The Washington times., 1929-05-17
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To be, or not to be, is the
question before the public. To
be what one asks. The an
swer, to be or not to be hlgn
school baseball champions OF
Washington, D. G.
Ord rily this question and the
answer wouldn't lring about the In
tense interest it has evoked were 1t
not for the fact that Tech and East
arm high schools are battling for the
4,+le Ea; is defending the
cham .lship and Tech is bidding
for its third straight conquest, hav'
,ady won the football and
basketball honors.
~ Cclseq' fly, there Is much en-
$rusiasrn at Tech for another dia'
q to add to It's crown. Conversely
there is just as much resentment
over Te-h's bold ambitions at East
ern, and also among the other high
schools, players and fans alike Cen
unable to halt the Tech tile threat,
and the duty Of stopping the Stenogs
bos developed --clusively on
Eastern. There is no doubt that the
latter will carry the moral and vocal
support of all but the Tech student
body.
Moral support, however, may
not be enough to stem the tide.
Good pit" - and base hits,
with resultant uns by Eastern,
only will "r0mplish this, fer
Tech is a strong team, perhaps
even t. str niger than Eastern.
To halt the championship march
Of the Tech teams, C ach Guyon
has prin his Eastern team until
It is dead fit for the tes:. The team
enters the game prepared to do or
die, and Bud Hanna, who is twirling
for the Guyonites. believes he can
stop them. His supporting cast is
primed for it's best. and although
Tech, with the championship COM
plex accentuated, may be difficult to
hold in leach. Hanna is capable of
doing it If any one is.
The brilliant "Tack" Ensor car
ries the hopes of Tech supporters
into the fray for the desired dia-
mond championship. Tack" il
considerable pitcher. He bends de-
oeiving hooks from that southpaw
Of his that have fooled lots Of
them. Whether he can fool Sha-
piro, Mccullough, Ware. Eagle,
Snyder. and the other Eastern hit.
ters or not Is another matter. This
will be determined only when the
last out of the game is made.
Capt. Homer Drissel, Heflin,
Brown, and Ben Spigel are the aces
of the Tech offense. These chaps
have a propensity for hitting the
ball hard and often. If Eastern Is
necessary to halt this quartet of
Tech sluggers cold.
II. there is any edge In field.
ing. Tech has it. Snappy field.
ing may be the determining
factor in the battle II Hanna
and EnsOr lock together in q
slab duel and the better defen-
Sive team certainly has the edge,
providing il can take advantage
of the "breaks" thus offered.
All things being equal. close fans
Of the two schools believe the
breaks" will decide the winner to-
day. They argue that Coach Guyon
has his nine pointed to stop the
Tech title bid just as highly as
Coach Edwards has his charges
pointed for victory. ana that the
two mines will take the field with
little or nothing to chose between
them. and that the breaks" will
be the deciding factor.
High school teams are notorious
for their form reversals and either
Of the tw omay walk right over the
other with the result never being
In doubt. Baseball itself Is that
way. Anything can happen before
the last man is out in the ninth SO
there will be plenty of fans on hand
to see for themselves this titantic
struggle between the defenders and
the ambitious challengers for base
ball supremacy