New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
Boys Working Hard for the IN
door Championship Games.
INTEREST RUNNING HIGH
Gossip of the Youngsters Picked
Up in a Round of the
Various Schools.

Chief interest among the etnleteS VI ~
Public Schools Athletic League centres
upon the coming indoor high school cham
n,onships. which will be decided in the
arrory Of the 18th Regiment, Brooklyn on
January 2S. The boys sre working as tney
have seldom worked before In the efor' 10
gain speed and perfect their form IN their
favorite events. Every afternoon. with 'he
exception Of Saturday, the squads are 10 oe
seen in the gymnasIums Of their schools
ard the sole topic Of conversation is the
coming meet.
While the high school boys are working
away. the boys OF the Hudson District
League are bending all their energies tow
ard the meet OF that league. which VIII re
held IN the arnory of the I'D Regiment on
January 2s This will be the first meet ever
held for the schools OF the upper West
Side and the teachers and the BOYS are
anxious to gain the distinction OF winning
the first meet All the schools. from nOth
street to Dyckman street, will be repre-
sented by full teams. In order to compete
in the meet the BOYS must maintsin an
average OF "B" or better in their studies.
While none OF the principals Of the
schools are willing 70 make prophecy as
TO the result OF the meeting, each is con-
fdent of the ability of the lads who will
carry the silks OF the school. The teams
are evenly matched. and on paper il is any
ones meet Or. Schmidt. principal OF Pub
lie School lee. is working a large squad OF
boys His team appears TO be we'll bal
anced.
DR. Schmidt has three of the fastest
midget runners in the league in Elk,
Schmidt and Dowd. all Of whom will start
in the midget 5O-yard dash. Elk. according
TO all reports is as fleet as a deer.
The team will be weakened to a degree by
tn. ineligibility of Mitchell, the crack nigh
Jumper OF the school, in the 1O0-pound class
Mitchell was working close to the record
and once in practice cleared the bar at rec
ord height He fell behind in his studies.
however. and the school will be forced 10
do without his services.
The Erasmus Hall High School swim
ming team leaped into prominence and
showed unexpected strength when 1t de-
feated the Columbia freshmen in dual
swimming meet held in the Columbia pool
last week. The Buff and Blue team now
looms up as a formidable contender for
high school honors. 1t is we'll balanced
and is working with the sole idea of capt
urine the championship. The boys practise
every day in the public baths at Fourth
avenue and President street, Brooklyn.
ClYborn, the crack Splinter Of the team.
has been timed over 90 yards in % 2-5 sec
onds. three-hfths OF a second under the
Public Schools Athletic League record for
the distance. held by Henring. Of Townsend
Harris Hall. Moore. of Clinton, also swan
the fifty in . 3-6. and Lemcke. of Com
merce was timed in Is seconds In a three
turn tank. Scherer. Clarke and Roth, the
football player are swimming in the ''5T'
and are showing form which is most en-
courasing TO the coach.
InEersoll the 100 and 220 yard swimmer
of the Erasmus team, also is showing fine
form. He won the 10o-yard race in the Co
lumbia meet in fine style Ingersol crossed
the line in 1:l6 without being pushed to his
limit. The water polo team is composed
largely Of the football players, who made
such good showing on the gridiron last
fall 1t is made up Of Squires, Dumas, Gal
lagher Byrne. Roth Clarke and Ingersol.
II. H. Rogers. the 20-yard champion OF
the Public Schools Athletic League, who
recently left Townsend Harris Hall to en-
ter De Witt Clinton, will be eligible to
represent the Red and Black after Satur-
day The addition OF Rogers will make
the powerful Clinton team one of the
strongest in the league and gives II a
certain point winner in the coming cham
pionships. At the present writing the teams
OF Clinton. Townsend Harris Hall and
Erasmus Hall appear TO be the strongest
in the league
While the figures of the recent jumping
competition in the elementary schools did
rot come up 20 the standard set last year.
there was q decided increase in the num-
Der OF competitors. One hundred and f1f-
teen schools and Lbs classes, making up
o total Of 81 $50 boys, took part in the
competition and Public School O. of Man.
haitian, established new record. the fifth
year lads OF the East Side school estab-
fishing average of 6 feet 5S3 inches
Public School 81. OF Manhattan. made a
new record in the eighth year class. when
It maintained an average Of feet 4S3
inches
The jumping was, supposed TO have been
completed before December I. 1910. but
owing TO the cold weather II had to be
postponed until last week. The next events
In order will be the puIl-up which is to he
completed on or before March /. and the
class running, which is to be finished on or
before May Is.
In order TO avoid any error in timing the
boys will be timed In running as a class
As soon as the first boy crosses the line
the second lad Will receive the signal 10
start When the last boy finishes the
watch will be stopped The record will be
found by dividing the elapsed time by the
number Of boys competing.
The following statistics give the number
OF schools, classes and boys who partici-
pated in class athletics for the year ended
December 81: