New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
Track, Aquatic and Basketball
Squads Premise Well.
COMMERCE SWIMMERS FAST
Clinton, Morris, Eastern District
and Manual Should Be Con-
spicuous on Track.

temporary lull IN high school athletics, and
| for the time training rules so rizidly en-.
forced by the coaches have been suspended
Z The Youngsters have settled themselves To-
q week of ease and luxury before the real
hard work is resumed the first OF tho ns7,
year. The coaches and the boys are n
! high hopes for a successful season, and are
sure that the coming year will be produc.
/ .ive of results never before attained. Tn,
track. swimming, water polo and basket.
ball squads arc all largo and promising.
and even while the thermometer slnacks o.
the winter season, the baseball players are
keeping their hands IN AZ their ravorit.
sport.
| Although the High School of Commerce
swimming team was routed by tho Town
send Harris Hall boys, they are In no way
discouraged over the defeat Agramonte
their crack performer in the furlong swim.
was unable to represent his school, through
sickness, and there wss no one 20 take his
place His absence was sorcly felt in ths
relay race. FOR II forced Captain Norman
/ Lemcke 70 swim twice. Lemcke started
/ the race, and also swan on the last relay.
/ The strain was too great for him. His team
! lost. and in the l0o-yard race he was easily
beaten In comparatively slow time.
J On the whole, the squad IS showing much
/ better form in practice than any team eve,
/ turned out since Charley Boy.es team woa
1 the first championship, IN 1907 Lcmcks ia
/ star He IS capable Of 9 2-5 seconds for
( the fifty yards, and can race the hundred
/ IN better than los Flower. Nontgomery.
who is also a football player CT 10 mean
ming in the short distance events, and a-s
moving along at a fast clip. Pain IS
/ former Townsend Harris Hall swimmer.
and Is showing his old soeed in practice.
Byrne IS showing fair form IN hts uort
! in the lGc-yard swim. The team Is tortg.
nate in having plunger OF the ab li,y
of Mack This little fellow is new coy
in the school, and In his first competition,
against the Columbia fr shmen, plunged
| 50 feet. The relay team. COMO ed o;
Lemcke, Agramonte. Flower ard BARN,
is moving right along and will have 10 b
reckoned with in the champio shrs.
Stuyvesant High School went Of 70 a
good start when II defeated the swimming
team OF Manual Training High School las.
week. Several members OF the team
showed ability, which will develop under
coaching, and the Red and Blue has very
bright outlook for the season. Fdyar
proved his worth in no uncertain manner
when he won the 10 and 200 yard events
In the shorter distance he flashed under
the wire I'm o Is seconds. and turned ths
double century in . minutes and - seconds
Bustlng times are IA store for tine high
school athletes during the first two weeks
OF January. In addition to the basketball
games three sets of track and field sports
4 will be conducted in the local armorles
On the afternoon OF January IS De Witt
Clinton and Morris High School will hold
a dual meet in the armory OF the 18th Regi.
ment. while on the board track Of the 9Th
, Regiment armory the athletes OF the east.
ern district will hold their annual closed
meet On Saturday evening, January 6, the
athletes Of Manual Training High School
will conduct their annual closed meet az
the l4th Regiment armory. and rare sport
Is assured. The Manual games are always
productive of spirited racing, and IN add
ton 10 the athletic side are one of the
social events of the season for schoolboys
I and girls. The football relay race is
always a feature. II is limited 10 those
toys who won their letters on the football
teams in the season of 1871 Any boy VaO
was eligible 10 play is eligible 10 run n
this race, irrespective Of his present stand
ing.
The indoor track and field championships
OF the Public Schools Athletic League will
be held on Saturday. January =. In all
probability. Up to date the entry blanks
have not been sent out. The boys, hoE-
ever, have been working hard for the
fixture for the last two weeks or more
Unless every indication goes amiss, no
games will be greater than ever before 10
3 cpIa history NJ League
An indoor baseball tournament will. Be
feature OF the work OF the nigh school ath-
letes this winter. Rowland Paterson, Of
the Public Schools Athletic League, is busy
planning the affair, and said that he would
send out the entry blanks Immediately after
the New Year
bud" Chalaire, who played creditaoe
game o. football on the High School d
Commerce football team is captain OF the
Orange and Blue basketball team. and has
a capable squad OF boys hard at work under
him.
Trenholm, Of De Witt Clinton. is YER
satile boy. lie Is a member OF the trsck
team, a swimmer Of unquestioned ability
and reliable hockey player. He neglected
to make the football team. but was elected
cheer leader and more than made good.
Jimmie Freer, who was one OF Com
rnerce's best football men. IS playing water
polo. He broke up one days practice oy
half drowning three of the candidates ~lo
worked against him, and all the others re-
fused to even consider the proposition OF
playing him.
Babe" White, the giant OF De Witt clln'
ton, is going out for the water polo team
of the Red and Black. and should give an
excellent account OF himself. lie IS ns
enough and a fair swimmer IN addition |"
knowing the game.
In defeating the football team o. W
High School OF Commerce. De witt Clinton
wound up a remarkable year against ne
old rival. The Orange and Blue va
downed in basketball swimming. track she
field, lawn tennis and baseball. In celep's Z
ton Of the glorious work done by n''
teams and I'm anticipation OF further
umphs The De Witt Clinton Mss~
printed the following poem, dedicated
her friends in 6jth street:
Some days ago.
As YOU all know.
We played a football game.
And as result
our nearby cult
Have since been very tame.
The score, you know,
Was quite blow
To poor old Commerce Hign'
They all feel sick
For Davies kick
I'nearthed \ Commerce sign.
But cheer up. YOU
OF Gold and Blue.
The worst IS vet 10 come,