The Washington times., 1913-05-21
AGAIN SHIFT DATE
OF SCHOOLBOY MEET
Advisers Change Annual Affair
for Third Time and Select
Wednesday Next.
WESTERN HOLDS AFFAIR
Red and White Athletes Make
Arrangements to Hold Their
Closed Events Monday.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Phones rang all day at the the various
high schools today when z. w. Mat
thews, faculty advisor of athletics at
Western, tried to get in touch with the
others to again change the date of the
annual high school meet which was
slated for Monday next at Satterlse
Field
According to present plans the high
school affair will be held a week from
today at Satteriee field unless there IL
a disposition on the part Of the faculty
advisers to again shift the date.
/ seems that all of them had reckoned
without the knowledge that Western
High School was scheduling closed
field and track meet, an annual affair
Tor the boys of the schools. and that
arrangements had been alredy completed
when il was learned that the date, set
for May ., was shifted to next Monday.
The Western school made the arrange
ments with Cathedral and as there are
SO many. other activities following next
week the meet will be held on Nom
day. The throws the other high
schools out of the Monday date SO that
Wednesday has been selected.
1t was explained that the Monday date
was a tentative one and that there was
nothing final about it 1t now seems
that the annual affair is one Of the
most movable of events, and from past
performances in date shifting IL would
appear that the event may again be
shifted.
Business is pinning its hopes on a
defeat of Eastern by the Western team.
believing that Kelley, the star hurler,
will be able to stand the Central play
ers on their heads. Kelley has been
pitching great ball for the. First NJ. P.
team in the East Washington League.
and Is looked upon as being able to
duplicate the performance made In The
Efarn
Eastern's kick is thought hardly
sportsmanlike, in view of the fact that
when the title depended upon the West
ern game two years ago Tech had no
misgivings about partisanship. played
the Red-and- White team on George
town Field and won.
Cornell and the Bankers are furnish
ing the same sort of sport in the Capi-
tai City League this year that the
Pumping Station and the Paperhangers
did last season. The Bankers have
been strengthened by the addition Of
Zachary and Chief Greene, while Cor
nell. with many of the old stars and a
team of last season, loom up consid-
erably stronger.
After the high school gaes are
through many of the players will af-
fiIiate with several of the amateur
sandlot playera have strengthened In
the past at the close of the high school
series and this year will be no excep-
ton.
The results in the amateur baseball
league of yesterdays games follow:
Capital City League-Bankers. Z; Cor
nell. Z.
Central League-Printers, s; G. - O.,
Departmental League - Interior, s:
Postoffice, 5.
Federal League-Petworth. Z: Fair
monts, 6.
East Washington s. S. League-Ninth.
IL; First NJ. P, ].
r. R. Y. NJ. c. A. League-Express-
men. L: Station. 4.
Northwest S. S. League-Immanuel,
10: Whitney, 3.
Treasury League-Federals. IL: Civil
Service, 8.
Southeastern League Game post
poned.
Marquette League-st. Joseph. 4;
Trinity. 3.