The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-12
NEWARK HIGH
WINS CROSS
COUNTRY
Blue and White Capture
New Jersey InterschOIas-
tic Championship Meet.

Newark High School captured the New
Jersey Int~erscholastic cr~oss-country cham
pionship yesterday afternoon by defeating
the East Orange High School team, 10 TO
q. East Orange High and Newark High
were the only two schools that entered
teams In the run. Newark High took the
championship honors last year by secur-
lug all but one of the first five places.
duplicating this feat this year. A silver
loving cup was offered last year by the
New Jersey Insterscolastic Athletic Asso-
citation for the team winning the cham
pionship three years in succession. Hav-
ing won it for two years, Newark High
will bend all its efforts to win the cham
pionship next year and capture the cup.
Victor Percy, of Newark High. was
first, his time being p minutes 30 seconds.
&c. Herman, of East Orange, was two
seconds behind.
The East Orange team was stronger this
year than last, its leading runner finishing
second and getting the silver medal, gold,
silver and bronze medals being offered
for the men finishing first, second and
third. Last year fourth place was the
best an East Orange man secured, being
lett out of the medal list by one place.
me long preparation and careful train
ing or the, Newark boys counted much
toward their victory. The clever race run
by Percy Menagh was a feature While
Menagh did not finish better than fifth,
ne ran a great race, setting pace and
Keeping. the members of the Newark team
punched and well up among the leaders.
The course was laid out in East Orange
through some of the public highways and
across several large fields. in which were
a number of barbwire fences. The fields
We're quite muddy and slippery. The boys
nad TO pick their way, and several of
them received severe scratches.
The run started at Ashland Oval, East
Orange. At the crack of Mr.. Grosen-
baugh's pistol they ran out of the main en-
trance of the oval into Clinton street, over
Clinton street TO Park avenue, down Park
avenue to Arlington avenue thence diagon-
ally southeast across fields to New street,
Up New street they went to the Bouic-
turning back. ran TO Park avenue. When
they reached the Columbia School they
ran ~diagonally orthwe across the fields
back of the school, crossing the rallroad 10
the old water works. Here the race began
in earnest. Burns had led for the first
mile and Menagh. Percy and several others
of the Newark team were close UP. The
men changed off during the third mile, and
when the water works was reached Her
man, of East Orange, was I'm the lead.
Young Menagh went out and got the leader
and in a shorter time than it takes TO tell
". Percy sprang in the lead. He and Her
man entered the rear gate of the oval to-
gether, but by a wonderful burst of speed
on the part of Percy, the East Orange run
ner was left fifteen yards behind.
The teams standing is recorded by the
sum of the numbers of the places secured
by the first four men of each team. New
ark finished l, 8. 4, 5; hence their score.
was 10. while East Orange finished 2, s. 8.
10, their score being q. AS the lowest
score wins, Newark captured the race with
only three points above the lowest possible