New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
Baseball Enthusiasts Showing
Form in Early Practice.
TIMELY PROTEST IN JUMP
First Place Goes to Ten Eyck,
and Changes Order of the
Points in Games.

EUlNtS IN GdINSs.
| While the thermometer hovers around the
freezing point. and the icy blasts OF tho
winter Wind chill to the bono and bring
conviction thpt baseball 10 the last thing IN
the world 10 be considered. the agile young
sicrs Of the high schools of greater New
York are hard at work I'm the school gym
uasiums. lending every effort toward max
ing n good showing and creating faVor-
able impression on the coaches Many OF
the bows in all the schools show 10 adyan-
t9ge on tho smooth noors Of the gymnasi-
ums. hut what they will accomplish out
on tho field. where a hard hit ball is liable
% mako bed break and bound off In an
Unexpected direction is entirely n mat'er
~ conjecture Although several NJ the
schools have had 'arge squads working for
two or three weeks, the coaches are devot-
/ ing equal time 10 al tho candidates ana
drilling the boys I'm the fundamentals o,
fielding and throwing 10 the bases.
De Witt clinton. Commercial, Commerce
and stuyyesant high schools are drilling
squads in operation for the coming sea
son. ana the Gght for the pennant-or'
rather. the plaque-promises to be fuzzy
as bitter as the sensational one OF last
year Which led to many protests. the SUB
seauont disqualification OF Schact, Banker
/ schwartz and Greene. and which paved the
way 70 The now famous case Of the latter
and his being exonerated by the officials of
the league. the action which in turn caused
the equally famous revolt Of the high
/ schools genres committee.
Commercial has cne Of the best squads
t no long
time. and Mr. Shearer who coached the
teams Of TIE Red and Gray to victory two
vcsre i'm succession. Is well satisfied with
the outlook He has more than seventy
/ five BOYS out for the team. and several OF
/ these were on last years second team
| More than forty boys are trying for places
in the outheld and no less than ten are out
10 I'll the shoes Of the great Greene, whose
loss has naturally weakened the Albany
avenue team TO a degree. Several OF the
boys are showing improved form In their
work and have good curves and even AT
his time Of the year are winging the pan
over the plate at great speed. Eibel the
176-pound giant Of the team, is burning the
taU and is showing fine, all around form In
each davis practice. Schwab and Farrei
IAN outdelder) are also working in the box.
Adams. stanton. stock and Crocco are right
handlers. and each is showing promising
form.
MIR. Saearer IS tired of the constant
vrangling over the eligibility Of players,
and before he allows any boy to represent
the school in the tournament he is going TO
have each one sign an affidavit declaring
that he is an amateur. He plans also to
have the definition Of an amateur athlete
plainly set forth on the paper, so that every
loy will know exactly what he is doing and
will not be able to hide behind any little
technicality in his efforts TO play ball on
tho team.
Although weak on the track and in swim
ming. Commerce will be represented by
crack baseball team. and Mr.. Grant and
Dutch" Schaeffer. the captain, are conf
dent Of making a good showing. Several
Of last years team will be back, including
Manning the pitcher Archibald, the bas-
ketban PLAYER. who IS also a crack pitcher;
Chalaire. Galloway and Beck. The incom-
ing class has produced several promising
lads and the situation is hopeful on the
whole.
The fact that a protest made at the
proper time is a good thing was never Illus
trateI more forcibly than r. the indoor
high school championships, which were
contested last week Terwiliger, Of Bry-
ant. who was tied with Hardy, of Manual
Training. and Walter Ten Eyck, Of Eastern
District. for first place in the running high
jump. protested against the decision OF the
Judges which allowed him only one try at
the bar in the jump-of.
TerWilIiger, DoWney and Ten Eyck were
tied for first place at feet inches. In
the iump-of Downey cleared the bar at
feet : inches on the first jump, but both
Terwillger and Ten Eyck failed on the
first try. The judges forthwith declared
Downey the winner although the rules OF
the Public Schools Athletic League speciti-
cally state that:
In case of a .ie in a scratch contest at
high jumping the tieing competitors shall
have three tries at the height last tried
After the meet was over and even the
prizes were being awarded Terwilliger pro-
tested TO James +. Sullivan. the referee
Mr.. Sullivan at once ordered that the boys
be allowed their two additional tries at
the bar. on the next jump Ten Eyck
cleared the bar but Terwiliger was un-
able 10 better his leap. Ten Eyck was,
therefore, again tied with Downey. The
bar was raised to feet inches, and Ten
Eyck rose 10 the occasion and got safely
over the jump, while Downey failed at the
leap. which is only three-fourths OF an inch
behind the record held by NJ Oler, Of De
witt Clinton. established two years ago.
The decision Of Mr.. Sullivan naturally |
changed the point score Of the schools, and !
the official score follows:
Manual Training p. Commercial. 20: De /.
Witt Clinton 10: BOYS High. II, Eastern I
District. Z; Curtis. Z. Erasm Hall, (; |
Bryant, !. and Commerce B.
no witt Clinton is enfOyipg q neat LITTLE /