Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 2s.-
Alexandria High School will open its
base ball season next Friday afternoon
when it meets Hyattsville High School
Of Hyattsville, Md, In Baggetts Park
at $50 o'clock. The game is the first
Of a home-and-home series between the
two schools, Alexandria being listed for
an appearance in the Maryland town
later in the year.
Coach r. L. Reynolds will pitch
either Billy Backus or Charles Nichol-
son, neither of whom can boast of high
school slabbing experience while FL
more Mudd or Sherman Hooker will do
the catching.
The remainder Of the Alexandria
array will be picked from Fletcher and
JEFF Williams, first base; Otis Schreiner
and Morris Haywood, second base;
Irby, shortstop; viii Snyder. third
base; Fred Birrell, Hugh Travers, VIII
son Sinclair and Carr, outf1eld.
st. Marys Celtics base ball disporters
will meet the Engineer School Detach-
ment of Fort Humphrey, Va. in prac-
tice game tomorrow afternoon at $50
O'Clock in Baggett's Park, one of the
important steps laid out by Brownie"
Lemerice, Celtic coach, In training his
team for the opening game of the sea-
son, April g. with the Reading Keys Of
the international League.
The Celtics will have available the
following players: Doc DreifuS,
Ralph Hamilton, Douglas Hewitt,
Charles Horne and Lefty Gettman,
pitchers; Russell Kidweu and Charles
Scheffle, catchers: Playing Coach Lem
erice, Captain Bill Langford, Art Lud-
low, Busy" Bremen, Gardner and
Hicks, infielders: Leon Riley, Buddy"
Zimmerman, Elicit CabeI, Joe Hanil-
ton, Dave Bayliss. Jim Bradley and
Billy Padgett, outflelders.
The Colonial A. C.'s senior class nine
viii work out on the Guckert Field dia-
under Coach Slim" Giles, former
Dreadnaught A. A. semipro outfleld
star A captain and manager will be
elected by the players after the drill.
Coach Giles requests the following
players to report: Brill, Nugent, Ben
nett, Potter, Devers, Aitcheson, Pollard,
Turner, Hudson, Collur1, Possnerr Wolf,
Hammond, Bell, Lewis Schreiner, Cur
ley Dolph, Wallace Schreiner, Robert
Lynch, Fred Schreiner, Alvin Schreiner,
Bobby Lynch and Rudolph Schretner
The Colonials will open their session
at Guckert's Field on April g. All home
games will be played on that diamond
Many open dates appear on the Colonial
schedule, and senior clubs wishing 70
meet the locals are asked to telephone
the acting manager at Alexandra 231l
between and 1880 pm.
Plans looking toward the formation
OF a base ball league have been MADE
by the Arlington Fairfax Counties Vol
unteer F1remen's Association. The JET
IerSon District and Cherrydale Fire De-
partments have announced their tnten-
ttorls of entering teams in the loop If
IL Is organized, while four other COM
pantes have similar action under con-
Sideration.
At a meeting Thursday night
Mickey" johnson was named chair
man OF the circuit, and Wesley Nc
Donald was elected secretary and treas
urer. A bylaws and schedule COM
m1ttee was also appointed.
Another meeting will be held next
week to learn whether the four COM
panies considering entering the loop
will join with Cherrydale and Jeffer-
son District in forming the league. If
they agree to enter, final ARRANGEMENTS
Will be made Immediately and play
started within three weeks.
Manager Lawrence. E. Padgett and
Capt. Edgar Sims will put the candi-
dates for the Alexandria Police penart-
ment base ball team through their first
workout at Baggett's Park Tuesday att
ernoon if weather permits. The drill Is
listed for o'clock
The Police nine thus far has lined IN
10 Of the players who won the state
police title last Summer. They are
Russell Ktdweli, catchegs "Doc" Dreifus,