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along with the assistance of Dr. Hudson.
are striving to raise the standard of
track athletics at Business

Taking the statement of several OF the
Western High track athletes as author
ity, Western will surely be entered in the
spring meet this season. Business will
also be a probable entry, but there APP
pears to be very little hope of Tech or
Eastern being among the competitors.
The Capitol Hill boys have very little
be eXpeoted to support track athletics
with as much spirit as the other high
schools VINO are a great deal more for
tunate. 1t would be the biggest boost to
high school athletics generally if the
southeast boys could connect with a few
championships, but the athletes attend
ing the school at present do not appear
to be equal to the occasion.
Central High can consider itself very
lucky in having a veteran twirler eligible
for the high school series this coming
spring. He is Boetler, and the Blue and
White pitcher will work against colt
pitchers only in the spring series. This
should be an advantage. and now the
only thing that is worrying the Central
supporters is, can catcher be developed
to hold his delivery in faultless style?
A battery capable of working we'll to-
gether is half the team in these high
school games, and it has been proven in
the last few years that the championship
nine was always able to boast of the best
balanced battery. Particular attention
getting the batteries In the best working
order for the base bali matches which will
soon be pulled off.
Since most of the schools appear to be
handicapped for training quarters what
would be a better idea than to have all
the athletic associations Of the high
schools chip in and arrange to have the
training quarters in the old church build
ing opposite George Washington Univer-
with nD-fo-Hafp frainin q
necessities? The old building could be ar
ranged TO suit all the high school track
athletes for little cost If all the athletic
advisers would get together and work
along the same lines-that is, to benefit
the high school track athlete. There
could be no better movement made by the
high school officials than to arrange for
temporary training quarters, and this
seems to be an excellent opportunity.
With F,alconer and Kelly put up for the
captaincy of the Tech base ball nine it
is almost a sure fact that Kelly Will
land the leadership. for Falconer has re-
Gently been chosen as manager OF the
team and it is very seldom that one play
er holds these two jobs at one time. If
Falconer happens to be elected captain,
he would most likely resign the manager
role in favor of some other member of
the school, for there is quite little work
attached to the managerial position, such
as arranging schedule, etc.
The athletic Ivsers will meet in the
near future to draW up the schedule and
governing rules for the coming base ball
series 1t us 4 to be an annual occur
renee to hay Technical and Central meet
in the last game of the series. 1t was al
ways taken for granted during those times
that the championship would most likely
be between these two schools at the
finish. Now it is different and all the
teams seem to be more on par with
one another. This is big boost to base
ball in the high schools for series of
any kind of games is always great deal
more interesting If the/ championship is
in doubt throughout said series.
Western issued first call for base ball
candidates Thursday. and about forty-five
candidates responded 1t is rumored that
the boys across the creek have a good
foundation for winning team. but that
battery material is somewhat scarce. If
the Georgetown High School could only
uncover good working battery from the
many candidates It would be a dangerous
contender for the pennant. However,
battery able to hold its own has been
known to be developed at several of the
high schools in one season, so it would
not be surprising If Western happens to
be so fortunate this spring. 1t will be
interesting to witness the caliber of the
new batteries. which will represent most
of the high schools in the approaching
series. Not one of the high schools will
have the same battery which acted in
this capacity last season.