Evening star., 1923-05-06

capable OIL meeting stars OF nelghG
the exception of Business. the scho
the contests. and from what has bee
scholastic records may be established
Interest Will center in the battle
for permanent possession OF the f. NJ
Wilson trophy. that has gone annual
ly to the high scoring team at the
games. Staunton Military Academy
and Central High School are two
time winners of this coveted trophy
and, should either repeat next Sat
urday, 1t would become sole owner
of the emblem of victory. Each of
these schools will send a powerful
SQUAD into the games, hut neither is
going to bag the prize without a
struggle.
Central Has Veterans.
Central has several veterans at
hand who practically are certain to
contribute points. Jimmie Birthright.
who established d Washington high
school discus record last year, is a
most consistent performer. Dick
Ziegier gives promise of ranking
with the best of the schooiboy sprint
ers In this section. while Arthur
Thomas. captain of the Elue and
White team is a very capable hur-
d!er. Johnston In the sprints aud
Meade in the high jump also are
clever athletes. Coach Foley also has
other good boys. bat is keeping them
under cover for the present.
probably will encounter more oppo-
sttion locally in Western and Tccn
than in any of the other nigh schools.
Western has a likely looking squad
working out under the direction of
Coach Cade and counts upon scvera!
of its boys to he tn .'rt or thereabout
when the final marks are crossed i'll
the track events The Red aud White
considers that il has IA luok-in in
! some of the field events. too.
Martin Westerns star.
Western will have a worthwhile
representative in the mile run in Sam
Martin. Sam has finished In front in
several scholastic mile runs in this
section and in practice this spring
has been performing with better
action. ]. Mckee also is developing
into quite distance runner. Ten
nyson and L. Mckee are about the
pest at Western pointing for the
half-mile. The former d!I Very well
in the American Legion games last
month. Horace Fountain. brother
OF Lyle. VINO was speedy quarter
miller for Western is going good at
that distance. So are Robertson and
Scott
The Westerners believe they have
hurdler who viii startle the other
schools this spring. He is Box. who
has been striding over the timbers
IN remarkable style. Geiger and
Dunlap also are fair performers who
should add to Westerns strength
n,
Messenger are Westerns mainstays in
the sprints
Mitchell and Trudgin. sturdy ath-
letes on the eridron last fall, are to
carry Westerns colors into the weight
events. They have been getting much
distance with the shot and discus in
practice. Shear is another good
weight performer at the Georgetown
school. CARRIER. the basket ball star.
is improving at the pole vault, and
quite likely will force other entrants
in that contest. Eestal and Robertson
at present are Westerns best bets for
the jumping numbers.
Tech Well Fortified.
Hap Hardell. who coaches the Tech
aspirantS to track and field honors
has some experienced boys and few
dark horses" too. to spring upon the
other schools. Killian was good when
he scored in the high school freshmen
meet sprfnts last spring. and now is
better than ever. With him in the
da shes will be Pugh. Ford and Brat
ton" all speedy boys. Moreland. who
Fhonas Gregory and Wood are being
pointed 70 do the quarter-mile for the
Manual Trainers.
Techs distance squad includes
much. fair material. Probably the
best of the half -milers are Middleton.
Bolton and Strasser. while Fravel
West and Bergfeld are setting the
pace for the other milers. Adams.
err is. to be sent into the weight
events. Clayton will perform with
the shot and discus and also do some
high jumping. McGhan will be used
In the high jump and pole vault
Gregory In the pole vault and Brat
tom Pugh and Ford in the broad
doing well in the daily drills at
Tech.
The Manual Trainers have in jim
Morris hurdler better than the
!, ocfn-
the low hurdles last year. but HardelI
has had him going over the higher
r,l,I Jumps this spring and In the &C"
Club games. Morris will compete in
both hurdle numbers. Jones. Wood
and Horton are other Tech boys who
sansd can stride over the obstacles with
Bond Should Help Eastern.
With A coach devoting all of his
time to track and field athletics. and
increased interest in this branch of
prise other institutions in the meet.
John Collins. who is tutoring the boys
has several likely-looking performers.
The best of them appears to be Adolph
Bond. high jumper.
Bond created a stir in scholastic
athletic circles here last spring when
he won the elementary school meet
high jump with leap of feet
inches. height better than that of
the high school championships. Bond
took that jump easily. and in recent
practices has repeatedly betrered it,
None of the other schools seems to
have jumper equa1ing him.
Collins is preparing boys for the
other events. O'Dea and Hook, of
foot ball and basket ball fame. are
getting along well with the javelin
and discus. while Jack Smith is i'm
proving steadily at pole vaulting
Roberts, Lehnert. Rosson and Doerr
are to be sent into the dashes Lehnert
and Roberts give promise of becoming
fast quarter-milers also. EggIeston
and Graham right now are Eastern's
best distance runners.
Business NauIter Capable.
Business has only small squad at
work under the direction of Mike
Kelly, but one of the boys-Eugene
Abadie-is quite likely to break into
the point-scoring ranks next Satur-
day. Abadie specializes in the pole
vault. He first attracted attention in
the high school freshmen meet last
spring when he competed for Column
bia Junior High School and won his
favorite event with vault of ten
feet three inches. Abadie has better
ed this In practice at Business and
may go on to smash the present high
school record of ten feet, eight inches.
With such an array of talent. the
Washington high schools promise to
make matters interesting for the Wis.,
itors. The latter. however. will be
well fortified for the meet Green
-, brier Military School and Potomac
n State School. West Virginia entries.
are more than good on track and field.
while Staunton Military Academy