The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
EAST ORANGE
H. S. ELECTS
OFFICERS
Captains aud Managers
Chosen for Year in Va
riOuS Lines Of Athletics.

At a meeting of the East Orange High
School Athletic Association. held yester-
day afternoon in theABsscmbly room of the
school, captains and managers were
chosen for the teams in various lines OF
sport, and silver loving cups were award
ed to those athletes who have succeeded
in breaking school records during the past
year. Robert McDcrmott. who has played
entire on two championship elevens. was
chosen as captain of the football team, and
John Whinnery was elected manager Both
boys are popular with the students, and
the choice in each case was unanimous.
McDermott performed cleverly at centre
on both the teams Of which he was a
member, and would undoubtedly have
been the popular choice for centre on the
all-scholastic team had 1t not been for
the fact that he was generally considered
as being u bit too light for the strenuous
demands made on players in his position.
Manager Whinnery expects 10 arrange
games with the strongest school elevens
in the East next season, and will start i'm
mediately to prepare a schedule.
Cotton" Johnston, who was chosen
captain of this seasons basketball five at
the end of the former playing season. has
left school, and It was necessary, there
fore, to elect another leader. Martin ASS
man, who played left tackle on the foot
ball eleven last season, was chosen, ana
Robert McDermott was made manager.
Thomas Creole, who did most of the
pitching for the baseball nine last sea-
son, was elected captain of the 1908 team
yesterday. 1t is not expected that a choice
for manager will be made until after the
Christmas holidays.
Thomas Johnston was awarded a cup
for breaking the pole vault record with a
vault of 3 feet 2 inches, made last spring,
and also a cup for breaking the hammer
record. with a throw of 81 feet 7 inches.
made the same day he broke the pole
vault record. Thomas Creede also re-
ceived two cups for his good work In the
field events. His cups were given to him
for breaking the discus and shot put
records. He threw the discus 105 feet )
inches and put the shot 40 feet l inch,
which broke the former records of the
school. made in 1900. Arthur MCGOWAN
received n cup for smashing the senior
220-yard record. He covered the distance in
% is seconds, breaking the former record
held by Z. Hamilton butcher. made In
1905, by four-fifths of a second. butcher
was awarded a cup Tor establishing a new
440-yard record. His time for the distance
was 81 2-5 seconds. breaking his own rec
ORD by 2 seconds, made In 1866. G. Ciaey5
also received a cup for breaking the 100
yard dash Ounior) in the school field day,
held last spring. Lawrence Baiment was
awarded a cup for breaking the high jump
record with n leap Of 5 feet 4 inches,
which smashed the school record by tour
inches.
The prospects for a championship bss-
ketbal team are not as bright this year
as they were last season. The most prom
ising candidates for the team are John
Millinery, Charles claeys, Ralph Law
renee, Edward Whitney, Martin Assman,
Edward Clark, Edward Herman and Ar
thur Assman. The candidates started
practise yesterday afternoon in the schoo
gymnasium. 1t is expected that all the
games will be played on the court of the
Orange Y. NJ. G. A.