New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
Track Teams Being Pointed Tow
ard Indoor Championships.
MANUAL IS THE FAV0RlTE
With Many Veterans on Hand a
Fifth Victory Is Confidently
Looked For.

though the examinations are on ana 'ne
Eegents' tests are being held in all the
schools the boys have not allowed a thing
like study 10 interfere with their training
All tho high schools in greater New ork
will be represented 10y their strongest
teams and the meet promises 10 be the
greatest in the history Of the league.
The disqualification Of "Kiddy' Fried
land by the high school games committee
has practically cost Stuyvesant High
School tho basketball championship. Fried
land was disqualified for playing on the
basketball team Of the Mercury Athletic
Club. Of Evening Recreation Centre NO
lS which was coached by MI Foney'
the now coach of the NeWtown lilgh
school whose team was tied with StuN-
vcsant for the lead in the Public SchooiS
Athletic League. The Mercury five won
tie championship of the Amateur Athletic
Union ip tho l25-round class last year.
1'iedand alsc PLAYED. il is alleged, under
81 assumed name against professional
teams in New Jersey
The faculty Of Stuyvesant took the
s~itiatiya I'm tho case and reported the
matter 10 the high schools games COM
rrittoc Tho student body OF Stuyvesant
feels bitterly over the action and Is OF
the opinion that a hardship has been
worked Had fNricdIand's ineligibility been
reported earlier in the season substitute
could have been worked in his place who
would probably hold the team within
striking distance Of tho leaders.
Manual Training High School. OF Brook
lrn four times winner Of the high school
Championship. is the favoritc for the
rncot To- he held on Saturday The Manual
team has strong squad of veterans. ana
tie student body is already counting up
The number of points. Manual without
doubt will prove q powerful contender for
nc title FOR the Seventh avenue lads
lave LEFT no stone untuTned In their train
snC
TIE sprIutcrs are numbered among the
focto-t footed boys in the city. and promi-
rcut among the short distance runners are
Greene. tho nimblc youngstcr who played
right halfback on the Manual eleven;
iI.eute. who was also on the football team;
Friend and Williams. All the boys are
running iu good form Greene will run In
Tho 40 ard dash
The trio which will carry the blue in the
mile run Will be about the best three boys
who ever represented any one school at the
same time IN the history Of the league.
NVoodcook who finished in fourth place
last year. Grace and Mount will run in
Tho mile run. and al have run the distance
well under The record Of 80 l-5, established
nv Frank Youugs. of Manual. IN 1908
woodcock won the mil" race in the Manual
run two weeks ago from scratch I'm 442,
and barely nosed out Grace, who started
only ten yards in front of him.
Wheeler the quartcr-miler Of the school
viii also be among those present when the
prizes are given out, unless the unexpected
haupens. Fred won the quarter in the
Manual meet in tJ seconds hat. which cut
three-ffths Of a second off the record es-
rabHshed by Cozzens two years ago.
Greene and Pagzek will also run IN the
quarter.
Manual Training lis weak in the field
events a. IL has been IN the past. but the
coaches are hopeful Of winning enough
points in the track events 10 counterbal-
rnce this. unless a close contender makes
q sweep I'm the field. I'm talking Of the
teams chances Or. Aldrich said:
We know that some Of the other schools
lave BOYS who can beat our boys as in
divfduals hut the team Is well balanced
and il will require powerful aggregation
20 win from us, unless some school who is
close to US on the track scores heavily in
the field events"
Commercial High School, Of Brooklyn,
always a strong factor on the track, will
enter team which gives every promise Of
being as strong as the team which gave
Manual such a hard fight last year in the
championships. The Red and Gray is pre-
pared 10 make hard fight for the honors.
NI~ Carey has more than forty boys AT
work on the gymnasium track, and only
hopes that the boys will run as well on the
fast track of the big armory as they have
in the gym
Fngles. the ffteer-year-old flyer Of the
school. who finished second 10 Trefrey last
year. IS running in the junior sprints again.
and Commercial IS sure Of his ability 20
win points for them. Engles is running
faster to-day than he ever ran before. and
has beaten Trefreys time for both the 100
?rd 900 Engles's sole drawback IS his ner-
,overess. which tends 20 make him an IN
md outer in his work. Despite this. how
ever. the school looks for him 10 win
The New York schools seem to be ont of
Tho running Morris, Clinton and COM
nc~ce are far below the standard Of their
past teams. and seem TO he In slump
AZ tho present writing, Clinton Is the
strongest Of the three, and will doubtless
score more points than Morris and Com
,rerce comhiDed The Red and Black mas
how, running and working every day
some are showing considerable ability.
clinton viii make its strongest bid IN the
.3n-vard and the quarter mile dasheS. In
these events IL VIII he represented by Cap
rain SIsttery. Charley Cumiskcy. the boy
who Dlaysd quarterback on last seasons
football team: Ben Wright. the negro VINO
covered end ON the same team, +. Brady
and Sam Mishknd. All of these boys have
trained faithfully for the races and should
make good showing White, the big
youngster who played such a great game
uf football last season, is working with the
shot. and is heavng the missile out forty
FIVE feet George IIaIlse will run in the
half-milc
Commerce is In the midst OF the worst
.Irnp the school has ever experienced, and
Harry Aldinger the coach, Is discouraged
over the prospects for the coming season
For tho FIRST time i'm tho history Of the
school "a large squad Of boys is not availa-
bio. Rosenbaum. who ran I'm the half-mile
last year. Is out Of the game owing TO an
injury 20 his leg, and Whitley" Hasse the
miller. IS nursing sore ankle.
Clvboru, Of Erasmus Hall, Is working IN
the pool I'm preparation for the swimming
championships. which will be held In the
natstorium Of the College Of the city OF
New York in March. Clyborn has been
timed An O:29 30 for the distance
The Commerce track team comedies de-
,oat I'm the championships. but the boys are
working hard for the school meet which
will be held in the armOry Of the I'd ReSl-
ln.nt on February 2.