The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-14


tinent is a feat worthy Of notice, and
that is what the Seattle High School
team. which made such a good showing
in Washington, has done.
The journey from the Pacific Coast 10
the jamestown Exposition, the farthest
point East that the team will reach. is by
far the longest and most pretentious trip
ever attempted by a scholastic athletic
team. And the venture has been crowned
with success. for of the total games
played the team has won about half. and
some Of the teams competed with have
been much stronger than the high school
lads, notably the Frankfort Athletic Club,
of Philadelphia. which was composed Of
such college diamond stars as Ziegler and
Hare, men who have made regulations for
themselves and their alma matters on the
baseball fields and the local amateur
teams.
The idea Of the teams undertaking such
a trip originated with Harold H Stewart,
the manager of the Seattle High School
football team last fall At first the idea
was ridiculed by the students, and caused
the members OF the faculty to smile; but,
undaunted, the youth with ideas wrote
10 the different school teams and clubs
on the route to the Atlantic and obtained
assurances that justified the team IN I'M
dertahing the trip provided the neces-
sary capital 10 make the start was OBJ
tanned. The Seattle Business Mems As
sociation was the first body TO be APP
preached with a plea for assistance, and
that organization did not look with favor
upon the scheme which entailed the trav-
cling Of many thousands Of miles by
group Of youngsters. Finally the asso-
citation saw 1T to further the scheme,
probably with the idea of advertising the
city and in this respect the association
acted wisely. for the team has brought
the town in the far Northwest into promi-
nence in every city IN which il has per-
formed.
Business Mems support.
The Business Mems Association con-
tributed s1.450. and with the 500 additional
from the High School Athletic Associa-
ton, the squad, consisting Of twelve play
ers. left Seattle June Il, in charge of a
member OF the faculty and Graduate Man
aSer George j. Stewart The first game
played on the trip was on June IS, with
the ST. Paul Athletic Club Seattle winning
by ? TO l. Schmutz holding the Mime
sofa bays to two hits and tanning thir-
teen. The next game was with the North
Division High School. OF Chicago. on June
49, resulting in shut-out for Agnew, the
Seattle twirIer who famed seventeen Of
the Chicago lads. The score for this game
was: Seattle, 3; Chicago High School O.
On June 20 the team defeated the Wen
dell-Phillips School. OF Chicago. cham
pions of the Middle States, by Il 10 c. and
on June p dropped the second game with
the North Division High School by to l.
From Chicago the team went to De-
troit, where they defeated the AIl-star
High School team June %, TO 0, Agnew
holding them without a hit On the 24th
they tackled the Detroit Athletic Club
and were defeated by to ? From De
trolt the Seattle squad went to Scranton
Pa, and BANKED the Lackawanna Bust
ness College. , to O. and on the 18th play
ed the Richmond Hills High School team
or Brooklyn, losing by to 2. On July .
they stacked up against the Frankfort
Athletic Club. Of Philadelphia. II team
composed Of college stars, and were
beaten to 0, this being the first game Of
the TRIP IN which they were unable to
taliy run. On July 3 they played The
philadelphia Giants (colore6. and were
beaten by one run, the score being , TO /
The teams next game was with the
champion Western High School team OF
this city, in which Western vas beaten
by 10 to l. The next two games were
with the Martinsburg CW. Val team
Monday and Tuesday, Seattle losing both
games. the scores being S TO 4 and 4 TO
respectively. Tuesday the Northwestern
ers lost twelve-inning contest 20 the
Hagerstown (Md9 team. Score, 1 to 3.
Go to Norfolk.
The high school lads next game IN this
city was Fridays go with the ST. Stepb-
ems Institute team. OF the Capital city
League, the local lads winning 9 to 2 Sc
attic ended the stay here yesterday with
the Post-office team, Of the Departmental
League, at National Park. The team
left for Norfolk last night
From Norfolk the team will go to Char
lottesville. where it plays the Young
Mems Christian Association team. Thurs
day and Friday the team expects to spend
at the jamestown Exposition, starting
Saturday for the return trip to Seattle
The first stop on the way home will be
IN Chicago. where the team will meet
Jimmy Callahan's team. and the Guu-
theirs, two Of the strongest professional
teams. outside the big leagues. in this
country. From Chicago the team will 20
to st. Louis. then to Memphis. to Fort
Worth. 10 FL Paso. 70 Phoenix. to Los
Angeles. to san Francisco. TO Portland
and home. completing a trip of approx
mately 5000 miles.
When Manager Stewart, of the Seattle
team. was asked to give his opinion as
70 how the Eastern high school teams
compared with the WesteTners. he said:
I feel that our Western high school
lads are superior TO the Fasteners. not
IN baseball alone, but in practically all
branches OF athletics. AS far as college
athletics are concerned there is no com
pariscn, the Eastern colleges being far
ahead Of any Of the Pacific Coast col
leges, with the possible exception of
Berkeley and Stanford.
Our schools have greater enrolment.
and our students generally are larger
owing. I believe, TO the fact that our
cities are not so thickly populated and at
ford more healthfUl conditions.
The most striking reason for our ad-
vance in athletics, however, according to
my notion, is the fact that in the East
the nigh school teams are completely
oTershadowed by the college teams. and
being touted as kids they naturally feel
and act like youngsters On the other
hand. our Western high schools are often
almost on a par with the colleges IN ath-
letics-bow to them only when beaten
and consequently play with greater. spirit