The Washington times., 1914-01-29
EPISCOPAL OUT
WITH RACE Def
Want Chance to Tackle West
ern Highs Relay Track
Stars Again.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Episcopal High School. the famous
Virginia prep school, which mas turned
out more successful athletes than any
other school in the State, throws out a
challenge to Western High School for
relay race, either at the Johns Hop
kins-Fifth Regiment games in Baltimore
February :, or the Georgetown Cniver-
sity event scheduled cor March I.
The Red and Black athletes, who were
beaten by the Western high Flyers in
the Baltimore meet last year, want a
comeback. Jimmy MulIigan's team,
composed Of "Nub5y" Jones and ''Untz"
Brewer, Palmer Stearns, and Rose took
the measure OF the Episcopal team by
five yards in what vas said to have
been the best race OF the night at the
armory.
Following our usual CUSTOM" writes
Manager Norborne Berkeley, CE the
Red and Black team, to Robert Kim
ball, the Western manager, I'VE would
like to arrange a mile relay race with
your first team, to take place al the
Hopkins meet. In the past this race
has always proved TO be very good
one. and we hope you are inclined TO
enter into II. We prefer 10 have il
closed to the two teams
Three Of Westerns star runners Of
last years victorious team are not
available for the race this year. and
the Western youngsters will probably
be outclassed IN the event that the
teams are hooked up. The teams have
been relay rivals for the past ten years
and will probably he gotten together IN
one OF the two indoor meets this win
ter.
David 7. Day. who managed the foot
ball team at Western last year, has
been appointed 10 manage the baseball
team, while Harold 0uttol IS busy ar
ranging tennis schedule for the Red
and White racqueters.
Techs cinder path outside of the
school is proving unusually popular to
the track men this season. Mid wea-
ther has made II possible for the track
men TO work out at all times, and con-
siderable progress is being made all
along the line.
Bernard Dickman, former Tech ath-
Iete. is working out daily with Jimmy
Mulligan ut the Georgetown University
track Dickman is at the Georgetown
Law school as a freshman.
Several of the schoolboys want
another track meet here this winter:
Few of the teams will send their full
strength to either the Hopkins or Rich
mond meets and indoor work for this
year is failing to boom as it has in the
past.
There is a possibility that either
Catholic University or Georgetown Uni
versity viii be approached by the hiSh
school athletic advisers in seeking
grounds for the championship games
Z a 10 University
is far from any OF the schools ii is not
unlikely that the games will be played
there.
The high school series will be started
either on April Il or q. these dates
being tentatively selected as the one on
which to open the campaign. Last year
the series began on April IS.
Tech could use Mike Cantwel this
season. Had the yOungster stayed at
the Mckinley School he would have
perience in the amateur circuits has
made him 4 winner.
Practically all of the high schools
played seventeen games on their schcd-
uled, including the championship series.
number will again be carded by the
managers, who are already at work.
Business and Western are the two
schools to suffer from graduation of
players on the baseball teams Of last
year The Orange and Blue will be
without the services OF Wilson. wood.
WidmGyCr and Derrick. The West
End school vii lose Howard, Roger,
Brewer, Cook. and Lehman.
Manassas High School has asked for
q basketball game with Western, and
the Red and White team IS expected to
journey down to the Virginia town Sat
urday afternoon
Woodbc5y Forrest. of Orange. y. j.,
will tackle the Army Navy Preps OF
SATURDAY The Virginia eChool was de-
featcd by Episcopal High recently. Be
fore that Army and Navy handed the
Episcopal team a setback.
Frank COlley, who gave promise Of
being one Of the best youngsters ever
developed I'm baseball in the high
schools, Is playing an excellent game
at forward for the Y NJ {. A. team
AleSsndria High SchOI has been com
ing TO the front lately with good taems
in all branches OF sport The baseball
and football teams made the high school
teams here hustle 10 win while the