Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-27
ALL STUDENTS TO
Be PARTICIPANTS
Regular Teams Are Expected
TO Be at Top in Every
Sport.
lNTRAMURAL SCH EDUlE
Principal Prunty an Ardent
Advocate of Sports for
All' Program.
lNTRAMURAL EDULE
BY LARRY DALEY.

blbd illhH d'Ibbl lIuDohfk, Win
out further delay, to make herself a
statewide factor In all branches OF
SchOlastlC sports, and an extensive
iniramural program has been pre.
pared which will insure quantity as
well as quality In It's connective
gaines.
Louis Weinicke. sll-around ath.
lctc, yesterday was elected prcsiden,
Uf the Tulsa High School Athletic
association. Claude Brownfield was
named vice president. Dale Carter,
secretary; Jake Roop. student H.
nance manager! Armour Guy. stu
dent publicity director, Paul Gros-
hart. yell leader. and Chesier A.
Mnrrs, faculty representative.
The plans call for continuance OF
the sport for all" program. adopted
~ successfully under the regime OF
T. w. Rau In 1917. Under this sps.
tenn, which has been followed since
Mr., Rau's departure, all students OF
the high schools are given oppor.
tunity TO participate In athletics in
which they are best fitted. Intra
mural sports have been especially
stressed and have proved their
worth. both In developing athletes
and In giving both boys and girls
the right sort OF athletic training.
Prunty Believes In Athletics.
VI, e. Prunty. principal. "A firm be
lever OF clean athletics and who be-
licNcs that athletics In schools are
failure unless all students are given
an opportunity to participate. has
outlined spring sport schedule
which provides physical ecroatIon
Tor every Tulsa high pupil.
InT tho uup,n..,T,,...
osthetic dancing. hiking, swimming
and Snnls are offered These are
undcr tho direction of competent
Instructors who have made a spe
cialty or women's athletic training.
Girls may participate In any or ali
OF these events and IL lis probable
that the schedule will be varied to
allow them TO indulge In all OF the
above named exercises.
a That a system OF athletic training
for the entire student body is An
aid, rather than "a detriment I'm de-
teloping men for regular teams and
In instilllng school and athletic en-
thuslasm, is the opinion OF Mr..
Prunty. His belief has been sus-
tained by the support which stu
dents have accorded various Tulsa
teams and by the success of those
teams In competition with other
schools.
To Take Up Baseball Again.
Baseball. abandoned as a high
school sport two years ago due 10
lack or interest and insufficient ma :
terra VIII be renewed this season.
IN tho past. the diamond game has
lnterfered with the track team but
with the great Increase of enroll =
n Ia
years 1t ls believed there will be
enough men for both sports. C. G..
tracey, football and basketba n
coach. will direct the ball tossers
and has announced that practice will
be started within few days. In
formal workouts were held for sew
cral days during the warm weather
ana much promising material was
unearthed which should he devel-
jopcd into winning nine.
ItNck practice. held indoors for
two months, will he started outsid q
when weather conditions permit
Under the tutelage OF c. n. CLAYTON
last season the red and white cinder
path and field men established an
enViable reputation and with many
promising men out this year, II Ia
confidently expected that Tulsa high
school standards will be maintained
ny the track team.
Tennis is another sport which is
70 be rejuvenated this spring. Last
year there were several racquet
wlelders OF more than ordinary abil-
ny, but most Of them were track
men and could not be spared for
the court game Finances OF the
school were not on such a. firm
foundation as now and the expenses
or tennis team were thought too
hchvy last season to warrant the
putting team on the field.