The sun., 1908-12-27
SPORT
TRACK T1bMS IN TRAINING
FOE re- CHAMPIONSHIPS.

FOR H85E CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Tho Squads Are Composed or Fast Men
and All Indications POint TO . Coed
i. Meet IN JaHuary-Erasmus Hall
Team in Fine FOFm-Class Athletics.
All the energy and interest Of the several
high schools track teams Ia now being GEN.
tired In training for the indoor champion
ships which will take place on January %.
In each school several boys have been se-
ieoted for each event and they are receiving
the greater part of the coaches attention
In order TO round them into shape. IL
takes Q very skilful and experienced coach
to place his men SO that they can win
the greatest possible number tof points.
The individual has TO be sacrificed to the
general interest OF the school. and In the
case of two evenly matched teams 1t Is the
trainer who displays the more skill In this
way that wins out In the end.
At present the greatest interest is being
taken in the relay races, which. however.
probably will not be run OF at the same
time as the other events. for the reason that
they take UP so much time that the meet
could not be finished in one evening. The
several relay races for high schools which
have been held In connection with recent
indoor meets have served to give some
idea Of the merits Of the various teams,
and among them the Erasmus Hall combi-
nation looms up very strong. At the games
OF the Second Naval Battalion on December
10 this team defeated Manual Training and
Commercial High School in a fine race.
Several high school track meets will be held
before the championships. and these will
also enable the enthusiasts to get a line on
the condition Of the teams.
The i20 pound relay team Of Morris High
Is composed OF Tindel, Bennett. Bahr and
Robinson, who won the race for their class
at the Thirteenth Regiment games. Yule
and Hands are doing over 3s feet in the shot
put. but this is more than three feet under
the distance with which Samuels Of De Witt
Clinton won that event last year, and 1t
will take more than 3s feet to
land first place in the coming game. Sam
uels is dead and the others who took places
In the weight events last year are no longer
in school. so the shotput is open to new
comers. Braisted. the holder OF the quarter
mile record at Morris, who has been kept
out OF athletics for several months because
Of his studies, will be eligible to run in Janu-
ary. He has been elected manager OF next
year s football team. Nixon, the star quar-
.erback, is taking the hurdles in great
style and he has given UP basketball in
order to train for this event. Eustis. al
though he is q fast man over the sticks.
ioes not squite come up to Nixon. The
former will look after the low hurdles and
Nixon the high.
Blum, Baloin and Robinson are Morris's
fastest men in the sprints. Blum finished
second to Cozzens OF Manual when the !
after won the 220 yard run in the last in |
ioor championships and Baloin was sec
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run at the same games, defeating Cozzens. |
who was third. Traeger is clearing feet |
, inches in the high jump. which is one
md a half inches better than the jump |
With which Rosenberg Of Morris broke |
he record last January.
The strongest part OF Erasmus Halls |
cam is the mile relay. which 10 made UP |
,f 8. Brierton. Floyd Youngs. o. De Grouchy. |
Fred Moe and Dan Whitney. Whitney is |
he holder Of the indoor half mile champion |
Ihip. which he made with minutes SIS |
.ance, but he is also far above the avera ge |
n the quarter. Both Whitney and Brier- |
on ran on the Erasmus relay team last |
Manual Trainings star athletes, and be-
,ides being a member Of the champion
hip relay team is the champion miller OF
Ss s. De 5roaeSy a as wea soot . pse
n the last p. s. A; l.. oross-country, cham
'ionship run. All these men viii also
gn IN the Other track ,S events mt; in the cham
,ody II Erasmus carried of the. greatest
lumber Of first places il not the champion
Whitney will run in the half mile. Brier-
on in the. quarter mile and Youngs and De
in the mile. Hickson. Is reason
6y osTt1 ns rp Of s1a sas IaSs IN R ths high
The Commerciai High School team is
in the school gymnasium and a
as had the support OF the student body
all, and in order. to stimulate interest
Members Of the school Is held each term
nd medals are presented to the winners.
,ast Wednesday medals were presented
old stein, Sommererade, Hausman, Phil,
ps Bernstein Bieber. Gukermap, Zwieben,
thompson, Firth. Mosher, Ziesier. Cooke
The i20 pound relay team consisting of
the fastest in Brooklyn and is exnected
Ts pst 50 ssnea
ut the outlook for one is good With Teevan
nd Schum. the two quarter milers.
inning IN E good form; In na tbe ESP ,sprints there
nder. who is said to be doing better than
seconds. Is the most prominent. The
,neTs R0Sse,,en rs lander MTssysP EsX
Elm, Halligan. Van Campen. retry and
erry.
For the mile and khalf mile are ziegler.
eiss and Hill. The school has two good
irdIers In Schum and Terry Housenan.
an Campen and Roster are the high jump
4, and Houseman is said to be good for
feet S inches. Phillips. Fraser and Tee.
IN are practising with the ehot
From the younger boys Coach Taylor
Is picked the following squad for a loo
,und relay team: Summergrade. Zweiben,
eber. Zuckerman, Bernstein and EneIe
il the intention Of Manager Terry to enter
e whole team in the championships.
The Stuyvesant High School Athletic
,sociation will hold its fourth annual
lck meet in the Seventy-hrst Regiment
'mory on January 10. A good prokramme
s been arranged and large list Of entries
expected. Among the open events will
a one mile relay race for high schools,
d 10 and il5 yard run for elementary
lools. A basketball game will be played
tween the Stuyvesant team and one from
ne other school,
Iitwin and Marshall thrss
,mbers OF Stuyvesant's champion 100 y
,und relay team. are eligible to run again
6 season and there Is plenty OF material =
I'M which 10 pick the fourth man. The
Il mile heavyweight relay team has ca