New-York tribune., 1911-02-26
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
uioh Schools Games Committee
to Take Action.
UNLIKELY TO BOLT LEAGUE
Big Squads in Training for Ath.
letic and Baseball Teams
Other News.

interest centres upon the meeting OF the
Nigh schools games committee. which will
=. held in the High School Of Commerce
,sxt Tuesday afternoon. In all prooabil-
az the cases az the basketball players
rh,eh were laid on the shelf at the last
meeting. will be discussed. and the final
decision rendered. which will decide the
championship OF Greater New York. The
bOdy net in :he building OF the Board OF
ravcation last week, but a stormy session
,,evented any result. According 10 one
n the men high in schoolooy athletics.
there was so much discussion at that ses-
sion that the cases in question were tabled
,or action at the coming meeting.
Rumors-some vague. some apparently
founded on faets-are floating about as
20 The posi- bility OF the games committee
seeding from the parent body. the Public
schools Athletic League. Nothing definite
can oe learned from any Of the members
If the committee. however. and until the
examination shows its hand and does
something definite reports will be rife
Il appears. however. as II there is little
II any intent Of secession.
A member cf one OF the schools said TO
The Tribune yesterday afternoon in an
swkr 10 the question: 'Is TIE high schools
games committee thinking Of boiling from
the Public Schools Athletic Lacquer
no To the best of my knowledge, al
though 7 am not on the committee, they
are simply trying 20 control their own par
tieuar sports. They consider that the cases
Of the baseball and ether teams should
come 10 them for action. IF the teams
turn out vel. the Public schools Athletic
League gets the glory. and the event is a
Public Schools Athletic League triumph.
but II the teams are not Up 10 the stand
ard the scr o. not the league. shoulders
me task Of building up a strong combina-
tier They believe that the men behind
tie guns should get the credit rather than
ths man who writes out the entry blank"
In all OF the schools the proximity CT the
baseball season has caused the boys 10
work hard 10 win place in the first line
I'D when tho teams take the field. Some Of
the boys ere already in condition. The
leaders arc lopi1g around the gymnasium,
stopping ;he bail and whipping II over to
the bag in a style that smacks rather OF
August ;han nidwinter. The games for the
high school championship this summer
promise 10 be The best in the history Of
The Public Schools Athletic League.
Commercial High School. which wen the
plaque last year. has a squad OF seventy
hge Boys 70 pick from. Professor Shearer.
who coached the Red AMI Gray 10 victory
tor two seasons. is again IN charge. He is
busy developing q reliable pitcher. and the
tedrlins shown by Eibel and several others
ioreshadoWs success.
The New York schools-Morris, Stuyvesant
and De Witt Clinton-have had squads out
for practice. De Witt Clinton has over cne
hundred BOYS in training. and when the
outdoor practice starts the coaches expect
twice that number. II is the intention of
hose directing baseball in Clinton TO carry
three teams during the season.
Commerce, which finished in second place
last season IN the Greater New York cham
uonshp viii have strong team this
SPRING. unless ell signs fail. Mr. Grant is
drfiiug the team aspirants in the elements
o. fielding and throwing the ball. He is as
sisted by Billy Scheaner. the captain. and
the boys are getting along well under the
direction OF the two Rivalry runs rampant
among the boys, and the coaches ere not
letting Il die out by working the same COM
binauon two days in succession. OF the
veterans. Schaefer will alternate between
centre field and the pitchers box, Chalaire
will devote his time 10 securing place in
the outer gardens; Manning will pitch
along with Schaeffer; Beck, the boy whose
playing IN the last game against CONNER
,iai was one OF the sensations Of the high
school games. and Saperstein, completes
he list Of former players.
In addition 10 the tried boys there are a
iunaber who are showing the older players
merry chase for places. Simpson, a first
errn boy. is out for second base and is
making a great bid for the Job. He is op-
posed by Hart the boy who travelled with
he National League as mascot TO the
Giants last year. Hart shows the benefit
,f his association with the big league men
md is able TO pull OF some nice throws
De Witt Clinton is preparing for the
,chool athletic meet which will be held on
March Il. Three hundred entries have been
received. and the list will be doubled be-
fore the entries close.
Norman Lemcke. the star sprtnter OF the
Commerce team, is one of the best in the
Prblic Schools Athletic League. IN the meet
against Erasmus ne covered the fifty yards
IN 2s 3-5 which clips the records Of the
Public Schools Athletic League by over d
second.
The speedy Bennit brothers, Tom and
Dick. OF St PauTs School. have been
sweeping all before them in the pools this
winter. Several times they have bettercd
the lest records OF the New York school
boys
rip" Van Wlnkle. the former Boys
High School runner. who is now at Poly
Prep. is showing some fine form in his
races under the Blue and Gray. In the
Eastern District meet last week he was
timed on his 44o-relsy in under 81 seconds.
Pacl Shontai. OF Horace Mann. Is work.
Ing well In the mid-distance sprints. and Is
expec ed 10 DO lot OF good running be-
fore the season Is over. Mr. Kersey rates
him as one OF the best runners the Morn
ingside school has had In many seasons.
Harold White the giant guard OF the
De Witt Clinton football team, who made
a great showing on the swimming team
THIS winter. is preparing for the school