Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1929, Page 71

HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO D C., DECEMBER 22 1929—PART FIVE - Athletics Boom in District Colleges and Schools During Past Twelve Months G.W.U., MARYLAND PLAN “SPORTS REORGANIZATION Construction of New Athletic Field Big- gest Project at Georgetown—Intra- mural Activities Booming. BY H. C. BYRD. REVIEW of local college athletics for 1920 might be merely a Te- cital of facts as they developed during the year, but it seems that the real value of any year's activities lies more in the influence of those activities on the future. Conse- quently, it follows that the most im- portant factors in any review should be a recital of whatever happenings dur- the period to be reviewed were most juable in building for coming years. Things that have the largest and best effect ought to occupy the most impor- tant places. Probably most far-reaching of all happenings during 1929 in local col- lege athletics were the beginning of pians at George Washington Univer- sity and University of Maryland to completely reorganize their entire phys- ical education and athletic systems so that not only would a broader scope for intercollegiate activities be develo) but also for intramural sports, t form of competition by which it is aimed to get all, or nearly all, students in some form of competition; and the announcement of plans at Georgetown for the construction of a new athletic fleld and the allocation of larger areas for general use by teams and for stu- dents not members of teams. G. W. U. Makes Start.’ George Washington is the first to make a real start toward the reorgani- zation of its personnel. The Buff and Blue brought here from Westminster College J. F. Pixlee, who hrought with him several assistants, and turned over to him the job of developing a system of through the partment of physical education for all students and of reorganizing the intercollegiate ath- Jetics so that it might be put on a suc- cessful plane. It the first time in years that the Buff and Blue school has made a real attempt on a fairly big scale to build up that part of its work. Pixlee took up his burden just this last Fall, and found the whole university behind him wholeheartedly. He is hard at his task and is making appreciable headway, although the job is a big one and no big job is easy. Maryland has announced a plan to throw all its work in physical educa- tion, and possibly athletics as well, into one big department to be known as the department of health. The univer- sity now is looking for a man to head this department and under him will be men who will teach the professional side of physical education and ath- Jetics to future high school teachers; others who will direct gymnasium work and intramural sports, and others who will tie in all this work with the mili- tary and intercollegiate phases of ath- Jetics. Under the department also will fall the university infirmary and the eral th of the student body rom 2 standpoint of medical attention. Stadium for Hilltop. eorgewwn has not announced any le for reorganizing its general ath- letics, Dot intramural and intercol- legiate, but it organization may take the res ition of Lou of athl and head coach of foot ball. However, what Georgetown has don 38 to say that it is making plans to build a stadium on the Hilltop, one that it will be able to cl':‘l‘dxl‘! lmu‘rnlzs“‘ch will give greater di ction teams and also to construct new practice fields for varsity teams and playing fields for others that desire to enter into intra- mural games. George Washington has not yet been able to obtain land where it might construct a2n athletic field of its own, but is looking around and confidently feels it will not be long before a stadium will be erected. Maryland began a program of building last year, and this program is being carried out. During the past year a new running track, & new base ball field, two new foot ball fields and 10 tennis courts have been built, and the old varsity fleld regraded. they began to play good foot ball, which | they confinued for the remainder of the season. Their best performances of the year were the 13 to 13 tie with Yale and the decisive beating they gave Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Catholic University, from a stand- g:lm of games won and lost, does not ve an impressive record, but its team was one of the best ever turned out at Brookland. It put up some brilliant games that were lcst, and especially did its efforts at Boston College and Villa- nova'reflect great credit on the person- nel and the coaching. Gallaudet came through with a bril- liant eleven, considering the size of its student body. The Kendall Greeners played some fine games and won on every occasion in which they were ainst a school that was not over- whelmingly larger. Gallaudet actually deserves more credit for the team it de- velopsd than the other local schools deserve for theirs. American University also developed a good team from a small student body. It went through a very creditable ses son, and for the first time defeated Gecrge Washington in its biggest game. George Washington, going through a process of recrganisation, did not expect to accomplish much and did not ex- ceed its expectations. The Buff and Blue simply did not have the material out of which to build a good foot ball team, but its freshman eleven gave indi- cations of much better things to come. wn had by far the best of the basket ball teams. In fact, the Blue and Gray really had a great team. One coach who watched the Hilltoppers two or three times said, *“ wn has the greatest basket ball team in the East, well coached and made up of ex- ceptional players.” Probably the big- gest triumph of the year was the vic- tory over Navy at Annapolis. It is not often that a local school journeys to Annapolis and brings back a scalp, and when one does it is worth mentioning. Eimer mfl"" now coach at Yale, coached the Blue and Gray five and did exceptionally well. C. U. Quint Under Par. Next to Georgetown, Maryland prob- ably was best in basket ball. ¢As a mat- ter of fact, the Old Liners also defeated Navy, but their general record was not near so good as that of the Blue and Gray. Maryland, in comparison with some of the quints it has had in the last few years, was only fair, notwith- standing it did just as well as it ex- . Catholic University had about the worst record it has had since Fred Rice began coaching there, almost en- tirely because the material was way be- low what it was in former years, Amer- ican University, George Washington and Gallaudet played basket ball at times, but, with the exception of Georgetown, none of the local schools came anywhere near having the peak teams that represented them in 1928, All the base ball teams were below par. wn, which nearly always attains a high standard on the dia- mond, for one reason or another fell below par. Maryland and Catholic University had only fair seasons, while American University and George Wash- ington were not represented on the dia- mond. Georgetown did not have as good a record In track as in the previous year, and neither did Maryland. The Blue and Gray made a wonderful show! in the indoor intercollegiates, but di not do so well outdoors. Maryland lost its track stars of the previous three {'elil's u;:! expected ve’rvyl little. Cllholl: niversity, George Washington an Gallaudet did some track work but did not enter into it very extensively. They, especially Catholic University, did be- gin to build what they hope will be a good foundation for future seasons. Terps Good in Lacrosse. Maryland was the only local college to be represented in lacrosse and it had a good year, though it lost the cham- the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Another happening of the past year worthy of more than pessing comment | was the resumption of relationships be- | tween Catholic University and Mary- | Jand. Not enough gemes are being | played between local institutions, and | when two align themselves to meet in several sports the action cannot do other than exert a beneficial effect on the students of both and probably on | the students of others as well. t that tends to promote good % hip between universities and to bring the students of one university into the t knd of contact with the students of another helps in a way to build the future of both. It is extremely encouraging to that group of educators who have felt that intercollegiate athletics is running away with a play p to note the ten- dency among local schools to formulate plans to enlarge their intramural ac- tivities and give great numbers of students opportunities for competition, and probably is just as encouraging to the other group of educators who have felt that the development of intercol- legiate mctivities must come first and out of th:: the building of stronger intramural systems. Foot Ball Is Chief Sport. As far as intercollegiste athletics is concerned, nothing has yet been found nor devised to take the place of foot Dball, nctwithstanding the investigations and eriticisms to which the game is from time to time subjected. Fcot ball is foct ball, and its remarkable growth seems to be all the argument that is needed to show that it has in it at least some potential virtue and worth. Interest here in that sport is not as great com- paratively as in other places, neither from a standpoint of public interest nor the amount of attention and time given it by the colleges. It is & fact that Washington does not turn out as good crowds for foot ball games as Richmond. Norfolk, Roanoke, Atlanta, or even Athens, Ga. which has only thirty thousand population. But be that as it is, it is a fact that Jocal schools turn out good teams in all branches of sport and even in foot ball are able to hold up their heads without shame and at tmes with a good deal of pride. Georgetown, gen- erally speaking, has stood the test of the gridiron better than the other local schools, and it holds a higher place in the foot ball world, although *he others have at times achieved notable things. Consistently, year in and year out, Georgetown teams are stronger, and the st year has not been an exception. hore were times last Fall when M: Jand might have won from Georgetown | had they met on the gridiron, but from w. the beginning of the season until the | end Georgetown consistenlly was stronger. 3 Georgetown started its season with what it considered to b brilliant pros- pects. but in it second game fell before ‘Western Maryland by one touchdown. The Blue and Gray felt that was an | indication of weakness, but it was later found that actually it was the strength of Western Maryland. Prom that time the Blue and Gray began io play bet- ter and better foot ball until it reached its peak in the game with Navy, which ended n a scoreless tie. The other high spot in the Blue and Gray season was the defeat of New York University. Georgetown played good foot ball all ear. 2 Maryland started with green back- field material and took good, sound wallopings !n its opening games. How- ever, th> Old Liners improved gradually until the last week in October, when Any- | Catl Associaticn in the final game with Navy. Probably the best games Mary- land xhyed all year were in its victories over kins at Baltimore. Georgetown has dropped boxing as {an intercollegiate spcrt, which probe ably will not cost Georgetown anything. From a standpoint of attendance and general interest, both Georgetown and holic University found it boxing 2 minor place in the sports curriculum. Whether Georgetown will resume box- ing is not known, All things considered, local schools have, done about as well dur%flu Is of size mi be expected to do. In competition with some of the biggest colleges in the country they have achieved some notable things and generally may glance back with the feeling that they have had a year of progress. LITTLE ACTIVITY AMONG CUEISTS ‘There has been little formal compe- tition on the green cloth among the cue wielders in the District this year. No title tournaments were held for the balkline, three-cushion or straight-rail billlard players and the tournament to decide the District pocket billiard champion for the year will not be fin- ished until late this week. Eddie Espey, a youngster, is in the lead in the pocket billlard tourney at present. Others still regarded in the running for the title are Isadore Cohen, Robert Wright, Gus Smyth, Leonard Crocker and Lawson Griffin, No exhibitions of importance were given here during the year. The cue masters sidestepped the National Cap- ital and only a few second-rate pocket billiard exhibitors showed their wares. IBYLER RETAINS CHESS HONORS Formal chess competition in the Dis- trict this year was conducted under the auspices of the City Club, which ab- sorbed the Capital City Chess Club, and the District Chess League and many in- teresting matches were played. A tournament for the club champlon- ship held at the City Club was won by G. E. Bishop over & strong fleld. James as match champion of the City Club, ‘ldqemng C. C. Bettinger and E. M. Knapp in set matches, A team match between the City Club |and the Baltimore Chess Association was won by the former, 7% to 2% match between a five-man team of the District Chess League and a Philadel- | phia Chess Club team composed of five former national intercollegiate cham- ions :I‘Il won by the District team, 15 to 1%, Two noieworthy simultaneous exhibi- tions were given at the City Club. | Norman T. &hluker‘ competing with | 33 players, in three and a half_hours | won 28 games, lost 2 and drew in 3. 1. 8. | Turover, playing 24, in four and a half hours defeated 21 and drew with 3. ‘Whitaker tied for second place in the tournament of the Western Chess League at 8t, Louls and Turover played creditably in an international tourna- ment at Bradley Beach, N, .y. rmy at West Point and over Hop- i might be developed to take more than | jer successfully defended his title | to A |and horseshoe courts and the base ball CapT. J.C.JENSEN- 1929 SEASON BEST EVER F the busy playground directors have time at this season of the year for a brief retrospective, they may look back over the past 12 months with a feeling of “a_job well done,” for the year 1929 was by far the best that has "been enjoyed by the Municipal| Playground Department. More children and grown-ups fre quented the playgrounds, and as a naf ural consequence more activities ‘had to | be promoted to care for the newcomer: One of the high lights of the pla ground year was the horseshoe tourna- ment sponsored by The Star and held on the playgrounds. It was the first time that tourney of this kind had been held, but despite this a surprising total of 3,853 persons, virtually all adults, took part in the eliminations on 72 playgrounds. Charles A, Fort won the Washington championship, but was beaten in the grand finals by M. E. Peake of Maryland after conquering the Virginia champion, Alexander Kirchner. ‘With The Star horseshpe tournament and other added features, the total of 44,853 children and adults took part in special competitions during the year on playgrounds, an increase of 5,131 over 1928. Naturally many others used the | play fields, but the number mentioned took part in special activities. Other new cvents that bolstered the number were a senior branch in the boys’ tennis tournament—only juniors played in 1928—seven additional con- ference meets, and a marathon and field day at Takoma Park on July 4. ! The marathon was won hfl ‘Willlam of Baltimore. and for his victory| Star awarded him a silver trophy, | kept for a period of one year, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds, is a firm bsliever in encouraging parents to use the pllr round facilities as far as possible. &muquenlly in the evening the tennis | flelds were found to be populated by a mixed crowd of youngsters and grown- ups. Along this line was the work done by the phdg‘rou‘nghofllce. in lldlnllln the promation of the senlor soccer leagues, the Boccer Association and the Girls’ Recreation Basket Ball League. ‘The playgrounds promoted interschool and interclass games in the elementary scl in ball, schlag, dodge, track, basket ball, soccer, neucomb and field ball, and named champions in each. ‘The following city, champions were crowned by the Playglound Department during the past year: MAuRICE MSCARTHY- FOR D. C. PLAYGROUNDS Senior, Wheatlev: junior, Blow. Elementary 8chool Track.—Senior, E. V. Brown; junior, E. V. Brown. Interplayground Tennis.—Girls, Lov- |eye Adkins and Ellen Burnham (Ga fleld); boys, senior, Anthony Laton (Georgetown); junior, Everett Buscher (Georgetown). Interplayground Track—Girls, Rose- dale; boys, Iowa Avenue, lnurphsyground Swimming Meet.— Girls, Rost : boys, Georgetown. Colored playground champions: Interplayground Field and Track Meet.—Girls, Barry Farm; boys, Brigi Interplayground Tennis.—Girls, Max ret Peters and Louise Lowery (Rose ark); boys, senior, Nelson Lancaster (Barry Farm); junior, Robert Caldwell (Cardoza). DISTRICT LEADERS IN SPORTS FOR YEAR NOW DRAWING TO A CLOSE LB N CHARLIE FisH- HORSE LOVERS ENJOY SEASON Horse lovers of Washington and vi- cinity have had their innings during 1929. Many residents of the Capital havs exhibited horses at various shows, in- cluding those conducted by the Wash- ington Riding and Hunt Club. This club also has staged highly successful drags, which have been participated in by more riders than usual, Maj. W. M. Grimes, the new master of hounds, and John Finerty and Mrs. F. M. Andrews, the whips, have done much to make the rides successful. Miss Margo Couzens’ horse Dixie's Child doubtless has the brightest record among Washington show horses for the year. Perhaps the most notable award won by Dixie's Child was in the hunt- er's stake at Detroit last Summer. The horse also gained honors at the shows at Upperville, Leesburg and Culpeper, a Va. Karl W. Corby, Charles Carrico, Ray Norton, Maj. Harry Leonard, Miss Win- ifred West and Eugene Meyer were some of the other exhibitors. Melvin C. Hagen, District surveyor, is chairman of the committee of the Washington Riding and Hunt Club in charge of the monthly show to be held by the club next Saturday, other mem- bers of the committee being Charles Drayton, Mrs. F. M. Andrews, Miss Winifred West, Miss Margo Couzens and Miss Elizabeth Jackson. Morc than 100 took part in last month's show. CYCLERS HERE LOOK TO 1930 Competitive eycling waned here this year. There were few races staged in the District and none of the local cy- clists scored in sectional or national meets, Bob Connor continued to lead the District cyclists. He again captured the District championship and starred in the meet here in which the Century Road Club won over the Maryland Bi- cycle Club of Baltimore and Isherwood Athletic Club of this city. During the year, however, several young cyclists performed so impressive- ly in the local events that those inter- ested in the promotion of bicycle com- petition already are planning a full pro- gram of contests for next year. SIX SOCCER CONTESTS ARE LISTED HERE TODAY Six"soccer games in which elevens of the District area will figure are listed today. The program: Stuart Junior High vs. Stuart Junior Alumni (junior American lfilfil cham- plons), Monument Fleld, lo. 1 o’clock. Rockville vs. Gaithersburg (Capital culy &Gll\lc), Gaithersburg, Md., 2:30 o'clock. District Knickers vs. Rosedale, (Capi- tal City. gue), Rosedale Playground, 2:30 o'clock. Gaelic-American vs. Marlboro (Capi- tal City League), Upper Marlboro, Md., 2:30 o’clock. Langley Junior High Alumni vs. Columbia Junior High Alumni, Bur- roughs Field, Eighteenth ‘and Otis streets northeast, 2 o'clock. British Uniteds vs. Bethlehem Steel Co., Baltimore, 2:30 o’clock. IN 1929 IS ITH the possible exception of tennis, which is discussed elsewhere in these columns, no sport rivaled basket ball for popularity among the fair athletes of the District during the 1929 season. Intramural, interscholas- tic intercolleglate and interleague court programs drew thousands of girls and women into competition on basket ball floors all over the city. Hockey, fencing, soccer, archery, track, rifie and swimming came in for their share of attention by the girls, espectally those of school age, but no one of these was indulged in to the ex- tent of basket ball. George Washington University had the outstanding college team of the city and won the majority of its games, losing only to the strong Swarthmore and William and Mary squads. Gallau- det and American University held brief interscholastic schedules, also, but were not so successful as George Washing- ton, though each won some well earned victories. ‘The most extensive interschool schedule was that of the seminary squads, several of which played out-of- town teams as well as other local sex- tets in their class. Gunston Hall through the most ambitious | COLORED ATHLETES TAKE KEEN INTEREST IN SPORTS HERE was much athletic activity at Howard University and among the colored high schools of the District this year. More sports than ever were fostered by the collegians, while the scholastics put fine teams on the fleld, and competi- tion for their champlonships was keen. Basket bal land foot ball were con- tinued at Howard, and swimming and soccer introduced. Base ball and track | sports were discontinued early in the| Spring, due to a deficit in the athletic|t six | treasury. For the first time in years Howard failed to send a relay team to the Penn games. X Howard basketers won 22 games and lost 11, victims was Morehouse, Southern Con- ference champion. Wwere won by Howard. The foot ball eleven did not fare so well. There were but two letter men in the varsity squar, the other players be- ing sophomores 'and freshmen. The team was coached by Thomas Verdell, former Northwestern University player, handling a foot ball squad for the first time. Howard lost seven games, but played two scoreless ties, one with its old rival, Lincoln. The first, eolored intercollegiate swim- ming meet was held between Howard Elementary &chool Base Ball— and Hampion at Howard, with Ho winning, 49 to 7. Howard later de- Among_the Howard quint's| Two of the series| of three games with Lincoln University feated the Neptune Club of Baltimore. |In soccer Howard tied and defeated Hampton and trimmed Lincoln. Armstrong grabbed nearly all the ath- It won the foot ball, basket ball, track and fleld, tennis and cross-country championships. Th: swimming title went to Dunbar, and in base ball Arm- strong and Dunbar falled to play off & e. Prominent in foot ball in the colored high schools were Pyne and Wallace of Armstrong and Minn, Cole and Howard of Dunbar. In track and field Lee starred for Armstrong in the distances dashes. Wallace of Armstrong and Douglas of Dunbar_ excelled at swim- ming. . Armstrong's base ball stars were | Henderson, Fountain, Blakie and Scott, while Dunbar's were Blount, Crichelow, Jones and Harlan. Armstrong'’s_tennis dependables were Nash and Cawthirn. ardoza, while it garnered no cham- plonship, participated in many sports, and this school put out & foot ball team that defeated the Dunbar eleven. ‘The Maj, E. Walker Memorial medals, awarded annually to the boy most prominent in athletics, scholar- ship and deportment in his school. went to Gordon Wilkins at Dunbar, Edgar Lee at Armstrong/and Arthur Carter at Cardoza. letic laurels in the colored high schools. | and Davis and Settle for Dunbar in the | D. C. GIRLS’ CHIEF SPORT BASKET BALL and scored five times out of six starts. Holton Arms earned second place with three victories and one defeat. Na- tional Park Seminary also had s suc- cessful season, though that sextet did not compete in so many local games as did the first two named. Fairmont, | Eastman, Friends, Madeira and Mount Vernon Seminary each picked varsity squads and held brief schedules. Mount Vernon, playing the annual game with Madel as victorious by a 29-25 count. after he left. In addition to this varsity basket ball, all lug the private schools held interclass scrles, High school competition was restrict- ed, as usual, entirely to interclass and intersectional games, each of the high schools having basket ball on its major sports calendar, Independent ‘games were played by various teams and clubs about town, and the usual Washington Recreation League schedule was staged late in the Winter, the Eagles winning the senior series without a defeat, Fencing has ¥wown steadily in popu- larity during the past two years, and m)emsecnn;l nx}nu-lhDhtrlct of Columbia en's fencing championships, staged last May, brought out some hlg;l-tlllfnr foil pla; Jean Builtman of Fairmont Seminary won the title over Christine Ekengren, former champion. George Washington and American University formed varsity hockey squads and engaged In short schedules this Fall. Holton Arms, Madeira, Mount Vernon Seminary and Friends School also had oceasional matches on their books, but no formal interschool series was staged. Junior high school athletes of the fair sex concentrated upon track, base ball, soccer, volley ball and mass ath- letics, their big event being the in Junior high school track and field meet last Spring, in which Jefferson Junior High successfully defended its title by corralling the largest point score. A shadow was cast over the sphere of women's sports in ths District this past June by the passing of Mrs. Vir- ginia Hopkins Russell, p'fxynul educa- tlon director at George Washington University, president of the Washington Fleld Hookey Association and outstand- | ing_figure in the local feminine sport world. No one gave more generously of her time, her enthusiasm and her energies to the promotion of clean sports and high standards than did this 24-year-old director, whose place in the hearts of Washington sportswomen cau- not be filled. ‘BOXIN({ LACROSSE GROWING. Snurtlnz goods manufacturers have doubled the output of boxing gloves in | the last 10. years and three times as many lacross sticks are being made. Max Schmeling, German heavyweight, is asking a minimum of $100,000 to .| fight Phil Scet, the British champion, EASTERN AND TECH HIGH EACH WINS TWO TITLES Gonzaga Is Class of Prep Ouifits in Base Ball and Basket Ball—Devitt Strong on ITH keen competition and dramatic upsets the order, the fast-waning year has » ~ been a memorable one for schoolboy athletes “ in the District. In the public high group Tech and Eastern predominated, each winning two titles. ‘Gonzaga, Devitt, St. John's and Em- erson shared the various honors in the prep school fiel ublic high school Tech gained the basket ball title, dislodging Central, ‘| which had captured the champlonship for four straight years. Eastern suc- cessfully retained its base ball crown and also triumphed in the Spring track meet, vanquishing Tech, which had won the meet for five straight years, in a thrilling battle for points, 50 to 48. It ‘was the first time the Lincoln Park ath- letes had ever won the championship: games. Gonzaga handily won the first prep school basket ball league title. Ems son also had an unusually capable quint and several of the other prep school fives were formidable. Episcopal Captured the prep school lightweight league crown. In base ball also Gonzaga was just about the class of the pre& schools. Friends won the prep school lightweight diamond league title. Devitt ruled the roost in track and its foot ball team | Pal defeated Gonzaga, 12 to 6, in a game billed for the prep school champion- ship. Emerson refused to concede Devitt the crown. These teams did not meet. Tech Springs Surprise. ‘Tech, shy of seasoned material, was not expected to win the basket ball se- ries, but its rugged, hard-fighting team time and gain was able to produce the punch that carried it to victory. It won six games and lost two. The Me- Kinley team'’s triumph was a tribute to the worth of its new coach, Artie Boyd, former University of Maryland athlete. Central's mediocre showing was some- what of a surprise. Admittedly, the Blue and White had little seasoned talent, but Coach Bert Coggins had been building champion teams out of indif- ferent talent so long that it was hard to figure him turning out other than a winner. Toward the last Central showed strongly, but it lost its first six games, finishing last in the race, having won just two games. Western, finishing secopd with five wins and three defeats, did somewhat better than expected. Clifton R. Moore coached the Red and White for the first time. Eastern, tutored by Harley P. Sanborn, was third with four wins against as many defeats, its showing being somewhat disappoin Busi- ness, which was fourth, with three vic- tories against three setbacks, played brilliantly at times, but was not con- sistent enough to finish among the lead- ers. Without doubt the best player in the series was Jake Goldblatt, the cool, team, Goldblatt was picked for one of the forward posts on The Star's all-high team, the others chosen being Ted Capelll, Eastern, forward; Bob Freeman, ‘Western, center, and Paul Brown, Tech, and Herble Thompson, Western, guards. In annexing the public high base ball title Eastern confounded critics for the second season in a row. Eastern ad- mittedly had a group of formidable players at hand, but Tech was generally regarded as the favorite. However, after barely beating Western, 8-7, in the se- ries opener, the Lincoln Parkers went on to sweep their next three games into the bag by healthy margins. Tech was second, with three wins and one de- feat. Central was third, with two wins against two losses. Western was fourth, with one victory against three defeats, its starts. Star’s All-High Nine. This_all-high nine was selected by The Star: Bud Hanna, Eastern, ptcher; Bob Snyder, Eastern, catcher; Ben McCullough. Eastern, first base- man: Herble Thompson, Western, sec- ond base; Willis Fisher, Eastern, short. stop; Bill Heflin, Tech, third base; Cod; Shapiro, Eastern, left fleld; Homer Drissell, Tech, center fleld, and Archie Ware, Eastern, right fleld. Gonzaga’s superiority in base ball in the prep school group was marked. The Purple nine did not stack up so im- it faced, but in the prep school group it disposed of Geo: wn Prep and St. John's. 8t. John's also had a clever team. Devitt's nine was ‘mediocre. Emerson’s team played only two games, but in one of these it defeated Eastern, the public high school champion. St. Alban’s record was unimpressive. Scholastics had an active season in track and field. As usual, the annual public high school championships and the yearly “C" Club meet attracted most attention, but many took part in the seccnd annual meet, held under auspices of Devitt 8chool, and other affairs. The Junior high schools also had an inter- esting championship meet. Eastern, Tech and Devitt gained most track honors. In addition to tri- umphing in the public high meet, East- ern won high school point trophy in the annual vitt meet, Tech won the “C” Club meet, in which Devitt was third. To win the public high meet Eastern galned first and second place in the javelln throw, the last and deciding event on the &rozram, Conrad Allison was first and Everett Oxley was second. This brought the Lincoln Parkers' point total to 50, against 48 for Tech and 24 for Central. ‘estern and Business did not score. Edwards High Point Scorer. Jake Edwards of Tech and Grover Everett and Frank Miles of Eastern were the outstanding performers. Ed- wards, who was lnrgely responsible for Tech’s victory in the 1928 meet, was high Eoin! scorer in the 1929 games, with 20 points. He was first in four events, winning the 100, 220 and 440 yard dashes and the lhntguu Everett was first in the 120-yard high hurdies and the 220-yard low hurdles and was second In the broad jump. Miles had the distinction of breaking the only record, when he stepped the 1 mile in 4 minutes 4035 seconds. The pre- vious standard was set by John Gross of Tech in 1920 Tech, with 25 points, won the “C" Club meet. Staunton Military Academy was second with 2014 ints, just a point and a half ahead of Devitt, which was third with 19, It was the sensa- tional' work of Jake Edwards that was largely responsible for his team's vic- tory. He won the 440-yard dash in the meet record-breaking time of 501-10 seconds, and triumphed in the 220- yard dash and shotput. He also ran anchor on the victorious McKinley team in the “C” Club mile relay champion- ship. Edwards' time of 50 1-10 seconds for the quarter was 17-10 seconds bet- ter than the former mark of 514-5 sec- onds, made by Horace Hebb, also of Tech, in the 1926 meet. Incidentally, it was the lone meet record to be shat- tered this year. Forest Park High of Baltimore, with 1 ints, won the James Springman trophy for the fifth m-llz’hl. year in the Jjunior high schools divis Episcopel, with 7 points, was second, and Macfa land of this city, with as third. Eastern won the high school trophy in the Devitt meet rather handily, scor- heady captain and center of the Techy and Business was last, losing all four of pressively against the public high nine| g Gridiron. won the trophy in 1928. Tech was a close third with 21 points. Mercersburg ran away with honors in the prep school division, scoring 521 ts to 18 for Episcopal, runner-up, Devitt was third with 14%,. Flock of Records Fall. Aided by a fast track and generally ideal conditions, many fine perform- ances were registered. A total of 21 records, established in the 1928 meet, which was held in miserable weather and on a heavy track, were shattered. ‘The meet's sensation was the work of the Newark, N. J, Prep School one- mile relay team in negotiating the dis- tance in 3 minutes 24 seconds, claimed to be a world outdoor scholastic record. ‘Tom Nase, bespectacled Chester, Va., high school boy, was the high individual int scorer, winning the mile and one- alf-mile runs in the high school divi- sion, In the mile run he bettered his time of 4 minutes 4645 seconds, made in winning the event in the 1928 meet, by 94 seconds, covering the distance in 4 minutes 37 seconds. Bill Summers of Frederick High and Everett Oxley of Eastern High were second high g:mt acorers, each counting 8 points. cley captured the broad jump and was sccond in the javelin throw. Tech won all three of the relay races in :vhlch the MeKinley athletes took rt. In the Meadowbrook indoor games, at Philadelphia, Tech's relay team kllm third. Holmes Fountain of McKinley was second in the 50-yard handicap race. Eastern, with 30 points, won in the high schools class in the indoor schol- astic meet at the University of Vir- ginia. Tech was second in this meet with 19 points. In the Penn relay carnival, at Phila- delphia, Tech's quartet, comprising Ne- bel, Geiger, Reichman and Edwards, lished second in the Class B title mile relay race. » Reichman and Edwards of Tech won the 880-yard run and 440-yard dash, respectively, in the Princeton inter- scholastics. A unique feature of the season was & quadrangular telegraphic meet, in which Castle Heights Military Academy of Lebanon, Tenn,, was the winner with 51 points, followed by Eastern with 43 points; Devitt, 20, and Tech, 4. The three District schools competed ’ here and the best performances here were checked with the best performances made by the Castle Heights boys at Lebanon to determine the winners, Macfarland Juniors Win, Macfarland athletes, with 49% points, easily won the sixth annual junior high track meet, Stuart was second with 27 roln!l, and Hine third, with 23. l‘n‘- ley, 1928 victor, was fourth with 18'4 points. Four records were broken an three equaled. Records were shattered in the 100-pound class high jump, 300+ vard relay, in the broad jump, 115- pound cl and in the broad jump, unlimited . Records were equaled in the 50-yard dash, 85-pound class; 70~ yard dash, 115-pound class, and the high Jump, unlimited class, Macfarland relay teams were victori- ous in three of four races and tied with Langley in the other test. West Catholic High of Philadelphia | won the third annual Cathelic inter- scholastic track meet, held in the Cath olic University Stadium, for the third year in succession, scoring 42'; points to 33'; points for the seccnd-place La Salle Military Académy team of Oak- dale, Long Island, St. Jameg of Brook- lyn, with 24 points, hird, 8t. John's Collcge High School of this city scored 6 points. Eight meet records were broken. Pete Petrossi of La Salle Military Academy of Oakdale was the individual star, scoring 13 points. In nning the discus and broad P cvents he set ncw mect records. ek~ €tts scored all of the points registered by St, John's of this city. In the high | Jump he tied for first place with Camp- bell of West Cetholic High at 5 feet 914 inches, which was a ‘.ew moet record. Dicketts ‘also was third in the javelin throw. Tech Springs Grid Upset. | Tech's. victory in the public high school champlonship foot ball series, its second in as many years, was a sur- 2. The MecKinley team confounded the critics by drubbing Eastern, the pre- serles favorite, 14 to 2, in the o%m‘nl a) of the set. Central, which was | beaten only 6 to 12 by Tech, its foe, in & red-hot battle, finished dearest second two losses. Western was fourth with one victory and three defeats, and Busi- ness was last, losing all four of its en- agements, Willis Benner, Tech end ind captain, doubtless was the most polished player in the series, though there were several other fine per. formers. Following tirie series Tech suffered Its only losses of the season, bowing to Staunton Military Academy at Staun- ton, Va., and Stamford, Conn., High at Stamford. ‘This a h eleven was selected by The Sta nner, Tech, left end; Stute, Tech, left tackle; Geiger, Tech, left guard; Owens, Western, center; La- mond, Central, right guard; Kolker, Tech, right tackle; Brandt, Central, right end; Millar, Eastern, quarterback; | Goss, Tech, left halfback: Pinckney, Central, right halfback, and Draper, Western, fullb Devitt, Gonzaga, Emerson, St. John's and Georgetown Prep all were uniform- Devitt's ree- ly stro zaga in the annual battle between these old foes was the high spot of its rec- ord. Gonzaga lost only two games. Emerson had a colorful and, on the whole, a creditable season. It was host to Baylor School of Chattanooga, Tenn., here late in the season and turned back the crack Dixie schoolboys, 13 to 7, Bt John's and Georgetown Prep did unusually well, while Landon, a new school; Woodward and St. Alban's had teams which showed plenty of fight if they did not have a deal of success. RACQUET CLUB PUSHES SPORT This has been s markedly successful year for squash rackets here, Approximately 100 members of the Racquet Club, the only organization here sponsoring squash rackets, partici- pated in the sport. Matches were played with Baltimore and Wilmington, Del., teams. In the former the Washington combination was beaten but in the latter it was vic- torious. Six Washington players took B‘ut in the national championships held February at New York. Allen C. Minnix won the club cham- plonship. ‘Three club handicap tourn. ments also were played during the sea- son. Efforts are being made by Racquet Club players to arouse interest l':q the sport among other groups in the city. —_—— MORE BALL GAMES. ‘The 1930 Pacific Coast League hase ball season will extend over a period of 28 weeks, sterling {wo weeks earlier than usugl and continuing beyond tlse ing 35'% points to 22 for Central, whieh worid serics.