The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
CENTRAL WILL LOSE
SEVERAL TRACK MEN
FROM SPEEDY TEAM
Mllstead and Birthright, Main
stays This Year, to Be Gone
by Graduation.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Central High School is to lose several
exceptional track men in the June grad
uation. and unless all signs fail the o
streeters will have to hustle to replace
these point winners. Coach Foley got
away with the annual track games
again this season. but admitted that his
material was not up to standard.
Walter Milstead and, Parkings Birth
right. Centrars sprinters. are due to
leave next month when the diplomas are
awarded. Milstead has been the anchor
man on the relay team for two years.
and was instrumental in winning many
Of Centrais quartet races. including the
national high school championship at
the Penn games.
Besides Milstead and Birthright.
Forbes, winner In the mile Jones. and ex-
ceilent high jumper; Pennypacker. and
Dunlop and Truitt will be gone. Dunlop
and Pennypacker were the other run
ners on the relay team this past year.
Connolly. who was on the relay team In
the high school meet. Is another young
ster whose career at Central will be
closed.
Central's strength this year. Milstead
and BirthriRht were good for nineteen
Of the fifty-two and a fraction points
scored at NJ. A. c. in teh annual title
Coach Foley will retain batta. who
by the way. has been elected to the
captaincy. His win over Monroe Shee-
han. of Tech. in the half week or 90
ago. stamps him as a conner. Coach
Foley expects Latta to be the equal o.
next year. Arbelley. pole vaulter. and
first place winner. will be back. ne
youngster Is said to be a good quar-.
ter-miler. Morgan. who was disaual.
meet, is another who will return.
Stein, Mclean, and Swain. who wor
all three places In the meet In the hur.
dies. will be topping them again nex'
err and sprinter. will be among the
track candidates next winter when the
season rolls around.
Ct. Adams is holding it's annual FIELD
day today. II marks the last appear
ance Of the quartet Of all-stars. Brewer
Maxam. Carter. and wallace, under 81
Adams colors. incidentally II will b'
st. Aibans. viii have charge. Coaci
Green, after six years OF successful
competition here. during which time HI
has made host Of friends, moves on Il
likelihood OF his repeating his successes
Western is playing the soldiers tw,
games today. One contest at Fort Hun
will be staged in the mornin. ana tn
other at Fort Washington in the after
noon.
A meeting Of the faculty advisers vii
probably be called during the week. Al
vet no games have been scheduled To-
the schoolboy teams now In the run
mug for the title. Eastern and TecI
ars Western and Business were slatet
10 play tomorrow, but the annual com
petitive drill has called these games off
Three straight days of drilling will TAX
up the time of the cadets. many o
whom ere on the baseball team.
Business. is a regimentai officer, Will
Joe Beicher, of Central. Is captain Q
company. John Whelchel Western
catcher. Is also cadet captain. Singu
larly enough these boys, Wheichnl an
Belcher. had brothers who were cap
tains OF companies last year. Rand
Belcher, captain, of centrars w;nnin
companY, played second base. WHEEL
chefs brother. Westerns captain. cap
tured second honors with his company