Evening star., 1924-06-08

style Although McGahey TAI ed 10
of hurting against Tech and Central
the coveted team.
William Gladstone Eoudabush
holman OF Eastern. was awarded an
all-high position on the 1928 team.
but he failed to impress this season.
apparently because he lacked the
fine work last year. His efforts this
year have proven a puzzle to the
high school coaches and some say
that he burned himself out perform
ing in sandlot circles last summsr.
At any rate. Phipps and McG"hcy
were decidedly more effective than
the Eastern rnoundsman. Given any
sort of hurting. there is little douh'
that Eastern would have made a more
noteworthy showing in this years
seYies.
Brown OF Business lost all four OF
his games for Business and hts Of
fsrings usually were slammed by the
opposing batters. TeW and Bat~on,
reseive positions on the second TEN
The latter dashed to the lirnelisht
when he held Eastern to to
count and victimized twelve batters
via the strike-out route. This is the
only game in which he performed, as
rew faced Western. Business and
mentioned school was sf high order, a.
though a hon1e-run cioIt garnared of
him did not give Central the champion
ship.
Good Catcaers Plentiful.
It was more difficult to select an
all-high cat"he-, az April Of Tech.
Gtchner. Of Western. Hook Of Easttrn
and Robson of Central played in
fine style throughout the series April,
through. seemed to have the edge ou
them all and was given the preference
over Gichner.
The Western receiver work ed hi,
twirlers after the fashion of vet
eran. but he did not measure up 10
the clouting of April. who was the
most feared slugger in the serie". In
point OF actual work behind the bat.
there is little to choose between them
Both players possessed strong and
accurate throwing arms and they
coached their Fingers along nicely.
Robeson was less agEressivN than
the Western and Tech receivers. while
nents. The Blue and White catcher,
by the way. heavcd the ball to the
bases equally as fast as April and
Gichner.
Tie toughs- t job of all was the
choice of an allhigh shortstop. Little
WHITLEY Scruggs of Central were the
two best players in the series Be
cause Scruggs was the more expert
ences and handled himself afield In !
more steady manner. he was given |
the job over Bobby. The Western |
ahortstop Is what is known as a !
natural born ball player and he |
needs only the experience to develop |
into a player of the first order. Both |
tossers had a keen eye at the bat |
and they punished the high school |
brand OF hurling in a savage style. |
Hunt of Tech and Kline of Eastern
played only mediocre ball at short |
stop. The latter pack ed a throwing |
arm that none eouailed. but he fell
far short OF the batting prowess Of
Stevens and Scruggst Hunt lacked
Scruggs. although he demonstrated
occasional strength with the stick.
Scruggs received the all-high berth
without question in 1923. but this
year it was difficult, as Stevens just
and White athlete.
Few Capable Keystoners.
There was a glaring lack of worthy
second sackers this year and stolen
bases were plentiful as a result Kes-
sler of Eastern and Hale of Central
were the most talented, but neither
youn gster performed with any mark
ed degree of efficiency. Kessler is
rated the better of the two because
of his superior fielding and aptitude
in taking the throws from home.
Short of stature and willing to look
them over, the Fastener offered a
Gificult proposition for the opposing
hurfers. Hale's over-eagerness at
the stick marred his batting.
Western, Tech and Business bad
nothing to boast Of in the way OF
Georgetown school, Linger and Brist
of Tech and Lafsky of Business failed
to distin guish themselves
One of the outstanding features OF
the 1924 series was the fne crop of
third sackers. Gordon of Central.
Tornrny David of Western. Radice Of
Eastern and McGann of Tech all gave
a good account OF themselves. Cor.
don was regarded the cleverest Of
the lot There were infrequent times
Of course, when he erred and threw
wild, and the same can be said of
David. whose ragged throw to Gich-
Georgetown school behind. Gordon
was the main cog in the well bal
snced Central intield. He was eff
fective at the stick and on the whole
point of ability. McGann and Radice
were not far behind the Central and
Western third saokers. as they played
well afield and impressed at the bat
men, there we're surprisingly few
good first sackers. Had Jack Smith
Of Eastern not been declared inelgi
BILE in the earlier part OF the CAM
paign. he undoubtedly would have re-
ceived consideration, but in fairness
in more than one game, the Eastern
tosser must be disregarded. Dulin of
western deserves the all-high honor,
with Hanee of Central next in line.
business Lacked Material
There were only two youngsters on
the Business nine that really played
anv sort OF ball. Lindsay Siett, out
neider, and Taylor. first baseman,
were the principal factors in what
little strength the 9th streeters pos
sessed. Stott. although he played
left field regularly, is named for the
right field job.
It was no fault OF Coach "ooowortn
that BUSINESS made such a ragged
showing. He did not have the ma
terial at hand. although he made
great effort TO develop a nrst-rate
combination. ,s,-
! Aside from the fact that Williams
of Central and Burdine OF Eastern
Ts.Y c. Cx-1s |