New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
ATHLETES HARD At WORK
High School Boys Dream Now of
Winning Teams.
DE WITT CLINTON LUCKY
Has Promising Material for
Meets-Prospects Of Stuyve-
SAINT and Commerce.

Meets-frOspe OF Stuyve-
SAINT and Commerce.
With the indoor athletic season only 2
few weeks ahead and tie schedules well
filled, the local high schools are bending
every effort to put together winning com
binations. Track. swimming and basket
ball now occupy the centre of the stage.
and IN q few weeks the first practice Of the
baseball candidates will be held in the
gynnna Sums De Witt Clinton, Stuyvesant
and the High School Of Commerce, always
prime contenders for championship honors.
have called for candidates for the teams,
and every day in the week large squads are
hard at work practising for the coming sea
son.
At present De Witt Clinton has by far
the most promising all around material
The red and black has a squad of veterans,
many of whom finished well I'D in the
championship events of last season and a
supply of promising novices with which TO
fill UP vacancies. Clinton is particularly
we'll supplied with sprinters and expects TO
figure prominently in the dashes during the
| season. Spectorsky, Trenholm, Gilbert and
Schlessinger are boys on whom the school
depends to win points, and each is a CO pa
Die runner. SpeCto1SkY ana Gilbert are
veterans and have covered the century in
under eleven seconds. Trenholm and Schles-
singer can run the furlong in better than IS.
Clinton is fortunate in having a quartet
Of quarter nnilers for their relay team who
are ranked in the first fight. Wright. the
negro who played end on the football team
Brady of last years champion relay team.
and Slattery will in the quarter mile
ats in, he
Graham is about the best in the high jump
and has cleared feet inches in practice.
Brace, Gilbert and Roselle are also show
Ing good form in the jump. Slattery is a
star in the high hurdles. He IS covering
the 80 yards over the tin1bers in Is sec
onds and expects to better the record be-
fore the season is over.
In the tanks. too. Clinton presents for
n5idable front. and has high hopes of dupli-
eating the splendid record of last year.
Clinton is reinforced by Davis and Rogers.
of Townsend Harris Hall both of whom
are practically certain to win points in the
cha pionships this winter Davis is one
of the finest swimmers in scholastic ranks
today. His form in the water is almost
perfect, and he moves along without seem
ing effort with E, powerful well executed
crawl. When in condition Davis is good
for so seconds in the 50-yard race, and can
swim the hundred in :o9. Rogers is also
among the best. and is a close rival of
Davis.
White. C1intons all-seholastic guard on
the football team. is candidate for
aquatic honors. White is a plunger and
has covered So feet in practice Comisky
Moore and Simon, of the football team. are
out for the team and are showing good
form in their work. Clinton has a meet
with Townsend Harris Hall, to be held in
the Townsend Harris natatorium De-
cember Is. In this meet the red and black
will be handicapped to a degree by the
refusal of Rogers to compete against his
old school.
Stuyvesant is devoting much of its time
to the developing of a basketball team
to take the place of last years champion
ship combination. At present thirty-five
boys are trying fer the team. OF these
boys st least half have been developed
gradually since they first entered school.
1t has been the policy of the Stuyvesant
coaches to get the small boys out when
they first enter the school and teach them
the game. The result of this policy may
easily be seen in the championship teams
which the red and blue has had for the
last two seasons.
The annual indoor meet of the school will
be held in the list Regiment Armory on
December Z. More than six hundred en-
tries have been received from the students
To date. In addition to the closed events
special race has been arranged between
u-ip Railsy the national ten-mile cham
MON. and q three-men relay team. A game
Of basketball between Stuyvesant and East
arm District High School vol also be
played.
Commerce is pinning her hopes to the
swimming team. Practically all OF last
wears veteran team are back. and many OF
the freshman class are reporting Tor WORK
in the pool. Lane, of last years relay
team. is captsin. and is working hard for
the success Of the team. Rohrs. Agra
monte Marshall. Nuese, Flower and Freer
are doing the best work. mailman Is
plune1nz in fair style. and is improving
rapidly in his work
The ownership of the football which was
used In the tie game between Commerce
and Clinton still remains undecided CAP
tain Cherre Of the Commerce team wants
to toss for the ball. while MI WRIGHT
faculty adviser Of the Clinton team, is in
favor of halvins the ball and having each
school take half and mount 1t on plaque
Affairs are practically at standstll at
Townsend Harris Hall. The school has
withdrawn from the Public School Athletic
League. but will fill what dates have been
arranged As usual. however, the red and
gold will be represented by strong swim
ming team. Although Coach Mckenzie
has spoken pessimistically OF the ma
terial with which he has to work. he ad-
mits that he has some promising swim
mers. Eisele and Miller are showing speed
in their work Fisele is swimming the
hfty-yard dashes In 80 seconds and the go
In 3s, while Miller is Keeling or the
century in Los. Benjamin and Roze are
working IN the fancy dive and Miller can
plunge well over ffty feet