New-York tribune., 1905-07-02
TOMPKINS PARK GAMES.
Fine Sport Marks Opening of Nesc
East Side 4thtehc Field.

The twelve lap cinder track in Tompkins Park,
at 1oth-st. and Avenue A, opened yesterday.
with track and a basketball game. Fully ten
thousand persons attended the opening 1t was ex-
pected that Charles V. Fornes, president Of the
Board Of Aldermen, who is Acting Mayor, would
attend but he failed appear. John ]. PalEs.
president OF the Park Board. attended. More than
three hundred boys took part in the contests.
Besides the special medals that were awarded to
the first second and third in each contest. souve-
mir bronze medal presented by Commissioner
Pallas every boy who cCnt t,ted in the meet The
park presented picturesque sight. Inside the
cinder track were gymnast!c apparatus and outside
a band furnished music 1t announced that
in Thomas Jefferson Park where similar ath-
letic field will be opened for schooboys in the fall
a six lap track will also be built for girls
There were races for public school boys. pa
rochial school boys and high school boys. The
honors went to Public School No. 40. George
Ottinger, of this school, who weighs only sixty
pounds made a fine showing. In the 5)-yard dash,
for juniors. he easily, and showed evidence of
becoming fast sprirter. In the 100-yard dash he
beaten for first place by Edward Denroche.
The one mile interpark relay for seniors. re-
sulted in fine contest. and was won by the repre-
sentatives of Hamilton Fish Park by five yards
The boys from John Jay Park were second John
Joyce. the distance champion of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union and Harvey Cohn were on the pro-
gramme to run mile exhibition race, but it
was announced that the men could not obtain a
sanction from the Amateur Athletic Union in time
10 permit Them TO take part The onehalf mile mile
from Tompkins Park. The Seward Park team was
Joseph Martocco. of De Witt High School came
in first in the 44o-yard run Fred Kucher. of the
nterpark basketball contest was hotly CONTESTED. AT
the end of the first half the Seward Park boys led
ton Park lads Rdysd "a mqeh m 5r f M game 6u
Park team. The summaries:
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fory-yard run tf6r high schools
Wen by Joseph Martoceio De witt Clinton High school:
Aesan:er stgvssan Hsh sehoo third Time Ic4
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composed q " rig A19rth s,1 .G fanaaS Rs and c.
4: Tntan. c. G. Znnanan, NJ Lltlvin and W Schmidt,
f:ftyyard run tor parochol schools juncr)--won by
second: A .FitzpaiFck St. Anhs School, third. Time
dash PUBLIC school boys,won by
school No TO- second; Krfete, Public School No. 90
ota5q rnqrzMen ,ys f,t BY s !ssSnd Lsyy sen
Cohen, Cob seward Park. third Tine, o:sa
potato mserg Hamon PARK
Go9tiieb Hamilton Park third. Time. o:a0ts -,
ton Fish Park team NJ so1oman ]. Friedman. D. Grass
man and T1oder; Park NJ. Godzeiger. j.
Arnster y. Newman and H. Kuche. second; Tompkins
Park team. I. iison. G Rosenberg. NJ iTotke and s.
Flasher. third. Time. 3:34SS. aa.
Two hundred tweityyard dash parochia schoos)
Won by Drew, AIMS SCHOOL, P. Cunningham St
AIMS school second Soaran. st. AIMS School, third
Time 0:2S2s
Fiy-yard dash for public school boys, junors)Won by
] 10 Publ p 60 g kqea 4q r. ehdo No @
third Tinc. 0:u7
-Four hundred yard Gor parochal school
boys senior)--Uon by J. Drew, St AIMS School. F
St. School second c. Clark. St Josephs
NJ /. ", third. Time, 1:0ft5.