New-York tribune., 1896-06-21
SCHOOL RECORDS GO DOWN.
YOUNG ATHLETES MAKE FAST TIME AT
COLUMBIA OVAL.


TIoN A BIG sUcCEss-NEw- ENGLAND
TAKES FIRST PLACE AND
CONNECTICUT SECOND
The schoolboys from some of the principal scnoois
throughout the country gratined their f0noeS' ann"
t,on in field sports Yesterday when they met !"
competition at Columbia oval 1t was the N's' an
nual championship meeting OF the ->d'o""'
scholastic Amateur Athletic Association VI '''9
United States. and 1t was held under tne au'p
of the New Manhattan Athletic Cub OF ths c''Y
The meeting was highly successful one not 80
much in the number OF the entries IN tNe u''io
contests as in the high class of the coheS'''''
1t quality. not quantity, when cou'.'u 0
score cards, and which caused many Ol une ie
made at previous inerscholastic meets u "
knocked into a cooked hat. Neither couid 'he iiee
ing he termed great success. judging from ''e
number OF people who passed through the gates ~
the grounds but what the crowd iacheu !" ~
bers It made up fully in interest ana aPpi ie," w
tn those who were we'll Informed 10 athletics inc
meeting was so successful as TO cause lhenA ~
throw up their hats and cheer the co''es''
+hroughout the afternoon. AS 10 the management
II was excellent and Is TO be congratulated uio, %
bringing such fine array of young pra"h anu s"'''
together The first meeting Of the National inter
scholastic Amateur Athletic Association IS no"
thing of the past but ii has laid the foundation o'
friendly spirit OF rivalry among the different leagues
which Will bring about many more Ike meetings !"
future years
The meeting yesterday was won cevery by the
muscular and speedy young athletes rom -e"
England the country Of Purltansm and baked beans
The New -Englanders scored a total OF lOr'! -O'e
no,nts The champions took part in more or the con-
tests than did the members OF the other leagues anu
their points won were scattered over wider "e'n'
The Connecticut Interscho,astic Athletic League
was second with a OF twenty-nine points. Inc
boys from the land of nutmegs had practically
walkover IN the field contests. They captured IN
mastery fashion the broad and high jumps ue
hammer and shot throwing contests ana 'he poe
yauting The lads OF the New-York lntefschoa aSuc
Athletic League were third in the total number OF
points scored They had just twenty-four points u
their credit when the last contest was ended
THE ATHLETES FROM IOWA.
The Young and plucky athletes Of the Iowa League
had come a long distance. and II was TOO o]d 'ha'
tho Ea,es were not more favorable TO them Long
Island captured both first and second IN the one
mile bicycle race and although that IS all she oid
she scored seven points, one point more than the
Western lads got.
Roth the track and fed were In splendid cond-
tim and the weather although extremely warm
was jls the kind for record breaking Ana the re-
suits show plainly how the boys took advantage OF H.
The first contest on the programme was the lVo-
ward dash The first and second men In the tria!
hao,s uore e,iehle 20 compete in the final heat The
race was won by W. II. Jones. Of Andover. in the
fast time Of 10 l5 seconds lie beat Moore, OF New
York about one yard. with Jackson OF Iowa. a
close third AS this was the first National inter-
scholastic championship meeting OF course there
were no National interscholastc records, ana yes
terdavs performa noes can be judged only by the
records previously made IN local interschoasuc
meetings One authority said yesterday that IN this
race one-ffth Of a second had been clipped on the
previous interscholastic record while another ai-
fhority said that it just equalled H. Anyway IL
was remarkable performance for such youthful
runner and shows that even Wefers may nave u
look to his laurels in the near future.
The bicycle race highly interesting, and
Roehr and Forney, the Long Island boys got first
and second Roehr trailed along until the last lap
when he shot past his field and won pretty much as
he pleased.
OToole, Of New England, captured the one-mil(
walk His only competitor was Blakesiee. OF Con
necticut
tests OF the day. Washburn, OF Barnard School II
this CITY, proved victor. His time OF ol 20 sec
onds broke the previous record, held by hnseh.
Another record was knocked out in the 22o-yare
rum which won by Jones' or Ne"-Ens anu
This was one OF the closest contests OF the meet as
Moore OF New York. pushed the winner TO his Ut
most. and Richards Of Long Island was on MS
heels as the tape reached
FAST TIME IN THE HALF-MILE.
The best contest OF the track races was the half
mile race There were number OF starters aio
every one Of them born sprinter HIPPO on i'di
School led his competitors merry cHdse' ai1
won in the fast school ecord-breaking time o.
1.593-5 This time was four and three-ifths sec
onds faster than the distance mad eyer UTeh zen n GOV
cred before In an interschoiasuc nleeuH6' A"c la"
ners were loudly cheered e,,. -
The one mile run was walkover ior ~ u
Another record was broken in the 2S,-yard hurdle 1
which was won by srssS Of faster han h,
best previous record The Tnnsr wm9 teek tho
hurdles in fine style. and Converse won out in the
~ stretch BY one yard . moe ,aSs, ,rto carnn h,
Beers, Of New-York He is pupil l,o OF the DE Ii
The running broad jump was closely contested anc
was tinally won by William Brown. colorel iad M q
Hartford Mgn weh and to e he d od of
connecticut League, Brown was highly plensec
snd %n he 1's was loudly chsered by
ingalls, of connecticu was the victor n oo'h 'n
throwing the twevepound hammer he broke all pre-
records M 5od by 5o 5er' N 1e hn
test also broke the record b. three lncneS
&c, capP ep p' long and close struggle This
brought an Interesting days sPIyaD sITty ,H S0 c.
referee: Tns c'r A. jordan N 4 C. s,r'sr -s. $
Harvey. s s. A. A, announcer.
SUMMARIES
o,. ,rrarea-vard dash--First heat won by W. NJ ROB
,nson Nex-Ensand r. MSors WeTiyIE II Zones seSSns %
T.sans' T%ssc HUH Jackson iowa nd T!me-io - Sc
Final hea, won by WI W. a. yTny ng ocs,n Iowa thirt
On. twenty yard hTrdsfrst hss' won b
~ "'rime%i7 as sec second heat won by A. F. krsI,
ca W.. y A Edmonds New England sec9n9 I'm
NeE a. t9nal heat won Ly +. Beers. New ork
Eg,!,.Is EA Ed%2aiSdi ,SiSd HSn.11S'4'5 HTm.@isa5 -
r,ss,- hundred and eishty-yard run-won BY W
HDpie MEM Nsw,fIrs; iSw. ,hird 'T Tins 10 30
on.me raGswG., sy scoS G E0|Hr st1oas I9n
NsseiGas. ,;sDeii X " shrd s0'"ri "Tim's1s'sS -.
7 nr.-mile waik--won by A. l. Tooie NewEnsane' G
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