Evening journal., 1923-02-02
By POLLY HY

organized, but Day by day IN
every way, It Is growing better and
better"
From a purely athletic standpoint
the league which was organized
three years ago. among the four
| Wilmington grammar schools, and
is under the direction OF C. Walter
Kadsl. physical director OF the Y.
NJ. Q. A. has proven its value right
along but the real results are now
being manifested. There are many
other angles beside the athletic
/ Though which the grammar or
SANITATION has proven OF value to
/ the community. As a training in
stituuon to the youngsters. Is what
particular attention Is called 20 here.
The Grammar League program
calls for a basketball tournam snt.
baseball tournament. a swimming
tournament and track and field
championships. The boys trying
out for tho respective teams are Civ
en- thorough course OF training at
the Y. NJ. c. A. covering a period
OF several weeks before the begin
ming Of each tournament and cham
pionship.
Each school has its individual
coach provided through the Y. NJ.
c. A. and in a great many respects
this has a very distinct advantage
over the one-man system, that IS.
where one physical director dsvoies
his time 20 teaching IN all the
schools and coaching all the teams.
Such a man cannot be particularly
interested IN any one team and the
fact OF the matter Is II makes no
difference 70 him which aggregation
Is victorious. On the other hand.
where each school has a different
instructor and coach the ambition
OF that coach Is 20 win a champion
ship and as a result he brings the
best out OF every boy.
The reason that so many gram
mar school boys have been able 20
90 into The high school and make
a varsity position in their first or
second year IL because they are thor
oughly drilled IN the fundamentals
and the fechnique OF the respective
sports beforehand in the Grammar
League. The coach at the high
school does not have 10 spend a
year or more IN preliminary drill
with these boys. and as result they
are prepared 20 90 ahead and learn !.
more thoroughly the science OF team
play.
In addition 20 learning the tech
nical points OF the game the gram
mar school boys learn to gather ex-
perience IN = great many import
ant things that can be brought out
only through competition. They I
learn the ethics OF clean sport. the .
value OF team play. over-individusl-
Ism, that never say die" spirit. the
ten commandments OF an athlete
they follow;
1. Thou shalt not quit
.. Thou shalt not alibd.
3. Thou shalt not Rioat over
winning.
4. Thou shalt not be rotten
loser.
5. Thou shalt not take unfair
advantage.
q. Thou shalt not ask odds
thou art unwilling 10 give.
Z. Thou shalt always he ready
10 give thine opponent the
shade.
s. Thou shalt not under-cstt
mate ali opponent nor over
estimate thyself.
Q. Remember that the game
Is the thing, and that he
who thinlSeth otherwise Is a
mucker and no sportsman.
10. Honor the game thou play
est, for he who playeth the
game straight and hard
wins oven when he loses.
One value OF the league that is
vorth more than all the others {
ombined Is the development OF real '
oyalty TO the team. the school and s
o the coach.
i'd Strength 10 High School.
As a result OF the splendid ac-
ivities among the four grammar q
chools, Nos. 1, 4. "a Ind %; VII s
1ington High School has added q
trength 10 several OF It's athletic I
cams. The proper training OF the !
rammar circuit was the basic
for them 10 make a var g
lty team. At present, at the high T
chool there Is a handful OF 4
thletes who a. they grow older will r
g the bright lights OF the Cherry
nd White teams through their
borough preliminary training.
Johnny Roman. OF basketball !
anne, heads the list. In order come 4
Terlihy, Dudzinski. Palmer and
Vahls. A strange incident brought
,oman and Herlihy TO the front. 4
asst year when the scarlet fever
pidemio gripped the city. Roman ;
nd Herlihy were asked by Mr.. !
-adel to spend some time with the
Ugh school varsity basketball team.
hat day the Cherry and White was
shearsing at Hanover gym. The
were soon a. home. and =
wasn't long before Coach Ashton y
laced Roman on the varsity with
Ich stars as Weiner. Jacobson.
ones. Lichensteln and Parks. Her
ny made berth on the second 0
am.
That season Roman was partly L
,sponslble for the first victory in s.
,ars over Chester. He was a prod
81 OF Coach Sparks No. school II
am. which won the championship q
the Grammar League. :
The swimming tournament that
as held last year brought two p
,ung athletes TO tho highlet swim j
ing team. One OF them Is Dud- u
nski, the one-legged water mar 81
IL who won fame for himself and W
IS alma mater at the National In W
Swimming Champion Q,