Evening star., 1942-06-10
Centra|'s Champion
With -Four Selected
Dominate Team
Anocostio, Wilson, Tech,
Western Boys Round
Out Choice Group
By GEORGE HUBER.

High school baseball players them
among their teammates and those
they played against are best. and
the 1912 all-high diamond squad, as
selected by The Stars sports staff,
is pretty much the same as would
be chosen by poll Of scholastic
players. Especially when players
were closely punched for some posi-
tions were their opponents and
teammates consulted and these
opinions considered in selecting the
honor squad.
Central, winner of the title in
the playoff series against Wilson,
places four players among the Sc
lect, with Wilson and Anacostia
represented by two each. Western
and Tech provided one each.
Pitchers are Aaron WeiSenberg,
Central's ace and winner of two Of
the championship playoff games,
and Elmer Leukhardt of Anacostia.
Both were strike-out artists with
plenty of control, speed and fair
curves. Closely pressing them were
Jack Ogle, Wilson'S best, who had
the most impressive won-and-lost
record in the series, and Charles
Hines of Western. Another West
ern pitcher, Clarence Kuldell, also
deserves mention.
Techs Harvil Tops Catchers.
The catching post goes to all
around John Harvill of Tech. A
big boy, he boasts good throwing
arm, plenty of defensive ability and
was the heaviest hitter among back
stops. Centrals Billy Carrier, ON
the second team, also had a good
arm and was nothing less than sud-
den death on pop fouls, usually a
weakness with schoolboy catchers.
Over at first base Donny Hillock
of Wilson disported himself best
during the regular series and ended
in real blaze during the playoffs.
Bob Hill of Central, put on the Sec
ond team, potentially, probably is
the best player around this season,
but he failed to hit his weight most
of the season, although he had oc-
casional outbursts that showed real
promise.
1t was a tossup for the second base
lob between Mike Denikos of Gen.
tral and Bob Cockrill of Western,
with Mike getting the edge because
of his work in the playoffs. Among
his various feats then he hit two
homers and otherwise disported him.
self in the approved manner. Also
a close decision was the shortstop
post, given to Bill lavish OF Wilson
over Ray Love, Western, and here
again some good work in the play
offs was the deciding factor.
Centrars Fielding Stars.
Centrals Bob Fielding, selected
for third base, was an all-around
player, especially being able to hit
and field tightly in the pinches. Jack
Walsh of Tech boasted the best bat
ting average of them all. Jim Karas
of Western was another good man
for the hot corner at times, but he
had a weakness on easy ground balls
and his hitting was of.
The outfeld boasts the series
heaviest hitter, Bob Nolte of Ana
costa, who swatted .518, and Harry
Wolfe of Central and Jim Malarkey
of Western, both better than 300
hitters and having really good
throwing arms. Wolfe also is able to
take a turn on the mound with real
effect most of the time. Pete Chi
pouras, another Central slugger, de-
served a place on the first team-ex-
cept that he didn't take part in sew
eral early games. He goes on the
second-team outfield along with
Jiggs Simpson, Eastern's best hitter,
and Dick Koester, ditto for Roosevelt,
who, in addition, has an arm that
gives nothing to Wolfe and Ma
1arkey.