Evening star., 1927-03-25
SIX VETERAN LINKSMEN
READY FOR TITLE SERIES
Number of Promising Newcomers Also on Blue and
!, White Squad-St. Adams and Dewitt Have
Attractive Diamond Schedules.

! will. in addition, face Forest Park
| High of Baltimore in a home-and-h home
| series, Woodberry Forest on the Nir-
ginians' courts, Western, Staunton
Military Academy OF Staunton, Va,
here and Maryland State Normal
School at Towson, Md A contest
may be booked with Augusta Military
Academy of Fort Defiance, Va, for
this city on May 2S.
Dewitt, we'll fortified with expert
enced material probably will have a
clever combination, despite heavy
losses. Capt. George French is the
lone member of last Springs combi-
nation available, but the squad in
cludes Howard DeVau, who was a
member of the Western High team
last season: Tom Boyd, who played
with the Severn, Md, school combi-
nation in 1926; John Duke, who a
couple years ago was a Central High
dependable; Manager Orme, Aram
Bakshain, Robert Maxwell and Jack
Blanchard
Stalwart 1926 performers who have
been lost include Milton Baker, Don
Williamson and Eddie Devereaux.
Devitt's squad is down to energetic
practice on the Monument ground
courts.
April s. Woodward at Columbia
Country Club; II. st. Adams; 16,
Forest Park High al Baltimore: %,
Forest Park High; 20, Georgetown
Prep at Garrett Park
May ?, Friends at Friends; 13. st.
Adams at st. Adams; Z, Woodberry
Forest at Orange, Va: IL, Western;
21, Staunton tVa.) Military Academy;
%, Maryland State Normal School at
Towson; %. Augusta (Va.) Military
Academy pending).
Sterling basketers of Hyattsville
High School will play their third
game, semi-final match, in the Mary
land State high school championship
series tonight with Salisbury, East
ern Shore finalist, in the Washington
College gymnasium at Chestertown,
starting at s o'clock. Hyattsville thus
far has brushed aside in title play
Silver Spring Takoma Park. Montgom-
cry County's best. nd Belair, Hartford
County's standard bearer.
Hyattsvi1iess party including 8
PLAYERS. -Coach Leland Worthington,
Assistant Coach Eben Jenkins, Man
ager Billy Needs, Prof. K. J. Morris,
principal: Frank Day, director of ath-
letics and others left for Chestertown
today at noon.
PLAYERS making the trip were
Charley Bailey and Al Lewis, for
wards; Bob Gaylor, center. and Capt.
Wilbur Wright and Stanley O'Donneli.
guards, who will form the starting
lineup against the Eastern Shoremen
and Bill Spicknall. Leroy Bassford
and Harry Dobbs, reserves, who play
either forward or guard.
In another championship game to-.
night. a quarter-finai affair, Allegany,
Allegany County winner. and Hagers-
town, unfolding Washington County's
prestige, will come to grips at Hagers-
town.
The survivor of this battle will face
Annapolis High, cream of Anne
Arundel and the victor viii take on
the winner OF the Hyattsviile-Salis-
bury game.
Central and Dewitt swimming teams
will invade Baltimore tomorrow after
noon, the former to engage Loyola
High and the latter to match strokes
with Baltimore City College natators.
While Central fish" may have bit
more action before calling 1t a season
the match tomorrow probably will be
the last for Dewitt, although there is
a possibility that a return contest
may be arranged with Augusta Mill.
tary Academy before whose mermen
Dewitt bowed last Saturday at Fort
Defiance.
High school diamond squads are
being hampered in preparation for
the campaign by the cold weather.
At Eastern Coach Charley Guyon has
been letting his boys take things
gradually and short batting and infield