The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
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Intcrcity TRACK Contests TO he Resumed
After n Long Interval.


All the schools In the New York and Long
Island Interscholastic Athletic Association
closed their doors last Friday for the Christ
mas holidays, which will last until Jan. 3.
When tho youngsters return active work VIII
be INDUCED In for tho track and baseball
teams. After an interval OF five yoars intercity
track games have been arranged. IL has been
practically arranged that the games take place
on or about May 10. probably at Manhattan
Field. At meeting OF the representatives the
following events were agreed upon:
looyArd dash. senior: lO0.yard dash. junior 22o-
yard run. senior; ,2o-yard run junior 12o'ysrd
hurdle 20 feet einehes 22o.yard hurdle q feet
inohes) 14o-yard run, sso.yard run, one mile run.
running high Jump. running broad jump. pole
vault, putting i2.pound shot. throwing 12pound
hammer one.third mile bicycle race and one mile
bicycle race.
Contests In basketball and hockey have aleo
been provided for. The first OF those intercity
matches will take place at the Clermont Avenue
Rink In Brooklyn nbout tho second week In
February. In this city what little training has
been done showed q marked Improvement In
tha work over that OF last year.
Il has been definitely settled that Cutler
School will have no baseball team this season.
All the time will be devoted to track athletics.
Athletic Director George Salmon. Insisted by
T. L. Manson. captain OF the track team, Will
start the candidates to work right after the
holidays and with the splendid material on
hand they expect to capture the cup. Tho
hockey team is again out for the champion
ship. ana II they succeed in capturing IL. 1t will
he the Hith In succession.
L. Hjertberg IL looking after the athletes at
tho Berkeley School. He has in training. be-
sides Speaker. the interscholastio champion
high jumper. any number OF good athletes. and
he says any school that beats them next season
with Know they have been running. Owing e
the loss OF J. A. Forney. the crack haskethqiI
one be entered in the nterscholastic series,
5 make oF tns aSa HnsScs
himself satisfied. For the skating and BIZ
Cycle races tho school will have 10 Roy See to
fine student body at Trinity School arc happy
over the announcement that Physlcal Dlreetor
athsos t AZ M MEETING s on n tss Athctc Ksso.
citation tho latter part Of November, seixas was
turned down and ssssSa and athletics rassn
against this from some oil the students mas
much as 4, was through his efforts that the
The mater was under consideratio on for some
time and at conference held at the school
settled. 4 call for candidates has been issued.
and right after school again assemblies. active
'i TiTe Artistic tssoclo,ion o, Brooklyn High
Mug teams. The. folIoNirg youngsters have
reported for tho track iOnm sprints, Gibson.
eyents, Mihlam and Bromley; middle DISTANCE.
Cook. Swan, Norman anu Joachim one mile.
Swan, O. Wheeand and Joachim: high jump.
Rarroll and Hobart. shot tut. Bambor. The
BOYS will practise In the thirteenth Sseglment
fhc athletes at the De La Sale Institute have
been PREPARING tor tho many events coming.
Baseball win he the favorite snort and hard
| try will be mnde to CAPTURE tho banner to hang
II alongside OF the football trophy. which the
school won recently. The hockey team under
the leadership Of Cant. Connolly 10 fully or
country club will be oraqnized after the holt
| days and o team Will be developed to represent
the school In the omen cross-c country run to lie
held under the auspices OF the Cutler School
Athletic Association next month
There Ia UNUSUAL activity at Sachs School and
aspiring for places on the various squads. The
track candidates have been doing good work
| IN the gymnasium for the hntcksrbocker \. Z.
| RnInes during the past two weeks The can
didates on hand for baseball will start practice
next month Basketball. u rev eport at the
been entered In the cham plonship series.
Physical Director Whewell OF Columbia
Grammar School is preparing Tor the annual
class games which take place the latter part OF
next month. 1t Ia in these games that he ex-
poets to get q line on the candidates for the
spring events. At a meeting OF the Athletic
| Association last Wednesday. shannon, the
clever sprinter. was elected captain OF the
trnck team. 1t was also decided to get n
trainer Tor the boys outdoors Captain Bradd-
Icy has the hockey team ~ good playing shape.
comedy entitled Our Hoyg" at the Berkeley
Lyceum on Jan g. for the benefit OF the Attn
letic Association.