New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
TROPHY FOR POLY PREP"
Team of That School in Van at
Hamilton Games.
De LA SALE WINS RELAY
Young Athletes of Forty mine In
stitutions Compete-Several
Records Fall.


OF Hamilton Institute, held in tive a'morS
OF the 22d Regiment yesterday afternoon
POLY Prep" rolled up total of 2 points
nh,le Jersey city High School. which has
nroved 81 thorn in the flesh of the local high
and ureparatorv schools this winter, mn
,shsd in second place. With 1872 points TO us
credit. Hamilton Institute tied with her
rival of long standing. De Ia sale lhst-
,ute. for third honors. with Is points Inc
Mammal Training High School lads, cham
rions of the Public Schools Athletic League
came 70 grief and scored only II points.
The meet was one of the hest of it's kind
ever held hereabouts and attracted crowd
10 Of over two thousand persons Each school
had it's representative gathering and each
,bov hi. partisans Whenever victory was
von or a. class finish achieved the cheers
r.asoun0ed 10 the roof OF the old armory.
rhich has been the scene of many memora-
Bile meets and record breaking perform
ancss.
The athletic spectacle afforded was most
interesting The races were run In fast
time and the finishes were close and excl'-
ing rorty-nine schools entered teams and
tic entry list exceeded FIVE hundred
Charley Bergman. Of Hamilton institute
established a record which is thought likely
10 stand for some time in scholastic circles
,rnen he covered the 4N yards around the
sharp turns Of the dim old track in % sec
ends fat This performance is within 40
seconds Of the American scholastic record
established on an outdoor track By "MoNeY
Long in 1901 In the opinion Of competent
Judges. among them James Z. SIlhvsh'
Bergman would have hettered tins time
@by at least second had he been pushed 70
hi. limit on fast track.
Dan Meehan, jr., the husky youth from
De Ia Sale Institute won me eight-pound
shot-put with the record breaking hurl OF
IS feet inches. This performance broke
the former record held by himself Of 81 feet
10 inches established on February II at the
Poly Prep" meet
The running high jump produced pref
~ struggle. Couden, Of Baycnne Hlsh
School, and Maynard. Of Poly Prep" were
tied for premier nonors with leap OF feet
10 inches each. while O'Neill Of Columbia
Grammar, and Fitzhurgh, Of Jersey city
High School. battled on even terms FOR
fourth place with Jumps of . feet inches
Couden's nerve carried him through and he
defeated the smaller and mere youthful
MAYNARD in the iump-off O'Neiil and fitz-
burgh split tho point for fourth place.
C;ouldine ran n remarkable race i'm the
mile run for seniors end covered the us
lance in i:9a. which is far below the record
for the Public Schools Athletic League,
held by F"ank Youngs. of Manual Train
inz OF in front. Gouding never was head
e1. and won tho event by over ten yards
Chief interest centred around the one
mile relay race. Teams representing Ham
ilton Institute. De La Sale and Brooklyn
"Prep" faced the line. At the bark of the
starters pistol Hooking of Hamilton, flew
cn IN the lead. I.saping In close pursuit
came Duffy, of De La Sale. followed by
Mccartney. of BROOKLYN. This order was
maintained for the first lap, but when the
second relay took the track. Murray.
substitute on Hamilton. lost all the ground
which Hocking's sprint had given him, ana
Scanlon, Of DE La Sale. took up the third
relay some ten yards in the van. Scan
lon. victor already in sight, ran as sell
dom before. and the stocky Fitzpatrick
went off VITA about thirty yards to spare,
and he added little 10 it. The men en-
tered the last lap with De La Sale far out
in the lead, Hamilton second and Brooklyn
Prep third.
Watch Bergman" yellel the Hamilton
youngsters. hoping against hope that the
blond haired flyer might overtake Scannel.
the last string of De La Sale. Watch
Scannel," was the slogan OF the victory
q maddened De La Sale boys Bounding OFF
into a lead of about forty yards. the timber
legged ScaEnel fairly few over the ground.
In hopeless pursuit dashed Bergman. He
pulled up little. but II was OF no avail.
Realizing that his chase was fruitless.
L., OIL fav
ond honors
Alvin Lent. Of Stuyvesant High School,
ran a we'll judged race in the half-mile. and
by nicely timed sprint on the last lap
rushed into the lead and was able to ward
off the responding efforts from his rivals.
The summaries follow
Fifty-yard dash midget; closed to Hamilton
Institute students)nwon by A. sonneborn' n
Watson, fourth lime. O:U1 l-5.
sixty-yard dash Ul0-poGnd class: closed to
Hamilton Institute students)-Won by ID. orr:
Anderson. fourth Time. 007 rs.
sixty-yard dash Ounior)-wOn BY J. c. Doyle.
sm nss a Hfn seaS1d p shsnan
r. S. 5. fourth. Time. o:o7 5.
? sixty-yard dash tnoyice)--won by H. stro-
5 second: a. Klienert Poly Prep third. u. Bunk
: er. Mackenzie School. fourth. Time. oo7
seventy.yard dash osenior)-won BY Don
scsnneI. De La sale institute. second; A. Won
Wnss bos tpsln psy rr'R Fins, ,nS dos s h' Boys High
namc5 s5d Ssu h xu fhasts sos Pss ss1
ond c. LAchause, Jersey city II. s., third; ".
sso-yard run--won by A. Lent. stuyvesant
Z. 'SI I. Miller, J.r.y city,. third; J. Harvey.
Manhattan Prep fourth Time 2oe
7O4-yard midget relay ace-Won by Manhat-
Dwyer,; Jersey City High school IR. Ard. Guh-
,Fcrton Bode. Downey and Kowsnhofen,. third;
Barnard School & tw2Sa Douglas l5s Walter and ST.
Putting Nght-pound shot-won by Dan
q g feet ' y inches p v. Msioney. s.
@shs pT, s 5 r'l kIsR is SS PEP
sao-yard dssh 5jpnior,-.won BY " Bar.seh:
Jersey ci,y, Hiss School: F Goodwin. De witt
Curtis High school thrd; V. vnsmena. Morris
High school, fourth. Time. o;:4S;s.
School. sseend ". R. AtHecS. Mackenzie
school. third e. Bunker. Mackenzie. fourth.
Running high lump 1umP7wsn by p 6 s; copasn.
.sS F. o. Pos. *. SsT ehss Ssrs Fp rs Sa1%..D hs rh
burgh. Of jersey CITY High school for fourth
and MAYNARD were tied for nrst with a leap
OF feet Z. inches couden w9n on
Hamilton Institute saoetins MURRAY, Farns
Mccar,ney ee:ai @ s%iiS. Harvey. r McHulty, third.
rD %soses y x.su. S0rSsn 41sns s'0Ga Kiln
School. second: w. Horton. Commercial High