The sun., 1895-01-06

Are Preparing for usndbsn and Other
Athletic Sports.

Athletic Sports.
The Long Island scloolboya are beginning TO
think OF their coming handball championships.
Just after the league was organized last winter
the boys made plans to compete for the cham
Z Hpionship at handball. Only two schools the
Adelphi and Polytechnic Institute Preparatory
School. had done much with the little sphere,
and the other schools were forced to place
teams Of raw players IN tho court Consc-
uuently the victory lay between the Adclphjsnnl
"Polys," and, although tho latter had tho fn-
nous Dunno brothers in their team. they werc
defeated in a majority OF games by the skilful
Adelphians. This year the conditions are some
what different. The Polys" are already minus
the services of James Dunno. Jr., who is Mt
Brown University, AMI they may lose Tommy
Dunno. who has expressed his intention OF going
To- Exeter School. where he hopes 10 make
the baseball nine next spring. Tho Adel.
phians have also been weakened. ~ their recent
games with tho St. Francis College team
showed.
Last year the boys OF ST. Francis College were
beaten hnndily, although Andy Gillcn, one OF
the younger experts Of the Brooklyn llnndball
Club. was among their number. This school
year the st. Francis boys without Gllen tied
the Adelphlans. The weak point In the Adel
phians' playing Is the game that Babcock hns
been putting up. He plays good enough In the
gymnasium, but when It comes to match
game he IL sadly deficient. The best player on
the Adelphi team at present Is Harry Stenrhs,
While Poly" and Adelphi are dropping or
in their work in the court. the other schools are
than Es berep Fhs VIII II
exceedingly interesting. As the contests which
were held ON saturday inornings last year drew drew
and girls, to the court. it will lie seen that the
piiaysrq are making preparations for cham
-. Francis College IN Brooklyn seems To be
undergoing the same experience that De La
The De La sale boys tried for, ~ long time to
gain admittance to the New York lnterschulastic
ASSOCIATION. They were members of the Junior
Football League for while, but werc dropped
from membership on some pretext. Then they
were denied admittancee, TO the newly formed
De La Sale to become melnber.
For some time past the ST. Francis
students have been known to have u desire TO
join the Long Island league. The boys were
inclined to dispute the scholastic championship
at football Of the Brooklyn High School eleven
before the championship was voted away to st.
Paul's School, and ,hen they semi-oiiicinlly an.
the Poly" High Sclpol game. which was won
by Poly" but the latcness of the season pre-
yented their carrying opt sueh n intention; N9w %
league in time for the handball championships.
They will. it is said. make formal application
IL they can see that Il will receive support from
the delegates. The threatened withdrawal from
the league of the Brooklyn High School il prob
ably what induces them to attempt to get in ut
this time.
Another Brooklyn Catholic school which just
now makes no pretensions to league member
ship but which boasts of a fair body OF athletes
is st. James's School. on Jay street. The boys
although young, are skilled in all branches of
track athletics Among the larger pupils John
Gallagher, Joe Murphy, and Paul Mcclure are
the leaders in hurdle races, while the hest hnr-
dlers among the lower class boys are Will
liam Pc.!etreau, Joseph Clark. and Adam
Leach The sprinters are Pelletrrau, Joe
Fitzpatrick. and David Young in the lower
classes, and Harry Ryan. Henry Baven-
dam, and Joseph lIarkins in the senior classes.
The boys do pretty well at throwing the
baseball. joe NcKeon has thrown IL "Tj
feet. His close rivals are James keOgh
and Harry Ryan. Among tho quarter-lnile
John Walsh. The elong-distancc runners are Paul
Mcguire, Harry Ryan. Joe Harkins William
Wilson. and john Mcdonnell. At broad jump
among the seniors aud J. Cofrey and 7. Case
among the juniors; At high jumping G. Dough-
erty. Joseph Harkins, and Bayendam Of the
senior classes, aud j. Cofey and Young OF the
Junior classes carry Off the honors. Usually
the pole vautcrs are J. Gallagher and j. Har-
kins. At putting the shot Ryan, j. Fearon, ard
Mcdonnell excel
Athletics at st. James School are in meas
ure, superintended by the Rev. Brother Joseph.
In the event of omen events at the brooklyn
School games next spring, the lads of 81. James
will be among the entries.