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meets around town as has been the Gus
tom for the past several years.


meets around town as has been the Gus
tom for the past several years.
Three Of the high schools will at least
have good first basemen this season and
they are Technical, Central and Eastern.
The Machinists expect Falconer to play
even a better game than he did last sea
son at the first-base position. He was
also one OF the heaviest hitters on the
team. Capt. Macdonald will hold down
this position for Central. His fielding
was as clean cut as desired last season,
and his hitting was also timely and con-
sistent. Most every student at Eastern
knows that LIE Land, the first baseman
of the ball nine. ranks as high as any
of the high school first basemen both in
fielding and hitting. He will play this
position for the southeast nine again this
spring. 1t will be interesting to wait and
see which one of these boys plays the
best ball for his respective team this
year. and which one is successful in max
ing the all-hgh team.
fill the vacancy left open through the
graduation of HILL who captained the
base ball team at Western last year. lie
played first base for the Red and White
nine last spring, and so a new man VIII
have to be developed for this position. 1t
is rumored that Myers. the center fielder
OF last years team. will be brought in
from the outer garden to play first base
on the school nine. He was one of the
best players on the team last season. and
also displayed exceptional ability as an
infielder Howard, who was to captain
the Western High team this spring, but
who forfeited the captaincy by not re-
turning to school, is of the opinion that
Myers will make about the best first
baseman Of any of the Red and White
candidates.
Judging from the number OF candidates
working indoors to get into condition to
make bid for a position on the Central
High battery this year, the school ought
to be able to develop good one before
the series gets under way. Boetler, the
twirler of the team for the last couple
of years. will most likely be the regular
pitcher again this season, but new man
will be seen behind the bat on the Cen
trail nine this spring and the best man
will get the job.
Business High will not hold another
closed meet for a couple of weeks. the
track team intends to keep on training
daily, however, and the boys expect to
make better showing In the next com
petition held in the school gymnasium.
Dr. Hudson will continue to have about
the same list of events that were in the
other closed meets held this year under
his direction. A full list of entries Will
participate in the next meet and it will
be interesting to see who will cop first
honors by being the largest point winner.
Rathbone and Capt. Shore are the only
boys to date in the school who have been
real successful in the first two matches.
Basket ball In the high schools has
never been what it should be this sea-
son, but no more games at all will be
played until Bus mess meets the George
town Props February . Tor the prepara-
tory school champ. onship of the District
Eastern and Western have disbanded.
ported by the high schools next winter.
Business upheld the game In the right
manner, and was the only school to do
so.
Central has quartet Of good shot put
tiers in Capt Spransy, Kelly, Prince and
Hoffman. These boys will form the team
which will in all probability represent
Central in the weight events. Kelly is
also about the. best high hurdler in the
school, but he will not be entered in any
of the indoor meets this winter, owing to
the fact it is feared he might wrench his
knee again. He sustained the injury to
his knee while practicing the broad jump
two years ago.
AS all-around track men Rathbone and
Capt. Shore of Business High appear to
be pretty evenly matched. In the two
closed meets held by this school both
these boys have been strong contenders
for landing the most number of points
and both times Shore has led at the finish
by small margin. They are easily the
best two track athletes in the school and
show to advantage in any event In which
they are entered in these weekly meets.
Nothing has been heard about the meet
ing of the principals which was to be
held for the purpose of discussing the
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1t is a concluded fact that the high stand
ard OF athletics in the high schools is
largely due to the coaching the boys re-
ceive, as all the high school teams can
boast OF the best coaches. and 1T is sell
dom a team lands an instructor who is
not up to date on the game, and, what is
more, he knows how to teach it, Then
again, the coach can get the best results
from schooiboy athlete, who Is always
ready to respect his knowledge. and thus
the game is benefited by the boys best
efforts. II 1t were not for the efficient
coaching the boys receive it is not diff
cult to predict that all high school ath-
letics would suffer from many stand
points.
Scott and Perry lead the members OF
the Business High basket ball quint in
the largest number Of goals scored. Both
these boys have good eye and are both
well up on the art OF dribbling: 1t can
of this team are in the game from the
blow of the whistle. and just because
many baskets or goals are not opposite
their names at the finish 1t does not sig
nifty that they were not in the game.
What can be drawn from this is that
Coach Tanner has compelled the boys to
develop team work and not individual
play. The feature Of defeating the Ca
thedral five was gratifying to the fol-
lowers Of the high school team, and many
are now Of the opinion the Steno rraphers
will dispose Of the Georgetown Props. 1t
is a safe bet they will give the Blue and
Gray colts tough tussle.
It has been rumored that Technical in
tended to indulge in track athletics in
earnest this winter but 1t does not APP
pear at this writing that this will be the
fact. The Machnnists have a splendid
bunch Of athletes enrolled in the school.
and have also this season indoor quarters
In which to train. so that Tech will have
no good excuse of abo:ishing track work
this year. 1t is the general opinion that
II all the high schools would enter this
sport with the proper spirit the standard
of high school track athletics i'm this city
would soon be raised to the same stand
ard it possessed few years ago when
track competition was keen between each
and every school. If the sport is neg
lected year i'm and year out it will not
he long before 1t will be sport of the
past as far as the local high schools are
concerned.