The Washington times., 1931-05-09
AND
I. THOMPSON
SHINE
BY GINO SINH

ny OANO SANuA
An interhigh school baseball
series without a hero. 1t isn't in
keeping with the fine. old tradi
tions of Frank Merriwell and the
Rollo boys.
Yet, as far as the naked eye
can discern in a cursory eXamina-
tion of facts and figures, none OF
the school lads who wallop and
tumble horsehide spheroids on
the Eastern Stadium Of Tuesdays
and Fridays are causing tongues
to Wag furiously.
The nearest to approach the
golden throne is Steve Thompson,
the elongated and hard-socking
Central right fielder. The young
ster streaked across the horizon
in Centraps first two games,
actually giving the Mt. Pleas
anters rosy hopes of wrenching
the title from the grasping hands
of Eastern.
In the crucial test with Eastern
Tuesday, Thompson lost ground.
He committed two blunderS which
figured eavily in the scale
against Central, and failed to
come up to standards in the hit
ting department.
Despite this weak moment,
though. he is by far and large
the big shot" of the series.
Dick Lanahan is the best bet
among the hurlers. His pitching
record is not particularly fornida-
BILE, but he has been steady in the
pinches.
His work in the Central game
when twice in succession he
~ struck out the batter for the
third out with bases loaded,
decidedly proved his mettle.
Ev Russell, Tech mound ace,
looked great in the TeCh-Eastern
scuffle, but the Stenogs had little
trouble hitting him yesterday.
Yesterdays game in which Tech
trounced Business, 13 to 10, was
marked by wild orgies Of hits.
Business took the lead in the
opening innings, only to see the
Manual Trainers settle down with
a vengeance. Tech got five runs
in the third, thanks to Gordon
Batson'S sock to the right-field
bushes. They added three more in
the fifth and four more in the
next three innings.
Flynn, Stenog's center, clouted
9 out a four-bagger in the first to
spot Silverman to a three-run
lead. Business tailed four times
in the third. and looked like the
goods, but the TechiteS fell on
~Silvermans underhand throws
with murder in their eyes and
Business was done.
If willingness to do a job thor.
oughly would mean anything,
Bob Hallett, stout little Business
catcher, who replaced Mastro-
marino yesterday, would be the
: best backstop in the series.
He works hard, but a lack Of
: weight handicaps him, particu-
, larly in throwing to second base.
, Four Tech men stole second on
him yesterday, three of them
standing up.
Gonzaga couldn't cope with
Barber's flinging in its game
with Charlotte Hall and dropped
E the contest, 9-3. They were
: let down with five hits, Fitzger-
. aid claiming three.
The National Training School
: nine is making local school teams
: sit up and take notice. Yester'
day they tripped up a picked
intermural team from G. w.
:; 11-10, by scoring 10 runs in the
!: last two innings.
With Seymour clocking them
past Central batters with regu,
larity, Washington and Lee scored
a III win. its third over a
D. C. school this year. Seymour
allowed four bingleS, Heflin &C
counting for two.
st. Adams lost closely fought
game, 5-4, to Gilman School
of Baltimore, when the Orioles
pushed over a run in the last
inning. Both pitchers we're eff
fective.
G. U. Prep netmen fattened
their Prep School Tennis League
leading margin by blanking Con
zaga racqueteers, SO. All the
matches were won easily.