The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-07

IN the weights cop, COA, hOCHe,
Calvin, Butler, Reed and Harrison
should not be found wanting They
are all heavy men and with sufficient
development should meet all require,
ments.
In the broad and high jumps Mat
itingly. Mcnamara, Roche Cox and
Walmer are all tried and true men.
Several times in practice lately they
have gone beyond expectations with
no training whatever
Vaulting will probably be eliminat-
cd from the list because there seems
TO be no material on hand TO be
spoken of at least at present.
The National Game.
The baseball season promises to he
the hest IN years. MIR. Robey will
act as coach being thoroughly in
knowledge with every point of the
game, The makeup of the team vii
include the players of last fall with
several additional recruits.
Gadbois will do the receiving in
the catcher's box and ne can he do
.nended upon to be thc" same steady
Tad" of former years. On the first
sack will he found the ever reliable
Mcnamara who made such an excel.
lent showing In his initial appearance
last fall
Who will hold down the second
sack is matter of conjecture. Nc
Gruder who had the position earlier
in tae season has quit school and will
he missed accordingly. However
some of the new men who have sig
nified their intention of coming out
viii probably be given trial for the
econd sack. At
Hill will again hold down the posi-
ION of short stop and ought to be bet
ter this year because of the good de-
velopment he is receiving playing
basket ball.
At third base kobler win shine
again this season. He proved a regu-
ar find last fall and will no doubt
Aold his own with the rest.
In the orttield Brown, Mcpaniels
and Juellmalz who covered the ground
last season will be given another
chance along with several new addi-
tons to the team.
The position of pitcher is the only
thing that is not perfectly settled
outside of second base, The place
was very acceptably held by Colp
last fall but two men should b.
given turns about in the box. As half
the team are under classmen it is
probable that good man might be
recruited from their number,
Gadbois and Mcnamara are men.
toned as possible candidates for
heading the team, Both are good,
resolute, heady fellows and either
would make an excellent captain
Rowing Contests.
Another sport that ie causing favor
able comment is rowing. The idea
has been brought up of having row.
ing regattas on the Ohio this spring
the participants to be either crews
from the various classes or c. H. S.
against some outside school
The idea is not impracticable and
could be easily carried out, Boats for
the sport could be either made in the
manuel training department or one of
the local planning mills.
Probably no real rowing shells
could be had, but light boats suitable
for the purpose could be procured
All that is needed is some one who
will take charge and push the idea
Mr. Midkiff is heartily in favor of the
plan and he is willing to give it all
help and encouragement so far as it
is consistent
With the whole situation thus re-
viewed and with enough interest
shown the season should be the most
successful in years for old G.. II. S.
The basket ball season is Just about
half over, but it has been forerun-
ner of success that is sure to follow,
Games will be played in the near
future with Paducah, Centrala and
Cape Girardeau.
A Word For c. n. S.
AS athletics and education so hand
in hand, it would not be well to neg
lect tae latter ia speaking of the
former. This year has been a banner
one so far in getting actual results
That Cairo is possessed Of one of the
best high schools in the state for ITS
size is becoming more generally known
every day Better school spirit pre-
walls among both students and pat
rons and bids fair to develop to even
a greater degree