Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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The State Interscholastic Field and Track Meet, held May 27 of last year, marks the beginning of such athletic events in the state. The M. T. H. S. has the honor of winning the state championship the first year. On that day a standard of athletics was established that the future athletes of the school must strive hard to sustain. Our team not only won more points than any other team, but had the best all-round athlete and star of the day, Anton Vonnegut. He won three firsts and two seconds in the events, a record which is remarkable. The fact that the team was evenly balanced prob- THE STATE ably was the true reason that the red and white won. There was no weak point on the INTERSCHOLASTIC team, for out of fifteen events only one failed to show a point for Training School athletes. FIELD DAY Shideler and McDermid protected the school in the runs and dashes. Peck won the pole vault by the cleanest kind of work, with Pickett second. Pickett also secured second place in the hurdles. Coval showed up well in the bicycle races, getting one first, one second, and one third place. Yeaton did clever work in the hammer throw and Vot»i»«

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The second foot-ball team of the M. T. H. S. was organized early in the season for the purpose of developing material for the first team. This eleven, which was easily the best second team that the school has ever had, gave the first team plenty of hard practice during the whole season. Its only defeat was at the hands of the Indianapolis High School first team in a hotly contested game on a very warm day. The High School refused a return game and their second team refused to play at all. THE SECOND FOOT- BALL tEAM THE SCHEDULE WAS Orchards, -------- Indianapolis H. S., - - - - - 10 Ash Street, -------- Fountain Square, ------ Carmel, --------- 5 M. T. H. S., second, ----- 20 M. T. H. S., second, ----- M. T. H. S., second, ----- 5 M. T. H. S.. second, ----- 20 M. T. H. S., second, ----- 7 Opponents, 15 M. T. H. S., second, 52 The line-up of course was constantly being changed, but the players generally had the following positions : Wyon, ) Reid, ) Cooper, ----- McPheeters, ) Knowles, Sweeney, ----- Left half-back Steele, -------- Center Shideler, ----- Quarter-back | Krull, - - - - Left end Left tackle Left guard Right end Minor, Sullivan, f GoLDRiCK, ----- Right tackle Hadley, ----- Right guard Scott, captain, - - Right half-back Full-back Will Scott. 1900. When, on the reorganization of the Athletic Association in the fall, the M. T. H. S. girls were asked to join, a lively interest in athletics was manifest among them. Foot- ball and base ball being out of the question they raised a cry for basket ball, which resulted in the organization of several teams. Since then weekly practice games have been played in the Boy ' s Club Gymnasium, and a considerable degree of efficiency has been attained by the two surviving teams. Owing to the difficulty in arranging for games because of the fact that no uniform rules have been adopted by the various teams in the city, no scheduled games with outsiders have as yet taken place. Spalding ' s new Rules for Women ' s Basket Ball have, however, been adopted by our teams, and it is hoped will in time meet with general acceptance, in which event match games might be arranged and doubtless many laurels won for the M. T. H. S. THE BASKET BALL TEAM

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Moore came up to expectations in tine shot put. Tutt proved to a point winner in the jumps. The total number of points made by the Training School was sixty. The Indianapolis High School, our nearest competitor, secured fifty-one points. The management of the meet should be highly complimented on the success of the event, both from a financial stand-point and also from the amount of interest created. ,,,,, , , ,,, m Willis Loval, 01 . The athletic outlook for this year is better than we ever have hoped. Every man on last year ' s team, except one, is with us. Every man is in better condition than last year. Almost every athlete has been in the gymnasium this winter, building up a consti- tution and set of muscles which can not break down before the test that is to come. Early In February the Cross Country Running Club was organized with thirty-two members. Hare and hounds chases were given every Saturday and before the track training could begin a good team of runners had been developed. Last May we were victors with a team of thirteen and we begin this year ' s work with thirty or forty. At our preliminary Field Day, April 7, there were more contestants than in our final last year. Especially was this true in the running events. We did not capture a single run last year, and it is for them we must work this season. The state Field Day will be held at Newby Oval, May 25. Come and show your school spirit. We must have your support. Clair Peck (Captain). TRACK ATHLETl CS In nearly all of the schools that have recently been constructed a gymnasium has been planned and added. Some people look upon this as a needless expense, but they fail to see the good that can come of it. Of course it is not intended that the pupils shall neglect their studies for physical culture, but it has always been found that judicious exer- cise will greatly improve a student ' s work and at the same time better his health. Every school now supports several athletic teams. In our case and in many others the boys training for these teams are obliged to do the best they can with no one to direct them. Often through ignorance they overdo themselves or misdirect their energies. An accident like this will often ruin the chances of a winning team, and there is yet to be found the school that does not care whether its team Is victorious or not. Such an accident could and should be avoided by the care of a competent physical Instructor. Possibly there would be a few pupils that would attend school merely for the purpose of using the gymnasium, but these could be easily weeded out If the privileges were limited to those whose work would come up to the standard. To add a gymnasium to the building now would be expensive, but there is not a doubt but that it would be worth every cent invested In It. If the building were put up the Athletic Association would surely see that It would be fully equipped. Will Scott, 1900. THE NEED OF A SCHOOL GYMNASIUM