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Fremont to a flosc •wore, out It in rer.ogmzed that lntli of thos* whools have retrograded also It in to bo hop* I that baxdKill this ^smhi will prove a greater ta«vs« than the pre* ending yearn. There are many good men in the tifhool who ate disqualified by ihe grade limit and whmepresence in the line-up would makethe team practically Invincible, hutth• ■' Uuk either the ability or theambition to make tip their work anti «*o nut themselves in food standingf*M- athSet it s. Instead of this, bowever, t he., quff school and go to workanlt;l claim the school authorities ateunfair and conspiring to keep themout of the game.i bis spring's squad is probably onoi f the larges* In year* and the racefor poMtion* promises to be a lively one. Xoone has his position rinched,with the possible exception of Captain“IIud*‘ Frey whose ability as a fielder and all-around player holds for hinteis totilKm in left field. M *i ofthe randtd;.!lt; s hme been reviewed tie-fore this and from now until theopening game the candidates will nokept hustling to make goodli i to be hoped that on/* unpleasant cbarartei let ft of former teamswill be omitted. That is the “don'tcar«“ spirit which tame over these teams in the face of defeat or reverse- Le the team haw Its own wavwith the game and they would pityuntil they dropped but should thegame go against them or the umpire seemiugly favor the other side, *he team would go to puses and take noInti t*tit in it* work and inuead of fighting all the time they would lay down and play dead.For this i sit son little interest is taken in athletic ♦mm* outside of ihc art uni men) lie rah (p of the school.In l o toria where they make mate; ia I for tearns the merchant* dose tlicit -tots ,, on Saturday afternoon totake in a ba-eball or football game and make large contributions to thesupport of the team each year. Imagine such a thing in Sandusky, yet it all could be brought about If ’he high school students would quit knocking*’ their school and “boostit in the ever of the city. This would increase the attendance, even morethan at present, although through the efforts ol Principal Dietrich it has made more advance in the last few*years than ever before. If the fellows with any athletic ability would striveto increu * their talents and keep upheir slt;hool work instead of getting “sore** because they fell a little in their grades or some one whom they didn’t like was given a position theopinion of the citizen* would be changed and they would be glad toupport athletic*.Without the old fighting splri*,however, nothing can be accomplished beyond the w inning o‘ a game once in a while from an inferior team.schools of Clevdand which were allowed to compete in 19041 Ora*#, Saxton and Helule are from Toledo Cenftai High; leaven worth front Cleveland Central: Muhin, from Gal*ion; Welsh of Oherlin High and Roberson. who tied with Welsh in the record high Jump, is from ClevelandFast HighSandusky was entered in 1903 and 1 lt;m»4, In 1 !♦•»:* with 9 men the local team scored 1 1 points among them a first in the mike tun by Carl (Lebel who is now a prominent member ofthe Stanford University track team.The next year the team was not sofortunate and with a team of 12 uwtithe only point scored was a third inthe mile by Giebel. DK'Curaged by this poor success no attempt was made to organize a team In 19d5 but this season renewed activity is shown and steps ate being taken to organise a team. There are many good men available this year and with hard work and careful training a good team should result.The winner of the first place 1n 1903 wn- Oherlin High: !n 1904 University H hool with Cook, row at Cor* »ll college in th« atellnr role, and In jyu:, Toledo took the banner, it would in* a great honor to Sandusky to i-eeur# such a trophy and with the tight spirit it can he done.*♦1 titling \*°lson and Autjdio Her*rei », who meet at Los Angeles onMay 11, met Tuesday and but for thotimely iction of friends of both fight*ers the two lightweight* would haveengagt d lit a desperate street tight.Nelson we* Just returning to his hotel when he came f ire to face with the Mexican. “Looking pretty fine,-aid llerrern, “but you won’t look xo fine when I get through with you.”“t*m -s you te*ft**r guess again, oldt hap,” said the Dane. “Why, if I wanted to 1 could put you to sleep in one round but i will give the people a « nance to see you tire yourselfout,” continued \elsotiThe had blood in Herrera Imme* .1 lately rushed forth, and hot words ensued. Each threatened to settlematters right then and there, and the Mexican was just getting ready to swmg when a friend separated the two and led Herrera away.“If the Mexican had ever attemptcd to land,” said N •’son. “I wouldhave put him away so fast that howould never have known what hit him. I am not looking for trouble, but if l ever run into him again 1 will chop his face to pieces.Turf War Cease*.FOURTH ANNUALTRACK MEETTo Ik* Hold at Obcrlii) I mler Auspice*of Obeiliu College, |ay 1*0.The announcement of the fourthannual Snterscholastic track meet has been sent out from Oberlln Culversity. The meet will be held at Oherlin lt;;n Saturday, May 2U,, under theinspires ot the Oherlin College Athletic issoclation. the contestant* to be entertained by the members of the association. The list of events will he ’he Fame a* in previous years, withthe exception of the two mile runwhich Las been dropped. The list is is follows•Track events—120 yard hurdles, 1-t mile run, 190 yard dash, 1 mile run, 22b yard hurdle*. 1-2 mile run, 219 yard dash, I mile relay.Field events—12 pound shot put, pole vault, hign jump, 12 pound hammer throw, broad jump.Each team is allowed two entries for each event but only one man is allowed to start. The winner of first place will be awarded five points, second plate two, and third place one,those ta ;ing first, second and third places *n each even’ and the team w inning the largest number of points receiving a souvenir banner. All entries mut be of bona fide high school students who are eligible to compete under the rule* of the schools they represent. In the past these contests have been very successful especially the second held on May 2k, 190 I,when 120 nien participated, in 1902 the entry list numbered 95 and in 19e, it dropped to 72. This year it. h expected to be greater than ever.The threatened turf war in Cincinnati will not eventuate. It has !h»ou |eat n-nl that the Western Jockey Club people have given up the idea, ternpotaiily at least, of building u rival track to t atonla, and the popailarover-the-river park vill be able to give the American Turf Association as many day* of unrivalled racing as they care to crowd into the reason. Already there are a number of horses in training at Latonia, and before many weeks have passed the majority of the stables at the track will be occupied. Arrangement* art* being made to increase the stabling facilities at laitonia to accommodate about 1,200 horses, and there is no doubt that all the stalls will be filled before the first race is run there the latter part of May. With the big Queen City stake 0* a starter, and otlrnrstakes to follow, Latonia seems to be in for an unusually prosperous«rmeetingHedger Set- Pace,Mayor Badger of Columbus, hasset the par** tor Ohio mayors in dealing with the Sunday baseball problem. He will not take any action to stop the sport in the cipitol city. This announcement was made by the mayor’s secretary, John Keegan.“You may announce,” he said, “that he •* will be no effort made tc stop Sunday baseball In Columbus tfiis season.The innouncenient was heralded with delight by baseball fans and the feeling is general that the same policy wlU be pursued elsewhere in thestate.Mayor Molter assured Manager Reason of the Stars some weeks ago that be would not stop Sunday baseball.Terry Want* to Flay Hall.Teriy McGovern wants to join aprofessional baseball team and playse-ond bate, lie says that when hb fighting days are over he hopes to become a professional bull player. „
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Sandusky Daily Register
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 12, 1906
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