Evening star., 1938-04-07
.EASTERN'SCHAMPS'
GET TEST IN START
Strong Roosevelt Is First
Foe-Western, Big Crown
Threat, Faces Tech.
By BURTON HAWKINS

The local interhigh school baseball
series, which annually manufactures
| sporadically brilliant and downright
insane diamond maneuvering, this
season at least will offer a campaign
closer than Farley and Roosevelt II
the combined opinion of coaches con-
| cerned may be employed as a slide
rule.
Four confident contenders will
launch their respective bids for titu-
lar honors tomorrow on two fronts,
with Roosevelt clashing with Eastern
at Roosevelt Stadium and Western
colliding with Tech at Western Sta
dium. Both games will start at $3.50
o'clock
Eastern, defending champion, inau-
gurates its season with mingled en-
thusiasm and trepidation. Most of
the former is attributed to the pres
ence of several outstanding veterans
and two crack pitchers, while a
goodly portion of its fear is predicated
on the presence of Western and Gen.
trail. generally regarded as its fore
most rivals.
Eastern Has Vets on Hill.
Chief Charley Guyon, the jovial In
dian who has been molding formida-
BILE Lincoln Park mines for more years
than he likes to mention. again has
produced a promising outfit. Some
idea of the effectiveness of his pitch
ing is mirrored in the fact that East
ern has captured the interhigh crown
9 times outright in the last l3 years,
tying for the title on another occa-
sion.
Chiefly responsible for Eastern's
amazing success has been its pitch
ing, with Dick Lanahan and Joe Sui
livan propelling it to past champion
ships. This season offers little devia-
ton from that steady course, except
for the fact that Guyon now has two
capable moundsmen at his command,
both veterans
Upon Rip Carver. chunky right
handler. or Walter Stockwell, a decep-
tive southpaW. Eastern has based its
hopes of repeating. They were good
enough last year to twirl the Lincoln
Parkers to an unblemished series rec
ord and are supplemented by such
worthy fielders and hitters as Lee
Lusby and Marshall Jacobs. all-high
second and third basernen. respec-
lively. and Chester Tawney, reliable
left fielder.
Completing the club, Al Kidwell will
handle shortstop. Paul Kober first
base, Les Cooksey center field, Bob
York right field and either Norman
Treadway or Paul Cohill catcher. II
Guyon decides to start Carver on the
mound. Stockwell will replace York in
right field.
Western Well Balanced.
While Eastern looms as the team to
trim. by no stretch of the imagina-
ton is it prohibitive favorite. Guyon
currently is quaking at the mere men,
ton of Western. and apparently de-
servedly so. for the Red Raiders are
we'll balanced.
Toby Bright, southpaw, rates on a
par with Carver or Stockwell, and
Westerns infield of Tommy O'Hanlon,
Duvall, Addie Lawyer and Dick Lyn-
ham perhaps is the smoothest in the
series. Coach Cliff Moore has a trio
of dependable outfelders in George
Oertel. Bill Swanson and Irving Needle,
and Moye has been performing cred
itably behind the plate.
Coach Bruce Kessler, grasping the
reins at Tech for the first time, is jubi-
liant over the Maroon's outlook. thereby
violating the generally accepted rule
that coaches must regard every situa-
ton from a gloomy angle.
In Lou Mostow and Joe Ciomi Kess-
Ter feels he has lads who will prove
sensational outfelders. Mostow, a re-
cruit. has been slapping the ball and
covering ground exceptionally well,
while Ciomei was polished enough in
both departments last year to warrant
all-high selection.
Techs Nine Lined Up.
Red Kendall is a fixture at first
base, with Arthur Newsom at second,
Dick Wine at short, Francis Wiles at
third, Don Treganowan behind the
plate and Lefty Newly in right field.
Tommy Doonis enormously was re-
ported as Techs leading pitcher, but
his graduation has left the twirling
burden on Eddie Vernillion. Dale
McKenna and John Coe. with the
former the most likely candidate to
start against Western.
Roosevelt, while powerful team on
paper, to date has failed to click. The
club, however, has potentialities and
may perk up for series engagements.
Coach Herman Littman still is unde-
cided on the pitching assignment,
but the team otherwise will line up
with Sylvan Stein, first base; Toddy
Lagos, second base; Billy Robertson,
shortstop; John Thrift, third base;
Jack Smith, left field; Harry Gray,
right field; Jimmy Robertson, center
field, and Hymie Perlo, catcher.
Anacostia and Wilson will make
their respective debuts at Eastern Sta
dium, but Centrals inaugural will be