New-York tribune., 1911-01-08
SCHOOL ATHLETES BUSY
Track Teams at Work for the
Indoor Championships.
BUILDING BASEBALL MINES
Boys Beginning to Practice in
Gym" for Season Many
Weeks Off.

BUSY days are at hand for the school boy
athletes, for no fewer than eight meets
have been arranged in which events for
the youngsters are on the programme.
Starting with the High School champion
ships on January 2S indoor meetings will
follow In quick succession and In this
order: February 4, Barnard School; Feb
,uary S, Irish-American A. c.. at which
special relay race of 852 yards has been
arranged for elementary school boys; Feb
,l,afy II, Poly Prep; February 22, High
school Of Commerce; March 16. st. Francis
Navier.
Although the baseball season is still over
three months distant. the schoolboy players
are hard at work In the gymnasiums lin
herring up their arms and training their
ewes for the sterner work to be done when
the weather permits outdoor practice. The
bows Of De Witt Clinton, Commerce. Man
ual Training and Commercial are working
hard to get in condition.
AT the present writing Commercial has
about the best squad Of veterans from
which 10 choose, and some OF the best
elementary boys in the district have de-
clared their intention Of entering the school
I'm February. Mr.. Shearer, the coach of the
SQUAD refused to make any statement other
than that the other schools would have to
nlsv pretty fast ball in order to win the
title.
Mr.. Shearer has over one hundred boys
irving for places. and the incoming class
probably will provide an additional twenty
five. The problem which is worrying Com
mercial most is where they will find boy
TO replace Green, the negro, whose pitching
was the wonder of scholastic ranks. and
whose amateur standing was one Of the
causes for the present controversy between
the high school games committee and the
league However, there are forty boys try
ing for q chance to fill the position OF the
great Pete, and some are working In great
style
Eibel. schwab and Farrell are all left
handlers, and each is showing better form
with each succeeding workout Eibel
pitched on last years second team, and Is
one Of the speediest lads in the squad. He
5 tall and rangy. and has a fine curve
on the ball even at this early stage Of the
practice. He is well above 100 pounds in
weight and is as game as a pebble in face
Of the most adverse situations Adams, or
last years second team; Stanton and
Crocco are working I'm good form. They
are ught-handers.
on the track. too Commercial will pre-
sent formidable front. The Red and Gray
will be represented by many veterans, and
the boys who have not won before are
running In such nice form that Mr.. Carey.
the coach OF the team and developer OF
eVessie. Trefrey. Engles and other stars "f
the school. IS confident OF winning fair
number Of points in the coming champion
ships.
Commercial has always been weak in
the field events, and this year promises 10
be no exception. Mr.. Carey has few boys
who are capable of competing with any
degree OF success against the field men OF
the other schools. This fact may be laid
IN the fact that Commercial has only a
three wear course, while the rival schools
have four years in which to train men Tor
work in the field.
Watch De Witt Clinton in the coming
swimming championships The Red and
Flack has more fast swimmers than any
other school in the city. Clinton mas peeH
strengthened 10 a marked degree by sew
eral Townsend -.arris Hall swimmers VINO
ara the hest in their class. The team Is
,,nbeaten this winter, and Roy Nounan
tho manager, is confident of success.
Fngles. the Commercial High School boy
who won second place in the indoor cham-
pionships last year, will be formloaoIe
foe for all junior runners TINS WINTER
FnqIes IS running close to record time on
tho slow gymnasium track and looks soou
for both the hundred and furlonG.
Iavson Robertson, trainer of the irish
american Athletic Association, Is working
t,l tto track team Of Erasmus Hall High
school Robbie" has a good lot OF ma
80, .,d the Bud and Blue probably Will
have a strong team.
II is 4 matter of keen regret 70 the mem
hers of the Erasmus track squad thdt
Uavs Gamble, the dashinG quarterpdch VI
last seasons football team, VIII hol IeP
resent the school on the track TINS VIM WlIitei :
For some time past Gamble mas -, o1 Coir >
hard worker, but now He SoSS' -
to study q little. ,,-t4. C,iirtor
Lew Witherby. Of the De Witt CLINTON
championship crew of 'O9, IS now az 1ale;
Frankie Rohrs, the diminuuVe nyer ol
the Commerce swimming team, VIII sWlIi
in the championships. Rohrs mas Oeeh Qu'
Of the game during the last rev lnohlllaf;; I;
but Is rounding into condlhoh III sooO
''Cutbrie. OF Horace Mann School, Is
working hard for the coming season. ne i
Is one Of the best all round boys IN ,,S
&c ranks and is equally good Oh INC u"'N
Or in the swimming pool
larry Barnett, Of De Witt Clinton, IS
skating along in fine tashlon. Juuslila =
from the speed he has SHOWN IN ms pIaGT-
lice the record OF :56 % for the hali-Inle
sNn,,,s to be within his grasp at any time
Cohen. Rielley and Bodget are WorkihE
az the shot-put for Commerce. al are are
football men and are showing good form
"I,tt Tercke. v,j the little sprinter Of the High
School Of Commerce, showed ms "oIln py
winning the 1l-yaTdI sMr Hal ~ III 1se Fridsy