The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
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In Memory
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BY KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Times Sports Editor
Scholastic track ath-
letes are looking for
W ar to tomorrow,
when the nineteenth
annual Central High
School &C" Club games
will be held at Wilson
Memorial Stadium.
Lest we forget, these games
are staged yearly in honor of
the late Emery M. "Ep" Wilson,
for years the beloved principal
Of Central.
A stauncher advocate Of scholas-
tic athletics never lent his charm
and energy to that phase Of life at
Central. He was the best friend
Of the boys and girls Of that era.
To him this years games, as their
predecessors, are dedicated.
It was with this memorial
thought in mind that Robert
Maurer, former principal of Cen
trail. turned the management OF
these games to the &C" Club In
1920.
This organization was the
result of spontaneous de-
sire on the part OF some OF the
boys who had won their &C" in
the days gone by, and who have
banded together with the idea OF
promoting good craftsmanship,
clean athletics, and a better ap-
probation of Central spirit to
those with whom Central teams
come in contact on the field and
track.
Has Bothered Program
During its 10 years Of existence,
this club has helped to equip teams
in the various sports, has financed
out-of-town trips, has personally
entertained the members Of visit
ing teams, has and will continue
to present to the members OF
championship teams gold inSignias
as q reward of success, and has
provided general financial aid
along those lines which could not
be provided for from the school
athletic fund.
It is the general 0elief that the
"C'' Club has already done much
to place Central in the top rank
among preparatory schools Of the
country, and has reflected to the
general public those ideals OF
clean, moral, and sportSmanlike
endeavor for which Central spirit
and Central teams have stood for
for over so years.
ReprisGIs in Effect
Alas, taking its cue from
gangland, the local fight ilk has
invoked reprisals as the out
growth of the recent ring inves-
tigation which proved quite I'M
availing.
It seems that Benny Keller, the
one informer who had the cour-
age to tell the boxing commits
sioners that on three occasions he
had handed over kick-backS of IS
each for the use Of his fighters,
has been barred from the local
Arena.
On the first fight night follow
ing the futile hearing Of charges
by the boxing commission where
Keller made his accusation, he
was refused admission to the
Arena, either as a cash customer
or as a dead head.
It seems the Arena simply
doesn't want informers hanging
around its boxing cards, despite
the fact that gamblers and per-
sons Of far less status than q
mere informer are embraced at
the box office regularly.
Not the First
Keller is not the only member
Of the ring racket who has been
refused admission to the Arena,
even as a cash customer.
Benny Lads was in the bad
graces Of the ilk some time back
and managed to slip in unde-
tected, after buying q ticket I'M
noticed.
He was discovered on the inside,
taken to the box office, his money
refunded, and politely ushered to
the exit. He had done something
the iIk didn't relish. This was some
time back. Lads is now in good
standing again and, therefore, has
access to the Arena.
With a boxing reporter SEIZED
uled to be the next to be black
listed at the Arena, it is to be
hoped that these reprisals, actual
and planned, will never reach the
point Of barring the boxing COM
missioners themselves for having
started the investigation in the
first place.