The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-14
I%NTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.
ToUNG STUDENTS ACTWELT PREPAR-
ING FOR MANY OUTDOOR Events.

Many Candidates TOR Baseball ana Track
Athletic Teams In the Various schools or
TINS City and OF Games
Already Arranged - rrssfty's FIELD Day.
with tho exception Of the meet to be held
under the auspices Of tho Knickerbocker A.. G.
at Madison Square Garden on March Of. tho
indoor season for the young athletes Of the local
schools came TO q close yesterday. The school.
boys OF this city will open their baseball season
on Tuesday, April 81. while the Brooklyn young.
sters will begin one day later. Already prcdic-
tions are being made, and in this city the Berko-
Icy School team Is looked upon as the most for
midablc, while in Brooklyn st. Paul School OF
Garden City has the call. With the baseball sea-
son como also the many outdoor scholastic
games, which will be more numerous this year
than ever before. As this will be tho last term
Of a majority OF tho cracks. 1t is said that many
new records will be made.
Indoor training for tho athletes connected with
Trinity School Is at an end. and spring weather
is awaited with keen interest SO that outdoor
work can DO done. There Is some talk Of engac-
ing Manhattan Field for training purposes. but rs
yet no definite action has been taken. Capt. =.
McClavc is very we'll pleased with the playing Of
several OF the baseball candidates. Johnson will
cover second base, which position he so clevcrly
nllcd on the ST. Paul School team last year.
| Lane and Kirkby are the most promising candi-
dates for tho initial bag; Mallct, Mitchell, II.
| McClaye. and Robertson are trying for third
base. The four are 80 evenly matched that the
selection for tho position will be hard to make.
Butler. Stewart, or Mitchell will catch, and ut
short stop Beers and Patterson will have n nip.
and.tuck fight for the place. The outiclders
| will be selected from tho following men:
Mapes Hobe,tson. q II. Taxc, brovn. Icmohc
| van Huron. Myr,ck. and Mount. Cant. MccIayc viii
do tho pitching, assisted by o'Rourke and Patterson.
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A.. the committees report was quite lengthy.
| Baseball games were sanctioned with Montclair
,I.L 49, yon.o.. M. s,Loa, No,a.h,
."e. Sen'o,, ionA -. S."oo, -.""lN
Academy, ~. Austins high School, Plngry
School, Polytechnic Preparatory School,. Sto.
,o,s pro,,ra,orv scboo, Colun,hia Ercshucr
N'"' iiep"I"''i' "N"''' oo.""'o" same
Columbia Institute, ana Montclair Military
/ Academy. Tho date fixed by the Athletic Com
rni,,o. TO- ,h. .,nro, to,d d,v,s Er,dar ,nr1
Iu'''.. ~ ~" 10y
30. Tho following events were decided upon:
on., rxs,,.Laoo.x ard d.sb. on,.m,is b,c,c,o r,c.
one'miie run putting inc i<fpouhu sno'' anu 'nro"
ing the discus.
Closed Eyents-5O yard dash, for boys under l2
-, 49,, d., %, ,ov. ,n,o, x..z. inn.
years. 'oyaru uasn' TOT ooys unuer y Gears ioV'
yard dash, Tor boys under 10 years loo-yaru dash
senior; 22O-yard dash, senior; SsO.yard run. senior
o2O.yard hurdle race. senior; putting the i2.pound
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Sho'' enior' running "kn UNI eu'o'' 'N' i''a
race. ono mile; pole vault. senior; throc-lcgged race
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