Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
SENIORS BEAT
SOPHS in BALL
GAME TUESDAY

The opening of the baseball season
at the high school was officially
'ushered in yesterday afternoon when
the inter class series began and the
teams lined up for the initial clash
of a series of determine the school
championship. The click of the lat
was much in evidence all afternoon
as the teams took batting and field
ing practice before the umpire called
play ball"
The senior team wrecked the hopes
of the sophomores by giving them
a severe trouncirg, the final score
being 16 to 8. Base hits and errors
were plentiful on both sides, but the
seniors managed to have the least
errors and consequently more runs.
Not many of the runs in the early
innings were earned but as the teams
steadied down in fielding the hitting
of both teams became better
"Keny" Nemecll, hurting for the
seniors, held the sophomores 10 one
hit until the final frame when they
lambasted his offerings for three
clean hits netting two runs. War
mock, Wilson, Williams and Chilson
cid the best stick work for the
sophomores while the seniors all lam
basted the apple alta least once dur
ing the game. Albert Wilson, the
diminutive slab artist for sopho-
mores, pitched a good game until
the final inning when he weakened
and allowed a fuslade of hits which
developed into runs, besides giving
passes to- several batters. Erratic
support in the field contributed TO
many unearned runs for the seniors,
The senior infield looked good
yesterday, taking all their chances
with ease and throwing with fair
accuracy. Gary at the keystone
sack nabbed several grounders that
looked good fer hits and Shotwell
at the short field took several hop
pers. Dixon, seeley and Naught
gathered in nearly all the chances
in the outer garden. This trio OF
outer gardeners have plenty of speed
and did some good work with tho
stick polling out two circuit smashes
In the first inning with two out
and two runners on the paths Pratt
hit for the crcuit. This tempor-
arily demoralized the second yea"
team, but Wilson whitfield the next
batter, retiring the side.
Nemeck got out of bad hole in
the fourth inning when he issued
two free tickets to first base and
hit Powers lanky frame, Filling
the bases. Warnock, considered 4
strong hitter shot a hot drive di-
rect to Cary who threw wild to
third. All three men held their
bases. Herbert slzied out by hoist
ing high foul along the right field
foul line. Ybarra grounded out to
the pitcher.
Int the fifth the sophomores de-
ternlined to break the long string
of goose eggs. 'Pilares" Williams,
tripled over center, Ghe ball getting
away from Jimmy Dixon who was
travelling fast to get his mits on the
sphere as it was sailing overhead,
popped to first but Warnock beat an
infield grounder to first and VIII
liams scored.
The lineup
Seniors: Evans. C: Nemeck, p; E..
Herbert, 10; Cary, 2b; Shotwell, ss'
Fratt, 3b; Williams, If; V. Chilson,
Of; H. Chilson, rf.
Sophomor es: Sadler, c; Wilson, p;
L. Herbert, 1b; Powers, 2b; Warnock,
Sc; Ybarra, 3b; Naught, If; Dixon,
cf; Seeley, IF.
Home runs: Seeley, Naught, Pratt,
Herbert.
Three base hits: Williams, Nemeclz
Dixon.
Umpire: G. Fl. Morris
The freshmen and juniors will
tangle today to determine which
team will meet the seniors in the
finals later in the week. The juniors
are favored to win but the frosn
will pin their hopes on the slab
work of Smokey" Gomez who Is
reputed to be a hurler of more than
average ability. Herbolch, Negri,
Pine Hohstadt, Young and Beard
form the inner defense of the frosh.
The juniors have a galaxy of
stars on their lineup with several
lettermen: c. Cary, Miller McCord,
Franklin, McKinnon are favored to
start for the juniors.