Evening star., 1938-04-10
BASEBALL Track Games Haze Scho0b0,s on Toes This Week
HIGH MINES BEGIN
SERIES TUESDAY
Meet Wednesday Biggest of
Three for Runners-Net
TussIes Listed.
By BURTON HAWKINS.

BY bURION HAWKINS.
On spongy diamonds and tracks this
week, scholastic athletes in this sector
will launch an unusually active spring
season, with nearly score of events
calculated to entice sizable crowds.
Sandwched in an attractive sched-
ule which finds every interhigh base
ball series competitor slated for ac-
tion is trio of track meets. with a
triangular test between Roosevelt. Will
son and Gonzaga at Roosevelt Stadium
Wednesday looming as the most sig
nificant.
Anacostia and Wilson, dark-ho
contenders in the baseball campaign,
will inaugurate the series Tuesday at
Eastern Stadium. while a brace of
games originally carded to open the
season have been showed back to
Wednesday due to last weeks inclem-
ent weather. In them Western will
face Tech at Western Stadium and
Eastern will collide with Roosevelt at
Roosevelt Stadium. Both games will
start at 2:30 o'clock
Central Nine Promising.
Central, which will not make its
series debut until April Is, neverthe-
less will be the busiest of the group.
Coach Jack Ray wisely has arranged
three games for the Columbia Heights
outfit. figuring to polish any flaws be-
fore Central enters the championship
chase. The Blue nine will encounter
Georgetown Prep tomorrow at Gar
rett Park, Briarley Military Academy
at Central Stadium Tuesday and
Fredericksburg High Thursday at
Fredericksburg, Va.
Despite a rather we'll balanced club.
Central still is something of an un-
known quantity. chiefly due to the
dubious callber Of its pitchers. Should
Dizzy Dezerne and Richie Rozzelle
respond with more effectiveness than
they were able to muster last season.
Central figures to be threat With
>the same pair of pitchers last year
Central finished in the cellar, but the
team is drenched with veterans and
needs only help in the twirling de-
partment to become a serious con-
tender.
Riders Hurlers Impressive.
Coach Herman Littman of Roose-
welt plans to employ either Jack Lyon
or Danny Boothe in a starting mound
role against the crack Eastern team,
defending champion and slight favorite
to repeat. Lyon and Boothe have
impressed the Rough Rider mentor in
drills and upon one of them he will
place the burden of jockeying Roosc-
welt into commanding position.
Coach Charley Guyon of Eastern
is wavering between Walter ,Lefty)
Stockwell and Rip Carver for the
pitching assignment. Cliff Moore.
Western coach. will employ Southpaw
Toby Bright. while Coach Bruce Kess-
Ter of Tech probably will counter
with Eddie Vermillion, a promising
recruit
Anacostla. newcomer in interhigh
competition, may graduate from the
Kid stage rapidly at Wilson'S expense.
Since scholastic baseball never is more
steady than swinging bridge in a
gale, Anacostia'S inexperience in series
play hardly is handicap Wilson is
sprinkled with veterans of caliber. b1,t
the proves of its pitching staff is
dubious.
Roosevelt Is Meet Favorite.
Roosevelt has been installed as
tavorlte to capture its triangular track
meet, with such lettermen as Louis
Napoll, Wilbert Lewis and Cleveland
Stauffer geared for action. TONY
P1scotta, Kent Ellis, Walter Bender,
Bill Ehrmantrout and Fred Mundv also
have displayed promise.
., Napoli, who grasped first place in
the scholastic dash at the University
OF Maryiand-5th Regiment games in
Baltimore last month. is fleet sprint
er, While Lewis performs creditablv
over the quarter-mile route. Stauffer
a quarter-miler last year, has concen-
trated on broad jumping this season
with success.
Washington-Lee High, with an in
nelo transplanted almost intact from
tne basket ball court, will bump into
Falls Church diamonders tomorrow at
ballston, Va, meeting Eastern on the
same field Tuesday. Coach Buck
Richardson has trio of right nded
pitchers in Hal Leatherwood Earl
marcy and Al Morris, but is crippled
from the standpoint of southpaw
slabbing.
Little Generals Lined Up.
Alex Anderson, shifted from third
base. will handle first, with Homer
sprinkle at second, Tommy Simpson
at shortstop and Kenneth McOuinn
at third. Charley Walker, Sal Cafh
and Vincent Kirchner, all rockies. will
operate in the outfeld, with Joe Hon.
klns behind the bat for the Little
Generals.
Episcopal athletes also figure prom
inently in the weeks sports pattern,
with Its tracksters opposing Maryland
yearllngs tomorrow at Alexandria. Va,
and Tech Friday on the same cinders.
Episcopal diamonders will play host
to st. Albans Tuesday and Virginia
Episcopal of Lynchburg Saturday,
While Its tennis team will face st.
Adams Tuesday and Virginia frosh
Saturday. Both matches will be
played on Episcopal courts.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, which has
produced some of the most talented
scholastic baseball players in this
area, will battle Gaithersburg High at
Garrett Park, Md, Wednesday, while
Landon will collide with Wilson
Thursday at Bethesda, Md. Rounding
out the program. Montgomery Blair
will journey to Charlotte Hall Mill
tary Academy Tuesday and meet
South River IN. j. High Thursday at
Silver Spring, Md.