Evening star., 1949-05-25
Eastern, Tech Win
As PIayoffs Speed
Baseball Tempo
By Bill Fuchs

Save the best for the last!-
That seems to be the policy fol-
lowed by the District public high
baseball teams. Regular season
play. in which 10 teams played .
total Of As games. was marked by
mediocrity. but yesterdays OPEN
ing round playoff contests, won by
Eastern over Wilson and Tech
over Western, were Of much higher
caliber.
The elite foursome viii 60 at 1t
again tomorrow with q switch OF
opponents. Tech and Eastern will
battle at Griffith Stadium at 3:15
pm, while Wilson will visit West
ern. The Wilson-Western game
will bounce the loser out Of the
double-knockout tournament.
Yesterdays contests were won by
identical 81 scores. Ed Kline
gave Wilson only four hits. fan
ming 10, while his mates collected
seven OF Starter Eddie Eyon.
John Dobbs relieved Eynon with
two ont in the fifth and pitched
hitless ball the remaining distance.
Sam Evans of Western gave up
only four hits. while Techs Jack
Pope hurled six-hit ball.
Eastern's Showing Surprises.
That made a total of 81 hits
and eight runs by four teams.
The script ordinarily would call
for a Pope-Kline duel tomorrow.
but that is unlikely. They opposed
only last week, when Tech took
a 7-3 beating. Coach Woody
Smitherman said then he prob
ably would not come back against
Eastern with Pope. However.
yesterdays performance may
change his mind.
Eastern's fine showing all year
is surprising when one considers
the Ramblers lost practically their
entire infield from last year. First
Baseman Dave Zatz; Second Sack
er Spike Barouth and Shortstop
Bill Kallas all graduated, leaving
Bobby Hart a tough job in his
first year as baseball coach. But
Hart came up with a first-rate
combination in Third Baseman
Harry Kallas (Bill's brother) :,
Shortstop Dave Keyes, Second
Baseman Pete Settle and First
Baseman Franny (P. A. Dyer.
Dyer. brother Of the teams
catcher, Ted. was Eastern's bat
ting star. getting single, double
and walk and scoring one run in
four trips.
you know. Dyer fools lot Of
people," says Hart. "The pitchers
can't figure him out because he
looks shorter than he actually Is.
think it's because he has been
growing so fast. I know I'm sur
prised every time I stand next to
him. And as first basemen come,
don't think there Is better one
In the city"
In Two Double Rays.
Dyer played first yesterday as
though he had a mortgage on it.
He figured in both Of Easterns
double plays, one unassisted. That
came in the fourth inning after
Chet Cooper singled for the first
hit of Kline. Leo Speros then
smacked q hot line drive down the
first-base line. Dyer speared it
with his gloved hand and stepped
on the bag to double Cooper.
In the sixth. inning with Bill
Early on first as a result of sin
gle to left. Dyer was the final link
in Gallas- Settle Dyer dou-
BILE out. That same inning Dyeris
backstop brother pegged to Settle
to catch Cooper in an attempted
steal.
Eastern scored one run in the
third. Kline singled. Francis Dyer
and Kallas walked to fill the
bases, and Jim Stevens poled a
long fly to center. Kline scoring
after the catch. The Ramblers
added two more in the fifth on
a double by Dyer. and triples by
Kallas and George Billups.
Wilson scored its lone marker