Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-17
HIGH, scHHlad IT, ATHLETICS.

Base Ball :Tea6asWB Being Formed
The Interschsol Meet.
The base ball fgaHnS Of the RESPECTIVE.
high schools havso4fsa late in beginning
practice this year-ea-account Of the time
and attention REQUIRED for the arrange
ments of the spring. athletic meet and the
bad weather thaSPFAFailed when 1t was
possible to practice a little. 1t Is hoped
that 1t will be possible to organize a team
at each of the four SCHOOLS, so that series
| Of games can be .arranged between them
for the championship. which has not been
determined for several years.
The team at the Central Is in a more Ger
| tain state of organization at present than
any of the rest. and by the middle of next
week it Is expected that the members Of
| the team Will be fully decided upon. Prac-
| tfce this week has been sharp. The men
are rapidly getting into form and playing
In regular positions. Eckert. who was cap
| tain and manager of the PortlandS last
year, will catch on the Central team this
sea son and will be of much help to them In
| their stick work. Capt. Ennis. who played
hrst base for the Arsenals of the Depart
pitching and playing the above position; ;
thus the club will always receive the bene-
| mt. OF his batting strength. Warren will
take turns with Ennis, and In the absence
Of either Tisdell KimmeI will be play
ed on first. The other members for the in
field are Smith Shuster second base;
Downing. short stop. and Phil. Tindail, an
efficient batter. and fielder, will play third
base. Guy Oyster will play left field, and
Eddie Maynard center field, while the right
held will be covered by one Of the extras.
Mr.. Charles D. Young. who was elected
manager for the season, has arranged for
game with the LIE Droit Parks at the
Arsenal today. and one with the third
Georgetown University team for next Sat
urday. to be played on the college campus.
Challenges have been sent to the other
High Schools
At the Other Schools.
Prospects at the Eastern are much
brighter this year than for several years
past. as these schools have better material
and are going about their work in a more
systematic manner, unde. the guidance of
Mr.. Emory C. Wilson Of the faculty Very
little practice has been had so far, and
nothing definite has been decided but the
makeup of the team will very probably be
as Follows: Harris. catcher; Hand andWahle
pitchers; Smell and Hand, first base: Gapen
and Combs, second base: G. W. Kelly short
stop; Zurhorst third base and Maupin,
Sprucebank. Hoover Wallace and " G.
Kelly for the outfiehl
Very little has been done in regard to
athletics of any kind at either the Bust
ness or Western school. but it is probable
that both schools will have teams in the
held In couple of weeks.
Spring Athletic Meet.
The third meeting of the executive COM
rnittees on the inter-Hfsh School track and
field day was held at the Central High
school when the rules Of the Inter-
collegiate Athletic Association were adopt
/ ed with a few additions respecting
the filing and decisions Of protests,
and establishing conditions for entries.
1t was decided to apply to the l..
A. w. FOR a permit teshold the bicycle race
under hn fhra
was. excluded from othe entries. Throwing
tie base ball and the running hop skip
and jump contests have been excluded
from the original list of events
AS Wednesday, June 3, is the most de-
sirable date for the, meet. as long as the
Georgetown College. grounds could not be
secured for a Saturday. 1t was decided to
request the board Of trustees of public
schools TO allow the high schools a half
day holiday that day. Accordingly, Mr.
Phil Ifnfal. president, Of the Committees
wrote letter to the beard. making such a
request. which was approved by Dr. F. r.
Lane, the supervising principal of the high
schools. When the communica ton was
brought up for consideration at the meeting
OF the board Tuesday the request was unan-
fmously granted. Therefore, the inter-
high school field and track meet will be held
| ON tn" above date. when the high schools
Will be dismissed at II o'clock.
Apparatus has been purchaser by each
school and practice Is, had almost daily
I'repa ia tons for the csents have pro-
gressed further at the Central than any
OF the other schools, and the following en-
Walker jolly. Stuart. Underwood and
Coffin. ...fer-a.the acknowledgement dash
Ruff. Stuart. KimmeI and Ketcham. for
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES twenty and ,four-hup-
dred-and forty yard dashes; HotteIl Stuart
Ruff Oyster and Albert ftp the rYife A nd
half-mile runs; Smith, Young Curtis anu
Tindall, for the relay race; Wilson Martan.
f3drn onds. Potbury and Barnard, for the
t1t,
Gains and Hotel. running broad lump:
Slack Coffin, Rollins. Farfow, Browning
| and Alden. running high jump and Cur
sis and Coffin, for the pole raulGf-ss'"
--'~' -''''' Notes. 80 -,...-..
The principal matters of interest to the
pupils Of the High Schools for the last sew
cral weeks have been base ball and dra-
matte affairs Five plays have been in
preparation in the last couple of weeks
and now rehearsals are being regularly held
for three of them. One Of the farces
Lend Me Five Shillings," was presented
by cast Of Central High School students
and graduates at the dramatic and terpsf-
chorean entertainment. given by the Cen
trail High School Orchestra at National
Rifles Hall last Thursday night, while
Richard III is still being contemplated
by the Central High School Literary and
The cast that was selected for the presen-
| tation Of Goldsmith's "She Stops to Con
quer, at the annual May concert of the
central, has been rehearsing steadily three
tunes week for the last three weeks. and
| Is doing excellently'
Although the contest for the "reyiew.'
prizes closed about month ago, the win
iers were not known until last week when
lnelr names were announced as follows:
charles Mayer, first prize; James Hotel.
hoys second prize; Miss Scudder, girls sec
END prize, and Arthur Plant, boys third.
another prize, a camera of the latest pat
tern, Will be given out at the end of the
year to the pupil of the Central High
School who has published the best original
drawing or sketch.
ne fhlloterpfans were so successful in
tnelr ST. Valentines reception at Haines'
Hall on the 18th Of February last that thew
nave decided to give another one on the
2Ith OF this month, at Carroll Institute
The Eastern High School will celebrate
the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
or the battle of Culloden during the last
nour OF school tomorrow. A program of
scotch songs by the school and the reading
OF selections from Scotch poets has been
arranged. Miss May Weide will read an
account OF the battla' and Miss Walport will
sing scotch balladse b.