The sun., 1899-04-02
INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.
BRTGHT OUTLOOK FOR BhRNARDS
OPLN GAMES NEXT SdTURDlT.

Teams In Active Training for the Coming
Spring Events.-Boys Vie with Each Other
In Fitting out for Championship Honors
Full schedules for the Baseball Season.
All nrrangemen ents have been perfected for
the annual indoor games O, the Barnard
schooi Athletic Association. to be held at the
Eighth Regiment armory next Saturday after
noon. Tho games have been sanctioned by
the New York lnterscholastic Athletic Associa-
tion and the events will he open TO all ANA
teurs representing preparatory schools or
academies within siXty miles of this city.
Several entries have been received from ath-
letes tutoring. but owing to the announcement
by President Browne Of the local association
that they should not be allowed to compete
the entries were rejected This bars out q.
J.. Serviss and G. Du Val. the high jumpers.
The events will be:
SiIty.yard dash. senior, onc.m mile run, 22o yard
dash. senior; 22O.yArd dash. Junior aso.yard run.
putting the ! 2 pound shot running high jump. 30.
yard dash. Junior; eo.yard hurdle race, 4+o-yard
run.
There will be four prizes in each event and
there will also be u point trophy. The athletes
OF the promoting school will not compete Tor
tho cup. but will try for the medals.
Another thing that Is attracting the attention
OF the young athletes OF the local and Brook
lyn schools is the opening OF the baseball
season. which will occur this month. Active
preparations are being made at al! the schools
and from present indications some rattlng
games will be played. Both associations have
arranged their schedule and the school teams
are now booking games with outside teams
Tho regular league season in this city will
open April 10. when De La Sale Institute aud
Trinity School Will meet. The Long Island
league season will open on April ~. with
game between st. Paul School and Adelphi
Academy. All the loca! games will be played
At Berkeley Oval. while the Long Island games
There has been considerable stir In a. hlerics
at Trinity School lately. The baseball candi-
dates are more numerous than ever before
ing oLt a winning team. Although the men
have not as yet had any outdoor practice the
factory. Capt. r. McCave is handling the can
didates IN clover manner and is confident OF
He eu makes v them n" 90 GO through courss Of sys-
temstG training eye every "ternsts day rne
assisted BY Physical director, T. Seixas, the
track team Is making great strides toward the
1t is very noticeable fact that the different
Se 80 he
salmon started the candidates In TO early train
ing and the result |. that the teams ore now in
tit condition to do battle at moments notice:
baseball will begin at Columbia Oval next
season on track and diamond.
The athletes at Columbia Grammar School
a In as sd this F The
few days the gymnasium has been alive with
youngsters who are trying to make the differ
and Capt; Cadenus OF the baseball team are
both in high gee over the turn OF affairs and
are now hustng to develop them. Cadenus
already arranged
the baseball team and Is going to try his best
Athletics are booming ut Wilson Vail School
and everything possible is being done to or
Canlze strong teams. II is the first year that
with the new material on hand and those left
from last year much better showing ID an,
e.p or Sehy boys have ssnd
their intention OF competing for places The
practice consists mainly Of batting and field
sented on the running rath this season is
demonstrated by the showing made in prac-
A. G. during the past month
Everything points 20 successful season at
Berkeley school in both athletics and baseball
The school has among Its many candidates
the best schoolbov athletes In this country.
These were recently strengthened by the addl;
athlete from Pingry School OF New JERSEY and
the relay team OF the school will be nearly in
White. Forney and and Bosssen. ~ As soon as The
weather will allow. the track and indoor teams
will break indoor training and make their
quarters atBerkeley Oval. where the finishing
touches for outdoor work will be put on. The
baseball team Is now practicing in cage put
into the gymnasium OF the old Columbia Uni
Al meeting Of the SSchs School Athetie
Association held last wednesday Fir Preslnent
Of the Track Com mmittee. The candidates OF
the various teams have been practicing for
booker A c. and are in excellent. yslcal CON
dition for outdoor work. A trainer has been
viii beein.at the grounds OF the Pastime 4. C.,
sixty-sixth street and Avenue A. next week.
Ths optd2or iS i,s games mes and tennis tournament
The candidates for the track team at Dwight
School are getting into shape a. the schools
never been able to take a very prominent part
In any OF the interscholastic athletic proceed
ines owing to the lack Of the proper material.
q name for.itselt by placing strong track and
baseball teams in the teli. All the outdoor
New West Side Y. NJ. c. A.. as several of the
latter's members are students at the school.
tennis at the school and it is expected that a
good team will be placed in the interscholastic
The prospects are not favorable for base
ball team at Columbia Institute this year on
ing to lack OF material. The time OF the
sive preparations for the annual drill to bo held
es a'sT part dher @ s n0% ' p1a Ia,
been said, however that Q few of the students
will be developed to represent the institute In
the championships. Major Graf has large
number of candidates In hand perfectng G them
for the annual fencing tournament which is
booked FOR the first week In MAY at the rooms
OF the New West Side Y. NJ G. A. This tour
nament Is generally the most interesting fea-
ture of the work by the students at the. .insti-
tute.
Keen interest in general athletics has de-
yeloped at De La Sale Institute. The base
ball team will open the season on April 3. with
q game against tho Montclair aigh School. tho
result OF which will determine the positions OF
the players for the interschol lastie champion
ship. In track athletics the institute will not
be very strong but enough athletes will be
developed to enter the ,championship.
The usual activity Is displayed among the
students OF Collegiate School The baseball
candidates are receiving plenty OF exercise on
the wristsand rowing machines under the di:
rection OF a competent coach. Tho school
will also be strongly represented on the cin-
der path this season. In previous years the
school has devoted so much time TO handball
fencing and basketball that interest in other
sports was very slim. This year. however.
every line Of sport will he INDUCED in and the
sehool homes TO make good showing. Hand.
ball and fencing tournaments will start next
month net for baseball practice has been
IN the gymnasium all winter.
The athletic outlook for Drisler School Is