Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-13
THEH|GHSCHOOLM[E
Indications of a Successful
Affair May %.
ATHLETES IN FIELD
CENTRAL BOYS GO TO TOME IN
sTITUTE TOMORROW.
Georgetown Law and Gallaudet to Bun
Relay Race at Business
Meet May 81.

At recent meeting Of the High School
board Of faculty advisers, consisting OF
Messrs Hart of Business, Mattern OF Tech
meal, Matthews of Western, Kelly OF Cen
trail and Huntsberger of Eastern, the sole
management of the interhagh school outdoor
spring meet was vested in Raymond w.
Pullman, graduate of the Business school
in last years class. Mr.. Pullman gave out
today the first official statement in regard
to the meet that has been made.
The time will be May %, and the place
the Georgetown field. In addition to the
regular program Of senior events, three
junior events will be held, the broad jump,
seventy-fve-yaru dash and half-mile relay.
Medals will be given for the junior events.
but points will not be counted for them on
the score Of the schools by whom they are
won. All boys entering these numbers must
have been under sixteen years of age at the
time they entered school last September.
If the Central High School should secure
the greatest number of points in this meet
that school would establish permanent
ownership to the handsome cup offered by
The Evening Star to the school winning
the meet on three occasions. 1t is not nee
essary for school to be victorious in three
consecutive contests to win this trophy, but
In the past eight years the Central has dis
tanced all competitors. 1t now has two
cups given by The Star, and has secured
two of the three victories necessary to win
permanently third cup.
Bernard j. Wefers, who once held the
record as king of sprinters,' and who 1s
now director of athletics at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, will be the referee,
and, 1t is stated, the other officials will in
clude many men well known in athletic cir
cles.
The management of the high school
spring meet has been in different hands al
most every year since 1t was inaugurated.
In 1900 1t was taken charge of by an ex-
ecutive board of the school, consisting Of
two pupils and three teachers. In 1901 and
1902 M. ]. Thompson, former director of
athletics at Georgetown University, man
aged it, while last year the director of high
school athletics, William Foley, conducted
the affair. 1t is said that Mr.. Foley's pres
ent duties are SO extensive that he has
found it impossible to manage the meet
this year, and he will not officiate in any
capacity. Manager Pullman is very popu-
lar among high school pupils and teachers,
having taken great interest In athletics,
as well as many other matters while going
to school, and the greatest confidence is
felt in his ability to make the enterprise
success. Already the results are very en-
couraging, it is said.
The Relay Race.
1t Is emphatically stated that the relay
race, which was said to have been arranged
between the Gallaudet and Georgetown
Law School teams for this occasion, is not
to be run at this meet, but will be a fea-
ture of the coming Business High School
interclass meet, scheduled for May q.
Between thirty and seventy boys from the
Central, Technical and Western High
Schools are out training on the Georgetown
field every pleasant day, and have been for
some time. Up to the present not much
interest has been shown by the Eastern and
Business boys, but 1t is expected they will
begin active training soon.
Central, as in former years, is expected
to be strong in all events. though it is said
to be unlikely that the school will capture
the honors as easily as heretofore, since
Technical is known to have much good ma
terial and to be working hard for first
place. Cook, Kelly Parson, Sherman,
Kent and others are likely point winners
for Central. Technical has strong men in
Wetzel, Walker, Ballinger, Du Came, Hud-
dleson and number of others.
Western will suffer through the loss Of
Miller and Fletcher, both of whom left
school recently. Still it is known that the
team intends to fight hard for ground with
such meritorious men at Morse. Church
and others.
Eatsern will feel greatly the absence of
Jaeger who last year captured events ga
lore for his school. He graduated last
June and Is at present away at college.
Capt. Linthicum of this school has hopes
of again landing prizes in the Junior events
Other Eastern men Of promise are Simons,
Fields, Miller, Oyster and Mitcher.
Business may have Loughran in the field,
who is said to be one of the fastest half
and quarter mile runners in the high
schools 1t will be remembered that in 1902
he won first in the half and second In the
quarter, against a field of strong runners.
He has not been in athletics recently, but
may re-enter this spring.
Leading Events.
Among the events Of the meet will be
the following: 76-yard dash, 1O0-yard
DASH 22O-yard dash, mile run, 44O-yard
rum 22O-yard hurdle, Junior relay, cham
pionship relay. high jump, broad jump,
pole vault, shot put hammer throw and
discus throw.
Two other events Of interest soon to
take place in the high schools are the
Business and Central interclass meets,
the first of which has been mentioned
before. The occasion at the Business Is
expected to be a memorable one, as 1t
will be the first meet of the kind ever
held by the school. 1t will occur the af-
ternoon of May Fl on Georgetown field,
| as stated. and the prospects for a success
| full meet are said to be very promising.
The events include a 50-yard dash,
| 100yard dash, 22O. a 40, an $50 and a
mile run; a relay race between the two
companies of the school, a relay race
between the two classes and a special
| Junior relay race. In addition to these
there will be the usual field events.
AS a special event, Manager Hempstone
has arranged the race between the relay
team of Georgetown Law School and
| the relay team of Gallaudet College. A
silver cup will be given to the winning
team, and both are confident of winning
| the prize.
| Mr.. Harold Simpson has secured as off,
Gals Mr. Foley, director of athletics in the
| University, and Mr.. Mattern of the Techni-
| cal High School and others.
RaSa Rail Came RI Follow,