Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-17
Central HIGH READY
FOR INDOOR BATTLES
Fifty Candidates at Annual
Meeting Eager to Join
Track Team.

The track season was formally uSherest
in at Central High yesterday aft moon
with the first annual meeting. at which
Atty candida es presented their names Tor
consideration for the coming var.
With the foot ball champ. onship firmly
planted the athletic contingent at the
q street school will now center its EFFORTS
around the building UP Of anoth repre-
sentative track team. At yesterdays
meeting the men listened to shor' talks
b. Cap. -elec. r utter. Manager Sylves-
ter and Coach Foley. In each Of which the
Importance of strict and consistent train
ing was emphasized Coach Foley warned
the candidates against q r petition OF the
indifferent work shown by a majority o:
the candidates last season. and declared
that, should matters take like turn this
season. the squad will b. cut down Inn
mediately ad the offenders dropped from
the training list for the remainder Of the
season.
For the past three weeks a dozen or
more have been training on the basement
track. but their work Is still confined TO
the preliminary training stunts. Before
the end OF the present week the squad
YIN be augmented considerably by the ad-
dition OF the majority OF those who at
tended yesterdays meeting. Tho members
o. the foot ball squad will not report un-
ell the early part of the coming week. tho
coach deemins II necessary to allow them
. much-needed rest after the strenuous
season on the gridiron.
According TO original plans they were
10 remain idle until the first OF the COM
ing year. but on second considerable 1
dAcfdeh
would be suficient. Their work for
month or more viii be decidedly light, and
IL Is hardly possible that they will be al
lowed TO 'fet out" until after the holi-
days.
with ten veterans available prospects
for another winning combination arc en-
coura&ipe. OF last years team that earn
"a the stamp % supertortty over all other
Hunt. Dyson. Kelley. FISCHER. Culiom.
Currfe, Lawrence and Tibbetts still re-
main to uphold the reputation OF the
school that has never lost a local inter
scholastic championship track event OF
the host OF new material Coach Foley Ia
hopeful Of developing few worthy addi-
tons to the SQUAD OF dependabies. or
those who presented their names at yes
terday's meeting Collins, former Mount
81. Mary's athlete: Van Dyne. q memhe
n. TIE foot bal, eleven. who also won
honors in the middle distance events at
Wesleyan College Of West virginia. and
Warner. r. Thompson. Mckinney, Oper-
In. Dorner and Brag" OF last season s
overflow should add STRENGTH TO the team
No definite plans ave teen mapped out
for the season, but II IL uniers God that
the program will conform with those
carried out I'm tn, past few Yeas SQUADS
vii be entered In all the lea6ing meets
OF this section during the season with
the annual high school Oh N pionshir
games a. 'h~ concludin~ event. Tn, dual
meet with Episcor al High Of Aiexandna
will. In all probability. be held again. The
roesi' nifty of entering a relay team In the
championship sam's on Frrnkiin Field
Philadelphia. next spring. depends entire
j. on the class shown b. the tcur tina,
will DO picked to represent the school
Central. al hough IL has three times cap
tured the relay title OF the country. has
not been entered in the Philadelphia
games for q number of ,ars, md for this
reason the followers are hopeful of re-
IeWed success.