The sun., 1909-02-28
INYERSCHOLASTIC SPORT
NILES FOR TENNIS TOURNA-
UENT ADOPTED.
Erasmus Halls Track Team I'm Had shape
Ttree More Indosr Meets Arranged
Talents Good showing In the NIiie
New BASEBALL Coach at Boys High.

Ne" baseOah Ccsch NJ Boys HiEh.
The rules which will aoyernithe Public
Erhool Athletic Leapie tennis tourna-
mcnt this spring have been completed by
the committee on tennis. Henry r, Pyne and
Joseph NJ. Tilden, and will be sent to the
sllctic directors Of fke schools this week.
The conditions for 3he matches are some
What the same as those adopted last year.
bu' there are some changes.
Zach institution will be- represented by
two players in the singles and one team in
the doubles, four players in all on each
tcsn, The players who compete In the
singles will be ineligible to play In the dou-
h'cs. Although this feature may prevent
some schools from making the best possi-
BIZ showing II will give more students an
opportunity to play. The tournament will
b. a round robin. each team playing all
the others. II will not be nescesary for
the names OF the players TO be sent In with
tho entry. az It Is understood that a school
can be represented by different players in
each match. The fact that tryouts will
not have to be given before the entries
can be made will make It possible for
the latter to be sent in Immediately. and 1t
Is expected that within two weeks at the
latest the list will be completed, As soon
a. the entries are In the schedule will be
arranged.
Each match will consist OF four single
matches of fve sets each and one match
NJ doubles. II a school wins two single
matches and the doubles 1t will win the days
match. otherwise the players In singles
viii change opponents and play all four
matches. The school winning the greatest
number OF matches will win the champion
ship. In each match the home team will
provide the balls.
II was mainly through the efforts OF Mr..
1iden that the result OF the last tourna-
ment was ascertained. The umpires failed
to make their returns to the league and
long Investigation had to be made before
the matter was cleared up. Erasmus Hall
Won the championship without losing a
match. Incidentally tennis was the only
sport which paid for itself last year. A sur
plus Of $40 remained at the end OF the season
and this was used to purchase trophy.
The entry fee this year will be $3.50 for each
team.
II has been reported by a member of
the Erasmus Hall track team that things
are in bad shape at that school as far as
the running department is concerned. He
saws that little attention is being paid to
the track men and that many Of them have
Quit. -
HIT. Lear the winner of the pole vault
in the High School OF Commerce meet
had a close shave last Monday night. He
had won the event with a vault Of feet q
inches and was trying for a record at 10
feet when his pole broke. Fortunately the
break occurred near the bottom OF the
stick and Lear was thus saved from falling
on the stump.
An effort is being made at Boys High to
get a winning team into shape for the 0lym-
n
on March 10. Van RiDer ran the half mile
in , minutes IL seconds last week and with
Major in mile and Van Ripper in the half it
ia thought that the teams chances are
good Each team, by the way, will con-
sst OF four men instead OF five.
Three more indoor track meets have been
scheduled by elementary schools ior the
present season. Public School 10 Of Man
hssn viii hold 1s TspSS !" the T%eh S
lowing Saturday, March ~. Public School
q of Manhattan will hold its games in the
Eighth Regiment Armory and Public School
the Eighth Regiment Armory on April "a.
This will close the indoor season.
In discussing the belief commonly held
that. .he- majority OF high. school ath4s,es
run theTpseyes out before they yenierr oll lese
sthisties John, MsHISh Of q the :. 3, 4. l.
Gsh ans hspRpssS4!GGr RsS!GGr James s5ss
Roy porsnd oart Charley nss sesz
in their school days aud many OF them ,still
Major Of Boys High will have TO Keep a
sharp eye Oh Talents. the Brooklyn College
Prep. runner, II he wants TO win any more
mile runs at school games. Talents at
tended an English school before he came 10
VAS close second to Major in the mile and
II ls not az all improba bic that he would have
beaten Major in the Poly Prep. games II he
had not made mistake and Qult a lap too
II should he remembered thai although
i j, Lawrence s record for the shot put,
which he made in the Poly games, eclipses
Ralph Roses interscholastic mark, the for
mef made his put with an indoor shot,
whereas Rose made his out Of doors with
Jack Bum, captain OF the Boys High
baseball team OF '95, has been selected TO
coach the team for the coming season.
eteen baseball games viii be played on
Tie home diamond, and the remaining
tne Will be played at Adelphi Field in Brook
Glass 2D won the interclass basketball
tournament at the High school OF Commerce.
The final game was played with class 6B
and the score was 10 to 49,
ole Olsen. the captain OF the Boys HI gh
School basketball team. is now eligible to
rlay for the first time this season He
mssed the P, s. A L. games, but will get an
opportunity TO play in some of the i'm
rortant contests which are now winding
IN the season
Poly Prep has won the basketball cham
rnnship Of the Long Island League from
Erasmus Hall for the second consecutive
year.
nder the present conditions for rife
matches at the Sportsman's Show the
New York high schools will be able to
enter ia direct competition with the mih-
srr schools Last year there was a sepa--
raie class for the latter institutions, but
by comparison the high schools did the
better shooting
The annual matches for the whitney
trOphy will take place in the near future,
probably at the Seventy-first Regiment
HrWOry.
Va entries have as vet been received
for the hi gh school skating championships.
There has been a notable lack OF interest
IN This branch OF athletics among the school,
bows this winter.