Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-02
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

eligibility OF an athlete has been passed,
Business High Is almost certain to have
the services of Naughton and Goebel. two
candidates for the nine this season. who
would otherwise have been compelled
to give UP the idea OF representing the
school on the diamond this spring. for
both boys had quite few black marks
chalked up against them after the first
semester. A great many base ball play
ers In the high schools will be benefited
by this rule. for most any student can in
crease the standing in his studies by q
little extra boning. and you can bet the
boys behind now will jump at the oppor-
tunity of getting eligible for the ap-
preaching series. 1t can easily be pre-
dicted that the caliber OF ball put up In
the series this spring will be fully Is
per cent better, for II IL most always the
best ball players who are either unfor-
tunate or lazy enough to have funk
checks beside their names.
Dick Woodward. who has been busily
engaged in rounding the Eastern High
nine into shape, reports he has q pitch
who will be prominent In high school
base ball with little seasoning. perhaps
a year or two. He lacks weight and ex-
perience. but both these qualities are
usually acquired after a boy has been In
the high schools a few seasons. Itch
field is a brother OF Lefty Litchfield.
we'll known In amateur base ball in this
city. and. like his brother, filings with his
south paw. Tech, also. has q youngster
name named nta who Is to de-
This speaks well for the future high
school competitions. for when two good
tw1rlers hook up there are bound to be
hard-fought battles and interesting
games.
Business is not expected to indulge In
a meet of any description this week.
but will continue along the usual line
Of training employed by the candidates dates
their best athletes in the Georgetown
meet. but so far no notice Of them en-
tering a relay in these indoor competi-
tions has been published. After the ex-
cellent showing Business made against
Technical in the senior relay race be-
tween these two schools 1t should not
be at all backward toward matching the
four against any OF the high schools
victory might not be forthcoming. but
it is an assured fact that the Business
boys would make good showing and
push any relay four In any OF the high
schools hard to defeat them. The school
could pick the team from Rathbone,
Capt. Shore, Davis. Bridget and Nord-
linger, as any one of these boys can 90
the 40 at a lively clip.
Western is training for its hardest re-
lay race of the season. that with the
Georgetown props Saturday night. A
teams means much to either school. for
the race appears to be the most impor-
tant one run by either school four dur
ing this track season. The race last
year in this same meet between these
same teams was closely contested from
the start, and, judging from the hard
work each team has been UNDERGOING IN
order to get in the best possible physical
condition, It is certain that the match
this year will be fully as interesting.
1t has recently been announced that all
the high school base ball contests Will be
played at the Union League Park
grounds. and that no game OF any de-
League grounds. which 1t was thought
would be the diamond on which the series
would be pulled of, owing to Its many
conveniences. The reason given by the
ing the grounds away out east was that
the price asked for the big league
grounds was too high. However, as the
money in the athletic treasures 10 for
the sole purpose OF benehting the ath-
Grafton that a base ball nine is not
much expense to a school, and that the
boys who compose these teams would
much rather play on decent grounds
the series could not be pulled off on
diamond favored by three-fourths of the
pupils who are directly supporting the
expense. The boys on the teams should
also be granted their urgent requests In
appreciation Of the hard work they ex-
perience in practice day In and day out
throughout the season. for which they re-
ceive no gratis unless it is in the form
Of favor.
Blackstone, who represents Central
High in the hurdles this season, appears
to be a conner in this event. He Is q
junior and Is going good and should be
at his best by the time his graduating or
senior year blows around. : 1t 10 pre-
dicted by many that he will be about the
best hurdler in the high schools IL he
keeps on progressing the way he has been
this year. Besides Blackstone. Central
has Kelly and Hunt in the hurdles. and
with this trio going good the school Is
capably represented in this event.
Business will be compelled to develop a
new first sacker to take the place of
graduation last June. The candidates
who will try for this position, are Rath-
bone. Wilson and Mccarthy. Tue best
player will get the Job. and as this posi-
first sacker is all the more liable to be de-
veloped. II Rathbone lands the berth he
will have the honor OF winning his letter
in every athletic event in which the high
schools indulge. There Is no small num-
Der OF his friends who would like to see
the popular athlete make good in base
ball.
Central held base ball meeting Mon
day at the close Of school. Coach Sprig-
man illustrated several plays by diagrams
on the blackboard and It was also de-
cided at this meeting what grounds would
be used for preliminary practice this
spring. The diamond used all last sum-
mer by the Railroad Y. M. c. A. League,
located near the Gallaudet University. will
be used by the o street squad. and as
quite q few games are arranged each sea-
son with the Kendall Green nine. 1t will
be very convenient for both squads. Both
Central and Business will start outdoor
practice this week. provided the weather
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