Evening star., 1915-05-21
BREWER AND CARTER TO RUN
IN PRINCETON'S TRACK MEET
St. Alban Athletes Expected to Make Good
Showing Against Northern Prep
School Stars-Other Gossip.

| with Western Maryland College The
| former should not have great deal OF
trouble winning, judging by the poor
work done by Western Maryland In the
| previous part of its schedule. This
has been one of the worst seasons
Western Maryland has ever had in base
| ball.
| 1t is doubtful if there is scholest
team in the east that has such GOOD
pitching staff as represents ST. Alpah
school. In Holmes. March and Brewer
the Episcopalians have a trio who can
hold their own with the best in this
section to say the least. Brewer mas
been playing shortstop mainly. but ne
| is just as capable as a pitcher. Marc.
also has done some splendid work Al
various times. but it has been Holmes
! who has proved the real star. HOMES
has some remarkable records TO ms
| credit this spring, having struck oui
more than twenty batsmen IN several
contests. The games in which Holmes
set his strike-out marks were against
teams supposed to be in the same class
with ST. Adams. too. and were not o. o.
, the easy picking character ~ rs
that St Alban's owes its good record
for the spring
Technical High is scheduled to go to
Port Deposit tomorrow for a game Win rn
Tome Institute. The Manual Trainers are
hoping to register victory over the
Marylanders, though they recognize that
they will have to face one OF the best
teams Tome has had in a long while
Tones season has been very successful.
several games having been won from the
largest prep schools in the country, Law
renceville and Hill having been among
those defeated.
There has been a great deal of discus
sion relative to the date for the high
school track and field meet, besides con-
siderable quibbling over the changes in
the time for holding it. Such a condition
is unfortunate and causes criticisms to be
hurled which do not benefit the cause of
athletics in the least This could be avoid
ed easily IL the schools would adopt the
method in vogue In connection with all
track and field meets-set a Saturday in
each year on which the event must
be held, and have it take place on that
date. no matter what the conditions. AS
it is now the schools make all kinds of
preparations for the various student ac-
tivities without giving the track meet
much thought. and the date for it is shunt-
ed around as if it were of no consequence.
of the biggest local scholastic events of
| the year, and one of those most anticipat-
ed. and yet it is, il anything, just about
the opposite.
Another thing that Is now not con-
duciye to the best interests of the track
meet is the fact that one Of the schools
holds track athletics of as great inter-
est and on the same plane as foot ball
and base ball. while the others do not
That results in an overbalancing of
conditions and unlocked for situations,
which do not tend to advance the sport.
There Is Just one way to control the
situation absolutely and avoid all near
ness to unpleasant conditions-set a
standing date for the meet-a date on
which the meet will be held each year
and have the schools adjust their
other activities in conformity to that