Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-05-27
High School Track Team and
Students Will Have Big
Time Saturday.
NEARLY THIRTY CARS
HAVE BEEN PROMISED
Will Be Driven About Town
Shortly Before NoOn--Fine
Showing Expected.

The largest automobile parade
that has ever been held in this city
Will take place Saturday morning be-
tween IL and IL O'Clock when twen-
ty-five or thirty cars, which are to
carry the Perth Amboy high school
track team and their followers to
Red Bank, where the team will COM
pete in the annual track and field
meet of the East Jersey High School
League, will be driven around town
for a short time.
The autos will be decorated in the
high school colors and, after leaving
this city, will proceed to Red Bank,
In line, and will give a short parade
there. They have been collected
through w. Parker Runyon and be-
long to the following Peter
Floersch, George d. Therkelsen, b.
M. Cannon, George F. Reynolds, w.
Parker Runyon, William II. Voor-
hees, Clancy d. Boynton, Thomas r.
Burke, Kelly and McAlinden, Rich
ard j. Calvin, Fred J. Cox, Chauncey
Q. Baldwin, j. Kuteher, Herman
Ellis, John w. Beekman, Charles D.
Snedeker, ]. Switzer, Joseph Masso-
pust, Liddle & Pfeiffer. Frank Hills
dorf, M. Larsen, EVENING NEWS,
Oliver w Ramsay and c. E. Wilbert,
of this city, and I. j. Scully. of
South AmDoy.
Several other machines may be Sc
cured and about seventy-five persons
will be carried. Mr.. Runyon, besides
giving much time to securing these
autos, has also presented a loving
cup which will become the propertv
of the school winning the 44O-yard
dash three years In succession at the
league meets. The cup is now in the
window OF Cannon & Sheehy in
Smith street.
The members of the track team
and their invited friends will assem-
bic at the high school at III O'Clock
Saturday, when they will take their
places In the automobiles. The cars
OF the following will carry the con-
testants. w. Parker Runyon, c. c..
Baldwin and T. ]. Scully.
Team Is a Winner.
The local school has the best track
team In years and stands a flne
chance of winning this years pen-
nant. Malcolm Crowell is doing five
feet, seven inches of late in the high
jump. This is one inch higher than
the league record and Crowell hopes
to land first place and probably
make a record Atwood Belcher IL
pole vaulting ten feet, two inches.
which is two inches higher than the
league record, and he hopes to do
the same as Crowell. Frank McCor-
mick, the local crack 440-yard dash
man, did the fastest time yet when
he ran that distance in So AS sec
onds yesterday afternoon in practice.
AS the high school track is not in
as good shape as the Red Bank one
he may be able to clip few seconds
of this time on Saturday. If he
keeps in this form he should stand a
fine chance of winning the "Runyon
Trophy this year.
Juhl, Monroe, and Coates are
hard at the mile run and
with these three, the local school
should land first place. A fine relay
team has been developed and has
also been entered in a field meet AT
Ocean Grove next Monday afternoon.
The high school is showing great
interest in the boys achievements
and feels grateful to Mr.. Runyon and
the auto-owners whose liberality
makes Saturdays pageant possible.