Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


known to represent Business High School
in one meet have sent in signed entry
blanks to the management OF the Federai
indoor games, which are scheduled 10
take Place in Convention Hall this coming
Saturday night. The Stenographers are
in hopes of making a good showing. and
If the many candidates fail it will not be
because training has been snirked this
season. From the beginning of the year
the Business boys have been working
faithfully on the track and the results TO
date in the closed meets by this school.
held every two weeks, have been graft
flying.
Most of the managers of the high school
base ball mines had better begin investi-
eating as to how the sure candidates for
the base ball teams this coming season
stand in the school work Runors are be-
ing frequently heard from most of the
schools that the best material is in
jeopardy of being ruled out owing to
funks. This is a matter which should not
be put off until the last moment but the
player should either be warned or advised
to catch up in his work before the series
gets under way. 1t is often the case that
a players eligibility is not known until
just before the team goes on the field for
play. This also causes to hinder the
teamwork of the nine, for it is impossible
for 4 coach or captain to arrange his bat
ting order for the best results on a mo-
nfent's notice.
NordIinger. a Business track athlete.
first attracted attention by his fast
work in the daShes. but i'm the closer;
meet last Saturday he surprised his
many friends by coping first honors,
mainly through his fine work in the
hyn II nd Ia rr1, I.rv,a H.
but this is his first year as a member
of the Orange and Blue track team
Nordlinger is also well up on the art
of putting the shot.
The Central battery candidates are
working regularly indoors every day.
and judging from the enthusiasm the
boys are putting in the work there Is
bound to be some good battery ma
terial developed when the first call for
outdoor practice is given. Doc White,
who has the Central pitchers in charge
will get the best results out of the ma
terial. and if Central lands the base
ball championship this spring it will
be discovered that the information
given to the Blue and White twirlers
by him acted a great deal toward this
end.
Although no statement has been made
as to where the Western High case
ball candidates will do their indoor
training. the school will in all prob
ability use the school gymnasium as
they have done in byaone seasons. Coach
Byrd realizes he will be compelled TO
unearth good battery if he wishes to
figure for a good place in the high
school series.
The latest news from Eastern High has
It that Parker has been elected captain of
the base ball nine for the coming season.
Parker played the infield for the south
east team last spring, but will work be-
hind the bat i'm Martins place this sea-
son. He has had quite little experience
as catcher, but is somewhat weak in
throwing to bases. However, this can be
remedied with little coaching. and, to-
gether with Whitney in the box. Eastern
should have an excellent novice battery.
Mr.. Wallace, athletic adviser of Eastern,
reports the players are getting an early
workout in the school gymnasium, and
that the boys from the Capitol Hill school
school championship this season. East
ern is badly in need of championship of
some description. and ii would please
many outsiders as well as those connected
with the school If the boys could turn the
trick on the diamond this season.
Track athletics at Western High re-
ceived a severe blow when it was learned
that the old church building which the
boys have been using most all the season
for improvements in the locality In which
1t is situated-15th and III streets north
west. This meant that the boys across
the creek must find other training quar-
ters for use during the rest of the win
ter. As indoor training quarters very
scarce around the city, it would not be at
al! surprising If Western would again be
compelled to use the corridors of the
school for track work. This would prove
great disadvantage to the Red and
White team. which has been showing
gratifying results to date by the faithful
training in its recent spacious quarters.
Dewey, one of the fastest sprinters at
Central High. will represent Central in
all the meets in which the school enters
a squad of runners this season. Dewey
is of very small stature, but i'm spite of
this fact he is a scratch man, as he has
in several meets under the
school colors Of Western and Central.