New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
Indoor Sports FIourishing in the
City Schools.
SQUADS TRAINING HARD
roaches and Managers Spare No
Efforts to Turn Out Win
ming Teams.

r.,--osa,+ in Manhattan and CONNER |,
80 Manual Training and Boys High, of
-9~oollyn the boys are working every day
-, --sc3, or in the pool Hockey and
t---oSsa also az being doomed, and the
So ,,ir4, schools VIII make an effort To
-. -o--f-,e which was discontinued in
5000 restored next spring
n EE-7-r clinton always a prominent fac
A.. :, --srk athletics. is particularly " ell
,r To- men his seGscn. The red and ola ok
-, rs rerresentAd hy a large squad Of fsz--
,,e-,encea bows, and some Of the neTser
Youngsters ara showing promise. Clinton
- rsz-e a hockey team this year for The
- 80 =, rr-o seasons The boys are
-s,-;si7g three times . week at the 81.
h-ioholas Rink 4. present the squad. is.
,on7osed Of S1rague, Curry. Duffy per
t,r Norris. Degense. Blunenthal Ii rue
SO. Redner. Peck and Blum
In order 70 practise they must De oIt u ls
loe before : o'clock n the morning an 'on
t7-.-+1v 1,7-ore SIS. Many Of the boys. Eve
- ,-.,t,-,-4s aud ere forced to get ur' in
r. early hours 10 be IN time Tor Wo1 a. bul
- T-a,-,- miss a morning. WoodcoC *. the
Image. Is loud in his praises OF the
.-i-i- shown and the Work accom- 4. Sfleu-
4 so,ASl,Ie has been arranged anu games
t.-,--a5 with Srl.yvesant. Cofurnpla '1r'li'l-
= and Stevens Prep Noooco1 Il d.
- - ,,szo-fa1ine with Boys H lgh and
Manual for games I'LL.
- ~ commerce have little ma -erlal
rack team. Morris and Tow IserFd
=. .7-,oe- eor7lr!etely out of II - rinnlnS
- ere -o7Tniug the greater psfrt OF tlleir
.=or-e 10 holding in1erclass ra0 es aI"
tournaments on the basketball sou rts- WIN
80 object in view Of bring out mate'ldi
enorg the youngsters Commerce Is pad
y off and Dr.. Aldinger- the coaf n. Is al
iozs 70 secure some real good bf'yS Tor the
sorad At present RpsenbauTIl. the crack
tslf-u7iler OF the orange and III ue' Is NUTS
Ing 2 badly sprained ankle Haase. VINO
was looked upon as the mar stay OF the
efs-snce men. is also out Of the running
- . v--a7cbed knee. sustain ed in the run
a. philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day. Mis-
s,----7es never come siTEly, and on Friday
e-e~,oon Wallace, the best high jumper N
t--oo7 fen on The mat and threw out his
hnkie.
Ro-h Commerce and TOY vnserd will be
s--onz in the tanks this season, while
sro--is. having no pool convenient TO the
school. Is making no call for candidates
Although Mr. Mckenzie COG ch OF Townsend,
xii not commit himself as TO the strength
nf The squad. an idea Of ius power may be
cleaned by the finished WAC in which they
defeated the Columbia fres hrnen last Sat
tred but SO evenly balanced was the team
trs- the seconds and thirds coupled with
Sicr9rv in the plunge for distance and re
lsv race, enabled them to win by score
r. % 10 q. Miller and Eisle- OF the Heights
aearn. proved their worth by scoring points
A. the So 100 and 220 yard races. Miller
taFrured SECOND place in the 22oyard,
%hile Elsie was barely noSed out IN the
e and 100 yard races. Both swan on the
victorious relay team.
Commerce also presents a formidable
'front.' in the pool Lane, captain OF the
Equad. is working Ike ., beaver. and the
;eam Is progressing rapidly rnder the
handling Of AIr. Rotterdam, the coach Mr.
Rotterdam is particularly pleased with the
work Of Lane, who viii swim in the hun
ored yards events during the season. Lane
5 moving along faster than at any time
during his career, and is expected to
create q new record before the winter is
pver. Nichols a freshman, is showing VI
well
Commercial High School. of Brooklyn. is
working as il never has before in its
career and. according TO results accom-
plished TO date. should enjoy d most sue
cessful season on track and on the court
The Red and Gray has more promising ma
te-taI in school to-day than at any time ii
Is history. perhaps, and the coaches fee
elated over the prospect. Commercial is
snGeed fortunate il having a boy OF tbs
caliore Of Alex Nessie, who ran 10 hard
earned victory in the high school cham
pionships last winter and only last week
romped home winner in the 'cToSs-country
Championships Eessie won the mile rur
81 al 20 in the championships last year
but has improved considerably since then
Hnd he Is expected 10 better the record Of
Training High School, in the champion
1 ships Of 1905
Along with Vessie Commercial has prom
IsizlE runners IN Trefrey and Engle both
rf whom viii run on the relay team this
winter. Trefrey won the 100 and 90 yard
races for juniors in the championships last
ysar running the century in Il seconds and
the turlonS IN 26 seconds. Engie is a junior,
and while he holds no records he has
covered the fUrIong in better than - sec
unds on several occasions Other candi-
dates for honors on the track who are
Showing noteworthy form are Goidstein,
Polyer. q youth who played a prominent
part in elementary school athletics last
year: Souville. Greenberg. Thompson. Chu-
fnarso. Edwin. Van Camp, Carew. Hughes
Iu Temple. Ardinger and Lucke- Com
snercial will enter relay team In the
championships. At present the team If
+ composed Of Vessie. Trefrey, Engle and
either Greenberg or Thompson
Affairs IN Manual Training are practically
e standstiu. The blue team, however
can Be depended upon 10 be UP anong the
first fights. From last years champion
team the Seventh Avenue School has lef
Wheeler, Friend and Hays, all Of whom are
capable runners and able TO cover the guar
Ter nile IN 5s seconds or better. Cadiz and
Grace are practising in the mile and are
moving along IN fine style. Lent, the half
hack OF the football team, is running the
hundred yards and is showing great speed
Williams and Selover are also running II
the dashes- The latter is Junior runner
and has run the hundred in II seconds
Manual is trying TO start hockey as
School sport and has the promise Of more
Than twenty hoys TO start work when tht
Weather permits.
An effort VIII be made during the coming
winter 10 have the P. s A l. officials re-
Store rowing 10 the calendar OF summer
sports. The Harlem Regatta Association Is
Sgilling 20 stage the event in connection
with the annual regatta held on the Har-
2em River on Memorial Day II the schools
VIII enter the race Three years ago Jack
AaSle. captain Of the Harlem Rowing Club