Evening star., 1954-06-08
Western Ace 10 Seek
Second Victory Over
Eastern in Title Game
By Dick SIoy

oOU AOIIldA, CHUNKY SOpIlO.
more highlander for Western
High, pitches again tomorrow
afternoon in Griffith Stadium,
seeking to accomplish what no
other pitcher has done in recent
memory-beat Eastern twice in
one season.
Eastern and Western earned
the right to play in the Inter-
high championship game by
winning their playoff openers
yesterday at the ball park. East
ern, the defending champion
and winner of the title five of
the last six years, squeezed a 80
victory from AnacoStia in the
first game and Western coasted
by Tech. 9-5. in the nightcap.
Lomax came out of boys club
ball this year to give Western
the one good pitcher it needed
to win in the Interhigh twice.
a-week schedule. But he was a
catcher until Coach Cliff Moore
tried him on the mound, found
he had excellent control to go
with speed, and insisted he pitch
from then on.
LOmax Works Four Innings.
II felt that we had a good
team at the start of the season,
If we could find one outstand-
ing pitcher" Moore related
yesterday. Last year it was the
other way around. We had the
pitcher. Jim WeXler, but hardly
anything else"
Lomax started his first league
game month ago against East
ern and won a GA decision to
hand the defending champions
what was to be their only Inter-
high defeat. Lomax gave up
nine hits while his mates were
collecting only two off Ray
Lambert, but his control paid
off. Lambert walked nine, hit
two batters and saw five errors
committed behind him.
Lomax went four innings
against Tech yesterday before
Moore moved him to the out
field to save him for Wednesday.
Carl Rosenbusch came in with
an 81 lead and staggered home
with the win as Tech staged a
terrific rally.
Not only was Tech without its
leading pitcher, Don Cousin, who
had his appendix removed
Saturday, and its f1rst-string
catcher, Joe Rowe, who broke
his hand the day before; the
Trainers also could not count on
their best relief pitcher, Frank
Shore, who had been out of
town and missed practice for
the past week.
SmallwOOd to Face LOmax.
Coach Harry Smith started
Rightfielder Tom Merryman and
he retired in favor of First Base
man George DutroW during a
flve-run assault by Western in
the third inning. Shore finally
came in to pitch with one out in
the seventh inning.
Facing Lomax tomorrow is
certain to be the best pitcher in
1nterhigh baseball. Dickie Small
wood. The classy lefthander
played rightfield yesterday, hit
two singles in three times at bat,
knocked in EaStern's first run in
the second inning, and scored
the Ramblers' other two.
Lambert went all the way for
Eastern and got in trouble only
in the fifth inning whens Craig
Anderson, the AnacoStia pitcher.
sliced a single over second base
to score Ronnie Poole and George
Murphy to tie the score. Eastern
unlocked the score in the bottom
of the seventh when it loaded
the bases with none out and
Catcher Ben Gorbea laid down
squeeze bunt to score Small
wood.
A year ago Smallwood pitched |
one of his best games when he
defeated Roosevelt in the cham
pionShip game, 40. He struck
out seven batters, walked none
and yielded only two hits. He
was bothered by sore arm early
this season but recovered to win
four games, giving him a record
of II victories and no defeats
over the two years.