The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-15

play for but one or two games.
While no attempt is made to fore
shadow Q decision Of the high school
principals at . meeting to be. held
on Monday Il Is almost safe to draw
q cofclusIon that action win Be
taken to call all football activities
off for the remainder Of the season.
Principal Frank Daniel, Of the
Mckinley Manual Training School. IL
Of the opinion that II Will be too
late to start football II the schools
open ~ late as November /. ''W5
will be able TO save on equipment
and concentrate efforts on winter
sports and general athletic and MILL
tary development" said Principal
Daniel
Tue Late To start.
Over. at Western High school D..
Elmer S. Newton expressed q doubt
as to the advisabslity OF playing
football so late In the season IT:
would not be worth while to begin
all over for but two weeks Of COM
petitiVe football" said Or. Newton
81 think II possible that football will
be delayed even after the opening
OF schools II they are started UP
again by November 1.
There, IL no telling how long the
schools will be closed. Naturally
everyone is hoping that the epidemic
will be passed soon The hold-up OF
all athletic activities as we'll as the
military program will probably mean
that football would best be stopped
for the season"
n
says he would not care to start up
football II the schools opened as
late as November 1. at might pay
to start right In on basketball" sad
MetZler. "All OF the schedules are
knocked out now. and we do not
know what games we could get ou.-
side OF the schools here. II would
mean that we could play only the
high school games"
VIII Lose Money.
The schools are sure to lose fnan-
cially IL the football season Is stop
ped. One or two games might serve
as a means Of getting the athletic as
Sociations started. The hrst game,
that between Business High School
and Mckinley High School. was to
have started q week from today.
Two weeks ago al football was or
iered stopped here and the teams gave I
up practice Immediately. Games were
with Out-of-town schools /
and provisions made for canceling |
others.
Players and coaches have been hop
ing for a let-up in the Spanish Infiu- |
snza epidemic, but as the time drags
put II is thought that football for 1918 /
49,.
principals are expecting to take up
he question at their meeting next 4
II the schools have not been
started by that time.
DR.. w. H. Dorman. coach OF the
Business High School eleven. Is At
Hospital. with the Span
sh influenza DR.. Dorman Is recov-
.ring rapidly and expects to be out
shortly.
over the telephone DR.. Dorman
said he was confident that there
would be no football this fall. II had
hoped to see things started In foot
BALL before this, but I fear there will
De little chance to continue the sport
his fall. Business had begun football
n earnest, and had quite a bunch out
when practice was called Off"
Central and Western had unusually
attractive football schedules this fall
Western was slated to oppose St AL
PANS. Episcopal High, Tome Institute.
Central, Technical, Business, and
Forrest in order.
The Clifton street boys had listed
Baltimore Poly, Baltimore City
Episcopal. Western. Tome, Tech, Bust
iess, and had planned a trip.
Out-of-town schools have written to
he Washington lads to ask for games.
md have been turned down. The
allure OF the local teams to play has
affected the schedules Of the Mary
and schools to q great extent Some