The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
st. Adams Has Chance
For Championship cam
Coach George Green Has
Quartet Of Star Athletes to
Build Team Around.
OTHER SCHOLASTIC NEWS
Dy ARrHUn wRrNN.

tnou8n tne team - not OF q local nixn
school, but that Of prep school.
Coach George Green. Of the st. AlhaHs
National Cathedral School. expects to
be they possessor OF this championship.
Not for a period Of five years have so
gathered on one team. and 1t Is now
just question OF time when the holler-
Ing Of the high school fans and fannettes
Will be realized by Coach Green and his
st. Alban athletes. Brooke c-Untz''D
Brewer. the fastest athlete ever turned
out from local scholastic ranks. IL tho
mainstay Of the team. running the 80.
100 and 20 with any Of the cracks Of the
South Atlantic Division.
It may be remembered that Brewer
has been clocked for the century in rec
ord-bresking time. and but for the
fact Of long train ride would have
made the journey to the San Francisco
Exposition to compete with the worlds
foremost runners. Brewer has competed
In every event Of any Importance in this
section for Q period Of two Year,, and
his time registered in all events has been
more than creditable.
Not to be outdone by Brewer. Coach
Green has very good athlete in Max
am, formerly captain of the Western
High track team. and one of the best
sprinters in the high school ranks of the
country. Maxam has competed ably in
the lo, 70 and 40 yard events in every
schoiastic and college event open to high
school athletes for Q long time. and al
though his showing is not up to that of
Brewers. he will make a fne assistant
70 Untz." besides furtherfng Coach
Green's cause for the championship
Maaam Is the fastest boy with the ex-
ception OF Brewer ever turned out in the
high schools r.,
men on the same team. II will be the
question Of fighting against one another
for the records
Crawford Carter. q scholar at the 8,
Adams School, is the dean OF middle
oistance runners in the South, running
the half and the mile with any of the
runners whether college or scholastic.
Two years ago Carter. with a l20-yard
handicap. broke the South Atlantic record
TOT the mile. running in the Johns Hop
kins meet in Baltimore, doing the dis
lance in 40. In this race competing
against Carter were the greatest miIers
in the South On this man Green i.
banking Tor the races. and when the time
OF the annual meet rolls around Carter
as well as Brewer and. Naxsm will be
in the best Of trim for the classics.
The little town OF Chicago out on Lake
Michigan is the home Of Wallace who
VIII hold UP his schools end in the
shot-put. weight-throwing and the jave-
I'm events. According to the reports
rom the West. Wallace vas one of the
greatest all-around athletes in the prep
school ranks
In looking over the material which
Coach Green has on hand for his team
there is hardly person who will doubt
he strength of the ccmbination. and with
Green himself at the helm this same
will in all probability prove its
worth before the meets are run this
winter
st. Alban is not the only school OF
which will turn out a cred
table cinder-path team. as Central. with
Bill Foley doing the coaching, will again
be in the limelight for the scholastic
lonors. here. Although In the past two
years Central has suffered unestimable
oss through graduation. the reports from
he latter school undergraduates are that
Central will again be in the ring and
promises to do more than its share TO
win another championship besides de
tending the one which Is in its posses
'ion at present.
Coach Bill Foley ranks with the best
u the scholastic tutors in the East. and
With any kind of material OH hand should
le HedTO lTOnl III IHS coming
All the high schools Of this city are
,usy giving out the insight won by tn.
iifferent players on their teams for par
icipation In the high school football
eries this fall. Just when the players
Il the Eastern team will receive their
Diverted letter has not been decided upon
" the school faculty. but when the time
oils around fourteen men will be called
or the honor. Business comes next IN
inc. deciding to give out its letters on
December Il. at which time many of the
Id graduates will be on hand to make
he speeches on the program. Fifteen
men In all will get the letter at tfli,
Meeting.
The prospects for a great season by the
Basketball League this
'ear were everything but promising up to
everal days ago. but since that time
much has been done. Following the
hoosing Of the Arcade as the place for
tasing the games IT was thought by
many that the task Of choosing capable
fi1cials for the games would be hard
ut DR.. Hudson. president OF the league.
ater announced Fred Rice. coach Of
he Catholic University quint. and Jimmy
hughes. two Of the best oficials in this
ection of the woods as the handlers OF
he Rzmes. which put a different aspect
n the situation.
In choosing these two men for the po-
itions one of the greatest things for the
urthering Of the sport in this city was
one and now nothing but minor details
re left unsettled. This season promises
0 be the greatest in the history Of the
.ague and II only remains for the initial
thistle to see what real interest in IN
sport In the city Is like.
The main reason given by the officials
Z the league for the changing from the
;. NJ. c. A. court to that OF the Arcade
as the inadequate facilities for han
ling the crowds and as this fault has
cen remedied to q great exent. the
rowds can be record breakers and stin
here will be roonh for more in the halls.
Should Bill Culligan. the crack for
ard of the Business team. he de-
Jared Ineligible as II appears at pres
Mt. the loss will certainly be felt. as
III is one Of the maipstays of the
,am.
This disqualification. however. is not
Dr. playing independent basketball.
ut for deficiencies in studies. and
hen the time for disqualifying an .
thiete because Of outside playing
,mes to working. the athletics in the
Ugh school will be in such a sad
light that one will care to partici-
ate in them. II such a rule as this
ALLY does belong To the code of rules
sed in the high schools now, il will
} a good many years before the fac
tiles will make use of the ruling.