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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 — lntra• mural Activities Booming . BY H. C. BYRD. A REVIEW of local college athletics for 1929 might be merely a re 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 ing the period to be reviewed were mast valuable 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 developed but also for intramural sports, that 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 field 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 sation of its personnel. The Buff and Blue brought here from Westminster College J. P. Pixlee. who brought with him several assistants, and turned over to him the job of developing a system of sports through the department of physical education for all students and of reorganizing the intercollegiate ath letics so that it might be put on a suc cessful plane. It is the first time in many 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 Pall, 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 letics 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 letics. Under the department also will fall the university infirmary and the general health of the student body from a standpoint of medical attention. Stadium for Hilltop. oeorgetown has not announced any Ilian for reorganizing its general ath etics, both intramural and intercol legiate, but it is likely that some re organization may take place, following the resignation of Lou little as director of athletics and head coach of foot ball. However, what Georgetown has done is to say that it is making plans to build a stadium on the Hilltop, one that it win be able to call its own and which will give greater distinction to its 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 an 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, a new base ball field, two new foot ball fields and 10 tennis courts have been built, and the old varsity field regraded. Another happening of the past year worthy of more than passing comment was the resumption of relationships be tween Catholic University and Mary land. 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 student* of others as well. Any thing that tends to promote good sportsmanship between universities and to bring the students of one university into the right knd of contact with the students of another helps in away 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 program 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 probab'y is Just as encouraging to the other group of educators who have , felt that the development of intercol legiate activities must come first and out of tint the building of stronger intramural systems. Foot Ball Is Chief Sport. As far as irtercollegiat* athletics is concerned, nothing has yet been found nor devised to take the place of foot ball, notwithstanding the investigations and criticisms to which the game is from time to time subjected. Foot ball Ls foot 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 bv the colleges. It is a 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 local 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 times wdth a good deal of pride. Georgetown, gen erally speaking, has stood the test of the gridiron better than the oth<*r 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 past year has not been an exception. Thvre were times last Fall when Mary land might have won Georgetown had they met on the gridiron, but from the beginning of the season until the 1 end Georgetown consistently was stronger Georgetown started its season with what it considered to be brilliant pros pects. but in it-, second game fell before ; Western Maryland by one touchdown. | The Blue and Gray felt that was an i indication of weakness, but it was later found that actually it was the strength of Western Maryland. From that time the Blue and Gray began to play bet ter and better foot ball until it reached its peak in th» game with Navy, which ended in a scoreless tie. The other | h'gh spot *n the Blue and Gray season was the defeat of New York Univers.ty, j Georgetown played good foot ball all year. Maryland started with grren back field material and took aood. sound wallopings ?n its opening games. How ever, the Old Liners improved gradually until the last week in October, when they began to play good foot ball, which they continued 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- Rolnt of games won and lost, does not ave an impressive record, but its team was one of the best ever turned out at Brookland. It put up some brilliant games that were lest, 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 against a school that was not over whelmingly larger. Gallaudet actually deserves more credit for the team it de veloped 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 sea son, and for the first time defeated George Washington in its biggest game. George Washington, going through a process of reorganisation, 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 it* freshman eleven gave indi cations of much better things to come. Georgetown 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, “Georgetown 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. Elmer Ripley, 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 pected. 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 good 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. Georgetown, 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 showing in the indoor intercollegiates, but did not do so well outdoors. Maryland lost its track stars of the previous three years and expected very little. Catholic University, George Washington and 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 pionship of the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in the final game with Navy. Probably the best games Mary land played all year were in its victories over Army at West Point arid over Hop kins at Baltimore. Georgetown has dropped boxing as an intercollegiate sport, which prob ably will not cost Georgetown anything. From a standpoint of attendance and general Interest, both Georgetown and Catholic University found that boxing might be developed to take more than a 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 during the year as schools of their size might be expected to do. In competition with some of the biggest colleges in t-ie 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 billiard 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 billiard 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. BYLER 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 champion ship held at the City Club was won by G. E. Bishop over a strong field. James W. Byler successfully defended Ills title as match champion of the City Club. d*feating C. C Bellinger 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*/ 2 to 2*4. A 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 pions was won by the District team, s‘i to \ V„. Two noteworthy simultaneous exhibi tions were given at the City Club. Norman T. Whitaker, competing with 33 plavers, in three and a half hours won 28 games, lost 2 and drew in 3. I. 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 St. Louis and Turover played creditably in an international tourna ment at Bradley Beach, N. J. 1' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C„ DECEMBER 22, 1920—PART FIVE. DISTRICT LEADERS IN SPORTS FOR YEAR NOW DRAWING TO A CLOSE | r / >xij\jf l M 'v?? *** lIySR .^m- ££<•• jf |wgp£m| mms lft \ H|KF :••'• fIL fftimSßß Wt .\ &bEgr pk iM : : ; :><V hHmHA Jp^ |@KSL>«4Sr f Lois ■ 1 - -” ■ m CaptJ.C. Jensen- 1929 SEASON BEST EVER FOR D. C. PLAYGROUNDS IF 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 I 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 nat ural consequence more activities had to be promoted to care for the newcomers. One of the high lights of the play ground year was the horseshoe tourna ment sponsored by The Star and held on the playgrounds. It was the first time that a tournev 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 Klrchner. With The Star horseshoe 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 events 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 by William Agee of Baltimore, and for his victory Tne Star awarded him a silver trophy, to be kept for a peiiod of one year, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds, is a firm b-liever in encouraging parents to use the play ground facilities as far as possible. Consequently in the evening the tennis and horseshoe courts and the base ball fields were found to be populated by a mixed crowd of youngsters and grown ups. Along this line was the work done by the playground office in aiding in the promotion of the senior soccer leagues, the Boccer Association and the Girls’ Recreation Basket Ball League. The playgrounds promoted interschool i and interclass games in the elementary schools in base ball, schlag, dodge, track, basket ball, soccer, neucomb and field ball, and named champions in i each. i The following city, champions were I crowned by the Playground Department during the past year: Elementar# School Base Ball.— li l. Will, ill Maurice McCARTHy Benior, Wheatlev; junior. Blow. Elementary Bchool Track.—Senior, E. . V. Brown; junior, E. V. Brown. ! Interplayground Tennis.—Girls, Lov eye Adkins and Ellen Burnham (Gar field) ; boys, senior, Anthony Latonla (Georgetown); Junior, Everett Buscher (Georgetown).. Interplayground Track—Girls, Rose dale; boys, lowa Avenue. Interplayground Swimming Meet.— Girls, Rosedale; boys, Georgetown. Colored playground champions: Interplayground Field and Track Meet.—Girls, Barry Farm; boys. Briggs. Interplayground Tennis. —Girls, Mar garet Peters and Louise Lowery (Rose Park); boys, senior, Nelson Lancaster (Barry Farm); junior, Robert Caldwell (Cardoza). COLORED ATHLETES TAKE KEEN INTEREST IN SPORTS THERE 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 field, and competi tion for their championships was keen. Basket bal land loot 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 treasury. For the first time in six years How-ard failed to send a relay team to the Penn games. Howard basketers won 22 games and lost 11. Among the Howard quint’s victims was Morehouse. Southern Con ference champion. Two of the series of three games with Lincoln University were 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 i team was coached by Thomas Verdell, r former Northwestern University player, , handling a foot ball squad for the first l time. Howard lost seven games, but i played two scoreless ties, one with its old rival. Lincoln. ‘ The first colored intercollegiate swlm -1 mlng meet was held between Howard and Hampton at Howard, with Howard ’ winning, 49 to 7. Howard later de m Gordovano- Jj.| Charlie Fish- W: .My, ■b * ** 1 4^* HORSE LOVERS ENJOY SEASON Horse lovers of Washington and vi cinity have had their innings during 1929. Many residents of the Capital have 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, Va. Karl W. Corby, Charles Carrico. R*7 Norton. Maj. Harry Leonard. Miss Win ifred Wtst and Eugene Meyer were some of the other exhibitors. Melvin C. Hazen, 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. More than 100 took part in last month’s show. D. C. GIRLS’ CHIEF SPORT IN 1929 IS BASKET BALL WITH 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 intercollegiate 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, rifle and swimming came in for their share of attention by the girls, especially thase 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 played through the most ambitious schedule seated (he Neptune Club of Baltimore. In soccer Howard tied and defeated Hampton and trimmed Lincoln. Armstrong grabbed nearly all ithe ath letic laurels In the colored high schools. It won the foot ball, basket ball, track and held, tennis and cross-country championships. The swimming title went to Dunbar, and in base ball Arm strong and Dunbar failed to play oil a tie. 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 held Lee ; starred for Armstrong in the distances and Davis and Settle for Dunbar in the i dashes. Wallace of Armstrong and Douglas of Dunbar excelled at swim ming. Armstrong's base ball stars were Henderson, Fountain, Blakle and Scott, ' while Dunbar's were Blount, Crichelow, Jones and Harlan. Armstrong's tennis dependables were Nash and Cawthirn. Cardoza, while it garnered no cham pionship. participated in many sports, j and this school put out a foot ball team) that defeated the Dunbar eleven. The Maj. J. E. Walker Memorial) 1 medals, awarded annually to the boy j most prominent in athletics, scholar ; ship and deportment in his school 1 [ j went to Gordon Wilkins at Dunbar,, 1 Edgar Lee at Armstrong and Arthur! • i Carter at Cardoza. , 1 CYCLERS HERE LOOK TO 1930 Competitive cycling 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 League cham pions), Monument Field, No. 2,1 o’clock. Rockville vs. Gaithersburg (Capital City League), Gaithersburg, Md., 2:30 o’clock. District Knickers vs. Rosedale. (Capi tal City League), 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. 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 a 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 Madeira, was victorious by a 29-25 count. after he left. In addition to this varsity basket ball, all of the private schools held Interclass stries. 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 Vown steadily in popu larity during the past two years, and the second annual District or Columbia women's fencing championships, staged last May, brought out some high-caliber roil play. 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 occasional 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 inter junior high school track and field meet last Spring, in which Jefferson Junior High successfully defended its title by corralling the largest pulnt score. A shadow was cast over the sphere of women’s sports in the District this past June by the pussing of Mrs. Vir ginia Hopkins Russell, physical educa tion director at George Washington University, president of the Washington Field Hockey 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 can not be filled. BOXING, LACROSSE GROWING. Sporting goods manufacturers have doubled tne output of boxing gloves In the last 10 years and three times as many lacross sticks are being made. Max Schmeltng, German heavyweight., U asking a minimum of 1100,000 to i fight Phil Scot, the British champion. EASTERN AND TECH HIGH EACH WINS TWO TITLES Gonzaga Is Class of Prep Outfits in Base Ball and Basket Ball—Devitt Strong on Gridiron. WITH 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 field. Tech gained the public high school basket ball title, dislodging Central, which had captured the championship 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, SO 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. Emer 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 prep schools. Friends wpn the prep school lightweight diamond league title. Devitt ruled the roost in track and its foot ball team defeated Gonzaga. 13 to 8, In a game billed for the prep school champion ship. Emerson refused to concede Devitt the crown. These teama 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 taro. The Mc- 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 second with live wins and three defeats, aid 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 disappointing. 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, heady captain and center of the fech 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 Herbie 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, and Business was last, losing all four of its starts. Star's All-High Nine. This all-h.gh nine was selected by The Star: Bud Hanna, Eastern, ptcher; Bob Snyder. Eastern, catcher; Ben McCullough. Eastern, first base man; Herbie Thompson, Western, sec ond base; Willis Fisher, Eastern, short stop; Bill Heflin, Tech, third base; Cody Shapiro. Eastern, left field; Homer Drlssell, Tech, center field, and Archie Ware, Eastern, right field. Gonzaga’s superiority in base ball in the prep school group was marked. The Purple nine did not stack up so im pressively against the public high nine it faced, but in the prep school group It disposed of Georgetown Prep and Bt. John’s. St. 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 second annual meet, held under auspices of Devitt School, 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 Devitt meet. Tech won the “C” Club meet, in which Devitt was third. To win the public high meet Eastern gained first and second place in the javelin throw, the last and deciding event on the program. Conrad Allison was first and Everett Oxley was second. This brought the Lincoln Parkers' point total to SO, against 48 for Tech and 34 for Central. Western 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 largely responsible for Tech’s victory in the 1938 meet, was high point scorer in the 1939 games, with 20 points. He was first in four events, winning the 100, 320 and 440 yard dashes and the shotput. Everett was first in tht 130-yard nigh hurdles 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 40% 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 20 1 * points. Just a point and a half ahead or 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 230- 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 1 7-10 seconds bet ter than the former mark of 51 4-5 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 11 points, won the James Springman trophy for the fifth straight year in the junior high schools division. Episcopal, with 7 points, was second, and Macrar land of this city, with 6, was third. Eastern won the high school trophy in the Devitt m*et rather handily, scor ing 35 Vi points to 22 for Central, which won the trophy in 1928. Tech was a class third with 21 points. Mercersburg ran away with honors in the prep school division, scoring 52 <4 points 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 point scorer, winning the mile and one 'nalf-mlle runs in the high school divi sion. In the mile run he bettered his time of 4 minutes 46% seconds, made in winning the event in the 1928 meet, by 9% seconds, covering the distance in 4 minutes 37 seconds. Bill Summers of Frederick High and Everett Oxley of Eastern High were second high point scorers, each counting 8 points. Oxley captured the broad jump and was second in the Javelin throw. Tech won all three of the relay races in which the McKinley athletes took part. In the Meadowbrook indorr games, at Philadelphia, Tech's relay team placed 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 ! bd, Geiger, Relchman and Edwards. ! finished second in the Class B national title mile relay race. Relchman 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 a quadrangular telegraphic meet, In which Castle Heights Military Academy of Lebanon, Tenn., was the winner with 1 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 i Lebanon to determine the winners. Macfarland Juniors Win. : Macfarland athletes, with 49% points, : easily won the sixth annual Junior high ■ track meet, Stuart wu second with 27 j points, and Hine third, with 23. Lang ley, 1928 victor, was fourth with 15% points. Four records were broken and ‘ three equaled. Records were shattered in the 100-pound class high Jump, 300- ’ yard relay, in the broad Jump, 115- ' pound class, and in the broad jump, , unlimited class. 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 vlctori • ous in three of four races and tied with : Langley in the other test. J West Catholic High of Philadelphia ’ won the third annual Catholic inter [ scholastic track meet, held in the Cath ; olic University Stadium, for the third . year In succession, scoring 43 »i points to 33'., points for the seccnd-place La ! Salle Military Academy team of Oak dale. Long Island. St. James of Brook ; lyn, with 24 points, was third, Bt. 1 John's College High School of this city ' scored 6 points. Eight meet records were broken. Pete'Pctrossi of La Salle ' Military Academy of Oakdale was the : j Individual star, scoring 13 points. In winning the discus and broad Jump events he set new meet records. Rick etts scored all of the points registered . by St. John's of this city. In the high ; jump he tied for first place with Camp .’ hell of West Catholic High at 5 feet 9',* ; inches, which was a :.ew meet record. . Picketts 'also was third In the javelin throw. Teeh Springs Grid Upset, r Techs, victory in the public high > school championship foot ball series, Its second in as many years, was a sur i prise. The McKinley team confounded > the critics by drubbing Eastern, the pre . j series favorite, 14 to 2. in the opening > game of the set. Central, which was i beaten only 6 to 12 by Tech. Its dearest . foe. in a red-hot battle, finished second with three wins against one defeat. . Eastern was third with two victories and , two losses. Western was fourth with , one victory and three defeats, and Bust . ness was last, losing all four of its en gagements. Willis Benner, Tech end L and captain, doubtless was the most I polished player in the series, though there were several other fin* per formers. Following tine series Tech suffered its only losses of the season, bowing to Staunton Military Academy at Staun ton, Va., and Stamford, Conn., High at Stamford. I This all-high eleven was selected by The Star: Benner, Tech, left end; Stutz. Tech, left tackle; Geiger, Tech, i left guard; Owens, Western, center; La ! mond, Central, right guard; Kolker, i Tech, right tackle; Brandt, Central, right end; Millar, Eastern, quarterback; i Goss, Tech, left halfback; Pinckney, . Central, right halfback, and Draper, Western, fullback. i Devitt, Gonzaga, Emerson, St. John’s and Georgetown Prep all were unlform , ly strong on the gridiron. Devitt’s rec ord was particularly impressive. It lost i Just one game. Its 12-6 win over Oon 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 i 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 T< St. 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 lias been a markedly successful year for squash rackets here. Approximately 100 members of the Racquet Club, the only organisation here sponsoring squash rackets, partici pated in the sport. Matches wera 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 part in the national championships held In February at New York. Allen C. Minnix won the club cham pionship. Three club handicap toum ments also were played during the sea son. Efforts are being made by Racquet Club players to arouse interest in the sport among other groups In the city. MORE BALL GAMES. The 1930 Pacific League bns«» bsll season will extend over a period cf 28 weeks, sterling two wr-ki earlier than usual and continuing beyond the world series. 3