Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

AS the present foot ball season will soor
be over. the general topic for converse
ton in the high school camp now is track
and basket ball. From present indications
Technical, Western and Business will be
represented by a basket ball quint In the
near future. Eastern is silent at this
writing along these lines, but is more
than likely to be heard from in the next
few weeks AS the Centralites are con-
sidered weak in track this year, a sport
which has always been the mainstay OF
the o Street School. the athletic director,
Of the institution have decided 1t best no'
to weaken the track material now or
hand In order to be represented by q bas.
ket ball team this season.
The basket ball fever seems to be
spreading rapidly. and many predict that
In the next few years this fast sport will
be permanently established in the loca
high schools on a par with base ball and
foot ball. basket ball series among the
high schools would undoubtedly do much
toward boosting high school athletics. fol
during the months when this game Is in
the public eye high school trays and com.
petitions are quiet, for track interests are
far from what they should be in every
school except Central, and possibly Tech
This statement has been emphatically and
plainly illustrated in the past two years
fact that Central High will experience
the worst track outlook this season that
the o Street School has faced for quite a
number Of years. The team is training
constantly however. under "Bill'' Foley
direction. and Is confident of springine
several surprises on the cinder path when
called upon. Capt Cheney has sew.
eral men out to act as nucleus upon
which he hopes to build up winning
team. These men are Kelly. McKeever
Wilson
on them the school depends largely to
bring track athletics through its present
crisis.
team are exceedingly bright at Tech this
year, and from recent reports the Machin-
lists are going to take advantage Of the
opportunity and strive hard to make II
anything but easy picking for the Cen.
tralites In the spring meet. Tech now
has indoor training quarters. q thing
which has greatly handicapped them ir
past years. and those interested in this
sport at this school are confident that tho
team turned out will undoubtedly hold Its
own on the cinder path.
The game scheduled to take place this
afternoon between Western and Business
has been declared Off by mutual agree
grounds 1t will in all obability, be
played next Tuesday.
Techs trusty foot bali warriors have
met some fine working teams this year,
but the Machinists will oppose the tough
est proposition they have faced this sea-
son tomorrow afternoon. when they line
up against the husky Navy Plebes at
Annapolis. Nd. at o'clock. AS this is
an outside game, players who were ineli-
gib,e in the high school games are not
restricted from participating in this fray.
The Machinists will greatly profit by this.
as Coach Hecox can pay Galbraith who
has been out Of the game with fiunks, In
guard, thus allowing BullOugh his most
consistent ground gamer, to resume his
old position at halfback. The team will
leave the city tomorrow noon and will be
accompanied by 4 large crowd OF Tech
rooters, who will do everything in their
power to give their team encouragement
in its hardest game Of this season.
Western will be decidedly strengthened
in its game against Business by the re-
turn Of Robson, who has been putting UP
a commendable game at fullback for the
Georgetown lads this year He Is hard
worker and is of considerable aid to his
team by his clever interference, line buck
ing and punting.
The boys across the creek. however.
will miss the services OF Watson. their
strongest line man. when the team lines
up next Tuesday. The big fellow has been
playing an excellent game for his school
on both the defensive and offensive, and
his position. at left tackle, will be diff
cult to fill capably.
1t has often been remarked on the side
lines that 1t is regrettable that Martin,
who has been playing almost the whole
game for Eastern this year. could not
have represented a stronger team In the
present high school series, where his
plaYing would have been given a GREATER
opportunity to shine AS it is his play
ing is on a par with any other back. and
with a good team as side runner he
surely would be q star.