The Washington herald., 1910-03-07
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC NOTES

Menefee. the Central catcher. was op-
Grated on Saturday for his throat It is
expected that the lad VIII be back al
his place in a day or two
Holman Fletcher. Western. 'O5. one Of
the best quarter backs the Georgetown
school ever turned out. is at present doing
work on one of the local newspapers
Morris viii do the receiving honors
again for the Blacksmith team this year,
takes "soHe player to get ahead OF that
boy.
Coach Charley King. who will take
charge Of the Technical High School team,
will have his charges outdoors We'd
nesday. digging up the ground with their
spikes at Union League Park.
The showing made by the Western
! track team in Saturdays meet was high
ly gratifying 10 the followers Of the
Red and White runners. Capt Tanner
ran the race OF his life that night. In
cidentally, there's a reason"
Between fifty and seventy-fve candi-
dates have announced their intention of
coming out for the Tech baseball team.
and they will all be on the job next
Wednesday Coach King will have a
squad Of eight or ten pitchers from which
20 select his staff.
/ Several men are expected 10 show UP
on the Business baseball squad to-day,
among whom viii be Scott. captain of
the basketball team this year. and who
played half back on the football team last
, fall. Scott will be a good man behind
the bat. and is also an excellent out
fielder.
With big Cy" Macdonald and Logan
Cunningham both working with the Cen
/ trail baseball squad all last week. if there
/ is any good stuff in the street boys It
certainly ought TO come out now. When
such a pair as that gives the benefit of
their experience to a team, it counts for
something.
Frank Davis. captain of the baseball
team at BussWess, and Leon Shore, cap
tain of the track team. cleaned up a
neat six points between them in the 40
| scholastic race in the Georgetown meet
Davis taking first place, and Shore FIN
ishing third. Davis beat out Rider, the
crack Central runner.
Capt Faulkner. of Technical High
School. looks to be the best thing dis
a long time. Without doubt he VIII give
Mcdonald. of Central, hard run for the
high school supremacy. Faulkner is a
big husky chap, is an excellent player.
and covers a big lot of ground al the
initial sack
The baseball team up at Eastern wants
Harry Dodd to coach them this year.
With the good prospects they have, with
out a doubt the team wants really
good coach, and Dodd can hll the bill
With his abundant experience as a player,
and he was some player" he can teach
an excellent game TO Eastern's boys If
he gets the place.
Logan Cunningham, the old Central
star" slabman. who was one of the best
schoolboy ball player this city has ever
seen. was in town for a few days last
week from Princeton. "Cunny" took the
Central candidates for pitching honors in
charge. and showed them a little of what
he knew OF the game. That's what they
call the '"old Central spirit,
Selby l. Burch, the track athlete. who
made his name in this city while at the
Central High School. did a little stunt
for the fremont A. c. in the Georgetown
meet Notice the neat little way in which
selby trotted ahead of his man in the
Irelsy race between the Tremonts and the
American Security and Trust Company 8
team? Selby is still there, as much as
he ever was.
Lynch. VINO played in the outheld for
Tech last year. and will be long re-
membered by Central High School rooters
for the ball he drove through a knothole
in the fence and shut the o Streeters
out of the championship. will probably
pitch for the Blacksmiths this year. Of
fut who is another veteran, viii also be
on the slab again for the Manual Train
ers.