The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-27
STARS BASEBALL
CONTEST DELIGHTS
LOCAL SCHOOL BOYS.
Teachers and Principals Favor
1t as Strongly as the
Pupils.
PRACTISE TO BEGIN
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
Institution Heads Encourage
Their Charges to Enter
Prize Contest.


The principals, as we'll as the boys oil
Newark's public schools, are enthus-
iastic over the STARS offer of trophies
for the best teams in the public schooi
leagues. The executive. committee u
the Athletic Association that has the
league affairs in charge has been work
ing for three years to bring the or
ganizations to perfection and recog-
nized that with the indueement Of
fered by this paper the interest in the
games is going to increase many times
over.
The boys themselves. interested as
they were when they thought that they
were to play for the regular trophy
only, are going at the question of prac-
tise and training with redoubled vigor
Temporary teams are being made ur
in many of the schools to weed out the
poorer players and get down to those
who will represent the schools on the
diamond this spring. The idea among
all of the young players is to get start
ed now so as to be In shape to gel
right after the trophies as soon as the
schedule of games is made up.
strongly In Favor.
Principal Elmer K. Sexton. head OF
one of the most enthusiastic of all the
school-boy baseball supporters, looks
for great things in the leagues as 3
result of the STARS prize offers. He
believes in baseball as a part of the
b. s education, and incentives to give
the game stronger foothold meet witt
his hearty approval.
In speaking of the game in connec-
tion with the contest for STAR trophies
MIR. Sexton said today.
Baseball has the advantage of no
only giving practise in athletics to th'
members of the teams, but also to thos,
who play with them. The game is no
confined to any nine or eighteen boys
but to the whole school, There are &
number of schools in the city that are
preparing now for the league contests
They are holding games between the
bring out almost every player in the
school. From this material the teams
are selected.
Besides those who play there are
many of the school children, both boys
and girls, who will accompany the
teams while they play I'M the parks
and so will get exercise that they would
not otherwise.
Valuable Trophies.
THE trophies are valuable not only
in themselves, but because they creare
an immense amount of interest in the
game. They tend to hold the boys tc
the exercise they might otherwise gel
tired of, and teaches them team work
and cooperation that is necessary in
all walks of life.
First of all the game makes the
boys healthy and strong, and 1t is
Eard for a weak boy to be bad boy
Then again instead of the boy being
in the street looking for something tc
turn up he Is occupied and his interest
is aroused 1t appeals to the manly
side of him.
1T is the desire Of the executive
committee the presidents of the
four leagues to have everything con-
Quoted as 1t should be in case of dis
agreements, SO that the old custom of
all the players rushing UP to the uin-
pire when they disagree with decision
can be done away with. We will make
it rule that players must make
known their desires to the umpire
their captain only. AS 1t is
during the three years we have had the
leagues there have been less than two
protests year.
Expect Great Things.
I'VE are hoping great things from
the teams this year.. both in the quality
of the play and the effect on the boys
We believe that the team
that wins is not the only one which
deserves credit. The team that stead
lily loses and sticks to it is worthy of
more praise than the other"
The rules for the picking Of the teams
have been adopted by the committee.
In the senior leagues the players may
be- picked from any grade, but they
must be under eighteen years of age
The members of the junior leagues in
the gramrner schools may be picked
from any grade but must be under
fourteen years old. In the primary
the players must come
from any grades UP to the seventh.
Players safeguarded.
In order to prevent the possible
changing of players from the senior to
the junior league any one who plays
in a game with the first-named for
feits his right to play with the minor
teams.
There are to be no scholarship quail
hcations. As long as a boy does the
best he can he win be ellgible. The re-
quirernents are that he shall pay at
-ention to his lessons and have a good
report in department
The meeting of the representatives
who will make up the league which is
10 play under the auspices of the Cath
olfc School Boys Athletic League will
meet at s O'clock on Thursday night at
he Father Mathew I. A. B. headquar-
Lers, at Hudson and Hartford streets,
The league president is Bernard J..
Owens, who will handle the affairs of
he new organization until they are in
running order. There will be two
es gues formed. one senior and one jun
or The teams will come from the
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