Evening star., 1941-06-15
Leach, Cady Sparkle
Consistently for
Title Winners
Briscuso, on Lost-PInce
Club, and Webb Rated
Best of Pitchers
BY GEORGE HUBER.


Washington high school history
ended last week, with Westerns
vell-balanced team gaining its first
diamond title since 1886 and pro-
ducing several outstanding players.
Two Western players in partic-
tilar, First BaSeman Bob Leach and
Outfielder Bernie Cady, were consist
emily capable performers and earned
places on The Stars All-High Nine.
Outstanding players were not lack
ing at other schools, however. and
Eastern. unner-up for the crown;
Tech and Central are given two
places each on the honorary first
team, with Anacostia and Wilson
placing one each.
Western had the real balance OF
power, though, and comes through
with four more members on the
second team to earn total of
six places on the all-high list.
Selecting the two pitchers for the
first team was a problem. with
Buddy Webb of Tech and Mini Bris-
cuso of Woodrow Wilson finally
taking the edge because of consist
encv. Both we're strong hurlers able
to go the route. BrisCuso, pitching
for a team that ended in a last
place tie. had a record of two VIC
tories and four defeats. which
was exceptionally meritorious. He
pitched every inning of every series
game for the Tigers.
Webb Durable on Hill.
Webb too was able to go the
distance and turned in a record Of
three and two. He completed three
of these games and could have gone
the route in fourth had not his
coach. Dutch Usilaner. lifted him to
give another hurler some expert
ence. Next in line and earning
places on the second team were
Ken beavers of Eastern and Charles
Hines of Wilson. beavers won four
and dropped only one, but he failed
to finish in all except one game and
was thumped heartily by Western
in the title playoff
Hines. with a record of two and
two, didn't see as much action as
the others, but had the best mark
OF Westerns trio of pitchers. Others
who should be mentioned are Aaron
WeiSenberg of Central. Ken Curles
of Eastern and Clarence Kuldell
of Western.
Zello Lagos, Central catcher. was
In batting slump during most
of the season and turned in an
average of only $50. but his catching
ability and team spirit earned his
place on the first team. He had
the best throwing arm in the series
and stolen bases against him were
few. Gene Shoemaker Western
backstop, was close behind in catch
ing ability and his hitting was
even better at 1888.
Leach's Spot Undisputed.
There is no doubt of Leach being
the best first baseman both de-
fensively and at the plate He
hit for 379 and his homer with
the bases loaded against Central !
was one Of the most important
blows in the race. Al BuSchling
OF Roosevelt took SecOnd-team hon
ors by playing an excellent de-
fensive game and hitting 1888.
Bob Nolte of Anacostia led a not
too-gOod crop Of second baSemen
with his 400 average followed by
Bob Cockrill of Western. who came
along near the finish of the series
to pull above the 300 mark. At
third. Sam Di BlaSi of Central was
in a batting slump most Of the time,
but earned a flrSt-team berth over
Jack Hilleary of Western on his
outstanding fielding. Hilleary didn't
Join the Western team until the
series was we'll under way and,
despite occasional errors, was big
help in the final drive with a Ala
hitting mark.
Green Consistent ShOrtstOp.
Martin Green of Tech was the
most consistent among shortstops
and here, as at second base. there
were few really good players. He
smacked the ball at 1873 clip and
turned in numerous fielding gems.
Joe Reds Vernon of Eastern began
the series as a good defensive short
stop and hitter, but he slumped near
the end and messed up his playing,
Welding the second-team ShOrtStop
post to Joe Soresi of Anacostia.
The first-team outfleld has all
800 hitters or better: Jack Hoff-
man of Eastern. AL; Bernie Cady
of Western, 1888, and Billy Hite.
also of Eastern, .357. Hite smacked
two home runs in the game against
Tech. the only such feat in the
series. The second team outfield
has Buddy Lemerise of Wilson.
1888; Joe Bryan of Tech, 300, and
Dick Koester of Roosevelt, .296.
Bryan and Koester earned their
places as much on their defensive
work and throwing as their hitting.
Bryan probably covered more ter
ritory in the garden than any other
player and his throws were deadly
accurate.
The best throwing arm among
outfielders, though, was displayed by
Westerns Bill Jeffries. His batting
was weak, however, and several er-
rors he made while playing short
stop early in the series kept him
of the selected teams.