Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06
CENTRAL HIGHS
GOOD TRACK TEAM
Speedy Athletes Expect to
Maintain the Schools
Reputation.

In spite of the fact that the outlook
in track at Central High School for
this season is about the poorest in sew
erai years. nevertheless successful
and prosperous year on the cinder path
is predicted at the o street institution.
This time of the year in past seasons
has found surplus of &C. men left
over from the preceding years with
good enough regulations and qualifica-
lions to be pitted against the best
track men at their age in this section
of the country, and these men formed
an excellent foundation for a winning
team. AT this writing. however. very
few &C" men in track are in school,
as the team lost several of it's stars and
mainstays in this sport through gradu-
alton.
There are two good reasons. however
why an excellent track team should be
developed this season: First the fact
that it is again in charge of Coach
Bill Foley, who has been mainly re-
sponsible for the excellent record and
reputation in track athletics at Central,
and secondly, d quantity of material is
on hand training faithfully indoors If
this new material. which undoubtedly
possesses ability, follows closely the i'll
StrurtiOnS of their coach, both these re-
quirements, which are necessary for Il
successful runner, will be brought to
the front through his consistent system
of coaching. MIR. Foley has quite rep
utation in developing men for the Gin
der path, and has had remarkable sue
cess along this line at several of the
local institutions, and if the right stuff
is present in the novice runners at Cen
trail High it will soon be discovered
and placed to advantage. He has been
severely handicapped lately. as the ma
jority of the boys who are now entering
high school are much younger and nat
urally much smaller in stature than in
past years, and for this reason ire not
strong enough to stand the work and
test of training to participate in the
various meets.
About forty such boys are reporting
as often as they can during the week
merely running indoors for their own
benefit in order to secure exercise and
health. These boys are carefully look
ed after by Mr.. Foley, who puts them
through a light system of training.
This picture of the track team was
candidates were drilling, but it con-
tains the principal runners with the
most ability on whom Central High
trusts it's track reputation for the com
ing season. Several of the boys have
been training quite a while now, but
real hard and grueling work will not
be engaged in till after the Christmas
holidays when the runners Will begin
to prepare themselves for the George
Washington meet
Immediately following the holidays Mr.
Foley will discover and assign the dis
tances to the men for which in his judg-
ment they are best suited and along the
line he thinks they will display the most
ability. In order to arouse interest ana
make the work more enjoyable, he intends
to run off every Saturday after the holi-
days an interclasS meet open only to Cen
trail High School students. These meets
will contain and touch upon all track
athletics, and point winners Will be
awarded medals and trophies donated by
graduate runners, who gained considera-
BILE fame on the track while attending the
o street school.
Capt Cheney who has been absent from
school on account of sickness, is expected
to be in his running toys before long and
aid the coach in developing the new men.
Zeh. who made quite reputation In the
high school last season as mile runner.
has been acting captain. and he and
Cullen. Speidel. Dewey. Witten. Henry.
Richardson and a few other veterans
form the crowd with considerable expert
ence in track work. The team received
severe blow in losing Dick. W1ndgate and
Carter. all runners with classy track
records. through graduation. and Will ex-
perience considerable difficulty In finding
men to fill the vacancies creditably.
All the weight men are ordered to report
after the holidays and gradually get into
condition. Wilson, Menefee, Kelly, Gripp
Macdonald and Rawlings will in all prob
ability represent the school in this branch
Of track work during this season. The
team will be entered in several other
meets during the winter months, among
which is the Georgetown meet, while ar
rangemepts are pending to send men this
wear to Several of the annual out-of-town
indoor meets. More information about
the team will be published later on, as the
season has hardly started and very little
progress has been made to date. but it is
not at all unlikely that many more cups
and trophies will be added by this year S
track team to the already large collection
at Central High School.