New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
BOOM IN SCHOOL SPORTS|
Promising Athletes Out for
Horace Mann Teams.
HAS MUCH NEW MATERIAL
Picked as Formidable Contender
for Honors on Track and
in Pool.

EaianCe0. and the SCHOOLS Which "Si
held positions Of less Importance IN the
athletic realm are prepared to make a ooio
bid for honor.. Stuyvesant and Commercial
lave the strongest teams they have hao IN
years.
A most interesting innovation Will De IN
troduced in the athletic meet of Manual
Training High School which will be held
in the armory of the 14th Regiment, in
Brooklyn. on January Z. 1t Is the intention
Of the committee in charge of the games
t., put On football team relay race closed
to the members cf football teams who won
their letter for football in the season Of
1910 The race will be for four-man teams.
each man to run 220 yards. Prizes Will be
awarded to the teams finishing first, sec
ond and third. and a. cup TO the school
entering the winning team.
Horace Mann School promises to be a
formidable contender for scholastic honors
this season. The Morningsde Heights
school has some of the best material in its
career, with a large number of veterans
from which to pick and choose The in
terial. both for the track. basketball and
basketball, and Mr. Holm. coach of the
dieting a most successful season.
On the track team practically all of last
seasons squad is back and with the ex-
and the practice of this fall, the boys
should present a most formidable front.
The Hequemhourg brothers, Theodore and
Tredway, who played on the football team
last season, are out for the team and ars
a ie
ager and is running on the relay team and
In the qUarter-rnile dash. He is capable of
covering the distance in 81 seconds and can
run the 100 and the go in 10 As and 23 As.
respectively. Tredway is also sprinter,
and is considered to be the equal of his
brother. The other sprnters on the squad
are Eddie De Cernea, who played left half
back on the second football team last sea-
son, and Charley Smith. who played end
the same team. Both are fast and able and
seconds repeatedly Smith is also a 22o-
yarder and has shown % As In practice
The makeup of the relay team is as yet
undecided, but the promising candidates to
date, from which the team will be selected,
are the Hequembourg brothers. Humphrey,
who is captain-eect of next seasons foot
played tackle on the second team last sea-
son, and Guthrie. In speaking of the boys
and their work, Mr. kersey said that ne
there was SO little to choose between the
boys, and that each showed to better ad-
vantage with every workout He predicts
a bright career for De Cornea and Smith
and is confident that they will be among
the best in scholastic circles before long
In the shot-put and distance runs Horace
Mann Will also be strong Ii the weights
Guthrie and Wolhaupter are working hard
and are putting the ball ont forty-four to
forty-five feet the average Dunn and
Howell are the milers. and both are of the
first rank. Dunn Is showing fine form and
has world of speed. and from present in
dications 435 for the mile seems TO be
within his grasp. Niles and Holt. the lat
ter tackle on the second football team,
are running in the quarter-mie DASH
The swimmers are working like beavers
Howser, R. Dunn Page, SommervilIe and
Beard are working in the 50-yard swim
and each is going at a fast pace. Howser
and Sommerville have been timed In 90
seconds for the distance. Jack Mofft ia
captain of the team and is swimming in
good form. Benore and G. Dunn are in
the 100-yard event and have been timed In
lie for the distance.
In Robertson and BRYANT Sf,Ivyesant
High School has a pair of promising n1ilers
Both boys are running in remarkably fast
time and the prospects are that VeSsie the
f1ier of Commercial will have the time of
his life to win the championships this win
ter. Bryant is first year boy and has
three years more in which to develop
Roberts, a guard on Stuyvesant. is play
ing a good, steady game. Roberts is a
product of interclass totirna ments and has
two more seasons in scnool
Hoops. a former Stuyvesant High School
player, is making s. strong bid for posi-
tion on the basketball team of New York
University Golluber. of Clinton. is also
out for place on the New York Univer-
sity five.
The Horace Mann School has one of the
most promising half nlIers In the city
in Chris Street, the captain of the track
team. Street won the half-mle race in the
Adelphi Academy last year in 2:O6 with
out being pushed. Bernie Wefers the track
coach of Columbia University has de-
clared Street to be a conner. Street is also
a member of the relay team.
The midget relay of Horace Mann Is
fast combination. The kids are hard.
willing workers. and Mr.. Kersey. the coach.
has hopes of a successful winter cam
paign for them.
Ten Eyck. the big guard on the Eastern
District High School ba Sketball five Is ono
of the best players of his position in scho-
lastic ranks. Ten Eyck is big strong and
aggressive and is an adept at COVERING
his man. He is sure in his shooting and
an accurate passer.
Johnson and Kelly, the forwards of New
courts to-day, and will be hard TO eoua1
when an all-scholastic combination is
picked il they maintain their present rorr,
and speed. Both are quick to eIude tb.tr
guards and are accurate in their nassi
and shooting
Trenholm OF De Witt Clinton. is shou-;r
great speed in his work in the tank Tren-
holm finished third in the chamnio,,,,.-
last season, but has shown. such steaav
Improvement in his work that Mr. HooLv
coach of the team, predicts victory. for b,r,
this season.
Davis and Rogers, the De Witt Clinto,,
swimmers. will be towers of strength IN tba
Red and Black this season. Both arc sx
Townsend Harris Hall swimmers. and ub.,