New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
LENT IN RECORD RACE
Runs Fast Half Mile in Poly
Prep's Annual Meet.
WEBER JUST NoSED OUT
Erasmus Hall Novices Beaten
by Xavier Lads in Thrill
ing Relay Race.


Alvin Lent. OF Stuyvesent High School
holder ~ the half-mils record Of the Public
Schools Athletic League. and rated as one
OF the greatest scholastic runners In the
East to-day, raced 10 q thrilling record IN
the seward rim IN the eighth annual POLY
| Prep" indoor track meet. at the lfth Regi-
nent Armory, Brooklyn. last night. Lent
ran one ~ the grandest races Of his snort
career, and turned the four laps of the
armory track In two minutes four and two
| ffths reconds. which Is two-ffths Of a sec
ond halter than the record for the meet,
established by Don Whitney. the old cham
pion Of Erasmus Hall. and three-ffths OF
second faster than his record OF ths Public
Schools Athletic League. Lent was pressed
10 the extreme limit Of his speed In the last
l5O wards of the race by W. Weber, OF
pingry School the scholastic champion of
New Jersey. and won by only two yards.
Lent lesped into the lead right At the
start. He was challenged for the plars
but he answered every challenge by length
| ening out his stride and running the pre-
tender. into submission. p. II. McNulty. OF
Brooklyn Prep" was prominent factor
in the middle stages of the race, but run
AZ he might there was no dlsplacins Lent
from the lead.
Coming I'D on the gun lap, Lent, Nc
Nulty, Reidel and Bryant swung along IN
order with Weber back In the bunch. AZ
the bark Of the final gun Weber went out
and fairly ate up the distance between him.
scIf and Lent. scant three yards sepa-
rated him from first place when the Stuy-
vesant boy heard the challenge and an
swered II with burst of speed equslly
dazzling With the positions unchanged
they raced over the line, McNulty was
| third. and Reidel easily beat cut Bryant for
| fourth place
4 speedy field ~ novice runners faced
| the gun In the sso-yard relay race for lads
| who have never won a prize and after a
bitter fight Xavier High Schools four won
| from the Erasmus Hall High School IN the
last Hfty yards in a thrilling struggle IN
which the F1stbush boys held the lead
practically all the way. The last lap de-
veloped a pretty battle between CuFeen anu
| Clarke. but the former was Just htte
too feet Of foot and Won by FIVE feet. r.
Waugh. the champion of the Pubic ScPoo's
! .,bIat,c League. came 10 grief In the quar-
liz rim and struck his colors 20 the
90, - r Jordan. of New York Prep.
o,e ~ the surprises Of the meet came
uben Arthur Goldstein. the reliable per-
| ,orp,ar OF Manual Training High school'
ani.had a had last In the T0-yard dash
! -ord.,o,n nsver seemed TO get going, and
U-as Eve wards In the ruck In Sl-5 SECONDS
ti,,e which he has beaten on many oc-
oasiors W. Barsch OF Jersey City High
scboo, won the race In the last ten feet
, t,om Revin. Of Poly Prep" Gogsin
nrovsd 10 be a speedy novice runner and
uon the 7o-yard dash in his class while
Mordes won the midget race closed to
Poly boys.
POLY Prep won the point trophy with
.core If Sli5 points and finished ten points
ahead Of stuyvesant High School, the
runner up in the championships or the
puhlic Schools Athletic League Manhat-
tan Prep was third, with 10 points, and
Manual Training High School scored II
points. Barringer High School Of Newark,
and Brooklyn Prep were tied at points.
y. Bulse Of Barringer High School, won
a bitterly fought race in the one-uile run
and nosed out Ed Wenz, OF Roselle, by
some ten yards. Jersey City scored In the
The summaries follow;
seventy-Ave-ys dash (novicep--won by
r. r. GoEgin. BROOKLYN Prep 3. sunderlein'
Manual Training High school second, r.
Schlectcr, Yonkers High School, third; J. Far
o:cs as
Won by J. Mendez o. yardsl; j. D. Hewlet
12 yardsI. second ~ Fogler az yards
third G {. John @ YARDS, fourth. Time
w So,.o.,,. "A d.sb rsenI,r,-.Won by W
Bsrsch. Jersey city High, school; A. Bevin
POLY prep. second. J. Gardner, Barringer High
sEeSoi HirS school,, boryu fourth. Time. oos is
ssyensy.yard dash dash 81 HgneT5Wor scSoN Sy WooS q
High school third NJ. J. Bannin. Brooklyn
Prep. fourth. Time, o:os as.
Xavier High school (Heilman. Kelley, Markey
aTS '%. cpspsp spsTry slissP If0I and carR second
Ps2Ssry Ps2Ssyn ,birg Rrsg 2ss'1' Ti%s iisS 8's'',
sSo.vsrd run-Won by Alvin Lent. stuyve-
sant High sshcSl W weSsT' prs psnsry fbi,a Sen0p
Rudei. poly prep fourth. Time, 2:o4 %
Putting eight.pound shot (novicel-Won by
GsHson Roy sETR sn R % Prep
second with put Of ~ feet ol5 inches }.
smith East orsnge High sePoG Pnd 'nira s,nvwsnu, w6
High school. fourth. with Put Of IS feet
inches. s 49,, yo.,.
pren p wouEh' 'stuyvesant High School sec
ond e. Mullen. Poly Prep third J. o'ponneli'
Manhsttan Prep, fourth; Time, no o.95 10
rrairine High School (Kennedy. wisel Roch
and OLSON; townsend Harris Hal High school
~ esIis Vescond Alpert and hohnl. second.
S.,,.,ye.,n, High school Cohen Bernstein,
Weiner and sedaldD. third: Poly Prep Wood
nsyton Bode ard Delancey'. fourth. Time,
o:54n. .., ,voa -, a. c.h,a,,a,
s,,,,g,.s.ant High school; r Grosvenor, Poly
90 - sscond: W Leutest, Manual Training
ttI,sp school third Time 1:5ih,
htSn ores.1iis run--won BY o Bulse ssrrnger
,,,Jh Scshnoi. 81 Wenz Roselle High School. sec
ond; {. Maon. Poly Prep third n Veg De
yr,,,, clinton fourth. Time 4:ftS.
" e. ~, mile relay race--Won BY Jersey City High
sIpn.i ao.Tooe, Barseh. Miller and Heidenfei-
SerS. erasmus Hall High school (follmer, shaw.
aafes1bsIt and Matthew'S. second Yonkers High
e.hnoI (John Cheston, Schlieter and Welsh.
s1heirS. Manual Training High School Mount.
Thon,as, Runmell and wheeler), fourth Time.
3:41t. 80, .,,,, Wan he =, co,,dor with
huf r,a ~ 5 feet q inches: MAYNARD, Poly Prep,
,sora snr,p with jumn, OF ,ett inches: sourke
So Work. Prep. third with jump Of . feet
N.s. q Trefrey Commercist High School. !
fourth. with a jump Of feet inches.