The Washington times., 1931-05-06
LANAHAN
SH|NESON
MOUND
BY GINO SINH

~ OAAANO OAA
zone day a hero, the next day
a bum. So what the-Oh, well!"
That was the way a great major
Lacquer summarized the day-by- day
existence of ball player.
Yesterdays interhigh sc h o o |
game in which Eastern whipped
Central, So. and practically as
sured the school championship,
brought out plenty proof.
Steve Thompson, the brilliant
younk sockologist, whose bat spoke
Importantly in Central's two pre-
vious wins, floundered dismally
yesterday, pulling two blunderS
which helped to send the Mount
Pleasanters down to defeat. Once
he misjudged a fly, which went for
q double, and another time he
pulled a Fred Merkle, failing to
touch third after slamming out a
circuit drive to right center.
Eastern scored all its runs
in the second inning. ThOmp-
sons poor judgment permitted
SNYDER to take third; then
Fitzpatrick singled.
Miller butter-fingered Heflin's
throw of Moore's roller in his
anxiety to pull a double play,
loading the runways. Pusaterl
doubled and Kessler and McAboy
added two more bingleS, and the
game was over.
CentraTs first inning tally
came when Cooke walked and
Thompson drove him home, trot-
ting right behind him, but falling
to touch third. Raub, sub,
clouted out the longest hit of the
series, in the second inning, for
Central's other run. The ball
sailed high above the head of
Calevas to deep left field.
Dick Lanahan pitched erratic
ball, though he allowed only four
hits, and struck out Seveil men.
He permitted IL walks, loading
the bases in the seventh and
eighth, but rising to the occasion
with strikeouts.
"When 13 men die on the
bases, you kind of expect to
lose" was Ty Rauber's COM
ment.
John De Bettencourt allowed 9
hits, handed out one free pass
and struck out two. Seven East
erners were caught on bases by
the third out.
Bob Snyder and Joe Pusate-i
welded the shellaleh most ef-
fectively. Snyder getting 3 out of
4 and Pusateri, 2 out of 3.
Eastern meets Western, the
tail-end prospect, next Tuesday,
while Central faces Business
stubborn hurdle, Friday a week.
The school-boys will dabble into
every sport today, with baseball
the main portion of the menu.
Business bat-swingerS are tack.
ling the Alexandria High team
which has offered other local
aggregations stiff arguments.
They play at the Monument lots.
Eastern, who yesterday clinched
its fourth straight interhigh
school pennant by trouncing Cen
tral to 2, will visit Garrett Park
to take on the miniature Hoyas.
> Western is vending it's way to
Rockville to try conclusions with
Rockville High.
The Old Liners are very,
very indispOsed to defeat and
/. Western who meets Eastern
next week, is assured a
/ strenuous workout.
+, Coach Hap" Hardell is taking
his cinder and pit outfit over to
ICollege Park to face the Terrapin
Cubs in a warm-up match for
C. U. interscholastic meet Satur-
day. With Eastern out Of the
.event, Tech has an excellent
,chance of coping.
Dewitt and Gonzaga are battling
in Prep School Tennis League, at
Congressional Country Club,
while the Dewitt golfers meet Ia
ikoma Silver Spring High at the
Argyle links.
Tomorrow Eastern and Gonzaga
meet on the Eastern Stadium
diamond at $3.50 in the only
scholastic event of the day.