The sun., 1908-05-17
IATERSCHOLASTIG SPORT
OPENING or CURTIS FIELD TO
BE CELEBRATED ON MAY 2S.
Mayor and Many other Dignitaries Will ne
Invited TO Attcnd Exercises winners In
Baseball Toprnsment- CHASE Athletics
Tho High geheol OF Commerce Crew.


Invited TO Attend Exercises winners In
Baseball Tournament Chase Athletics
Tho High geheol OF Commerce Crew.
The Board OF Education passed resolution
last week TO have the new Curtis athletic
field at st. George, Staten Island, formally
opened on May %. when the High School
championships will be held there. II is
planned to have q celebration OF some npte.
Mayor Mcclellan, Comptroller Metz. Presi-
dent MoGowan OF the Board Of Aldermen and
many other Of the olty officials will be invited
to attend. TWO school bands will contribute
their part. 90 that music at least will not be
lacking.
Although this will be the formal opening
Of the field. II has been used for several weeks,
everything but the dressing rooms being
completed. These will accommodate sew
eral hundred boys. and are fitted out with
numerous lockers and shower baths. They
are situated under tho grand stand. which ex-
tends along the entire length OF one side OF
the field. with brick walls and concrete
floor they are about the largest and best
equipped OF any athletic aeld In the city.
1t 10 because OF these fine accommodations
that the field was chosen for the champion
ships In preference to some others which
have larger tracks.
The track itself is constructed OF dirt
and Ii ave laps to the mile with no straight
away go yard stretch. so that 1t 10 hardly
to be expected that any records VIII be
broken Some OF the sohoolboy athletes
would prefer to have the meet at Brooklyn
Field, which has four lap oinder track.
The series to decide the district champion
ships OF the elementary school baseball
tournament has finally been completed after
having been delayed for several days
by the spell OF rainy weather last week.
Public School 10. which won the champion.
san ss ps5o 81 and
Sc OF Queens, which won the championships
Of those boroughs IN ths last nS,i tournament
8 Of Manhattan and ia Of Brooklyn won
the championshlp In their respective districts.
These teams were repSoT.ed early in the season
The borough Of Richmond has only one
district, athletic league, and az the champion
Of h ss :sHs. VIII HsS ss se 70
until until somewhat later. The list follows:
sSroSsh Of S s.Sod a., A Public ss6SCl SS1
g sshes 2; : 3 5. YsfS T. fsG saslis seiosi @ q
g. Raf' 'fsG' ssSs ~ sssos & q X B. B. soG' s'fSS Fss
psss sssss b. .sf Ssss ssHss ssqS 81
i@; D. 4. l. II, Public SShooi 9; D: a, L. H. Public
Borough OF The Brona-D. A. L. 10, Public School
Ds''sss q ssss School j. ssf' ssnss ssSs
The records for chipnIns the ,.t bar in .,,la the
tItions show : marx cd increase. over those Of
ast yer Public sshool ,S q queens s.GIor dis
&c hasS nrsyo%s Sn record r. held By Pubic scsooi s
The three schools sending in the highest
cisily tested s bs ocers @ Of the league and IN
number Of cases the official tests showed
better results than the ones made by the
sorossh hay;qs INC hishes. SysTsss; ., II
5s sSoU hs s SreRa Rapss sos ssASs
sSosoasf Scsonsh a are sta' as follows: flows ~ ~ III
sesss sSS"gh os % .s sS yss Pubic
Sss.sss e re S,.s T. S pass Sss
Iss ..ss ;:s:ss psSs ssssa Ssss g. ss
q pSso soneSl pSpS M
sRssS Rss ;sssa ssss. Pubic sohoai y ilSo lines "
si int. ss yssl paSss Ssfs sSss ssS eh:o 5
@s s:ssn pass School ssse 5 sasoS ns e. IL times
winning under conditions anas5 s%s5 ito to
JTst jSsP'RS What R these conditions are and what
the qualifications for winning the button
81 S besusSs Re wSs SsoFs The s high
vii ThSs Ss .sssd Ssn Rsat and
xames .0Sms comsmissee, ahs that Of the slemsntary
Schools has appointed a sub-oommittee 70
sRRey mietse consists I of Kunee Roberts and BIZ
dersee, Two representatives, one from each
sSnmttss met In Pr nothimS GI1iSks SiSs sCsoG on
plished and further action was postponed
until Tuesdays meeting.
been crowded in the programme for the high
school Championships It is improbable that
f9 sss dssGea TO
one openiSs 81 Curtis Field was not counted on.
w not ss bs psSsd 9Th ss tint II
The annual tennis ohspp,IIfopshp tourna-
Of Of the the new lew fBrooRiyn f1sid, Avenue X and
East tsss in ssgss AS b
Gent number Of entries Is receiyed the cham
pionship In doubles will also be decided.
tennis sGn esam % three matches TO two last &ednss-
day. The summaries:
Boy. hsh dqssisS
SfiR MoslVafs, Boys High Is. d Valentine Xdsiph
dsfea,sd buis6sId BSys d!Eh "a sos. s Ha, a..
Valentine and Bailey, Adelphi, defeated Burchard
and Coney Boys High 90. ca.
In a dual meet between the University Of
Pennsylvania freshmen and combined prep
school team at Philadelphia last Wednesday
Roy Mercer OF George School made a pole
vault OF ~ feet y inch. breaking the worlds
interscholasti9 record by more than 9 inches
He also nearly eGnatbisd tb the worIds l. inter-
Things are looking bright for the High
School OF Commerce crew which Is entered In
the lntersoholastio race TO be held at the
Harlem regatta on Memorial Day. This
eight won the RAGE last year and with four OF
the old Grew still at the sweeps and Kremer
still In the coxswain 9 seat 1t SCENE to be
pretty aafe bet that they will win again. The
four who are still in the boat are ONiel.
Harnishfeger, Grof and Garvin. Harnish.
feger and Groff are both occupying different
seats from last year, but the other two, q Mel
and Qarvin. are in their old positions at stroke
and bow respectively ;.
o Mel was captain last year and is we'll
to pull the stroke oar. Although Garvln is
quite light he makes good man at bow.
Harnishfeger. who was No. last year. has
been flied by McCahiil, q new man. Groff Is
No. In this years eight, and MoWilllams is
No, s. which was the seat occupied by oron
The crew Is using one OF the Nonpareil Boat
Club o shells and takes practice spins several
times week on the Harlem. II is made up
as follows: Gsryin, bow: Groff 2; McCahill. 81
Harpishfeger. 7; oNlel. stroke: Kremer. cox
The followlna. requirements for member