Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-20
Conference of Principals Ex-
pected to Bring Forth First
Real Steps.
BARRINGER VS.. STEVENS
Central Hill and DaIers Will
Get Chance to Rest
This Week.

A meeting of the principals and
physical directors of the four high
schools of Newark South Side, Bar
ringer, East Side and Central, will
be held tomorrow afternoon in the
Office of the Board of Education at
City Hall. The purpose of the gath
ering is said to be the planning of
the formation of city high school
athletic league patterned after the
Organization now in control of high
school sports in New York city. The
first steps were to be taken with the
idea of placing the schools under the
control of the Newark Public School
Athletic Association, but in all prob
ability it will be found necessary to
form a. separate organizati ~ for the
government of the high school ath-
letics. A meeting of the public
school body was held some time ago
for the consideration of the city
league for high schools, but the ath-
letic association did not think at that
time that the high schools were under
its jurisdiction, and in fact they were
not. The only body that would have
any authority with the high schools
is the Board of Education. Randall
Warden, the head of the Board of
Education's physical education de-
partment, expressed himself recently
as being wholly in favor of the in
auguration of the league idea, and
asserted that the formation would
be brought about. When reminded
OF Barringer's membership in the
New Jersey Interscholastic League
and the resulting aversion of the
Ridge streeters to the city lea que, Mr.
Warden stated that while the league
would be organized eventually, he did
not advise domineering tactics in go
ing about the preliminary steps. South
Side and East Side are at present
far below Central and Barringer in
the calibre of their athletes. More
over, Rarringer and Central would
not be able to furnish the ,,ompetl-
ton that is the pleasure of those that
witness at present the schoolooy con-
tests.
Central is noted for its track ath-
letes. When Coach Anderson, of the
Weiner school, migrated from Bar
ringer he was accompanied by all of
the track men. with the exception or
Burke, the miller. to the High street
school With this foundation and the
development of several new stars
Central mines and elevens have never
competition between the two
schools would be to the neutral spec
tator barely worth seeing, as the con-
testing of the events would be very
one-sided. The reverse is the case in
football and baseball Barringer is
the better in both of these sports. The
Central nine and elevens have never
won from those of Barringer. To-
morrow's meeting is said to be the
outcome of the tabling of Centrafs
application to the New Jersey Inter
scholastic League when the High
street institution applied for member
ship last year. At that time the need
for the City League was just as great
as 1t is now. and. in spite of this, the
Centralites saw fit TO seek admittance
10 the present body. which includes
Montclair High School, Barringer
East Orange High School. The league
took no action on the application
after one of the Barringer delegates
got offended when William Wiener,
the principal of Central, addressed
him as master" instead of mister"
in the course of correspondence, and
tabled the application on the grounds
that the student requirements at the
Central were not as high as those at
other schools. Upon being assured
that they were, the league continued
inactive, apparently safe in the
thought that it was the aristoerat of
the schoolboy athletic field. This year
the far-seeing Centralites made no
attempt to force their way into the
exclusive league, knowing that it will
he merely a matter of time before
Barringer will be forced out. Bar
ringer delegates of last year should
be congratulating themselves upon
their diplomacy in turning down an
opportunity to make permanent the
league that has furnished ideal COM
petition for a decade. The admittance
of Central would have done far more
towards this end than the arrange
ment of six-year schedule of the
league dates for baseball, football and
the other sports. Two points that will
be decided at tomorrow's meeting will
be the study requirements of the ath- !
letes at the various schools of the city
Ind the division of the dates at the
/ ity Athletic Field