Evening star., 1929-12-20
LONG POST-SEASON
TOURS ARE BANNED
Public High Leaders Hold
Foot Ball Should End on
Thanksgiving Day.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, Jr.


-ooT BALL GAMES entailing
long trips, and arranged after
ogD19teG Geg1r soPsSnei bsHa D.en have ota%ed SSed
so far as the District public high
school elevens are concerned, 1t was
learned today.
From high authority came the in
formation that the principals have
reached a point where they no longer
are willing to be called upon to decide
whether foot ball teams shall be given
permission to take these long post
season iaunts. Thus, should Tech,
which has been travelling far af1eld for
intersectional games the past two years,
or any other eleven desire to make such
a trip in the future It must be arranged
for when the regular schedule Is made
up.
II was agreed that contests scheduled
after a school had played its flrst
game of the season would be regarded
as additions to the schedule and IL
was the opinion of the principals that
Thanksgiving day was the logical eno
of the foot ball season.
The new ruling also applies TO baSe
ball, but not to swimming, basket ball
and track AS to the latter three sports
it is realized that teams frequently must
go some distance to get competition,
especially in swimming and track
The basket ball tournaments at Penn
and other institutions are held only at
the end of the season and the prlncl-
nails have been represented as feeling
that the schools should not be denied
the privilege of taking part in these
affairs.
Though the schedule has not been
completed, enough games already have
IN Dewitt f00t,
ball eleven a fine schedule for next Fall.
Two of the matches so listed are with
the Pennsburg, Pa. High eleven at
Pennsburg, and with Hun School at
Princeton, N j.
It is expected that Central will again
be listed Mercersburg and Newport
News High will not be scheduled again
All athletic activities at Dewitt now
are over, but after the holidays there
will be plenty doing in basket ball,
track, swimming and wrestling.
An important meeting of the Dewitt
board of governors is to be held during
the holidays, when 1t will be decided
whether the outdoor track meet, con-
Quoted the past two years by the school
will be continued and other athletic
matters concerning the school given
consideration.
Track followers hereabout are hope
full that the decision will be to continue
the meet The affair drew host of
crack athletes and did much to brighten
the scholastic track season In this
section.
Newport News High is planning a
basket ball trip to this section the
latter part of February and probably
will meet the Dewitt five among other
teams.
A basket ball double-header has been
arranged in the Eastern High gym to-
night as a feature of the annual alumni
program at the Lincoln Park school.
Eastern and Central lightweight
uuintS will clash at 7:15 o'clock and
Immediately thereafter the Eastern
regulars will engage Emerson. The
Light Blue and White recently conquer
ed Emerson and the latter will be out
for revenge. Gonzaga originally was
scheduled to meet Eastern in the alumni
game, but asked to be excused from the
engagement because members OF the
Purple team wish to attend function
also to be held tonight
Both Emerson and Eastern also were
listed to play this afternoon. the former
against Western in the Western gym
and the latter against Episcopal High
IN a practice game on the Eastern floor.
In other games today in which school
boy ouints of the District five were to
figure HyattSville High and Tech were
toyclaSh on the Tech floor, Landon and
GEORGETOWN Prep at Garrett Park, Cen
tral and Gettysburg High at Gettysburg
and Strayer and Baltimore Strayer at
Baltimore.