New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
POLY PREP WINS MEET
Brooklyn Athletes Have Easy
Victory at Barnard Games.
NEWARK LADS ARE SECOND
Two P. s. a. L. Champions Taste
Defeat-Hottest of Finishes
in Mile and Half Mile.

The timber legged and deep ches,ed attn
ietos OF the Polytechnic Preparatory Insti-
tuition. Of Brooklyn. ran and leaped their
way to a sweeping victory IN tho twenty
Arst annual games Of the Barnard Prepara-
tory School, held in the armory Of HI.
Sth Regiment yesterday afternoon. The
meet was up TO the high standard set In
lprevious years. and the races produced
many thrilling finishes and a few distinct
| surprises.
Two champions Of the Public Schools
Athletic League went down to defeat, beat.
on In time and performances that fell be-
low the marks made by the boys in the re-
cent high school championships.
Defeat was suffered By rip" Van Win
kIe. formerly Of Boys High School. now
competing under the colors of Poly Prep"
IN the 290-yard senior dash The black
haired flyer was nosed out by Joseph DAT
COLA. Of Barringer. in q 2-5 seconds. which
was only one-Gfth Of second behind the
record.
Walter Ten Eyck, the champion Of the
Public Schools Athletic League, who Won
the title with leap Of feet S inches, in-
lshed third in the running high jump. be-
hind Maynard. Of Poly" and Couden Of
Bayonne, with leap OF only feet 4 inches.
Maynard won the event with jump Il
feet inches.
Poly Prep piled up a total % 81 points
and finished far in advance Of Barringer
/ High School, Of Newark. which scored Il
points Eastern District divided third hon.
ors with Jersey City High School. with a
total Of II points each. Horace Mann was
fourth. with points. and Commercial.
which finished second in the championship,
tied for sixth place with Manhattan High
School. with points each 10 their credit
"Hackenschmidt' Salisbury. Of Poly
Prep" covered himself with glory and
medals and enjoyed a nice little field Gay
."aII by his lonesome" Salisbury. who Is
all that his nickname would imply ran
first in the 3o0-yard novice race on the
small, sharply turned track In The credita-
bic time Of 81 3-5 seconds won second place
in the shot put, with hurl Of ~ feet III
inches and finished second IN the 6o-yard
novice run, right at ~he winners shoulder,
in seconds.
II would be hard to decide just which
was the better race as between the mile
and the half-mile runs. for both were won
! i'm blanket, driving finishes. after sprints
which lasted the entire two last laps. The
senior relay race, which was won by De
! Witt Clinton, was a pretty contest but
was unfortunately marred by the disqlall-
/ dcatlon Of the Barringer relay team, De-
cause Of one of the members wearing
/ spikes which are forbidden on the armory
/ floor Another disqualification was made In
| the elementary school relay race when the
officials debarred the team 0f Public school
/ 10 for falling to touch of properly
The half-mlle run was a heart breaker.
II was a great race for Granger. the negro
! flyer of Barringer. TO win, but II was a
/ hard one for Miller, Of Jersey City High
/ School. who hell the lead until the last
| twenty yards. to lose. II was equally BIT
/ ter for B. Mckinney, Of Eastern District,
/ who made one OF the finest spurts seen
/ around here in many a day, to be nosed out
! by a bare step scarcely foot The race
| was one which will linger in the memories
/ of those who witnessed il for a long time
The mile run was practically repetition
! of the shorter run regards the ir.sh.
Van Tuyl won in a desperate finish nom
/ McAuley. who. in turn, barely beat Donilt
/ by a ward The lead alternated for me hrst
/ three laps At the start Cadz went out
into the lead closely followed by Renne'
! cf Commerce, and McAuley. This order ob-
tanned until the third lap. when Renne
threw 10 the sponge and dropped back into
the rut beaten.
McAulay assumed the lead on the fourth
lap and held IL until the last round with
Van Tuyl back in second place and CondN
and Cadlz lighting it out for the fourth
place. When the pistol barked out for the
last lap McAu,ey went out Ike a scared
rabbit and opened a gap of about i've yardS
on the field. which had not begun 10 spurI
Like hounds uneashed on the hares track,
Van Tuyl Cadlz and Condit took up the
chase slowly but surely McAuley came
back to his held and while the spectators
roared IN great, inarticulato bao5ie 10
eacn man. Van Tuyl managed 10 sprint Dy
tho firing McAuley and win.
Brady. Of Clinton. almost paid the toll OF
oyerconfdence in the relay race. He went
of TO a commanding lead and, having
opened the gap, proceeded % loaf Fried,
of Manual Training, took up the chase ana
gained considerably but when Brady woke
up 10 the approach of peril be ran as 20
can and was never In danger thereafter.
The summaries follow:
3oo-yard dash ,noyca)-won by sam sals-
bury POLY Prep. John McCafrey. B-oosyn
Prep second; G.. Gieascnt f.l! iIe' siN.'
Joseph HaD!on. Fordham PREP. fourth ll''s'
putting eiebt-pound shot-wen by 4. Klein
ert. Poly Prep with a Put of - feet h..'s,
~ iert iii, inches. j. OHare. Poly Prep. third'
with a put Of ~ feet "a inches II. poher'y. o.
Peters Prey. fourth, with - feet lncHes.
Fifty-yarl dash mijgep-Won BY lr.in3
p1rrs Manual Taining. " Leslie. Hieh ; no0
OF Commerce second, NJ. Wesoott Erg.s~o&
third, +. Hauser. Townsend Harris Han f'1"''
Time O.Os %
s>o-yard run-Won by r Granger Barringer
High school. J.. Mckinney, Eastern p,,ss,IIcr
Jersey CIV High school. fourth. TINE. zoe i-S.
2eo-yard dash duniorl Won by ". Barisch'
Jersey city High school, :. Golts'eln. to.
merc.al, second. j. leVinson Las1g.n b,os'55ttt"
third. =. Towi Pingry fourth. Time V.-'-s'
22O-yard dash ,senior)-Wou by Joe u An
COLA Ba ringer High school; \. Van Nln1..T1
Poly Prep second; fslil- lirI'f, fi,Sa
third. =. Grceuherg. commercial, fliia. 4l"V'
.02i25
Running high mmp-Won hy r. Ma'nHdd'
Poly Prep. with a jump y ieet Is irca.s. ~ -
Cousen. Bayonne H.gh S.hoo ,r, sseqln.i "jsa ros
en- District Hsh S,h00ol third ~ VIZ v,, cil1,oa.
fourth. with a leap Of feet 3 inches.
Mile run-Won by william Van Tuyi Passaiss
High School. ". McAu'ey. Engl."'oi hss
school second L. 4 Condit H',' Hashns' ,1Is,,sai 1s i
Hudson High school. third A. ,ai+. NA'1"'
Training High school, fourth. Time. '
6oo ward run lnovce, Won hy " F. n1nn.
Horace Mann. Charles Iachansei. Jersey 1lV
High school. second. John Timorey Minhs.tsh
High school, third, l.. Rittenherg. De Nltt YIN
ton. fourth
90 ward dash ,novlce) Won hy : Fitzpatrick
Manhattan High school. : Salisbury. Poly tieI,
second =. Kelly. NeWtown High school, inhl'
sam Fein. Barrlnser High School, folriH. IlD''
O:O7.
Gl-vard dash OunloO Won ty p. LeNinsol,
Eastern District. j. Gardner R1rrtnger sesoirr''
r. sullivan. Brooklyn Prop third. Time oV''
90 yard dash Csenior)-Won by A. W. CGm