Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-15
EASTERN AND TECH
PRIME FOR BATTLE
Look to Fridays Title Fray.
Former Beats Business
by Record Score.

w YASHINGTON'S public high
n ! schools are buZZing today
NV about the title-deciding base
ball game Friday between
Eastern and Tech in the
Eastern Stadium, starting at 3:l5
o'clock 1t will be the final contest Of
the public high championship series.
Eastern Swamped Business, 20 to 8,
yesterday to gain a tie for first place
with Tech in the series race. Each
has won three games and lost none. The
other three mines are out of the nag
hunt. Central won two games and lost
two, Western gained one victory against
three defeats and Business lost all four
of its games
In final preparation for the big game
EaStern's nine will face Georgetown
University Freshmen tomorrow on the
Hilltop and Tech also is planning action.
In other diamond games yesterday
among ScholasticS Central doWned EpiS-
copal, 8 to 4, in the Central Stadium
Friends defeated Woodward, to 3, on
the Monument grounds, and st. Adams
lost a 11-9 match to the Laurel, Md,
High nine on the st. Adams diamond.
In rolling up 90 runs against Busl-
ness the Eastern team set record for
public high title diamond competition,
according to Principal Charles E. Hart
of Eastern, who has long closely fol-
lowed high school athletics here. :.
Eastern was expected to trim the
StenogS but not by SO wide margin.
From the outset there was little doubt
of the outcome. Shapiro and Capelli,
the first two Eastern batters, smashed
the ball over the right field fence for
the circuit. From then until the game
was called in the eighth the Lincoln
De- lra In Inn
one. A total of 81 hits was piled up
by Eastern from the offerings of two
Stenog hurlers. Fisher was another
fastener to hit for the circuit.
Eastern used pitchers and a total
of % players. Bud Hanna, starting
Eastern pitcher, was yanked in the
fourth when Business scored five Of
its runs. Chester Miles and Bernie
Phillips, other Eastern pitchers, both
were effective.
Central reached three Episcopal
pitchers for 10 hits as the Blue and
White nine scored over the Alexandria
boys. George Brandt and Ken Fisher
socked homers for Central. Sanford
Ross, Blue and White pitcher, was hit
rather freely but was not compelled
to extend himself.
Baer and Glover, pitching for Wood
ward, held Friends batsmen to one hit
between them as Woodward took its
opponents TO camp Glover also got
three hits.
Three runs scored in the last two
innings carried Laurel High to its win
over st. Adams.
Devitt's tennis team will be led the
remainder of the season by Francis
Bakshian, who was yesterday elected
captain. Bakshian also is a letter win
ner in foot ball, basket ball, base ball
and track.
Three tennis matches are carded for
scholastics tomorrow. St. Adams and
Georgetown Prep will meet at Garrett
Park, Md, and st. Johns and Friends
at Friends In Prep School League
matches and Western will engage Uni
versity of Maryland Freshmen at Col
lege Park.
Georgetown Prep and Eastern were
to face in the Eastern Stadium and
Catholic University Freshmen and Cen
trail in Central Stadium in base ball
games today. Dewitt and st. Johns
were to meet in tennis.