Evening star., 1923-03-18

I teams, class teams and representative
! scnooi teams in all sports. These last
mentioned teams are all important.
/ ithout them. Director Delaporte
stated. the system would fail To make
! minor teams. the students must salts
! factorily perform the general physical
culture routine and the minor teams are
! stepping stones TO the representative
! teams. Unless the boy or girl is in
! spired by the prospect of some day bat
| tllng for the school against another in
sututton. Delaporte declares interest in
athletics lags.
The superintendent and the board of
pflnclpa is here may decide to abolish
lnter-hIgh school athletics for two
years They certainly favored doing
! SO several months ago when unpleasant
! conditions for which the students were
+ in no way responsible existed Some
! nave since revised their opinions and
/ perhaps the proposition will be tabled
| for q time
washington certainly has in its high
! school faculties men able to control n
situation and it seems that reorpsn
| iZatlon of the athletic system under a
responsible mead could be effected here
IL is worth trial. anyhow. Nothing
worse than the present system could
result.
constructive suggestion for the
Detterment OF athletics in the high
sGhools here comes from the ''C'''
EN-
. athIeteS- The club. of which Sidney
hent is president is bitterly opposed
10 the proposed suspension of inter-
hlgh school athletics for two ves.,s
tiI tnd mas ma. come forward with PROPOSE
ton that the sphere of the faculty ad-
Nlsers be extended to junior teams
Here is what the "C' Club has 10 saw
OF It's plan so far as foot ball is con-
As matters now stand. attention in
root ball is limited largely to the
main eleven, which is the only one
10 nave regular schedule. Hence the
oeNelopnent on the gridiTon is mostly
confined to candidates for the first
team.
For two years Western, Central
ana Tech have put out lightweight or
l3o-pound teams. and each has met
the others With Eastern in its new
school and with better athletics facili-
tieS II Is felt that that institution now
Will be able to develop such d team.
me central alumni proposal is that
the faculty board exercise the same
supervision over the junior teams a <
II does over the senior. and have a
regular championship series for them.
with three games for each team as
sured in such series regular sched-
schedules made for the senior teams
in preparation for the title matches
This would mean that instead of
put one team as an incentive for ath-
!etlcaIlE inclined students to turn out
Tor training there would be two with
the result that the number psrticipat
ing actively in foot ball would be
doubled
BY getting out twice as many can
oidateS the &C. Club feels that one of
the principal objections to the pres
ent system. that of limited participa-
ton in athletics. would be answered"
Other work than protesting against
the pronosed athletic ban has been
done recently b." the 'C"' club SEQ
retary Edmund Rheem has announced
that the organization is planning to
make a great success of it's annual
track and field meet to be held in
Central High stadium Nav II. All
or the high schools here are to par
ticipate and graded school athletes
Will compete. Cy Macdonald is chair
man Of the meet oommittee and is "A
busy man these days.
The m3tte~ of kecDiup to his nron-
or scholastic standing every pros
rective candidate for the foot ball
team next fall is under considers
ttGn. Chairman Edward MCDonough
Sylvia King and Allen Minnix are on
the clubs foot ball committee, which
is soon to discuss campaign plans
with Capt. Crawford. now member
of Central's crew squad.
Jim Sprigman, Shock Boteler and
Doc White are on the base ball com
mittee, which has the Blue and White
squad at work preparing for one of
the most attractive schedules ever
arranged for team at the Mount
Pleasant school.
The "C' Club will participate in
the formal dedication of the Emory
NJ. Wilson Memorial Stadium. which
will be held late this spring
Despite inclement weather high
school mines managed to get in some
strenuous practice last week, and two
Of them are scheduled to swing into
competitive action within the next
few days. Wednesday afternoon
Eastern expects to go to Del Ray
for tilt with the George Mason
High School. On Friday Central ,
High and Gonzaga are to clash in
the Central stadium.