New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
Sanction May Not Be Granted for
Swimming Meet.
MORE TALK OF REBELLION
Fight Likely To Be Carried to the
Enemy's Camp Before the
Skies Clear.

REBELLION against the Public Schools Attn
'etic League. by refusing to grant sane
ton for The interscho!astic swimming meet
on Friday The committee will meet on
Monday and II such action is taken 1t VIII
be based on the bylaw which states tnat
eny athletic meeting held outside Of s'hooi
hours which is not a duel meet or one IN
which more than two schools are repre-
sented. must be put TO 4 vote. 1t Is under
stood from the trend OF things that the
tich school games committee is backed oy
son,e potent power behind the throne but
The athletic committee Of the board may
not be Influenced
James T. sullivan. who has made a close
study Of athletic conditions, was sui'
wrought up yesterday over the breaking
away OF tho high schools. He said:
This entire situation. from beginning 10
end is an unnatural one. and from an edu-
cstional standpoint Is all wrong When
fourteen or fifteen men, who are intrusted
with the education Of growing boys, who
sre supposed 20 teach them obdience and
good citizenship. foster revolution and ille-
sai athletics BY locking the doors and re-
fusing 20 give the public tho news Of their
meetings It IS high time to put an end TO
athletics n the high schools.
In these meetings We have the amateur
rules set TO one side The principals meet
behind closed doors. and their representa-
tives initiate them. Some drastic steps
must he taken by the Board of Education.
else ccrnmercialism and semi professional
ism will run rampant"
Gustavus =. Kirby, member Of the Boerd
of Education, also expressed regret at the
s~f. nd
If all the principals had been at the
meeting which was held in February. there
Mould have been no conflict. and II the
PRINCIPALS who were in attendance had car
ried our message 20 their colleagues there
could have been no fight. for the men
would have recognized that our interests
were the same Many of the principals are
mighty fine fellows. and they have my most
hearty rosDect but some Of them are act
ir- in q foolish manner for their own good.
"Ths Public Schools Athletic League Is
working for the betterment Of the high
school boys. and is working with all its
hear, 10 uphft athletics. We have made no
fight, and 7 wish TO state that we Will not
fight II the high schools wish TO continue
or IN their own way well and good.
''The Public Schools Athletic League will
20 right on I'm the same old way working
for the good OF the schoolboys, and in the
end win be jus' as strong as and a little
bit stronger than in the past
De Witt Clinton is likely 10 win the swim
ming meet II held Clinton has beaten all
the local schools, and has met with only
ono defeat this season. This reverse was
suffered at the hands of Montclair High
school Clinton is the mecca Of all good
scholastic swimmers, and the colors have
been reinforced by some Of the best boys
in the city. Davis and Rogers, two Of the
best on the team. formerly represented
Townsend Harris Hall High School.
The programme will be composed of a
50-yard. lo0-yard and a 220-yard swim and
an Sao-foot relay race and the plunge for
distance. as well as fancy diving. will also
be held, but the results will figure in the
championship. Tho 920-yard swim is a new
fixture, the old distance being 200 Yards,
and the record Of 2:491-5 is held by II. w.
Rogers. now of De Witt Clinton, who won
the race while competing under the colo,s
OF Townsend Harris Hall. 4 new record
Is. Of course sure to bc established at this
distance.
The record for the 50-yard swim At pres
ent is thirty seconds. held by Heming, OF
Townsend Harris Hall, bu, those figures
4 will probably be lowered. Lemcke, Of
y Commerce. Moore. Trenholm and Davis. OF
Clinton; Clayborp. OF Erasmus Hall, and
several other lads have negotiated the
haf-ccntury in time far better than the
record. IN the hundred. too, a new record
Is likely to be made. for Davis and several
others have done better than 1:,03-J for
the distance.
The baseball work booms merrily along
IN the schools. and many have the boys
doing some fast work i'm the gvmnasiums
The Commerce boys were outdoors on
Tbursdsy afternoon. and while the field
was too wet for fast work. some OF the
candidates worked out we'll Ten Of the
squad mufficd themselves up I'm heavy
sweaters and went out into the sunlight
ard worked with the old pill 10 their heart $
content.
Those included We're Schaeffer, the cap
tain OF the team: Lane. one of the leading
candidates for the inield; Hart, the little
fellow who has been around the circuit as
mascot for the Giants; RED" Manning, q
candidate Tor pitcher; Archibald, also u
twirler; Beck, Maccarone, Brandon and
Keley. catchers.
Henry \ ReBner, a former athlete Of
the High School Of Commerce. has left
school and gone into business. Renner
was on the football team last fall, and
PLAYED q good game all season. He was u
fast swimmer and a ball player Of ability.
Eibel. OF Commercial, IS working in the
pitchers box and at first base. He is
showing good form az both places, and Mr..
Shearer thinks we'll Of him.
Ike" Brandon OF Commerce, is working
well behind the bat. Brandon has a good
srm and throws 10 base like veteran
Brace, member of De Witt Clinton's
crews. has left school and is working In
addition 20 being a first class oarsman
Brace was a capable track man and per-
formed we'll In tho running high jump
Boyo, who was elected captain Of Clin-
tons crew for 19l0-which. unfortunately
never was organized, owing 10 the Harlem
Pegatta Association dropping the school
boy race from the programme--is about 10
take the examinations for entrance 10 the
West Point Military Academy.
Boylston, Slater and Williams are making
q good showing in the preliminary prac-
tice for the Stuyvesant High School base
ban team. Slater was the crack pitcher OF
the, elementary schools last year. and his