Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

| ba sement corridor at this institution.
These competitions do much toward CIV
! ing the coach a line the ability OF
the men, displaying to him the events in
which the boys excel the most and for
which they are the best suited. This kind
OF training also affords the track men
practically the same experience they
would receive in regular meet, and
does much toward abolshing the nervous
ness which usually has a firm hold on a
novice runner
Manager Howard and Capt Spransy of
the Technical High track team are eX-
ceedingIy anxious to match the firSt-year
men of this institution in picked relay
against any of the other high school
freshmen in the oncoming indoor meets.
One important thing about the Tech cam
didates Is that the majority are freshmen,
and If they display any classy form at the
track game the school will be very for
tunate in having excellent nucleus
around which to build up winning and
successful teams on the cinder path for
the next three years, when track athletics
are more than likely to be firmly estab-
liShed at this school.
The Machinists' basket bali quint re-
ceived a considerable setback when Prin-
cpal Meyers announced the ineigibiity
OF Capt. Hldreth and Wetzell, the two
leading players of the team, a short
period before the scrimmage with Bust
ness Friday afternoon. Both these play
ers have been largely responsible for the
excellent showing the team has made so
far this season, and although excellent
substitutes of reputation will take their
places the absence of these two boys
will greatly handicap the five's playing.
Fnssenden, a veteran runner in the
sprints at Eastern High. was recently
elected to lead the Capitol Hill boys on
the track for this season. Although few
other veterans of the running game are
now attending the southeast institution, a
promising bunch of new material is
training faithfully. and high hopes of de-
veloping capable aggregation are ex-
ceedingly bright. The team will have an
excellent opportunity to display its true
form, as it will in all probability be
coached by Bill Foley. who is at pres
emf working hard to get the Central High
athletes into condition.
The Jacob Tome meet, which will be pulled
Off in the near future, will receive several
entries from Central High, and these boys
will strive hard to follow In the foot
steps of former teams Of the o street
school by carrying off the much-coveted
banner to the school winning the most
number of points. Zeh Cullen. r. Lam
caster, G. Lancaster, Dewey and Richard
son will probably be the men to uphold
the Centralites in this meet.
If all reports are. true and Al HaRd
Doe, one of the local crack base ball
tossers. intends playing professional ball,
the Central High ball team will severely
miss his services as coach. He obtained
excellent results by his clever directions
last year, and was counted on to be with
the . street nine through the high school
series. Doc" White, who in the near
future will commence to give the boys a
few pointers on the national game, can
not be with the team at the critical time.
and Handlboe was depended on to direct
the Centralites during the high school
games.
Manager Welcker of the Stenogra piers
basket bail quint has arranged games with
Friends Select, Eastern High and West
ern High which>will be pulled off in the
business gymnasium during this week. AL
lhough the men who compose this team
are well up on the fine points of the toss
ing game, very little team work has been
perfected as yet, owing to the short period
Capt. Gregory has had to round the five
INTO playing condition. In Welcker and
Gregory the team has two veteran basket
ball players who are difficult men to
hold in check, and both are capable of
holding their own with any of the other
high school men who are now playing
the game around this city.
be considerably strengthened when the
basket ball stops rolling at the southeast
school, as several good track men COM
pose the quint who will greatly aid Capt
Fussenden at the end of the basket ball
season in wedding out and developing
the new material. The squad will also
be considerably increased by the addition
Of the base ball men, who will soon COM
mence Indoor training with the track can
didates at the Capitol Hill school,
In all probability Wheeler and Lynch
will take the places Of Hildreth and Wet
zelI till these boys can proclaim their ell
gibility. AS both Wheeler and Lynch
have had considerable experience at the
gamel while performing for the Mount
Pleasant five, the team will not be so
weakened under these conditions as 1t
might be, and it is not at all likely that
the games which Manager Kuen has ar
ranged with the various local teams Will
be Cancelled owing to this setback.
Spencer who won a name for himself
at Tech by his playing on both the grid
iron and base ball diamond, announced in
a recent interview that he intended taking
up track work under Capt. Spransy within
a short period He is a fast man. and III
all probability will enter the sprints, and
it would not be at all surprising to hear
from him as crack cinder path artist in
the near future.