Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16

studies. In the second grade William
Moran was given the silver medal, and
Wilmer Bowen. Horace Beall, Charles
Order, George Wyie, Jacob Bookbinder,
Charles Merillat, John Sinsel William
Martin, William Perry, Herman Fentner
and August Dahler were those to re-
ceive diplomas.
In the third grade, George M. Kent
carried of the highest honors, while
John L. Lang Walter H. Stevens, James
w. Tubman, Robert A. Wind, Robert
B. Webb, Joseph M. Prather Arthur M.
Donaldson, George E. Bayliss, Stanley
Baker, William A. FURNACE, Charles H.
White and Thomas j. Martin were
recognized with secondary honors.
Edward Woltz carried off the medal
in the fourth grade, and those who were
second best included William E. Wise,
Ira K. Moore, William McCristal, Frank
lin Henry, Robert w. Talks, Theodore K
Nelson, George NJ Dorsey, Maurice He'll
Drum, Oscar Nauch, John Preinkert
John c. Weidman, Henry E. Amos,
Henry Neumeyer and John E. Nelson.
Tuture AOurSeS
Theodore K Nelson became a drug
gist and for years conducted a drug
store at the northeast corner of Ninth
and streets NV. Oscar Nauck be-
came prominent lawyer of this city,
and died only recently. William E. Cor
"Billy'D Wise became a professional
baseball player in his time, playing in
the American and Union Leagues, with
the Washington and Baltimore clubs.
He was kind of Win Mercer Walter
johnson sort of pitcher When he
started playing in the autumn of 1879,
as a 17-year old kid, he had as COM
panions on the same team, such old
time notables as Sam Trott, James Nc
Kinney, Aben Kipp, Lusk, j. Hollings-
head, Pliny Hough and Oscar Bielaski.
He, too, passed on few years ago.
Speaking about baseball, many WASH
ingtonians no doubt will still recall the
time when the ball grounds were in the
square bounded by Ninth and Tenth
streets, and T. And this block also
served as the circus grounds, and 1t
was here that the writer saw his first
show of this kind, 1t being O'Brien's
Circus. 1t was one-ring affair, and
lasting impression was a monkey race,
the monkeys being mounted on ponies.
Forepaugh and Barnum always occu-
pied this block with their circuses in
the early sos, and when their shows
needed more ground the block to the
east was also used, it being entirely
vacant property in those days.
In the early '80s, about the time
this block became known as Athletic
Park, the square was inclosed with a
high board fence, and grandstand was
erected at the T street side. An added
attraction at this time was a quarter
mile track, upon which mainly bicycle
races were run. Here Prince, the Ameri-
can champion, beat Higham, the Eng
nsh champion, and here Prince raced
against trotting horse, and the latter
was probably the victor. OF course, the
bicycle races were all run on high
wheels, such as the Columbia, the Eagle
and the Star.
Buffalo Bill used this block for his
Wild West show and it was also put to
a number of other amusement purposes.
such as wrestling and similar sports
In Washington, prior to the building
of the Wallach School at Pennsylvania
avenue, between Seventh and Eighth
streets, Sc, in 1854 there was not a
worthwhile public school building in
the District of Columbia, nearly all
schools being located in rented quarters,
in churches, halls, private dwellings and
the like, or in old fire engine houses and
abandoned wooden Civil War hospitals.