Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-13
S|VAPPY BASEBALL
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Fans Assured of Real Article
When Students Take on Best
Amateur Teams in State
Track Work Progressing.

Baseball fans of Boise are assured
of some good snappy interschoolastic
ball games this season If the present
indications prove to be we'll founded.
The Boise High school nine is the one
| that is going to furnish the sport and
has already a partial schedual ar
ranged which calls for some lively con-
| tests.
The season will open this coming
week, the first game will be PLAYED be-
| tween the High team and the Alumni
| outfit. This game, however, will serve
primarily as a fire test fo- the boys
| and to give the coach line on his ma =
terial. On Friday the 18th the squo d
Will go to Nampa for the first real cen
test, and the following day, Saturday,
| the Junction City lads will journey to
Boise for a return game. Twin Falls
is the next city selected for Tho local
boys to eat IN. two games having been
arranged for the following Friday and
| Saturday, April rs and, &c, when the
Boise zine Will journey to the south
"estern city. While in thu latter city,
1t Is probable that return games to
be played here will be lined up.
In the meantime Coach Fletcher is
not letting any time slip away I'M
used. The boys are working hard
every night after school at the High
| school park on Walnut street, which is
being rapidly worked into shape for
the season. With several of last years
men back in the fold, a good record
is expected for the year. The only
department IN which the team Is a lit
tie weak Is the pitching staff, as all
Of last years pitchers are out of
school, so that an all-new staff will
have to be worked up.
A QUEER SIGHT.
Coach Fletcher OF the Boise High
school says he has seen some queer
sights during his experiences as an
athletic instructor, but nothing quite
to equal what happened at the base
ball practice the other night, when
the team was being run through slid
ing (get the word) practice under the
all-seeing eye of the coach, and things
were going along nicely, when on to
the Ecene comes one of the tardy men,
bers OF the squad and nearly upsets the
whole workout. 1t couldn't have been
the heat, but there he was. gayly
logged out in regulation track suit.
consisting Of one Jersey and running
pants,-and the program for the day
was sliding practice!
It. seems that the unfortunate one
had misplaced his baseball suit, or
else some one else did for him: any-
way he was net able to locate enough
OF it to allow him to traverse the high
ways oA our city, so, nothing daunted,
he did the next best thing, and re-
ported to the coach as described. The
young slugger TOOK one look at the nice
pit dug expressly for hitting the dirt"
and almost decided that that was no
place for him, but thinking it over,
finally, though rather backwardly,
plunged in. Next day close observer
would have noticed that one fellow, by
named called "Vic.." was not quite so
spry as one in strict training should be
by all the rules.
Track work at the High school Is
progressing along as nicely as could
be expected at this early stage of the
season. The boys are working every |
night and Will soon be showing the re-
suits OF their training. Either next |
Thursday or Friday after school, an in
terclass meet will be staged at the |
Walnut street park. Rivalry always |
Is nigh between the four classes of
school, and the annual interclass meet |
Is one way of giving vent to the class
enthusiasm. Some new hurdles are
being made for the coming season. and
are of the standard pivot models so
that the boys are looking forward to H
the hurdle events with some keen in
terest.