The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
CentraT's Track Team
Expected to Be Fast
Several of Last Years MaiustayS Will Report
After the Holidays-WM Take
Trip to NeW York.

Central High School track team. which "
TO date has been composed mostly OF
novices, will be augmented Immediately
after the holidays by several OF last
years mainstays. Most Of these boys were
members of the football team. and Coach
Foley did not deem it advisable for them
to report for track work until they had
taken z good rest
At the meeting OF the athletic commit
tee Al the o street school recently the
matter OF trips for the team was brought
up For the past several years MI
Foley has advised sending two or three
of his best men to New York, Where ne
expected. with the liberal handlcaps
which are given to schoolboys there
to make a creditabie showing. His idea
was that should the boys he given this
additional impetus. they would train
more faithfully. and show to better ad-
vantage. Manager Pollard, at this meet
ing. gave FOIey's views of the matter
and after i lengthy discussion. 1t was oe-
Cided that owing to the financial condl-
tlon OF the athletic treasury. it would
be impossible to pay the entire expenses
of such a trip. but that half of the rail-
road fare would be advanced. This seems
to he satisfactory to the relay team, as IL
vas practically decided that they would
make a trip to New York, whether their
, expenses we're paid or not. AS all the
members Of the team are good performers
in other events. it would not be sur
prising to see them cop a lew honors
in the individual events
The team as a whole presents a we'll
balanced front. The weakest spot Seem
ed to he in the high jump. but in the
first Of the novice meets. Oldys ana Ag-
nev tied at five feet. which is highly
ifah NR-b iC SiIpref that TINS
was the first time the had jumped this
winter OIdys is also short dash man.
and should easily break away from the
novice class the first time he performs
in an open meet.
Fritz Reuter- the Best Bet.
Cant. Reuter- and Goodman are the
two hest bets for the sprints. Last year
Reuter- was Handicapped by a severe at
tack Of charley horsa. and for Some rea-
son or other was invariably placed on
scratch with such men as Patterson, of
, Baltimore city College, ahead of him.
'The latter is in a class with the college
sprnters. and some Of the best of them
rouId not beat him with such handiCapS
as were placed on Reuter-. Last spring
was the first time Gcodman ever saw a
TRACK contest. hut he started ,caining
and finished second to Patterson in the
Johns Hopkins games N May. AS these
are the old Tome school games. they
may he CUnsideled the Cla Ssic of sCholas-
tic athletic contests ia this section.
The mi, T. distance events VIII ne
taken care Of nv Van Dyne, Hamilton,
Jones. Collins and Snively. not to men
tiOn a number uf lesser lights who nave
not vet won the coveted "t.' The first
two named are members Of the relay
team and are both good At heavin@ the
weight. Van Dync has - record of thir-
I,, Ch q
is being counted on to win not few
points i'm this way.
Black tone seems to lie the only hur-
dler i'm sight. but il is IN assured fact
that il wont take Foley In1g to unearth
some new material t" top the timbers.
He hr. been remarkably fortunate in
past years, and while in high school
Hunt and RUrly IamI on were In
rtihss ~ themselves is hUTdl"rs.
Since Schmidt left Central tirst-Class
distance man has not been developed.
Despite the large number to report for
the distances, n on" turned out to be
consistent winner. Dyson and Lawrence
have trained faithfully for the last three
Years Vet something WAS materially
lacking when they came to run in the
large meets. II now looks as though a
change for the better has taken place
and the way they tear around that base
mrnt corridor leads one to believe that
tn" distances will be CcntTaIS strong
point this season "Puggy'' Holland, Of
the Washington Cross Country club is
another distance man who threatens to
do a little scholastic record smashing.
During the warm weather lately Zap
pone got out the pole vaultinE standards
and had several good workouts in the
side yard. He WaS going at a good rate
when cold weather broke him up. close
on to the tcn-fOOt mark.
Most OF the boys mentioned were mem
hers OF the football squad. and the train
ing they got on the gridirOn should hold
them in good stead when they await the
starters gun in the George Washington
met next February. All the local meets
will he entered besides out-Of-tOwn trips
to Baltimore. charlottesville. Richmond.
and New York. Nineteen hundred and
twelve bids fair to he "A banner year for
the track interests of Central High
School.