Evening star., 1943-06-13
Keen Team Completed
By Stars From Tech,
Roosevelt, Central
RombIers' Third Sucker
Osmon Rated Finest
In Title Contests
By GEORGE HUBER.

Selecting the all-high baseball
team this season wasn't the difficult
task it was at times in the past.
There were numerous outstanding
players who deserve places on the
honor nine, chosen by The Stars
sports staff with the aid and advice
of school athletic officials, coaches
and the players themselves.
The battle for positions were close
In some cases and several bows
named to the second team may
have played we'll enough to earn
f1rst-team berths, but in the main
The Stars selections will have the
backing of those who followed the
series.
Eastern. winner of the champion
ship. and Wilson, runnerup, place
three players each. Tech, the third
place team, has two, while Roose-
velt and Central complete the first
team with one each, a total of 10
allowing for two pitchers
Osman Best in Series.
Outstanding player in the series
"oo 1lAA " odSSlIldll W1lUu OESlIdll
of Eastern. His batting average was
around 900 and his play around the
hot corner almost was f1awless. He
was blessed with good baseball sense.
a strong throwing arm that nipped
numerous runners in close plays at
first base and real competitive
spirit. Jack Walsh of Tech, too, was
an outstanding third baseman and
places on the second team
Another player rating first team
berth is Catcher John Harvill of
Tech, big boy with an excellent
throwing arm and a hefty batting
average despite a weakness for low
pitches. Edsel Martz, Eastern short
stop. also boasts a good average and
strong throwing arm.
Thomas Monk Barbee, loose
1oir1ted Wilson player, won the first
base spot with his good defensive
game and hitting ability. followed by
Ernie David of Eastern. The second
base spot was close between East
ern's Fred Sparrow and Techs Gil
Schmelz. Both were good defensive
ly and hit for fair averages, with the
voting decided in Sparrow's favor
because of his outstanding play in
the championship playoffs, especially
his five hits in five trips, including
homer, in the first game.
lavish Leads Shortstops.
Peppery Bill lavish of Wilson
earned the shortstop position with
grand play at that difficult position.
Built close to the ground, Bill had
the faculty, found in so few high
school inflelders, of moving in on
ball and getting it away quickly.
Carl Riddle Of Central had a good
batting average and also a record of
fancy playing to take second team
shortStop.
The outfield is Pete Chipouras,
Central; Moe Friedberg, Tech, and
Charles Howard, Roosevelt. All are
excellent batters and felders, and
among these three probably are
found the best three throwing arms
among outflelders in the series. This,
incidentally. is the third all-high
team for Howard this year. He also
was named to the football and bas-
ket ball teams. Other good outfeld-
ers were Ned Brogan, Central; Joe
johnson, Roosevelt, and Mike Run
nels, Wilson. Johnson hit close to
100 for the series top overage
Pitching positions on the first
team were voted to Wilson's Jack
Ogle. who won six straight series
games before sore arm forced him
out of the playoffs, and Easterns
Dave Lenarduzzi, winner of two
series games without setback and
who was going strong in the playoffs
until blistered finger got him in
trouble. Clint Speiser, Eastern, won
three games and lost only one in the
series and seriously was considered
for the first team, as was Milo Quail.
the pitcher who kept Tech in the
running for so long.