called - fine
PAIR Of base bail hands, q Strou-
whip and good Judgment Harrison
Dcy. the Blue and White first base
man. can vouch for his throw Ing arm
peys catching hand has been tough
6ned considerably since Scruggs Ia>
White 10 euioGize any Of his players.
but ne intinates that some day
Scruggs might he in the biz show
The shOrtStop is IA likcable chap and
his feats $" far have failed 70 pro-
duce the wctl known big head"
Gordon has PLAYED a fine brand Of
bail at second. His speed and case
III getting the ball I" first have proved
a grea; asset ~ Edolin and Brink
man. In the two games played ht
Central. he has come through at th'
bal in fin" style. Gordon is 4 steady
hitter ana car hc counted upon T..
do his share in contests.
Two high school game. will ar
played this week in the Mount Pleas
ant stadium. Tuesday Tech viii
clash with Business and Frida,
Western will hook up with central
The Manual Trainers and Stenog
raphers have lost To central aud
Western. respectively. Tuesday,
game will determine the tail-endor
III the league.
Ever since Central and Western
opened hostilitics. there las hccn =
real battle for the lead staged. How
N q ~ o. OK - /
er. does not show q decided improve
Hent over his last several perform
aHces, Central is due to finish ahead
Coach Green's star nloundSman ha
not hit his real form 30 Far. His
hooks and speed have not been up {"
his usual style.
II might he said right here thIt
no high school pitcher has show -
any real worth this year. Wildness
es is marring all FIVE pitching stats.
The coaches entertain the hope how
ever. that their aces will show
marked Improvement before the sea
son closes. In the days of Ernie
Schafer and Sam Gottlieb. low-score
games were prevalent. But con
slider the high school scores this year.
Central defeated Tech, II to 9: West
ern trounced Business, 10 t" ?: Cen
trail whipped Eastern. I" 2. and
The pitching certainly has been
weak.
What effect does hitting home run
have on q high school player" Tw"
things might result from q circuit
drive The hitter may ruin his chance
for q substantial batting average by
attempting 10 kill the ball in future
engagements or he may have just the
right amount of confidence and poiSH
to duplicate the feat. Donald Childress
drove in the home run that gave Cen
tral it's victory over the GeorgetoU y
frosh. It was interesting to watch
him in the Eastern game. He took
deliberate aim at the ball with an
easy balance ard SmHCked ont tW"
clean drives. II appears that his homo
run helped him.
Eleven games hn>e been scheduled
by the high schools this week. in ad-
dition to the title contests. The sch"d-
ule follows:
Monday-Wcstcrn w.. -. Adams. at
George town I.
Tuesday ~. GeorEetoN
Freshmen. at Georgetown L.; Tech ~.
Business. at Central stadium: Central
at Episcopal: Eastern Ns. Ini>er~it,
of Wary land freshmen, at College
Park.
Wcdn nesdny-Ncstern VS.. GaIIaudcf
deserves. at Kendall Green; Central
vs.. Catholic Univ Nersity freshmen, ut
brook land.
Thursday-Central at ~. Johns Col
lege.
Friday-WeStcrn W.. Central. NJ
Central stadium; Tech ". George
Mason High. at Potomac Park.
Saturdny-Westerna at ST. AIbans.