New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
BOYS BREAK RECORDS.
Big Cr0zcd at Games of Public
School athletic League.

-Four rarords were broken three established in
events and two eQualed at the fifth annua
indoor championships OF the Public School Athletic
League. held in the 4Tth Regiment ArInory. at
Marcy avenue and Lynch street, Brooklyn. yester-
day The trophy for the school scoring tho greatest
number of points went TO Public School "A with
total u points Public School 1e being second with
16, while Public School 10 third with Is
/ vas enthusiastic crowd which gathered in
the armory. parents, relations and friends of the
contestants turning out in large numbers to see
the embryo athletes fight it out on the track
School pennants much in evidence, and every
one seemed to have From the number OF
boys that took part it is safe to say that every
school in the various boroughs OF New York was
represented, The entry list was so large that IN
the short distance contests numerous trial heats
had to q run
The first record to go was in the so yard dash for
Youngsters weighing ninety-fve pounds d. Adei-
man. of Public School 40. covered the distance N
80 seconds. beating the old record by one-ffth
a second. In the half-nile relay for boys
of unlimited weight the Public School 40 team
first. the time being I minute Al % seconds
against l minute 81 10 seconds which was The pre-
vious record. Kesser, of Public School 4, won tho
running high jump for boys weighing ninety-five
pounds with a leap of feet : inches. one inch
better than the old mark. The next record 10 be
lowered In the putting of the l2-pound shot
for boys of unlimited weight. which was won by
W. Carey of Public School "A. with put OF 81
inches
Records be equalled were in the 7o-yard dash
for boys Weighing ll5 pounds. which was won by
J. NihalI. OF Public School 19 in 80 seconds and
the standing broad jump. which won by H
Spingarn. of Public School TO- with jump Of 7
feet s inches The new marks in the 440-yard
relay for boys OF rs pounds. which was capt
ured by Public School u in "a seconds; in the run
nIng high jump for boys OF eighty pounds. which
went tc Simpson. Of Public School 20. with jump
Of feet inches, and the standing broad jump
for youngsters of nnety-fve pounds. which was
won by F. Lee, Of Public School 81 with jump
of feet inches The summaries follow:
FIfty-yard dash 80 pound class'-wOn by h Ander-
AZ. second: Public school
BrooAl Jahd; q Cartier. Public School B., Bronx
sixty-ysrd dash Csl-peund cass-won by D. Adelnan.
Public Sc,go 10. Manhattan: g Atwood; Public Sehoo!
haitian. third. schneider Pube school Manhattan.
Seventl-gard dash ulS pound class,w Nihill:
Pubic school 10 r Davidson Public school
l-6 Manhattan. second NJ Campbell Public School 10
fourth Time oacss5.
one ] dash oa9liGiitet IN I weight class
Public school u. Manhattan. second, A. Jones
sehoaI 40 9IsrlaattaH fourth. Time. oils
-Four hundred and ard relay sace t@5.Pound
t3uuGh-Im. Anderson. Kennedy. Public school I4i
Brooya. second ,king Bel ZqcierInan and Ginsbergl
Decker Wolff Time. o:56as
rssl-Von by Pubic school 81 Manhattan C8ood kim
Eiiiotu Public school 19. Manhatia second
light hundred aud-eIehty yard reav UNLIMITED class
Won by Public hoo! 80 Manhatten Dunn IArora;
GeoSiug Muster Jewett N!ecel; Public School
NlauhatJen third ullee. Suri-z HeIsh
Turning iish jump 1~' pound cIassll-won by stmp-
son Manhattan. with It in. II Gibson. Public