Evening star., 1908-12-23
General High School Notes.

At this writing basket ball seems to
be lingering at Western High School and
may soon be abolished at this institution.
The fact that the athletic committee and
the principal of the school are much ad-
verse to the game affording it no sup
port whatsoever. coupled WITH the fact
that most Of the players who compose
the quint are back in their studies. MAX
ing them ineligible, are the two main
reasons for killing the game at the
Georgetown school.
Capt. Rathbone Of the Stenographers
track team, who. with the aid Of DR.. Hud
son, IS rapidly rounding a team to rep
resent Business In the Y. NJ. c. A. cross
country run New Year day, reports that
Hill and Loenler are displaying surpris-
ingiy good form in the distance runs the
boys are taking three times a week
around the white lot eIlipse.
None of the schools will devote much
OF their attention to track work during
the Christmas and New Year holidays,
but will break training for the ten days
so as TO indulge In a short rest and feel
more like getting down to real hard work
after the vacation days are over and
training is again resumed.
1t is the intention Of Capt Spransy of
the Machinists' squad. together with the
other weight men at Technical, to put
In some spare moments at Y. M. C. A..
where they Will receive few instructions
and pointers on putting the shot.
The reason Robson, who played the
stellar role on Westerns foot ball team
this past season, has been absent from
basket ball practice during the teams
scrimmages the past few weeks is on
account OF an injury to one of his eyes.
The injured member was bruised in one
Of the high school foot ball games, and
has been giving him considerable trouble
lately.
The basket ball quint at Technical High
Is very fortunate in having the privilege
OF practicing weekly with the strong Cor
coran Cadets at the latters armory. This
affords the high school team the right
sort of practice and will benefit it greatly
when 1t meets teams in its class later on.
The Machinists usually make an excellent
showing In these matches and give prom
ise of developing into fast five.
Manager Welcher and Capt. Gregory of
the Stenographers' basket ball quint have
recently decided on the following plan for
giving the team the mucll-required prac-
tice. The live will line up twice q week
with picked team OF experienced players
In order to develop the new material on
the fine points Of the game. and at the
same time round the men who composed
the team last year into playing condition.
At a recent meeting Of the boys at
Technical. who are interested in basket
ball. Hildreth, former Western High
base ball and basket ball player, was
elected captain of the Quint, while Keun
was unanimously chosen to be the teams
manager. Both these boys are players
OF considerable reputation and expect to
n OF q av<A Oh I,,ln
of their age around town.
Mccarthy. who will lead Techs foot
ball team for the season OF 1909 is the
most recent addition to the Machinists
track candidates: He is weight man
and, along with Spransy and Farmer, will
try to win points for his school in these
events during the coming indoor meets
Keun. who has been holding down the
center station on Techs basket ball quint,
Will be out Of the game for some time.
owing to a recent injury to his knee
Capt Hidreth Is at present substituting
at center In Keun's position, while
wheeler. capable substitute and former
player on the Mount Pleasant quint. is
playing the position left vacant by Hill
dreth.
Another player who is showing up to
advantage on the Stenographers' quint
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full-fiedged basket ball tosser. AS far as
known now the best part Of the team will
be built around WeEcker, Gregory and
Stentz. the three men who were much
In evidence last year fo- Business by
their consistent playing.
Several has bail candidates are at pres
ent training faithfully in the basement
at Eastern High School under Can't
Whitney, who hopes to turn out a fast
nine next spring, owing to this winter
training. The basket ball FIVE is also
working hard and expects to make a much
better showing than last years quint
made against several Of the local teams.
Frazier Of Tech is also displaying some
knowledge of weight events, as his shot
putting has been far above the average OF
man who is novice at the game Capt
Spransy now has several promising can
didates for the weight events and will
devote most of his attention after the
holidays In getting more men out for the
running distances.