The Washington times., 1937-05-01
Wilson's Win;
Pdrkers Top
Central
BY GARRETT WATERS


even in baseball. Kilmer Bortz,
young Woodrow Wilson high
school pitcher, realizes that today
and is thanking his coach, Carl
Heintel, for all the advice. The
Presidents won from Roosevelt
yesterday, 7 to 2, in a series clash
at the Roosevelt Stadium.
You see, Kilmer had a serious
fault about bis pitching when he
started baseball practice at Wood.
row Wilson earlier this spring.
Coach Heintel noticed it, but did
not rush at the boy with instruc-
lions because he figured it must
be his natural form.
That fault, before we get ahead
Of ourselves, was bearing down on
every pitch.
In Woodrow Wilson'S opening
game of the current interhigh
baseball series, Bortz pitched and
stopped the Tech High nine cold
for eight innings. Then in the
ninth he tired so perceptibly that
Tech rallied, won the ball game,
and Kilmer found himself resting
on the bench.
Big Reason
The big reason, Of course, was
that Bortz bore down on every
pitch from the first inning until
the last man he faced in that fate
full ninth. Had he handled him.
self a little differently, he might
have breezed through the ninth
with, little or no trouble.
Immediately after that contest,
Heintel took action. He showed
the youth how to preserve his
strength while going through the
nine-inning stretch, Stressing all
the while that he had to do this or
ruin any future he might have as
a pitcher.
Against Central-Woodrow Will
sons next foe-Bortz followed his
coach's advice. He turned in a
fine effort, struck out 16. and was
a fresh as a pitcher is generally,
after nine innings.
Then yesterday against Roose-
welt. He won, going away, 7 to 2,
this time striking out 10 and al
lowing six hits. He had to bear
down several times in this contest.
but because of his different style
Of pitching, had enough strength
left on those occasions to pull out
Of the holes.
Woodrow Wilson has now won
two games in the series in three
starts. BY this record the team is
right in the thick Of the race for
the pennant.
Eastern Wins
Eastern defeated Central, 9 to 6,
at Eastern in the other game on
list yesterday. The victory put the
ParkerS into a tie with Western for
the league lead with next Fridays
game with the Raiders promising
many interesting moments. West
ern, like Eastern, has won two
games IN the series.
Lefty StockWell had rough day
OF it yesterday and had to be
yanked in the fifth inning in favor
Of Rip Carver with Central in the
lead, 4 to 3. However, Carver went
on to win when Noonan, the blue
and whites starting hurler, and
RoZelle and RoWles, who followed,
were found for the margin of vic
tory. The loss was Centrals Sec
ond straight.
In other games around the city
yesterday featuring schoolboy
mines, Western interhigh cham
with no less than three matches
Lee High Of Ballston, Va, on the
Western diamond, ST.; and St.
Adams run rough shod over
= Friends School at st. Adams in
q free-scoring duel amounting to
80 runs, 28-11.
High school tennis teams were
active in the District yesterday
with no less than three mactheS
played.
Roosevelt defeated the George
town Frosh on the Hilltoppers'
courts, Al; Central topped st.
Adams on the st. Alban courts,
6-3; and Western downed EpiS-
copal at Alexandria, 5-4.
NGlona d. AL.IaA