The Washington herald., 1909-06-09
TWO SCHOOLS ENTER
Central and Western Sole
COntenderS In Meet.
OTHER SCHOOLS BACK WATER
Fan 20 Support the Annual Field
and Track Games OF Washington
High SchOols-CondftfOns in Many
Other Cities Are Far Different.

After prolonged argument. II has been
definitely decided that the annual spring
deld and track games OF the washington
] High School win be held on the track
near the Speedway next Saturday morn
/ ing at 70 o'clock.
/ II was only after much persuasion o.
/ the part OF the Western and Central
! track authorities that IL vas poss.bla fo-
I the games 70 be arranged. and now there
are certain features connected with the
same that reflect anything but credit On
the other three schools-Technical Bust
ness. and Eastern The games VIII Be
held. but under conditions without a
parallel in the history OF track athletics
in the local high schools. There are but
two scnOolE entered, Central ana Vest
ern. although Il Is possible that Two
athletes from Tech may be persuaded
70 enter within the next few days. Last
season the same was the case. with Cen
tral and Tech az the only representatives,
and consequently the meet was one OF
the easiest victories IN many a day for
the former school
From the present outlook the result
49, -~1A1-A- AZ lc AAE same ~ AAL worse
than ever II IS hard 10 conceive how
Westerns inexperienced squad VIII be
able 70 stand a show against team that
Is recognized tc be one OF the strongest
in the South Because Of the fact that
other schools have refused 70 contribute
share for the promotion q the games.
the prizes offered VIII be far below the
standard OF previous years. In place OF
the gold and silver and bronze medals
offered the past fifteen years. ribbons
VIII be substituted This e hardly suit-
able reward Cor an athlete who has train
ed hard and faithfully IN anticipation q
an event heretofore one OF the most au-
spiciOus on the high school athletic cal
endar.
Different in other Ctt1eS.
In other cities. New York. Phnadslphia.
Brooklyn. and Chicago, in particular, a
sehOolboy athletic meet is one OF ths
greatest athletic events % q season, and
thousands OF persons sre attracted % the
scenes o. activity. Each school Is rep
resented By a fun quota Of track an
letes and handsome prizes are oRs-eS
the winners Of various events. II such
Is the case il other cities. Why not n
Washington, reputed as one of the lead
ing cities In the promotion Of amateur
athletics?
The principal excuse forwarded BY she
other local schools for rot entering teams
Is lack OF funds And stiu these sa-ne
schools are able to support football and
baseball teams. fitted OCT with the best
Of equipment and 70 stand all expenses
Incurred BY the teams. II the schools
can AFFORD 20 support these teams why
cannot they DO the ike Tor a spcrt recoQ-
~ ~ Ill
as the cleanest and most beneficial OF alF
Earlier IN the season these very schools
Tech IN particular. manifested a great
Interest in the sport, and In the words
OF captain one OF the teams promised
70 make Il hot for Central
The enemy. in order 20 be prepared for
war. trained hard and consistently. under
an able general but now that the time
for battle has arrived have assured
victory staring them IN the face Should
this sort Of affairs be tolerated b. the
board OF faculty advisors. who several
ago promised 10 a man 10 see
that each school would be well repre-
sented2
Every school has an equal chance TO
turn out a winning team Scrns claim
Central has the advantage of a coach
who stands in a class By himself such
is undoubtedly the case But this same
person has expressed himself time and
time again as willing 70 take al high
school athletes IN hand. or. anyway. thoss
who follow out reasonable instructions.
The writer as q former member OF the
Central track sQ5s=d can vouch for the
fact that the athletes az Central High
IRE only TOO anxious % see the other
high schools encourage the sport and
urn out teams that win force them 10
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start now, but there are many seasons
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