Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-31
ATHLETICS ON A SOUND BASIS
High School Lads End Season with a
Substantial Surplus. E
ALL BRANCHES SHOW UP WELL
Foot Bali Comes First on Account of
Lively Interest, but wendell Phil
lips Game was Needed 20
Pail Boys Through.

During the year ending today athletics
have taken a very prominent part in the
many student activities at the omaha
High school
The report Of Prof. c. e. Reed, ath-
ietic director, shows that the manage
ment is ending up the year with a total
OF S216sl in the treasury, enough to put
the remaining branches OF athletics dur
ing the new year on sound basis. Had
1t not been for the large attendance at
the Wendell Phillips game on Thanks
giving the school finances for tho year
would have ended with large deficit.
Foot ball is classed first on account Of
the competition which 1t involves and be-
cause of its general popularity Another
point in Its favor IS that 1t generally
maintains itself. something the other
sports do not. The record of the eleven
this year was u good one considering the
difficulties under which the squad
worked.
basket Rail- shows Up well.
Basket tall made a splendid record dur
Ing the year, although 1t lacked sufficient
student support. The games were all
closely contested, and although the
quintet did not make a perfectly clean
record It made a most envlable one. The
showing made by the lads in the state
high school tournament. held at Lincoln
in March, was a good one, the regular
five playing into the semi-finals Basket
ball for this season has already started,
and with about fifty lads competing for
places on the regular five and the four
class teams a showing even better than
that OF last season is expected. JOY Clark,
former University OF Chicago star, is
coaching the squad Edwin Carson. CEN
ter, was captain OF the 1911 quintet, and
Beryl Crocker,. right guard, is leading
this seasons five.
The girls are also playing the floor
game under the direction of Miss Bess
pumont, the girls physical training in
sttuctor at the school.
The high school has made It's strongest
and most respected record in track work,
winning the big indoor meet. held in
Omaha on April 4 at the Auditorium,
against many OF the best college and high
school athletes in the middle west. The
school also won the Nebraska State High
school meet in a walkaway and took Sec
ond place in the Missouri valley inter
scholastic meet, held at Lincoln in May.
At the middle west invitation meet, held
at Chicago under the auspices OF Alonzo
A. Stage in June. Robert Wood. captain
Of the Omaha High school track team,
won the 220-yard dash in 0:25ss, and Virgil
Rector took fourth place In the pole vault.
Robert Wood has lead the track team
this year and succeeds himself for the
1919 squad. having been unanimously
elected captain again.
Lively Interest In Tennis.
Tennis has received considerable atten-
ton. both from the boys and girls. this
being the one form of athletics in which
the girls have been especially active.
Both boys and girls held two tournaments
during the year, the boys holding a sin
giles and a doubles tournament and the
girls two singles tournament. The year
ends with Laura Zimmerman. ~, holding
the undisputed singles championship
among the girls after winning the spring
tournament and successfully defending
her title this fall. sievers susmann, H.
holds the boys singles honors, and James
GARNER, IS, and Joseph Creedon, 10 the
doubles championship.
Golf sprung into prominence early in
the spring, but interest in this sport
gradually declined and no tournament
was held in the fall. After considerable
Harold Johnston won The
spring tournament and is now the golf
champion Of the school.
Strenuous efforts have been made TO
awaken more interest In cross-coup+r,,
and squad Of some twelve lads
has been pracucing faithfully in this
branch Of athletics since November.
Many Of the lads have also taken part
In swimming. base ball and hockey, but
not as school organizations or teams.
Base ball was discontinued at the school
four years ago because Of the lack OF
financial support