The Washington times., 1913-02-04
TRACK STANDING
OF CENTRAL HIGH
MAY Be BROKEN
hovices Make Up Larger Part
of Candidacy for Athletic
Honors.
HAVE VETERANS IN
MILE AND HAlF-MILE
fntercIass Meets Scheduled to
Create Interest in Gymnas-
ium Sports.

From present Indications Central High
School may have her long standing mo-
nopoly in track athletics broken this
year. No school at this time appre-
ciates this situation more than Central.
As result Of the conditions, a squad
Of some forty or fifty candidates are
going through the routine of starts,
sprints and laps, under Coach B,ll
Foley.
Though any number of boys training
At Central appear to be coming high
school stars. the entire squad except
ing two men are novices. This is con-
didon with which the o street school
has not been confronted in several
yeas. Heretofore. veteran material has
assured victory in the annual spring
meet, because of all around supremacy
over the teams of other schools.
The only events in which Central
seems to be well fortified are the mile
ana half mile What sprint men are
available are not sufficiently experienced
TO compete with equal chance with 9TH
er dash men in the high schools A
scarcity OF Jumpers and vaulters will
necessttate the development of men for
these events, while there are no reliable
weight throwers in the school at all.
Performance Encouraging.
Central candidates for hurdle honors
have been performing encouragingly
during the indoor training. NJ DuvaIl,
Buell.. Reeves, Baldwin, Hunt. and Holl-
fngsworth are the aspirants. the first
two Of whom give especial promise.
None of them are seasoned hurdlers.
In held events several are training
particularly to bolster up this depart
ment. High Jumpers have been work
Ing outdoors. while pole vaulters. dur
ing the mild weather of early winter,
have been practicing I'm the school yard.
Though he will enter large teams in
Coach Foley Stated that he had S no
hopes Of winning any nonors. but de-
clared that the experience would ben
ef1t the team for future races. A large
team of noyices will enter the games
Of the George Washington and George
town, and It now seems likely that a
squad will be sent to the Johns Hop
ktns-Fffth Regiment meet in Baltimore.
Owing to the loss of all quarter-milers
to select competitors FOR this distance,
central viii enter no relay teams in
any of the winter meets. This Is the
intention at the present, at least.
Interclass Meets.
Interciass meets are held every We'd
nesday. and have created interest
among the athletes, but thus far per-
formsnces have been below Standard.
Central is not discouraged by the lack
of veteran talent because Of the faith
in which their coach Is held. Foley is
recognized as one Of the best trainers
for developing green men In the East,
and CentraIs success seems to depend
largely on him. An even chance is the
only Central concession to other schools
because the latter always draw heav-
fly upon track forces each spring for
baseball material
A partial list OF those training at
Central follow: Agnew, 'Arbelle, Bal
lenger. Baldwin, Bowling. c. II. Bow
man. Brodie. Buell., Domer. Dunn. c.
Duysll, NJ. Duyall, Fadley, ii. Fowler,
F1shback. Galloway, Goodman. Hol-
ingsworth. Hill. Hunt, Jones, KimbaIl,
Kebler. Marr. Montgomery, Norris,
Oyster, Richards, Richardson, Schmidt,
Scott, Sherwood, Sydenham, Uhler,
Writ, Young, Krassnoffs, Jadwin, Tag
eart, xappone, Platt, Reeves. c. c.
Jones. Oberlin, Conway, BoIgiano, Ia
Der, Van Doren, Chang. BirreIl, Bas-
sett, and Hemingway.