The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17
ST. PAUL ATHLETES AHEAD.
THEF TaEE HI0H HONORs At TINE
LONG ISLAND T. 4. a. GAMES.

nished n lively afternoons sport at Eastern
Park yesterday. Rivalry between the schools
affiliated had been fermenting for months. and
every individual in the six contending teams
had COME prepared 10 make a strong bid for a
slice Of the honors.
The nor. Combntauts connected with each
school were also out In force and fully equipped
with cllb colors, yells. rattles. horns, and every
other known method OF rousinR their respec-
tive champions before an event and OF applaud
Ing them afterward. Relatives and other home
friends OF the boys helped to swell the gather
ing of Interested onlookers. and. ms the weather
was fine. and the track In good shape, the pro-
noters had good reason to be satisfied with the
aspect OF affairs when the first batch OF youth.
full eladlators trotted into the arena.
surrounded BY such Inspiring influences. the
rival athletes fairly excelled themselves as
well as their predecessors. and records went
by the board with almost bewildcrinV fire.
quincy. A. w. Robinson of st. Paul School
more than sustained his big reputation as n
Splinter, and the mastery fashion in which he
captured tho two short dashes at once made
him a popular idol with the appreciative
crowd. His achievement was only an advance
sample Of what tho Garden CITY boys were
p repaired to do, and the red sash kept bobbing
up persistently in the front rank until the st.
Paul score read Six flrsts. six seconds, and
three thirds. n grand total OF 81 points.
This fine aggregate left Thorn easy winners
of the team trophy by a margin of twenty
points over the Brooklyn High School com
b%ination, although the latter contrived to cap
ture a promising array Of points. re presenting
four first, three second. and two third places.
This creditable total might have been increases
by another win had fortune not trowned on
Goettins In the furlong dash.
Brooklyn Latin and POLY Prep ran a neck
and neck race for the third best aggregate,
but tie last event decided gave the Adelphi
score IA timely fliip. and the academy boys
a total of fourteen points. while the Poly"
and Latin rivals tie! at eleven. The Pratt
share of the points in six events. which netted
eight points.
tude. but The irtield was unnecessarily crowd
ed most of the time, and toward the end. the
s Spys sn 6SeS EnG i heT Ihc tr r. in Ti,e Sn tine nerves OF the
NJ. A; cunning. the veteran A., A; L. official,
refereed the tournament, and had omewha
the furlonr, dash. but he solved It promptly, by
awarding third place TO Cambell Of the High
School instead Of J. Higgins. Pratt Institute.
who had been picked by one of the Judges.
Summaries:
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seconds.
Robinson and Goettine ran like a team in front
OF the bunch. until ten yards from the line. when
tiS - h"i W. W. ~ % AiN GNU WI " "
comfortable margin in record time. beating the
old mark n fifth
Hslf.mile kun,Won by {; y; Hall. St Paul sG q =.
BROOKLYN hish, School. third. Time. : minutes .
seconds.
p Christensen. Brooklyn High School. showed
the way at a nice pace for one circuit. johnson
o. onS II cb bnai then MADE r.,irs q strong ! n1a fG ro the Lead
johnson set n merry clip for his rivals until
T frem b lniG md 5h %ii h"m n @s, saiI a Whe seri iin.d game Same
an easy winner. johnson lasted long enough to
secure the place; Weir,s performance was re-
Clipped GnTIsa S sa.s t Seconds 1%'s' off P0t the Long island island
record. made by f. Bedford. Brooklyn High
School, last year.
Jasper, 81; Paul scsool; F R Laekey, BROOKLYN
heat Won by 4. ". Robinson, St. Paul School,: Q.
a dSds' Fi,ns s. heat rn"' w ss,'S go A. se' ~. Ro bimss; 10 s. e. Paul s.Si
e. s SsSs4 s. o p a1Tr seboo,' 81 ,6,1 Pau r SGeog d Sc sfs s.san Ksu'
Robinson, the lengthy St. Paul sprinter. Hav-
hid ali the juniors niH% 's safe. and n, his His' trial ii heat and
final were won with such palpable ease that It
would be interesting to see Just what he could
wiped out the Long Island records in both
senior and junior races. His schoolIpates backed
him up so we'll in the junior event that the final
heat resolved itself into a family party, with
three St; Psnl boys H., lief, in against Laekey of
gave the outsider a chance. and they captured
full points.
one mile sd S;eysls rqse,Fis.. hes, Won y By Q l.
second; y. Platt, Pratt Institute, third. Time. g min.
Sseos Il ,i1 high isf ' schoS sft {. H,ta sra1 wP Pra @y i Inst 9"s' see:
eha; e A % 81 H ""s%n&s I Fina lS% heat Won, Won ~ y'% 9 IL
s sSsssi .fs'S qr!Nt ;! riai I; f y; aT i"s;i'as R'9 'SiTa. T H'sa
m enne OF a S Veteran. 'nt He won ., his heat heat by yHu couple
Of lengths in record time, after a pretty race
Nth sthool r toat a and r,a slice c OF fSs IF sss IN h iTs
second heat, amt the final dust.up between the
six left in furnished u highly interesting con,
cant plntf alIUnnl I'm Ilnrh milf VnE and
tried to make a runaway race OF It; !Roehr
cut loose in hot pursuit, and caught the leader
and the two finished wheels apart after IN ex-
citing squirt down the stretch.
One undE"d.and sTHnty: yart HgrdIesnWSn byL;
ss5in s ship9. f ffS"nd Ia s 81 Sc sscd m Johnson 81 fau'
Lord and Herrick ran like n team. Herrick
drew slightly away and struck the seventh hur-
S Snn Which e w@cRe Vent Sa OK a aGd w esu 8 ore LORD rat to
by two yards. johnson was a creditable third.
The time was within a ttth OF a second Of the
phi Academy.
Running High Iump-won by {, l.; Duyal, BROOK.
tss~ryiise' HrsoEIyn' LAIN ssSIos"l: second; ,wlth . jump
third. with a jump of 5 feet . incne-
Great interest was manifested In this event.
the jumping Of the scoring trio being Of a gilt
eclipsed the previous Long Island record or 5
feet 419 inches. held by l.. Gunnison, Adelphi
Academy.
NNAht At tht'' $3.50
St; Pau school; A. ". Rnrllngame, Brooklyn High
School. second; 'l.W, GolishorOugh. St Taul's school,
third. Time, SO s D seconds.
Van Wagenen lett his marx at a sprinting
gait and opened up n big gap rounding the first
turn. The others set sail for him in rare style,
but he clung to the pole and lead tenaciously.
and won all out by eight yards. A great race
for second place resulted in favor of BurlingRme
by a yard. The winner reduced the previous
record held BY +. ii. Jewell, Adelphi Academy.
by exactly two seconds.
Putting Twelve, pound shot-Won by I. I. Kinney.
st. Paul School, with q put OF ~ feet q Inches; IL. j.
Brown. st. Paul school, second. with IA put of 40 feet l.
nch; 4. Milne, Pratt Inst tutr, third. with a put of -
eet 2 Inches.
The competitors were a sturdy, we l-developed
lot, and the old record of :B feet & inches, held
Iy ii. Is. Mason, Poly Prep" never had .
hance. Even the third boy beat 1t decisively
lytwo feet and a half. The field Judges, how.
er, were rather lenient, as some OF the puts"
v Juld have been ruled out as throws" by A.
A. L. experts.
Twohundred ~Rnd.twenty- yard Hurdles Won by
l., s. Hprrick, Brooklyn High School; II. Eddy, Pratt
Institute, second; Ira Richards, Poly Prep" third.
Time, ~ 90 seconds.
This eypnt WAS n chapter OF Academia. Her