Evening star., 1942-06-04
Vikings Step 10 Front
In P|ayoff for Title
As Denikos Stars
Second Busemun Poves
Way to Tally in 18th
Thot Beats Tigers
By GEORGE HUBER.

A ball of fire during the regular
high school baseball season afleld
and at the plate, Mike Denikos,
Central's sizzling little second base
man, has lost none of his effective
ness for the championship playoffs
against Wilson and is one OF the
big reasons the Vikings now have
the edge going into tomorrow's
second game on the Wilson dia-
mond.
A 4-3 12-inning verdict regis
tered by Central yesterday puts
that club in the favored position
now. Denikos largely was RESPONSE
BILE for that triumph, notchlng a
fifth-inning homer and a 18th
inning triple that later meant the
winning run. Around second base
he scooped up everything in sight,
handling II chances.
For tomorrow's game Central Will
use Fireballer Harry Wolfe on the
mound. Noted for his speed, Harry
seems also to have gained a good
measure of control. Although Coach
Carl Heintel of Wilson hasn't an
nounced his choice. it probably
will be Carl Saline, who sports
one-and-one record for the season
Both teams used their No. l hurlerS
the full distance yesterday. Aaron
Weisenberg for Central giving elgnt
hits and Left-Hander JACK Ogle OF
Wilson allowing 10. Weisenberg
famed II and Ogle six, with Aaron
handing out five passes and JACK
onlv three. Each hit batter.
Central First to Score.
The game probably was the first
high school tilt played in Wash
ington this season, although VIII
son missed several scoring oppor- =
tunities. In the fifth, seventh ana
ninth frames, the Tigers left the
bases crowded.
Central opened the scoring with
a single run in the second inning.
Bob Hill, hit by Pitcher Ogle,
reached second safely when FREDDY
Vinson dropped a double-play ball
stole third while Wilson tried TO
catch Pete Chipouras of first base,
and tailed Oh Bill Hoffman's ground
rules single over the left fleld renee.
After going down in order 1or
three frames. Wilson knotted the
count in the fourth Vinscn walked.
fbok third on Hansford Sullivan's S
single and tailed on another blow
of the same caliber by Don Hillock.
The Tigers went ahead for the only
time in the game during the next
inning when Dick Schwab doubled
reached third on two successive
walks and came across on V1nson
single.
Denikos tied things with his
homer in the bottom of the same
frame. He dropped a hit over third
for what should have been a good
single, but it took freak hop and
rolled on out toward Eleventh street
for four bases.
Error Lets Wilson Tie.
Then Central went ahead in the
eighth when Wolfe, playing in the
outfield yesterday. walked, stole
second and scampered home on Pete
Chipouras' single The Tigers came
right back in the ninth. Charles
Hardison was safe at first when Bob
Fielding, Centrals third sacker,
kicked the ball around for an error.
He reached second when Bill Jaw
ish walked and Tailed on Hansford
Sullivan's single.
After that inning, though, Weisen-
berg didn't allow a man to reach
first while waiting for his mates to
win the game for him in the 18th.
Denikos stretched a hit to a triple
when the ball bounced crazily off
the wall and moment later came
home when Fielding sliced a single
to centerfield.