Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-21
Romped Away With Total of
l3 P0ints-Meet Was
Good.
TOHN H. BEGER was the winner OF
individual championship honors

TOHN H. BEGER was the winner of
individual championship honors
and secured the point trophy at
the twenty-third annual field day of
the Newark Academy Athletic Asso-
citation. held yesterday at the Academy
Field. 'Beger, though he was not In
frst-class shape, owing to a slight Ill
ness, won thirteen points and per-
formed brilliantly.
The day was almost ideal and the
affair in every way was a huge sue
cess. The stand was taxed to its full
capacity, many of the members of the
fair sex being among the spectators.
and the spectacle was a pretty one, as
the athletes, cheered on by their sweet
hearts n sisters, pranced around the
cinder path to the lively strains of q
band hired for the occasion, and COM
peted In the various other events On
the program.
The fifth form, as was expected, car
ried away the point honors with a total
of So points; the fourth was second
with 25, and the third and second forms
followed. Many prominent men who
are graduates of the academy acted AZ
officials. Among them was Larry
Dowd, the Princeton varsity football
star, who played against Coy in the
Yale game last year. Dowd was
referee.
The relay race was perhaps the most
exciting event of the day. lIapson, OF
the third form, vas going at a great
rate and might have won the event for
lis form had 1t not been for a pain in
his side. Ray Purdy really did most
for his team. He pulled UP ola his
rivals, and his work practically en-
ablcd Stuart Atha to dash over the
line a winner.
Kimball Atla was the star PERFORM
er for the second class. Atha captured
the 1O0-yard dash, 75-yard hurdle ana
the running broad jump. In the high
jump he was second to Rogers Salmon.
who cleared the crossbar at 3 feet 4
inches. X. C, Adams won the shot.
putting event by hurting the twelve
pound weight "A feet and 5 inches. c
D.. Buckley ran a pretty race In the
100-yard dash for the first class mer
and won the event in 10 As seconds. G.
T. Williamson did 100 yards In IL IL
seconds in the third class race and won
the event.
In the half-mile run Bryce Kellogg
set the pace from the start and led all
the way. His time was 2 minutes II L.
seconds. In the first class 22)-yard
lash John Beger won in "a 2-5 seconds.
All of the other events were well con
tested and fraught with excitement
throughout.
The summaries:
1oO-yard dash (hrst classic. ID. Buckley.
first, John H.. Beger. jr.. second; Il. NJ.
Bcger. third. Time, 10 4-5s.
Putting the shot az lbs. C. Adams.
first, a II. 3 in; f. A. Hin, second. 40 It.
2 in; 6. R, Coke. third. 80 IT; 8 In.
sd R%n@iHf f,ra SisG } r. lump \ i'm nrT +. rAla r. Rjill SEE e..
Il. A.. Hill, C. r. Lee and l.. w. Nichols
were tied for second place, Jump-off going
to H!il.
1oo-yard lash Second c~lass)-First, X. $.
Atha; second, Il; G. De Bow; r. Eberstadt.
third. Time. II 2-5s.
10O-yard dash third class)-C. 7. Will
hanson, first; e. G. Plum. second. Time,
10 lbs.
Running broad Jump FIRST clnss)-Brutrs
Goldberg, first. 10 II. . in; l.. w. Nichols.
second. 10 #. 7 in, D.. @. Malcom, third,
Half-miie run-First, Bryce Kellogg: Sec
mings. Time. I'm. II 4-5s.
1OO-yard novice first elassl-First. p. II.
Dyckman; second, T. S. Miller; third, c.
A. Herr. Time. II lbs.
75-yard hurdle rnce thrst class-First.
John II Beaer, r.. second, George Jagel:
third, T, r. Wells Time. 10 ?-5s.
Throwing the Discus First, f a, Hill, 81
T. 3 in; seco"d, r G Adams, So It.; third,
Running broad jump tsecond class-First.
Kimbal Atha. II #. "A in; second, H.. C.
De Bow. 16 fl. pa in.
Running high jump tsecond class)-Flrst,