The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
WASHINGTON BOYS
PREPARE FOR BIG
SPORTING SEASON
Soccer, Tennis, and Bas.
ket-Ball Games Are
Popular.

0R4As
Washington school boys are pre-
pairing for one of their biggest
sport seasons in years. Every kind
of sport will be taken up. accord
ing to announcements from the
playground department
The sport that will attract the
most attention will be soccer. The
sport is gaining greater headway
among the school boys at the pres
ent time In Washington than any
other game. Every school Is repre-
sented by from one to three teams
who play among themselves and
then play teams from other schools.
At all the local Fairgrounds equip
ment for the game and instructors
are furnished free to all children.
The game is taught and teams are
also organized at the Fairgrounds.
Here sextensiye grounds can be used,
and scrub teams are always playing
each other when not in school dur
ing the season.
A schedule Is arranged by the
woman or man in charge of the
playground for the schools who will
have. teams for championship play.
The games are played after school.
and they do not interfere with
studies. That is one of the reasons
that the game is boosted. school
plays school until SO many teams
are eliminated through defeat. Then
a semi-inal series is arranged al
most like the world series. At
every game the schools that play
are represented by large groups OF
students who come to root for their
teams. The good part of the game
is that IL is not only liked by boys.
but also by girls who turn out in
large numbers for the games. The
winner of the series is the play
ground and section champion. ana
it will play for the city cham
pionship.
At first, schools who have won
their section and playground cham
pionships are played. The games
are attended by hundreds OF stu
dents. and the winner is assured OF
a big welcome both from the stu
dents and from the school officials,
A cup is presented TO the winning
team.
When the season s drawing to a
close a city championship series
is arranged with the two best teams
participating. A trophy S given q
the winner. Soccer is due for a
much bigger boom this year among
the school children of Washington
than ever before.
Another game that is attracting
much attention is tennis. Tennis is
described by many OF the nations
foremost athletes as the best game
for the boy or man 10 take up. II
is game that brings into play
every muscle in your body and de-
velops both your sight and brain.
Tennis.
The sport at the present time is
taken up by boys in every section
of the city and most of the play
grounds are represented by teams.
At practically all of them a court
is placed at the disposal Of the
boys and girls. Here the children
are allowed to play so many time
periods a day and they flock to the
courts. The game has gotten sucn
a strong hold with Washington boys
and girls that any afternoon one
can see them waiting for hours for
a chance to get a court. The game
should be encouraged and more
material allowed to the play
grounds. The space for court.
should be increased. but considera-
tion should be given the fact that
the playground department does not
own many of the plots of ground
where Fairgrounds are located and
they have to stay where they are
because ground is scarce and al
the present time there are several
sections without sufficient May
grounds.
The game is not only taken up by
boys. but also by girls who have
become quite expert at the game
and they have shown their skin al
several tournaments.
In every section of the city one
can see tennis courts and it 4,
shown that the game has not only
been taken up by the young people
pui lhOsC VI hloNuIt age Inc DONs
have taken advantage of their
courts at the Fairgrounds ana in
the District championships there
can be found several representa-
tives who gained all their knowledge
Of the game at playground courts.
The game has also taken a strons
hold in high school circles and every
school is now represented by team
Letters are given at the termination
Of the season The high schools have
developed some expert players who
have figured often in championship
matches.
There are probably more Babe
Ruths" in the schools than any
other place. Each school has fits
own favorites of swat" and they
are figured upon as heroes at the
games. Baseball will probably be
taken on in a much larger scale
than ever. Every school is rep
resented in this game.
In the different schools teams are
organized in the various grades