Evening star., 1938-04-04
ALL SEVEN TEAMS
FIGURE FOR TITLE
Lincoln Parkers, Champions
Last Year, Retain Two
Slab Dependables.
By BURTON HAWKINS.

By BURTON HANhANS.
Lacking even the undependable ba-
rometer of prolific pre-series compe-
tition upon which to base predictions,
schoolboy baseball followers have in
stalled Eastern slight favorite to
retain its interhigh championship.
Boosted to seven-team series
through the advent of Anacostla IN
interhieh sports circles, the most pre-
tentious scholastic diamond campaign
ever ATTEMPTED here will be lnaugu-
rated Friday with brace of entlclng
games.
Every club appears to be title
possibility, for talent is we'll distributed
and scholastic baseball at best is
whacky sport to dope. Consistency
isn't one of its features.
Eastern has snatched the title out
right nine times in the last 13 years,
tying for top honors in 1882 with
Central and Western. With Rip
Carver and Walter Lefty) Stockwell,
who pitched the Lincoln Parkers to
an undefeated interhigh record last
wear, again slated for service with
other seasoned players, Eastern looms
the logical choice.
Eastern Has Strong Nucleus.
Lee Lusby and Marshall Jacobs. all
high performers at second and third
base, respectively, plus Al KidWell at
shortstop and Chester Tawney in the
outfeld, give Coach Charley Guyon
the nucleus of crack club. These
veterans are sandWiched neatly be-
tween such promising recruits as Paul
Kober, first baseman; Les Cooksey
and Bob York. outf1elders. and Paul
Cohill, Norman Treadway and Paul
Kojok, who are scrapping for the
catching berth
Roosevelt Western. Tech, Central
and Wilson each can present a strong
case in the pre-series championship
argument. Anacostia, which will en-
ploy Eastern Stadium for its home
games, also is confident, but lack of
seasoned timber is causing rival teams
to regard it lightly.
Western and Tech bank mainly on
seasoned tvirlers and sprinkling of
other veterans. Western has Toby
Bright, clever southpaw, and smooth
infelders in Dick Lynham, Addle
L vyer and Tommy O'Hanlon and if
it can muster batting strength will be
formidable.
Doonis Gains Experience.
Tommy Doonis, who gained all-high
recognition last year through compil-
ing more impressive record than
either Carver or Stockwell of Eastern,
promises to be more effective on the
mound this season, having gained
needed experience in sandlot ball last
summer. Supplementing Doonis,
right-hander, will be Reds Kendall at
first base, Jack Curtis at second and
Joe Ciomei, all-high outhelder and
upon this capable quartet is Coach
Rusty Thompson pinning his hopes.
Central is something of question
mark, as are Roosevelt and Wilson.
Central will present a well-balanced
team, but unless Dizzy Dezerne and
Richie Rozelle display marked i'm
provement over their pitching per-
formances Of last season the Colum-
bia Heights outfit hardly will figure.
Central gained polished outfelder
in Jimmy Middleton, transfer from
Western, who will patrol the garden
with Lorenz Zimmerman and Jimmy
Clark. Joe Redmond, Pat Hurley,
Tony Di Blasi and Benny Steiner will
handle infield assignments, with Dick
nf Lar
been converted from an outielder into
catcher by Coach Jack Ray due to
q dearth of receiving candidates.
Pitching is the weak spot at Roose-
welt and unless Jack Lyon, Billy Bauer,
Danny Boothe or Jack Reddinger re-
spond with polished performances, the
Rough Riders will be hit hard. The |
Riders otherwise are set, with Sylvan |
Stein, Teddy Lagos, Billy Robertson |
and Johnny Thrift in the infeld; |
Harry Gray, Jimmy Robertson and |
Jack Smith in the outfield and Hymie |
Perlo behind the bat If Roosevelt
gets any kind of pitching it should
be dangerous, but currently that "if'
may be spelled with capital letters.
Wilson Has Seven Veterans.
Wilson has seven returning veterans
and may surprise despite the loss of
Kllmer Bortz, its hurting ace. through |
graduation. Coach Carl Heintel last |
year nodded green material into a
team that finished in fourth place
above Central and Roosevelt and is
expected to produce q classier club
this season.
Anacostia's coach, Roland Lund, has
pruned a squad Of go to more reason
able bounds and the teams debut |
with Dewitt at Eastern Friday will be
eyed keenly by schoolboy followers.
The game, OF course, is outside the
mter-high realm.
1nterhigh competition will be
launched Friday with Roosevelt clash
Ing with Eastern at Roosevelt Stadium
and Tech facing Western at Western
Stadium. Due to the addition of Ana
costa, two games will be played on
each Of six dates
Other games this week will find
Washington-Lee High humping into |
Fairfax today at Ballston, Western
journeying to Fredericksburg to meet
Fredericksburg High tomorrow, Roose-
welt travelling to Baltimore Wednes-
day to face Baltimore City College,
Wilson feuding with St. Albans at
st. Adams Thursday, Washington-Lee
fussing with Briarley Military Acade-
my Friday at Ballston and St. Albans
colliding with Charlotte Hall Satur-
day at Charlotte Hall, Md.