Evening star., 1927-03-25
Team Is Well Prepared Defend Its High School Championship

| drills have been the order. Guyon Is
seeking to find the best inffeld among
number of combinations. "Biggy'
| Quinn, all-star hurler, upon whom
Eastern is counting heavily In its
quest for another title, is showing
| well. Capt. Rankin, dependable
| catcher last season, may be played In
the outfield with view TO anains
! hitting strength to that department
! Cool weather has retarded Centrafs 6
training and batting especially OF the
! Blue and White tossers has been un'
| satisfactory. The pitchers, however,
| have been showing most capably.
Western High diamonders are plug
ging along despite the chilly weather
and have listed a game with the
Chevy Chase nine for tomorrow after
noon at 2:30 o'clock on Friends Field.
Tech and Business squads are get
ting in as much work as possible.
Thirty Iikely-appearing aspirants for
Strayer's business College nine are
| being put through their PAGES by
Coach Irving Sanborn on East Elipse
diamond. This will be the first sea-
son the institution has been represent
ed on the diamond. A sturdy nine.
however, is the prospect. Pitching
material at hand includes Weadon,
Crawford, Grimm and McGarrah. Cole
man, another moundsman, will be
available in a month. Beal1 and Hill
are catchers. Crawford in addition to
being candidate for pitcher also is
a backstopper. Duke, formerly of
Central probably will play first; Freed
and Golladay are aspirants for second;
Tommy David, erstwhile Western
High tosser, probably will hold forth
at Shortstop.
Bill PAUL, Maley and Nalley are
other infield candidates, with PAUL
apparently having the inside track for
third base.
Cappelli. formerly of Eastern High;
Crandal, Simpson, Magalis and Myers
are striving for outfield berths.
Strayer's opens it's season tomorrow
afternoon, meeting the T. T. keane
nine on the Elipse.
Western Highs track team will en-.
gage in dual meets this Spring with
Episcopal High in Alexandria on May
Z: Swavely in Manassas on April 80
and will participate in the interhigh
meet, the G. club games and the Uni.
versity of Maryland interscholastics.
Among the 20 candidates working
under Coach Moore are these members;
of last seasons squad: Bell and Brown
field, sprinters: Buckley and Nyman.
hurdlers: Zimmerman, quarter miller:
Gilbert and Dennison, half milers and
Fouts, pole vaulter. Cotton, Kengle,
Dial, Stanley, Joseph, Knapp, Coombs
and Rabbit are promising newcom.
ers.
1T appears that Western Highs ten
mis- team will be mighty hard to beat
in the interhigh series. Along with
Dooley Mitchell, ranking scholastic
star and one of the crack juvenile net
men of the section, the West End COM
bination includes Don CARRIER, Bob
Kirchmeyer and Jim Lowe, other let
ter men from last Spring. Other
aspirants include Charles IThackera,
who starred in Philadelphia schoolboy
net circles; Bruce Carpenter, Milton
Baker. Edward Baton, Tom Skidas,
William Stein and Morris Houbeau.
Matches in addition to the public higl,
title contests so far have been ar.
ranged by Manager George Turner
and Assistant Manager Tom Ferguson
with Georgetown Prep. ST. Adams,
Friends, Navy Plebes. Tome, Wood.
berry Forest, University of Maryland
Freshmen, Swavely and Dewitt. West
ern faces Eastern in it's first public
high title test on Nav 8