Evening star., 1933-06-04
SPIRIT OF PLAYERS
AND STUDENTS WINS
Nine Put Together in Hurry
Sustained by Fighting DUAL:
tiles of School.
BY EDWARD ]. FULLER, JR.

TIME ole fightin' spirit on the
part of both players and
L students, a quality that
long has been character
istic Of Techs athletic teams and
its hackers, together with a really
good nine, enabled the tossers who
, wear the gray to sweep to a sur
prise victory in the public high
school base ball championship
this year and register McKinley's
first diamond triumph since 1927.
Tech won three games and lost one
to grab the gonfalon. Eastern and
Central and Roosevelt, which showed
marked improvement as the series
progressed, tied for second, each with
two victories and two losses, and West
ern was last, with one triumph against
three setbacks.
1t was not until a short time before
the season opened that Tech was sure
it would even have team. Mckinley
mines had not been faring so well for
some years, and there were those who
felt the school could forego the grand
old game and none would care espe-
cially. But when the question was
put up to the Tech students they
promptly voted to continue the sport
and let it be known the Gray would
strive to put a team on the field that
might be beaten, but that would go
down only after giving the best it
had and with all flags flying.
BECAUSE the decision to have a nine
ID was not reached until so late the
Gray was unable to arrange the
pre-series schedule 1t would have liked.
In fact, it played only very few games
before the set opened. It was given
at the outset of the series only an
outside chance to win the champion
ship. Both Central and Eastern were
favored over the lexington nine, and
Roosevelt and Western were figured to
have at least as good a chance as Tech.
Coach L. G. FoXley Che prefers the
use of the initials) said before the
series opened that Tech had scrappy
bunch that might be able to give the
other @i--~s some good practice" That
was much as he would say, or at least
for publication. Maybe it is Hap
Hardell's influence.
The Mckinley nine was by no means
the most colorful team ever to win
the championship. But it had balance
and fight and was first-rate schoolboy
combination.
Five Tech players have been given
places on The Stars an-high team.
Central was awarded two berths and
Eastern and Western each one. Roose-
welt alone was not given recognition on
the first combination, though admittedly
one of its players could have been picked
without doing any one appreciable In
Justice Only one tosSer who was
chosen by The Star last year has again
been selected Four members of the
1882 team failed this year to make the
grade.
EDDIE TURNER, who has been given
- the pitching job, was not as i'm
pressive on the mound, SO far as
looks were concerned, as several of his
rivals, but he was a hard-working
hurler, who was at his best when the
going was roughest, and who managed
to win ball games, and, Of course, it is
the pitcher who wins that should get
the laurels, and not the hurler who
happens to have the best form. Turner
pitched the Gray. to all three of its
wins. In one game, that in which
Roosevelt defeated Tech, IA, Eddie did
not shine particularly, but his work
even in this contest was creditable
enough. 1t is conceivable that Turner
would have done better in this game,
in which he pitched the last six innings,
had he not been aware that, after all,
Tech had clinched the title, whether it
won the contest or not. Frank Baroni
OF Roosevelt and Claude Cowan of
Central also I1owed to real advantage
and Joe Sulliy.an, Eastern southpaw, did
well at times
One of the most difficult choices was
between Fred little Knocky) Thomas
of Tech and Cliff (Bits) Keyser of
Central for the catcher's job. Both
were formidable in all departments,
each socking the ball for two homers
among other achievements, but Thomas,
in the opinion of this reporter, was just
a little bit better, everything considered,
than his taller rival
Joe Sullivan of Tech was decidedly
the best first Sacker in the series. He
flelded well, stung the ball hard and
often and his work generally was OF
high order. Jack (Red) Mullock, who
was picked for The Stars first team
last season, did not play in one game
this year and IN the ones in which he
appeared his work was not SO spar
king as in 1882. Central in young De
Lisio had a first sacker who showed
well. but he didn't come through in
such big way at the bat.
A MOTHER member of last seasons
n Star team, Carleton Giovannetti
of Roosevelt, who held forth at
second base, has been put on the sec
ond combination, but there are many
who think he should have been pickes
for the No. nine. He is a mighty good
little ball player and the writer left
him off only after the most mature de-
liberation. Waverly Wheeler of Tech,
q player with lots Of dash and power
at the bat, has been assigned to sec
ond, having been shifted from short
stop. There is little doubt he could
get away with the midway station Job
in good style.
Angelo (Shorty) Chumbris, Central
shortstop, is the lone member OF the
1882 Star team again to achieve the
first nine. Shorty might not have
boasted such wonderful batting aver
age, but he was a mighty hard boy
to keep off the bases and his work in
other respects was bang-up. In addi-
ton to Wheeler. Western and Roosevelt
had first-rate shortstops in Jimmy
Corcoran and young Rhodes.
Francis de Stephan is the lone West
ern player to make the first-string
combination This hustling kid did
well everything that a good third
sacker should do. Fred Wahler Of
Eastern was the next best guardian Of
the hot corner.
EOR the outfield the selections are
i Cleom Oefty) Chumbris of Cen
trail. brother Of Shorty; Kari
Nau of Tech and Joe Mills of East
ern. Lefty and Karl not only were
heavy hitters, but capable fielders
Mills played shortstop for Eastern. and
while his fielding was not so bad. IL