Evening star., 1942-03-26
Best Player He Ever
Coached, Declares
Viking Mentor
Roy Figures His Team
Hos an Even Chance
To Garry of Title
By GEORGE HUBER.


All YOU hear around Central Highs
baseball diamond these days is about
Bob Hill. From Coach Jack Ray
down to the water boy. all regard
left-handed Hill Is really something
and the truth is that Bob Is about
the fanciest and smoothest fielding
first baseman uncovered by . D. G.
school for some time. It's treat
to watch the boy glide over the
grass snaring all that comes his
way. He also Is . stickman Of Al
caliber, 50 it's small wonder he Is
getting all the attention from the
Vikings.
Ray. who seldom goes overheard
on a schoolboy athlete, regards Hill
as the greatest player ever have
had" In II years Of coaching. Jack
has had such aces as Zello Lagos,
Sam DiBlasi, Pat Fenlon. Stufiy
Evans, Harry Martin and Billy
Fisher, 50 II Hill Is better than these
he must have a lot on the ball.
Bob, who also was regular end
On the Central championship foot
ball team last fall and . guard on
the runnerup basket ball squad, Is q
husky chap. with 1875 pounds draped
on q 6-foot, 7-inch frame. He's a
whiz on ground balls, goes to his
left or right with equal ease and
owns the best throwing arm on the
squad.
Title Chances Bright
Central. which finished last year
In q fourth place tie with Roosevelt
has IN even chance at the crown
this year, Ray believes. It will have
GOOD hitting and excellent fielding
with q fair number Of experienced
players.
Pitching also Is expected to be
okay. with Aaron Weisenberg as the
No. ! starter. A right-hander. he
turned In several excellent enorts
last season, his best being = long
tough session in which he bested
Techs Buddy Webb. Harry Wolfe
Is another right-handed holdoveI
with an exceptionally fast ball Al
though he Is inclined toward Wild
ness. Jake Stein is the squads left
handler, but probably he won't DC
much starting this year. He'll re.
ceive considerable relief chores and
Is rated as q conner for next years
nine.
The team is in the formative stage
and most Of the positions still are
wide open. The catching job prob
ably will 90 to blond Billy Carrier a
155- 5-pounder with a strong arm
Bob Fielding, utility intielder last
season, leads the pack for third
base, while Ned Brogan IN center
field represents the outheld batting
punch.
Shaughnessy In Luck.
When Clark Shaughnessy comes u
the University OF Maryland next
month for spring practice he'll
fnd q good start on his 1943 loot
ball team-or the ~ squad II the
Southern Conference decides to use
freshmen-in Jim Kurz, Centrale
big fullback last season. Jim VIII
be graduated at Central In June
and goes to Maryland in Septem-
Der. He weighs close to 200 and Is
6 feet tall. Jim was the best high
school player around here last year
despite an injury that kept him out
most Of the time. His kicking II
sensational, and he's hard to knock
down when carrying the ball. HIS
passing is only fair, but he's q whole
backfield in himself on defense.
Michael Goldberg, center, and HUI
bert Tucker, guard. already are a.
Maryland, having been graduated AZ
Central In February.
Several other players from Cen
trails undefeated championship team
are headed for college careers next
season. George Lavinder, all-hlgh
center; Wilbur Rock, all-high tackle,
and Sam Richwein, another tackle
will 20 to the University OF Geor-
eia and already have been down
there for an inspection. That Is,
they'll 60 to Georgia If nothing Is
done about the suggestion by Chip
Roberts, member Of the Bulldog
Board Of Regents. to drop football
Also going to Georgia is Francis
Manilli, Dewitt tackle last year VINO
played the previous two seasons with
Eastern.