Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Athletic News and Notes.

The question Of the formation OF a
local public school athletic league such
as has met with success in Baltimore,
New York, Philadelphia and arge
number of other cities is now being
put up to Washingtonians for a de-
cision.
To sport followers who have kept In
close touch with the good and far
reaching results which have come from
these leagues in other cities the ques-
ton can be answered in but one way
the aff1rmative-and all that is neces-
sary is for some prominent person or
organizati ton to start the ball rolling.
and there is any number of others who
are just waiting for a chance to help
the cause along.
The Amateur Athletic Union heartily
approves of these leagues, to such an
extent, in fact, that at it's November
meeting a committee was appointed
from the national body. the chief aim
of which is to further this project
throughout the United States.
The High School League. which has
been a very successful one \until the
der as that now proposed for the
graded schools. From its inception
until three or four years ago this
league was "howling success" and
it's contests of every kind always drew
largely from the public as a whole as
well as from the schools themselves.
Recently, however, the different schools
have specialized in the different
branches of sport, and the winners
were picked to a certainty even before
In 1905 the Sunday schools Of this
city also organized an athletic league.
which was launched in very promis-
ing manner. A successful athletic meet
registered and everything pointed to-
ward a successful organization. Inter-
est gradually began to wane, however.
and finally, owing to lack of proper In
terest and support, the venture fell
through.
If the right kind Of people take up
this work of forming public school
league here-persOns who are public
spirited enough to want to see Wash
ington hold it's own with other cities
and who have the leagues interest at
heart-there is no reason why this Or
ganization should not be success and
should not gain strength with each sue
ceeding year.
The membership in the Amateur Ath-
letic Union throughout the whole Unit
ed states numbers 20, 794, and of this
number the Metropolitan. district alone
has as many as the two next largest
associations put together. During the
wear from November, 1908, to Novem-
Der, 1909, S31 open games have been
held throughout the country, 10 ma
tional championships and 43 assoc'a-
ton ones.
The Y. M. c. A. weekly contests were
omitted last Wednesday night until
after the holidays. but they will begin
again next Wednesday evening.
large number of former Washington
athletes are now with us again spending
the holidays with the old folks at
home Among the best known may
be mentioned Jack Sterrett and Logan
Cunningham of Princeton, Jack Fields OF
Yale Bobby Fleming of Cornell and
Reds" Wallace and Charles Browne of
West Point.
"schlitz" Schlosser. the basket ball star
of the Blue and Gray. will also make
try for the relay team. Schlosser won
the south Atlantic A. A. U. champion
ship in the quarter in 1904. and should
Rave no trouble making the team
GEORGETOWN needs some good men, and he
should fill the bill all right.
Jack Sterrett will represent the Washing
ton Grove Athletic Association In the pole
vault in the South Atlantic champion
ship event. Jack will come pretty near
getting it. too.
Bobby Fleming is now sporting his
&c" which was awarded him for his
fine race in the Eastern intercollegiate
Cross Country championship. the top
honors of which were carried on by the
Cornell team. He finished sixth in the
race and was the fourth Cornell man to
break the tape. The rules governing the
awarding of the letters at that institu-
ton allow them to the first five men on
wins the intercollegiate championship.
Manager Stokes Is now getting busy
and is fast rounding the fremont team
into shape. The loss of B. Robinson. who
has decided to represent Central. Is q
view to fill his place. It will probably De
composed Of Stokes, ''Shag'' Rawlings.
Mahoney, Kunowski and Couveillier.
Emery p Enzer. the former T. M. c.
A. star. who won the big Times-News
marathon and has come out among the
frst in most of the other distance races
| in and about Washington recently, Is the
! guest for the holidays of Capt Otney w
horror at the Belasco Theater Monday
night, and several of our notables were
| there. Enzer accepted a position In
Charlotte, N, c., q few months ago ano
this was his first visit back to the "old
town."
Charles j. Browne. the former Technical
High School star, has been awarded his
"a" at West Point. winning this honor
on the foot ball team.
The Y. M. c. A. track team will hold a
meeting this week. at which time captains
for the different athletic teams will be
elected Stecker of the cross-country
team and Stratton Of the track team
| will both probably be reelected.
On account Of the great amount of work
connected with managing the Y. NJ. c. A.
cross country. which was held with such
success yesterday, Prof. Beckett. who is
also chairman of the registration COM
mittee of the South Atlantic branch, A.
A. T., was unable to get his monthly re-
I port out on time. He expects to get II
| in shape this week, however. and it will
| be published in Thursdays Star.
After a two-week lay-of the Wash
| ington City Basket Ball League will
again get under way. The games for this
week are: Section A. Tuesday. Carroll
| Institute VS. Central Y. NJ. C. A. at Car
roll Hall; Saturday, at Fort Myer Y. M
| c. A.. Soldiers vs. S. f. branch Y. NJ. c.
A. In section B. tomorrow night. at
Northminster Hall. this team will line
up against that of the 8: p. branch Y.
trail Y. NJ. C. A. will meet the vespers
in the latter's hall. and Saturday
night, at the Association building. the
Central v NJ q A team and the Washers