New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
Interest in Baseball Revives with
Start of Indoor Practice.
ERASMUS HALL STRONG
Norman Lemcke One of the Best
Swimmers Ever Developed
Among the Boys.

While the big league teams are in this
sunny South the high school boys ara
equally buoy working the kinks ont OF their
arms and muscles In preparation for the
battle for the championship baseball
trophy. wealth Of veteran material in
the schools both in Manhattan and Brook
lyn makes a close fight foregone conelu-
sion. and on the surface all seem 10 have
an even chance of winning.
Erasmus Hall is prepared 10 make
most strenuous bid for the honor$ The
call for candidates has been answered by
10 boys and these with the eight veter-
ans from last year, and the welcome addi-
! ton OF Bill Sykes. the former Poly Prep
pitcher. the outlook Is, indeed, rosy. Three
positions are to be flied first and second
bases and one place In the outfeld That
these vacancies will be speedily grabbed up
is certain. Seven boys are out for nrst
base while an equal number aspire toward
the position as warden of the keystone
sack. and some thirty-hve have declared
their intention OF playing in the outheid.
Erasmus presents the strongest array OF
pitching talent Of any OF the schools.
Shaw. Brerly and Sykes compare moro
than favorahly with any trio OF schoolooy
| pitchers around New York to-day. shaw
and Briefly are veterans OF last years.
team while Sykes has received his bsp-
| tism Of fire under the colors OF Poly Prep
| All three are big, strong boys. with plenty
of speed good control and curves ana lots
| OF courage 20 back them through any tight
situation. Haysip, the catcher innes' at
shortstop; Brush, at third base; Rome
IO'Donnell and Mccormick, outneders COM
plete the roster. /
Commercial High School with four vet-
| erans and host OF new material rom
which TO choose should be strong con-
tender. Schwab. the speedy left-handers
| will be back in the box and ~ either Pen
nington, the boy who pitched for Pupai'
School 152 last year, and who was 'ns
leading figure in the winning or the chsm-
| pionshp for his school, or Stnclair' ancther
recruit from elementary school. pitcnes 10
form, the mound will be well guarded. PEN
ningtcn is well built youth and Is grow
| ing ali the time. He has a puzzIing cross
| nre ball that rises as II comes up 10 tno
plato after the fashion Of Joe McGinnity
ball He has plenty OF good rS curves, 4. ,.ne
markabe Sinclair Is also showing well IN 4
the practice. Stern VIII be back 10 caIc.'
| and Onley, the hard hitting centre neioer,
| and Fallon at second pase conplelo t''
Manual training has only issued the hrss
call. and affairs are In confusion 2. nu, rYn
| Seventh avenue school. Little rs known
| of the material, but DR.. Aldrich is hopefui
OF turning out winning team.
Mr. Nathan who coaches the swimmers
Of Commercial, is placing great faith in the
| ability OF Frerichs 10 win the 220-yard
swim in the swimming championships. The
| Commercial lad has shown great speed and
| endurance In his work. ana In tne recent
| Colunbia-Yae meet was the only BOY from
/ LII. @Ata N a iii
| the 5O-yard swim open TO prep ana hign
| schools.
! Norman Lemcke. captain OF the Conn
merce swimming team, IS one Of the best
swimmers that high schools have ever
known I'm New York Lemcae broke two
interschoIastic records within i've minutes
against Boys High School last week, when
he swan one hundred yards In g. SECONDS
and fifty yards in 26 As seconds. He started
his career at Commerce two years ago ana
from the very beginning showed remark
able ability. In the high schools meet last
year Lemcke swan the semi-fnal heat or
the fifty yards in % seconds, but was dis-
| qualified lie fouled no one. Tor ne was
too far ahead, but was not allowed 70 starr
| in the finals. Since that time ne mas I, M
| nroyed steadily, and has sWum tns hah
| Century consistently in better than y SEE
| onds and the hundred in loo. lie mas MS
| heart sci on winning the hundred-yard race
and is training hard tor s tnst "sssn fhss task OF
! winning the ffty-yard race Flower u 20,
! ing along like a fish. and in recent triaI
| was timed in q seconds.
| II Alvin Lent, the great hslf-miier VI
| stuyvesant High School ever meets ooy
| who can push him to the fullest extent OF
his ability. nc is more than likely to estap-
| ush n nav irterscholastic record. Running
| u,itbir his speed. the Stuyyesant lad has
! ,,,rned of half after half in 2:5. or there
| abouts. and two minutes fiat is not beyond
his mowers. II the opinion OF many capsois
Judges is 10 be accepted
| With every probability OF putting strong
team In the field this spring, Dc WIZ
! clinton has a hard schedule Of baseball
| games 10 play. The season will open FOR
! clinton on March go when the Riverside
Athletic club will be played. The schedule
! follows:
March 30 Riverside Athletic Club, at
home.
AnrII 2, New Rochelle High, al New Ro-
ohaIIa. G. AdeIph Academy, AT Adelpht
| rie,d. 10 Erasmus Hall High, at Hsw-
tborne Field 10. Clason's Point Miiitary
Acadamv. at Clason's Point: IL. Poly Prep.
AZ Poly Field 60 open; "a, Fordham Prep
at Fordham; q, Curtis High. at Curtis
MAY /, Columbia freshmen at south
Field; (. Stuyvesant. at Olympic FieIo; =
Barringer High. at Newark; II, Norris at
| Morris; Is. Manual Training at Hawthorne
Field. Is Townsend Harris Hall, az
| Olympic Field; q. City College freshmen
q, High School Of Commerce, at Bronx
| oval.
June T. the faculty.
spectorsky, the former De Witt Chntoh
! snrtn,er. Is now attending Dwight SCHOOL,
whore his capable work won him the elec-
ton to the track captaincy.
Harvey Fenrich. the little fellow VINO
rlaved so we'll with the Commerce Cuos
last fall, Is doing great work In the INDOOR
baseball practice In the gymnasium these
davs The midget handles the ball IKE "A
sacond Miller Huggins and has high hopes
"of sticking around for while, as he puts
Il In his own terse style,
EASY FOR EASTERN DISTRICT.
The basketball five OF the Eastern Dis
trict High School easily defeated Flushing
IN tournament game OF the Public Schools
Athletic League at tho 9th Regiment ar
,,,,r,, yN-iIlia msburg Yesterday by the score