New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-14
SCHOOL ATHLETIC news
Horace Mann Track Team Sure
To Be Heard From.
BOYS ALL TRAINING HARD
Another Championship Seems
Assured for Manual Train
ing High School.

| With a capable squad OF athletes work.
ing hard under the direction of p. J. Kerr
sey, the athletic adviser, the position or
the Horace Mann School In high and pre-
paratory school athletics is assured.
Charley Smith, the captain and star
Splinter; Fort, Howell, a promising half
miller; Jack Wagner, HUMPHREYS, Wemple,
Thompson, Diaz. Buckley, Baer, Bushoy
and Mebor form a good nucleus for WIN
ming combination.
Mr. Kersey is banking on the perform
ances of Smith and Fort in the dasnes.
The former has shown 1913 seconds for
/ the hundred, and in a practice run dld
10 2-5. Fort is also a clever sprinter' ana
has been clicked over the century In 1850
half a dozen times. In the school meet
last fall he nosed out Smith In great
finish. Raymond is also promising rum
ner who is certain TO score points Tor the
school in open meets. Howell, with marx
of 2O6 for the half mile, HUMPHREYS at tho
ouarter-mile and Dlaz over the hurdles are
all going we'll Hrons is about the PICK
of the midget runners, but lsbel, doepeI
Norhouse, Hendricks, Quantance and Reo-
desheimer are close at his heels IN the
workouts.
Horace Mann need bow TO few on the
basketball courts. Mr.. Kersey has whipped
together a five which plays as one man
Fort AT right forward is star of the nrss
rank. He is sure In his shooting, naro'
aggressive man, and hard to DOCK "e
has a fast mate in Cook at the o'her io'
ward and Blount at right guard IN 'ne
game with Loyola on Friday Blouht c"e.u
tho hall four times from the field and snot
,ou- ont NJ ak fouls. The team has played
three games to date. winning all and scor-
ing a total of ia points to it's opponents 70
| Kirby, manager OF the s"iihniiiis 800
reports that good squad or s"ininhets
hard at work every day. Jack Momt' q
veteran of last years team, is captain an
he is moving along faster now than at any
time in his career. In training swirl y"
rridov afternoon Moffit dashed his foaming
nov over the half-century in twenty-seven
seconds. and he is capable of negotiating
a. ,no ards In one minute and FIVE sec
onds Hirschberg, Herbert and kirby arc
al r,,o,irg along in manner that gives
o,.erv indication Of effective work In open
connetition. Beard, the plunger OF the
sohooI is covering ffty-seven feet water
80 ,.s started. but after the school de-
f.a+ed the Columbia freshmen the facuitS
frowned on the sport, and 1t has peeh
abandoned.
r. tho ,ines recorded in the various
-. IN the Manual Training closed meet
last week may be accepted as criterion
tho Blue and Gold Of the seventh avenue
school may be in for strenuous 'inie
fore thew capture the indoor track ana me-"
,ha,,niorships OF the Public Schools Ath-
| -. oag,,e for the sixth consecutive TIME
90 the men on scratch managed 10
win race, and the times OF the ""',e
,,o-a mt fast enough to justify the iacA
sno,,, r,ork men winning Charley Mount
; 80, rotad as one of the best half-
, | ,,uors In the school, was beaten from 'he
, | a,,o-,,ard mark in 200 by Huelsenoeck, VINO
> s,arted from the thirty-yard marx. wy"
> Iant of Stuyvesant racing the $50 yaros
; On o.n Mount will have to improve nc
"a ord high hurdles were won In tweNe
a.conds while the record for the loo-yaiu
: o,,or the high timbers Is Ol42-o III sno
eoId events Manual was very weak .ine
a running high jump was won al iee' ols
incbes while HulmberG captured the s"''
, mn from scratch with 80 feet ~ 'i''"e''
a dozen capable boys will wear the
80 ., Rows High School on the track
! 80 mile the old Marcy avenue buildihe
- No Gymnasium for the boys TO tram H.
- .,,,od Is doing we'll. McChesney' the
g go football halfback, is hmoering up
r co.. tho dashes and has mate In Many.
uarson and Gagliano have set their eyes
S - The ouarter-mile dash medals ana are
3 ,orirg no effort in the endeavor 10 "lh'
rho ,niddle-distance men are Gibson, Co'e
e - rurhilI. and Wright. Cole and Glpsoh
wiu chase after points in the mile runs
\ uor,ir Lewis. the manager of the Eras-
r mus Hall High School track team Is spa
ing no effort TO make the annual lnuoo'
r track and field meet OF Erasmus nan
$ which will be held I'm the armory OIL l"o
18th Regiment on February j. one OF tho
h greatest meets ever conducted by any hls"
= school in greater New York. In additon 10
{ the eight events closed TO the members OIL
2 the school, there are eight events open |"
all high and preparatory schools vi g'ea'er
New York and 4Co-meter relay race open
10 the elementary schools Of Brooklyn. All
The races will pe in metres, instead OF
yards. .,,
Tavis has arranged typical Olympian
nentathalon for the all-around interscho-
Iiastic championship OF the East. The events
> in this fixture will consist OF IO-yaru
cash. running high jump, 29O-yard low hur-
die race. l2-pound shot put and sso-yard
: RIM Handsome prizes will be awarded the
, winners A solid gold diamond set mccall
I Is the first prize, a sterling silver ruby set
medal for second place and third place VIII
be awarded with bronze garnet set medal.
, All entries will close with Charles X.
, Batcheldor. of Erasmus Hall High School,
AT Flatbush and Church avenues Brooklyn,
! on January % at o'clock. The entry lee
for all events will be . cents, except tne
all-around championship, which will be y;
Only one convection from ench scnool VIII
no Cd m Championship.
Billy Tow. Of Commerce, is one OF the
promising hurdlers at Commerce. Wary
Aldnger is out to win from Clinton this
year IL such thing can be done. and
banks on "Sprackling" to score points for
him.
Kelley the freshman swimmer OF De
I witt Clinton, is a brother OF Jim Reilley'
! of the New York Athletic Club. From
present indications the junior member or
the family will follow in his big brothers
footsteps.
Wohlhaupter. of Horace Mann. was cap
tain of the freshman eleven OF the Michi-
gan School of Mines. The big Fellow
played the same sterling game for the
wolverines that he played while under the
colors of the Morningside Heights team.
While De Witt Clinton's swimming team
| was beaten by Commerce In dual meet,
| the Red and Black need have little fear
OF the coming season some OF Snn iia9n.s
the 18th street school, but when the mid-
term examinations are over they VIII De
back in harness. McAuliffe, Moore and
Ill - kA