Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-03
SCHOOL TRACK
WORK TO BEGIN
Large Squads Will Be Taken
Out for First Real Work
Next Week.
CENTRAL HAS SECURED
ADECIDED ADVANTAGE
Although Losing Big Nucleus,
Blue and White Gets Start
in Training.
BY 81. C. BYRD.

The High School track squads will begin
work in earnest next week. Little has
been done as yet, but next Monday will
probable find all the institutions which
expect to be represented on the track
starting their men in training
Central High is about the only school
which has as yet attempted work. Going
along on it's usual line, it has had it's
squad at work for more than two
months, and has covered ground in that
time which will not be made up by the
other aggregations, which are placed at
disadvantage. The Blue and White
trained all the fall outdoors and only be-
gan indoor work shortly before the holt
days.
The amount of development already
secured by Central has undoubtedly given
1t great advantage over the other
schools. The men have received train
ing which places them much ahead of
their competitors and will aid them to
great extent in again finishing in front in
the championship meet next spring.
1t Is not likely that Eastern will attempt
much in track work. Anyway, it is not
probable it will be represented in the in
door meets The Capitol Hill lads have
not attempted anything of the kind In re-
cent years and there have been no an
nouncements to the effect that different
course will be pursued during the coming
season.
Western, Business and Technical will
have squads working soon. Each of
those schools is laying plans to be repre-
sented more largely than was the case
last winter. nucleus for fairly capa-
BILE aggregation can be found in each of
those three institutions, and were 1t not
for the fact that Central has the jump
on them in training they should stand
fair chance of winning out in the spring
meet.
Just how the schools will finish the sea-
son is question. All things point to
general victory for Central because of
the better conditioning it is sure to get.
There is no man with the experience of
Bill Foley to direct the other sqads. and
II there were he could not accomplish as
much in four months as could Foley
in six.
1t is true that Central has lost practi-
cally the entire nucleus of last years
squad. The men wso scored the majority
Of the points for the Blue and White have
left school. Central is at the point now
where the other schools have ben all
along. 1t Will have the advantage, though,
in just the thing already mentioned, con-
ditiOn.
Central probably has lost the most YER
satile athlete 1t has had in some time If 1t
be true that King will not again attend
school there. 1t Is reported that King
Will enter REP school IN OrQer to De as
sured of being able to pass the entrance
examinations for Princeton next fall
King was the most capable player in
high school foot ball last fall and he was
also one of the best base ball players in
the scholastic ranks for two wears His
work in each branch of sport was one of
the bulwarks of the Central teams, and
that lie will be missed greatly is a GER
tainty. especially in base ball during the
coming spring.
The Washington polo team did not have
much trouble dspOsing of the Walbrook
five from Baltimore last night The local
aggregation did not have to work very
showing the class expected. The play was
faSt at times, but at others Manager
Writings men took things easy.
The best work of the evening was done
by Whiting of the local team and How
and Horsey of the visiting aggregation.
Whiting Is player of marked ability and
displayed a prOwess much above the class
In which he played last night. How and
Horsey played practically the entire game
for the WalbrOok club.
The game was well attended probably
the best attended of the year.
The regular game in the Scholastic Bas-
ket Ball League scheduled for this after
contest will take place when the Business
High five meets the quint from the bows
department Of the Y NJ. c. A.
The regular schedule of the Scholastic
League will start next week, Friday. the
10th, with a game between the Amy and
Navy Props and Business. Those two
quints were supposed to meet today. but
the schedule will simply be showed for
ward a week.
The Aloysus club defeated the Epiph-
any quint last night by a very one-sided
score. The church five never was in the
running with the clubmen and did not
have a chance to win after the first five
minutes of play.
Pattersons work was the particular
feature of the play. He not only did some
brilliant work on the Defense but scored
seven goals from the field. He did some
Of the cleverest playing of the year.