New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
Manual Team Confident of Win.
ming Track Championship.
BOYS SHOW GOOD FORM
Squad Weakened Somewhat by
Loss of Veterans, but Others
Take Their Places.

1--WE may not win the track championship
Of tho Public Schools Athletic League,
but the team which wins Il Will have 70
defcat US" was the statement OF ]. o.
Mageworth Of Manual Training last night
as he looked with pride over the track
SQUAD at tho fourth indoor meet Of the
school I'VE have been weakened lit
tie by the loss Of some Of our old cham
pions, Friend and Woodcoclt among others,
but I have all the confidence in the world
In the boys OF my squad. and know mat
they will win II such thing can be done.
Mr. Mageworth voices the sentiment OF
the entire student body Of the Seventh
avonue school For the last FIVE years the
Blue and Cold OF Manual has been car
riol around the armory floors In wild
snake dance Of victory after the indoor
meet Of the Public Schools Athletic League
and 1912 PROMISES to be no different from
any Of the foregoing seasons.
The meet last night started the indoor
season for the schoolboys, and for weeks
tho hovs have worked hard. More tnan
one hundred lads came out for the team
hut Mr.. Mageworth carefully weeded them
out until now ne has about nifty hHely
/ looking Youngsters working away TO upnold
tho glory of the school. The CORPS on snort
distance runners aeed bow To none WIN
the feet-footed Lent and GoIdstein' the for-
mer Commercial High School hyer 10 count
nm in the Jashes. Rummell. Hulmburg ana
oIount are capable second string men on
/ which To count for minor places. Rummeil
80 d, very promising lad and is sure to make
! good D.. ,,,h
Frank Wheeler and his brother, Roy with
/ Mount are the quarter men, whhe 'lle
latter is also a half-mier OF no mean aoii-
iitv. Bowman Mckay, Williams ana van
Sicl,Ian are good. Nicolai IS developing rap
Jaw IN the mile run Eisenstadt is expect
| "a m establish a new record, for IL Is ru-
,,or,d thar 4.23 IS not beyond his powers.
Croca Il we'll known 10 followers Of school
ro,. track athletics, and he is sure to finish
with the leaders Manual has little on
,.bicb m depend in the field events. Stall
or ig tho high Jumper. but he has shown
uttIe hotter than feet g. and there are halt
a dozen boys who can easily beat that hs-
ure Whitney Is the hope in the pole vault
and he has vaulted in very creditabie style
Mr. Magcworth is very proud OF his l2p-
Mound relay squad, and confidently expects
then, 70 not only win first and second places
! in the coming meet, but also establish new
Gg,,rcs The relay team FOR the Pennsyl-
vania carnival Will be picked In Few
weeks. Rummell, Thomas, Holmourg,.
| Rowman. Eisenstadt and George Harmon
are among the most promising candloates'
| The Public Schools Athletic League is
having some difficulty in obtaining an ar
mory TO hold the track championships. The
league has tried to get the 23d Regiment and
! the 1ith Regiment armories. but so far have
| failed It is thought that the meet Will
] 4 IN ba
18th or 47th regiments
Hard work is the order OF the day at DE
{ Witt Clinton and Morris High. with the
Gual meet only a few days of. The schools
will meet in the armory Of the 18th Regi-
ment on Saturday afternoon.
"Pulr' Fetter the former Commerce half
back, and 'Swede" McCusker. the one-time
Commerce left end, more than made good at
Cushing Academy after leaving Commerce.
Both played on the football team ana
Fetter's kicking and McCusker's covering
of punts was one Of the features OF the
! season.
Charley Cumiskey and Jim Slatterly,
| formerly Of De Witt Clinton, are at Dart
mouth Under the capable coaching OF
Harry Hilman, SIattery is showing good
/ form over the hurdles and is faster than
ever.
4 deep blue gloom hangs over the Com
merce gym these days. Wallace. the crack
high Jumper of the school, is out Of the run
ming owing TO ineligibility in his studies
! Harry Aldinger is at his wits ends for
! good material on which to build up win
ming team,
Trenholm swan pretty race In the dual
meet against Commerce on Friday after
noon. The speedy little Clinton lad was
pitted against Captain Lemcke, the star OF
the Commerce team, but finished right at
the latters shoulder in seconds.
The Colgate freshmen, who are in New
| York for the holiday vacation, are telling
rich Joke on Bone" Webber, the old
Commerce tackle, who also made good on
| the Colgate eleven, Nebber had several en-
gagements with his classmates while In the
city, but refused TO meet them in every In
stance Finally his friends called at his
! home and found him reading a book. Why
didn't you show up they demanded.
"Weu." he answered, Il was afraid the
sophs would get me for the dinner next
week"
calendar of interscholastic sport. Row
land Patterson, of the Public Schools Ath-
| letic League, is only waiting for the entries
to come I'm, so that he can get The sehsa-
ule up.
Byrne, OF Erasmus, is putting the sho< -
good form these days. The big footean
player is hurting the iron ball out in the
neighborhood Of 42 feet in practice, and
his teammates are building on him win
ming a place in the coming championships.
The junior basketball championship ia
the elementary schools tournament is still
I'm a muddle. The deciding game between
Public Schools g. and Ga broke up IN A
wrange over a decision Of T. J. Rother-
ham. who refereed the game. There was
a dispute over a rule and the coaches and
referee argued the matter out While the
officials were leaving the floor one OF tie
boys OF g. shot goal Since the coach of
the latter team was still on the field OF play
the 62 lads entered protest, which was not
allowed by Rotterdam. The protest vas
made on the grounds OF interference. bit
Rotterdam declared there was none and
ordered the game continued. The - team
refused To play, and the Public Schools
Athletic League games committee is still
investigating the case
UNION BASEBALL SCHEDULE.
IBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune.l
Schenectady, Jan. 5-The Union College