Evening star., 1952-04-09
Heavy Hitting
Bellies Predictions,
Routs Falls Church

Westinghouse High, believed
weak at bat and with only one
pitcher, Eddie DeSimon, is re-
versing this preseason estimate.
Yesterday the Generals pounded
out 10 hits and found another ace
pitcher in Bill Daley as they
swamped Falls Church, 14-1 in
the Northern Virginia Leagues
opener. WI has now scored As
runs in three games-hardly a
punchlesS performance.
Daley. making his first varsity
start. pitched seven innings and
allowed one hit and one unearned
run. DeSimon finished the game
and gave up two hits. Jim Hill,
Tom Huston and John Gray led
the Generals at the plate with two
hits each.
GOnzaga Beats DeMatha.
In the Catholic League opener,
Gonzaga'S Dick Burke settled
down after rocky first inning to
pitch the Eagles to a 8-5 victory
over DeMatha. Burke allowed
four hits and five runs in the
opening frame but pitched hit
less bal latter that as his mates
rallied with run in their half
of the first, five in the fourth and
two in the sixth.
1nterhigh teams, getting ready
for the opening of their league
season April 25, met with mixed
success. Mount Vernon beat Will
son, 8-5; Tech edged Episcopal,
10; Coolidge routed Woodberry
Forest. 1874. and Roosevelt de-
teated Northwestern, 81.
Wilson came up with five runs
in the ninth inning. but fell three
short. The Mounts Bob Miller
pitched hitless ball for six innings
and allowed only four safeties in
all while his mates were capitaliz-
ing on eight Wilson errors.
Both Tech and Episcopal made
only two hits as a pair of hurlers
worked for each school. The
Trainers scored the winning run
IN the fourth inning when Marvin
Lewis double scored Joe Holden.
Coolidge Gets 18 Hits.
Coolidge. led by Shortstop Bobby
Lakes four hits including a triple
in six times at bat, pounded out
18 hits as it overcame a 20 first
inning deficit to win easily.
Freddie Smith, Northwestern
hurler, lost his control in the
seventh inning and walked two
Roosevelt hitters with the bases
loaded to help the Riders to a
three-run inning and their vic
tory.
The two other Prince Georges
A League teams were successful
against outside competition as
Kennie Parsons had a perfect day
at the plate with a home run,
triple and two singles to lead
BladensDurg to a 1875 triumph
over Glen Burnie and Suitland
beat Laurel, 8:3, with bases-loaded
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Butch Hampton pacing the at
tack.
Bethesda Beats st. Alban's.
Bethesda Chevy Chase got a.
star performance from it's battery
to beat st. Adams, 81. Pitcher
Frank Funk tossed a three-hitter
while Catcher George Chesky
laced out two doubles and single
to lead the Barons at the plate.
Priory outhit Landon. IA. but
lost 11-1. The winners made only
four hits off Jerry Eckholm, but
he gave up seven walks, threw a
wild pitch and saw his mates mis-
cue four times. Landon's eight
runs in the last inning turned the
game into a rout.
St. Paul's Jim Edwards pitched
four-hit ball to beat Frederick
SasScer, 81. Charles Mcdonald
scored both the Trojans' runs on
q home run in the fifth and by
stealing second and third and
tallying the winning run on John
Ignacio's bunt in the seventh.
Dale McCleary followed only
four hits as Gaithersburg opened
its season by beating Charlotte
Hall. 9-1,