Evening star., 1909-01-31
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

y meeting was held at Technical High
School last Friday of the track candi
dates who will represent the Machinists
on the cinder path during the approach
ing season. Registration in the Amateur
Athletic Association was discussed. and
it is Coach Walkers intention to register
the majority of the boys in this organi-
cation soon as possible. Walker also
intends TO enter about twenty-five or thir-
ty runners in the George Washington
meet. He Will have representative in
almost every event. but as most Of these
boys are novices at the running game
nothing great Is expected of them. Walk
er will enter section of his team in all
the indoor meets this winter, mainly for
the purpose of allowing the boys to ac-
quire the desired experience in competi-
ton. Tech has an excellent opportunity
to land the spring meet this season, and
it is toward this end that Walker is work
ing.
Considerable talk has been going the
rounds OF Warthen former member at
Central High School. re-entering the Q
street inytitutien. 1t was glad news to
the base ball enthusiasts at Central. a s
Warthtn has had considerable knowledge
of box work, and this is the only spot
in which the Centralites will be weak this
season, 1t somewhat strengthened the
year In a recent interview with Warthen
he emphatically denied this report, as he
has a standing funk in Latin, and as
there is little chance of his working il
off. there IS just as much chance Of his
re-enterng Central
With Whitney and Martin as a battery
Eastern will undoubtedly have the most
catching game that Will represent fhe
high schools on the diamond this spring.
The Capitol Hill boys also have several
experienced players still within their
fold. and prospects are exceedingly
bright on the diam,nd this season for the
Southeast lads.
The race for the flag in the high school
base ball series this season is predicted
to be a hot one, and there is very little
chance of one team having a walk away.
Eastern, Central, Business and Technical
will all have strong aggregations TO fight
for base ball honors when the bell rings,
and the prospects are for a hard-fought
battle from start to finish. Western has
very little show for the bunting this year.
as the material that will compose the
team Is not Of the best caliber: but as the
boys across the creek always make
creditable showing in whatever contest
they enter they can in no way be counted
out of the running.
The basket ball game scheduled last
and Georgetown Props was called off at
the last moment, and Will in all proha-
bility be pulled off this Wednesday after
noon Immediately after school. That this
scrimmage will be close and interesting
one is proven by the fact that both teams
have earned an excellent record in bas-
ket ball circles by their clever playing
so far this season. and as the teams Will
weigh in about the same they will be
pretty evenly matched. This came as
- In
will afford the slight injIpies TO Stentz
Welcker ample time to heal.
business will have several individual
entries in the George Washington meet
which will be pulled off in the near fu-
turc. The boys who will most likely
carry tho Stenographers' colors in this
competition are Hin. Rathbone, Welcker
FeaGan. Davis and StentZ. Technical
High Is dickerins with the track leaders
at business To arrange a matched relay
between the two schools aud il is not At
all likely that it will fall through.
Tcw OF the Technical squad is showing
10 advantage in both the short and long
distances in the indoor meets which are
being pulled off regularly every Saturday
in the old District building. He has a
long. easy stride and plenty Of grit and
wind, and as these are all the qualities
Of a successful track man Coach Walker
expects great things from this novice
runner this season.
Dolly Gray. who will lead the Ma
chinists on the base ball diamond this
spring. is the only captain who will not
have his men indulge in indoor training
during the winter months. He expects
To have the whole squad out as soon as
the weather moderates. and as several
young candidates of considerable expe-
rience will try for places on the nine
this season. prospects of the Machinsts
landing another base ball championship
are exceedingly bright.
Coach Foley OF the Central High School
track squad has IL perfectly built runner in
Dewey the Blue and Whites diminutive
sprintcr and expects to send him to sew
eral OF the out-oftown meets to repre-
sent the o street institution it, the dashes
this season. Dewey has lad several years
of experience at the running game but
has held his own from the start in COM
petitions with men of his weight.
Hodges. Corridor and Farmer will form
a capable trio TO represent Technical in
the mile run against the other high school
distance runners. Al! three of these boys
have been covering the distance in eX-
ceilent time and give promise of getting
stronger as the season progresses.