Evening star., 1923-03-11

al work several days, and the field
10 swing into competition the latte
MANY games are to be played by
zach of the FIVE schools. but those OF
the series for tic interhigh school
Championship take precedence over
the others, and for that set OF en-
-agements the mines Will point cars
start Tuesday, April II, and, as usual
cwo matches a week have been ilsteu;
Given fair weather, and with an
games played to q decision, the series
VIII conclude Ma! is.
ENpect Warm Title Fight.
The calibcr Of the talent available
Indicates that the struggle for the
high school laurels VIII be eXcep-
ttonaIly keen. II those practically
certain 10 win positions or the SeS-
.cs.l teams play consistently tie
leaeue promises to be better bal
need than last year. Then Central
and western possessed much moro
strength than the others, the former
being especially well blessed with
capable material. Rur several upsets
occurred and Western came ont OF
the series with the championship
The Westerners wer" sCccesstul
mainly through the employment OF
lightning attack and tn. ster.lnS
Lee Tnyerzagt Hair is no longer
I;sgr is 1t han,l for further mound
duty, and that hoy sipne gives C"s.ch
George Green 4 fine start ln"aFn O.
ball club Cnverzagt Is g heady slab
man and pussesse.S enough stuff" 20
;,affie most Of the high school matters.
Western also has Il trio th"t uG
lr.d conspicucusly IN its sharp attack
asst season. II Includes Roland Hulil,
: ,,Iever first sackcr; Fred Hanne gan,
f,ard-worliing second uascn4an, ana
Nyron stevens. i sturdy "utftelaer;
III addition to th"S. TIE t>eH ato
White has q pair of promising ciite
RS III Henry Gichellcr ana Cap Up
f,er. both ot whom were '%ltu Ihe
team last. spring. ,,-
rGa.m recruits will report It esesfn:
o,tching berths. more promising
..1nong them being Bill Vestal, Tom
Lake, Frank Tpman, douglas mi
ips, Jack hnaebel and Jack Eol9ns n',,.s-
ton Zig Id Mitchell and oi!VeI
frank are understanding Gtchner and
,appec III the receiving department.
Coach Green will have to cast ms
eyes over i sizeable array o1 rEcIn,ts @ne.
Homer Thomas and Tom David VINO
were with the basket ball team
would strut their stuff on the ga ga
,nond. So would Dave Welchel. Ian!
Stearns, s-t John Malone and Rebert
tnder and Hageage also aspire TO JOBS
With the nine. Many OF these ooSs
lave had much sandlot eXpefleht..
Doc White, former stellar south-
sav hurler of the White SPx, now
soachins at Central. certainlE mas q
Great lot Of players with wnlen 70
: Buckley. the tirst-string catcher:
md second Baseman Davis. all Or
.ast years regulars are at hitnd. Ihe
,,entralites will be in the thick OF
he Championship battle .i,s.l! rem , the
able team TO beat them out
It will be u for.nid;tnie squad
hat takes the field under Due hlte
direction. There will hs three all
nigh school players OF last year IN
he bunch. Bob Williams. eutfclder;
Louis Rauber, shcrtstop, and Bon
Hall third h;asena1l. being the st;trs.
vest hitters in the last 'annnisl' snG
ire quite likely TO make He mlser-
,ble for opposing hurlers this spi ihs.
Capt. Harrison Dey is expected. 10
assume his old job at first base, Whlie
I,on childress and Lyman DrisseM
probably will return to the outfield
White will have to develop a second
naseman to fill the gap vacated by
Davis. That will be some task, too,
sor Davis was Just about the best
1eystone sack guardian Central mas
aad in years.
Two good scholastic pitchers are
available III BOYD Edelin, and jack
Brinitman. These boys did we'll last
season. both III the series and against
outside teams and during the SUM
tner they performed creditable In
ssandlot competition. Among others
trying out as pitchers are Lawrence
Boerner,, James HanCe. Henry Ph1pps,
Don Huse, Gene Kinkaid and Arthur
Dezendorf Merle Miller Is the only
E-eteran working out among the CAN
iidates for catching positions.
New Coach for Tech.
Tech is to open its training under
the guidance OF a new coach. VIII
"nur Apple, tutor Of base bail and
,ther sports at the school for sev-
oral years, has relinqUished the task
oe coaching the diamond squad this
season to Terd Erickson, q member
or the Tech faculty. Erickson played
with the University of Utah nine
fsome years ago and Is we'll versed
IN the game. He will be assisted by
another faculty member, Paul Robin
aon, who formerly played at Penn
state
The Manual Trainers believe they
are going to cut quite T. swath in
scholastic diamond ranks this season,
and II veteran material means any
At hand from last years team the
antire infield, two outfelders, their
irst-string catcher and two first
string pitchers. In addition, there
will be threeseore new WI recruits an
There will be two 1922 all high
school players in the Tech squad.
Benny April. catcher. and Deacon
Rhees. outfielder. earned the mythical
team laurels. Joe Smith and Buddie
Tew, who did much hurting for the
Manual Trainers last spring. again
will assume most of the mound duty.
Charley Barber, a leftover, viii cavort
in the outfield and manage the team
he ufI fia1
Capt Herbert Murray, third baseman;
Elwood Quesada, first baseman; Bob
Booth, second baseman, and Harold
Harwood. shortstop. speedy quartet
ding athletes at Business High, con-
siders the Stenographers' prospects
FOR the season about to arrive bright.
He has likely lot Of veterans avail
able, among them Sammy Haas. all
high school first sacker last year,
and thinks well of the newcomers to
the squad. especially the pitching
material.
Among the new slab artists Is Brick
Dornin, who sported an eastern
sd very creditably for the Capitol
Hill team last year. and Charley
3uyon, who coaches the Easterners,
has declared that the red-thatcheo
aurler should prove a valuable lie. as asseI ns
berths are Styles and Foley. Haas.
700, can be used as u pitcher.
Should Haas be transferred to the
mound. Roger Simpson probably will
, be shifted from the receiving posi-
don to first base He fills either place
acceptably. Other infield veterans
available are Capt. Walter Watt, sec
ond baseman; Tommy Connor. third
basenan, and Clarence Clartdge,
shortstop. Cliff, Clarence's brother,
and Martin Donovan, good outfielders
last season. also are with the Busi-
ness squad. These boys compare ia
vorably with any az the other high