Evening star., 1915-05-31
BY H. C. BYRD.

,-entrars victory in the high school
track and field championships Saturday
gave it the first leg on the seventh silver
loving cup awarded by The Star. Twenty
Years ago The Star offered a trophy 10
the schools for their first annual meet,
the nrize to become the permanent prop
ertv of the institution first winning II
three times. SIX cups have been present.
cd Central has won them all. and now
it has a leg on the seventh
Central won the first five cups in nfteen
wears simply making a clean sweep Oh
cxerv meet during that period. 1t took
four wears for it to capture the sixth
,ronhv. as Western High cut In Win d
victory in the games of 1918. The ath-
,ctes of Central have made tho renatka-
hle record of winning nineteen OUT VI ''o
twenty cha mpionship meets.
I.s, week was Centrals week. as far
as honors i'll the high schools WeIe .u "a
cerned- 1t began by cap1nrHs I,,dsy ~ r.. base
third places in the drill: F'riday ts oass
nall team won the deciding contest IN tne ny
series for the title. and Saturday tie ~ -
SQUAD was victorious in the annual i..s.,Sad s
pionships. Central is perrsc'iS 'us'
in feeling proud Of its record
CentraTs record this spring IN a ~.
letics is due to just two things-.nv
active interest of it's prfncipal' I.Iai.a1
Wilson, and good coaching. i;... UT; in
shows the BOYS that he beiieVeS ~
them and their activities, makes them
feel he is willing to help in every "ey
nossible to further their interests, anu
this undoubtedly develops scnuot erd.r
and take more active parts IN tneir
work. Gould Menefee. hinseii iormIi
Central catcher, carried a naee ~. H.
team to the championship tnIt 1S
ha
he due to nothing other than cieVer
handling Bill Foley, in charge 0I tIaGn
work. knows his business, wnicn 70
proved by the many successlui squaauSS qaS
he has developed, and Foley is the kind
of man for whom the ooys ~oin
and whom they like.
There probably is no college base pan
team in the country that has made as
brilliant record during the past sea
son as that which represented .ne WI
rinia Polytechnic lnsti.u'I 81 institne
tion went through it's season "itnuu
defeat winning twenty-one sanes.
That it did not lose game unoouotee-
ly gives it the right to the south AZ
lantic championship.
The prillery team of the Potomac
League goes to Purcellviile. va: va: .ooay
The Drillery club is fairly strong ana
homes to capture the long end OF tne
seore. With Drillery will play Blair ana
Hassenstab Of the Engineers
Secretary shurtlen Of the Amateur
Rase Ball Association announces the Ioi-
lowing releases and contracts oy 1he
teams in the various leagues:
IeaSue~Bernard j. McLarney. Commis-
sioners team
Government League-Tim Murphy, For
esters William P. Dieste, Library: r. N
Berens: Library: Chester Lyons, isn suresa
John Clifford. Whitney Avenue Harold
F. Selden, Central Presbyterian; ROSS A.
White, Central Presbyterian
Potomac League-Milton y: Cla[k. Con-
rress Heights; John C. Mumford. Govern
ment Hospital: Gilbert Cassidy. Congress
Heights: Thomas A. Crooks. Machinists;
Moses Caplan. Drillery: Charles r.
Fleishman, Drillery; James r. Lew1s'
Drillery.
Howard r Phippe. Union Station stan
lev W. Taylor. Union Station; e. p. Ris-
don. Car Department; W. c. Lynch Car
Department.
St Paul; Charles P. Knapp. st. Paul;
William p Dieste. St Paul; Roger Moore.
Crescents John NJ Renwfck, Crescents;
Bernard J. Grady, Columbia
Francis l. Tetreault. Commissioners:
John 3. Schrider. Commissioners VIII
liam W. Watts, Commissioners
Government League-Edward r VIII
liams, Bureau; ]. T. Alleuis. Bureau:
David l.. De Pre-, Library; Donald Z.
Barnhart. Library.
Northwest Sunday School League-B.
W Folger, Central Presbyterian; E. l..
Strohecker, Central; r Thompson, Cen
trail
Rosedale League-Fred Kraft. Colum-
bia j. 4. Regan, Columbia: l.. n. Coe.
st Paul p. w. Seay. Columbia: William
e. Coe, st. Paul; Conway Coe. st. Paul
Arthur Clarkson, Crescents: Stewart F.
Mehlfelt, Crescents; Theodore Quisley,
Crescents.
Georgetown University closes its base
ball season today with a game against
Fordham at New York. The Blue and
Gray will make a strong bid to finish
with victory, as the contest PROBABLY
is the most important on the schedule.
No wonder that Neyland and other
Army pitchers have been winning their
games this year The Soldiers have
led every college team in batting. hav-
ing a remarkable team mark OF .322.
ANY pitcher that has behind him a
team capable OF batting for an average
of that kind could hardly help but
win his games. Incidentally the next
highest average wa. that Of the Navy
.ass
several of the college players finished
the season with averages of more than
400 Among these was Raney Adams,
the Navy shortstop. who Is a former
Western High School boy. Tho Army
also had a man in the 400 class, Ger
hardt. who played third base, having
the honor Of finishing with percent
age OF .424.
Spefdell, the Central High pole vault
er has given II as his intention to
enter the Maryland Agricultural Col
leSe next fall. Speidell graduates at
Central this spring and has been able
20 win the vault in every high school
meet in which he has been eligible to