Evening star., 1939-03-26
School Mines 10 Open
Title Play in Two
Groups April Il
Battle-Ground Is Listed
In Eoch Section; County
Teoms Are Active

The public high school baseball
championship series opens Friday,
April 81, with games in both the
Eastern and Western Leagues into
which the schools have been divided
this season.
Three teams-Eastern, the de-
Tending champion; Anacostia and
Tech-are in the Eastern division
and the remaining four-Central,
Western. Woodrow Wilson and
Roosevelt-in the Western. They
will play twice around in each sec
ton, making total of 18 games in
the entire series, with the winner
of each meeting in final game to
decide the championship.
The schedule
April 2l. Anasostia VS.. Eastern at East
ern, Roosevelt VS.. Wilson at Wilson; %.
tia vs.. Tech at Tech. Central VS.. Wilson
May -. Roosevelt VS.. Western at Western;
& Eastern VS.. Tech at Tech. Western VS..
Wilson at Western; .. Anacostia VS.. Tech
ct Eastern, Central vs.: Roosevelt at Central:
central Ss Ws.n at Wilson,
Us. Eastern at Eastern. Western VS. Wilson
At wilson: 10. Eastern VS. Tech at Eastern,
VS. Westepo q 3
vs.. Wilson at Roosevelt.
b. c. c. Lists New Teams.
Two games with Montgomery
Blair occupy choice positions on the
18-game schedule released by Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase. New teams
on the list are Western, Wilson,
Tech. Dewitt and the c. C. c. of
Garrett Park.
Missing from last years team is
It's ace battery of Leon Vannais and
Elliott Young, both with the Mary
land frosh this season. Bill Fuller
and Fred Mizell, outfielders, and
Billy Morell, second baseman, also
will be missed. Coach Larry Will
liams has some fine prospects among
his 80 candidates, however. Out
standing among them are Johnny
Shumate, shortstop; Granville Gus
ter, first baseman and pitcher, and
Russell Mizell. outdelder.
The first game is Tuesday at
Georgetown Prep. All games are at
$50 pm.
The schedule:
March IS: GeorGetown Prep. at Prep,
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{. assefc G z, No NJ '.H s5s Of Garrett Psrk. e'
May p Tech: s. Blair; lo Il. LandGn .53n ~
G.. Arnson s LanGon s ia RoeR
vile at Rockville; So. G. C c. No. $50;
81 Gsshe5S6nrs pSsi At s,Ssn GaitherSSurs snrnS
Rockville Outlook Good.
Coach Ralph Keller of Richard
Montgomery High, Rockville, be-
lieves his baseball prospects are un-
usually good this season and has ar
ranged the toughest schedule pos
sible. 1t was opened successfully as
Rockville defeated Georgetown Prep
last Friday. Thirteen other games
are booked, among them contests
with the Maryland frosh, Bethesda
Chevy Chase and Charlotte Hall.
About IS boys are out for the
team. Among the fair prospects are
Dick Cleveland one of the schools
best basket ball players, now giving
promise of developing into some
thing more than just high school
pitcher. KnoWlton Burgess, a Tri-
County League catcher, is out for the
team. Another good candidate is
Buster Day, a product of Lu Blues
baseball school.
The schedule:
April IL, St. Adams: IA. GaithersburR:
g. Hyattsville. there: %. Bethesda-Chevv
Chase. there; eS. Maryland Fresh. there.
May 2. Landon: 4. Charlotte Hall: S.
Georgetown Prep, there; IL. Damascus:
Is. Gaithersburs. there; 19. Bethesda
Chevy Chase. %. Damascus, there: IS.
Charlotte Hall. there.