Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
GOSSIP OF LOCAL
AMATEUR ATHLETES

The dual meet to be held between the
! Georgetown Props and Business High
School In the near future will be q good
thing for both teams. In that It will give
the coaches a line on the material when
In open competition, thus enabling them
to place the men In the events most suit
ed to their different abilities. 1t will
also take the nervous edge of the run
ners for the first meet. causing them to
be more sure of themselves.
Walsh Of Georgetown is almost assured
Of place on the relay team II he sticks
to his work. Big, powerful and fast, he
has all the earmarks Of a runner. He
has exceptionally good action for q heavy
man. His ankle Is bothering him q lit
tie, but 1t Is thought that 1t will be all
naturally be evident for a few days
when an injured joint is first used, dis
appears.
gaining back on the foot ball team at
the Cathedral School last fall, is now
the mainstay Of the basket ball FIVE. He
is also running on the track team and
will undoubtedly prove the whole show
when the base ball squad turns out.
There Is no pitcher in the high schools
who is better than Todd. It was a sad
day for Western when it let that young
gent get away.
The Maryland Aggies have about COM
pleted their base ball schedule, and 1t is
the longest and hardest ever undertaken
by the college. Besides including every
southern college Of note, 1t embraces
games with some of the northern and
western institutions.
While the schedule is very hard, the
Farmers will be able to cope with it, as
they have the best material in the school
had for long time. Every position has
two or three candidates for 1t who are
| sure to deliver the goods.
Western High has a place on the
Farmers schedule. The Aggies have
notified the Georgetown school that
either the last of March or the middle Of
April will be satisfactory to them. The
latter date will more than likely be the
choice.
II Costello of Georgetown can make ten
feet six inches in the pole vault, with
the handicap he will get. the chances are
that he will win that event with COM
best around these parts. and as 1t is
probable that he would get eight inches on
Martin and Sterret, he ought to annex
those five points for the Blue and Gray
aggregation.
II Gallaudet and Catholic University
would put full track teams in the field
some interesting competition would be
the result between the local schools.
Quite a good sized meet could then be
held, with only the local colleges and
high schools competing. Four colleges.
five high schools and numerous prepara-
tory institution would furnish 300 ath-
letes, enough to make any meet q sue.
cess.
There should be some merry times this
spring between Fritz Reuter- Of Central
and Rathbone of Business in the dashes.
Both boys are intense personal rivals.
both have about the same records
better Of the argument. !. The 5O-yard
scholastic dash in the George Washing
ton meet will probably lie between these
note which of them is lucky enough to
capture the event.
Earl smithson said the other night that
1t Is very doubtful whether or not ne
the doubt expressed. The Washington
Grove relay team would be badly Grip
pied by his absence. and as the McCul-
Tough Athletic Club has a pretty fast
any good men.
Conner. the old Wesleyan man: and one
Of the men on whim the Grovites have
been relying to run on their relay team.
will surely not be here. as he Is going to
Cornell some tine in February.-.-Conno
is a good $50 man, and can cover the
quarter in about ffty-three.
Crane. the crack little quarterback of
the Cathedral. team last fall. is play
ing an excellent game at one OF the
tnrward positions on the basket ball
team.
+ BRYANT and Zeh are both running well
for George Washington. They have
only been out q few days. and yet neither
az them seems to have forgotten what he
learned under Bill Foley. Both were dis
lance men while In the high schools. but
p..a.A uil try for thu IAlaY four