New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
SCHOOL ATHLETIC 5NEE
Organization of Central Govern.
ing Body Planned.
WEINSTEIN CASE APPEALEn
Commerce Unwilling to Losa
Championship Title on Evi.
dence Presented.

OuIll lPiouSuiP AlIlc Oh EV1.
dence Presented.
The need OF central organization ano,.
the schoolboys Of the country, or al la.,.
of the section east of the Mississippi River
where athletics plays prominent part :,
the daily life of the school, is forcing itse,
on those who have the interests OF schoo,ho,
sport at heart. The faculty representa,,v..
in several OF the more prominent school.
are already awake TO the fact, and befo,.
long the forming Of an interscholas..
body will be agitated.f II is understooa
that organizations like the Public School,
Athletic League OF Ohio, the Interschols,.
tic Association of New Jersey, the Nev
England High Schools Association and thu
Public Schools Athletic League OF Nev
York would welcome such a movement
At the present time in New York the
records made by the athletes OF the Pubus
Schools Athletic League, which are pub.
lished as high school records, must bs
made in the Public Schools Athletic Leasu
championships. The private preparatory
schools are not recognized, and the record.
established by their athletes are seldom II
ever kept. 1t frequently happens that
boy Of some private school or from one Of.
the institutions In the immediate vicinity
establishes a new standard, which is never
recognized because II Is not made in ths
Public Schools Athletic League champion.
ships.
This fact was brought home most fore.
bly, recently when Louis wenz, OF Rosells
High School, broke Mel Sheppards long
standing two-mile record of e:57 rs and
raced the distance in s:56. Fortunately
for Wenz, Captain c. ]. Dieges was timing
the race, and ne had the new record placed
on the books j. ]. Eddy. of Folly Prep,
breaks the local scholastic swimming rec.
ords with regularity, but never gets proper
credit for his work. Dozens OF similar
cases could be cited, and the athletic direc-
tors are eager TO allow the best men 10
receive the credit due.
One Of the prominent coaches Of high
school athletes said on the subject: Il am
heartily in favor Of the plan, and I hops
It will be carried through. An association
could easily be formed and uniform rules
for governing competition be formulated.
A record board could be appointed, TO keep
all records, and at the end OF the year Or
at a stated period could publish report
the best performances, 10 b
recognized as records. As the matter now
stands there is little or no effort 70 keep
an accurate account of the best perform
ances, although. as is the case here in the
city, different sections Of the country have
their own records"
Il. - l. Nah
games committee handed down at the last
meeting awarding the indoor track and
field championships Of the Public Schools
Athletic League TO Stuyyesant, because Of
the alleged ineligiblity Of Abraham Wein-
stein, of the High School Of Commerce,
has been appealed by the athletic authori-
ties of Commerce, and the case Will be re-
opened and fought through to the bitter
end Weinstein won first places In the
50 and 200 dashes for junior athletes in the
recent indoor championships held at the
22d Regiment Armory on January % He
was protested by Stuyvessnt High School
on two counts. The first. that he repre-
sented an outside organization within the
current year, was speedily quashed; but ths
second. that he was over sixteen years od,
was sustained, and Weinstein was disquah.
fed and the points he won were declarea
forfeited This decision gave stuyvessf
an extra point and the championship. Mrs
Marie Weinstein, mother OF the boy, tor'
warded a sworn statement to the authori-
ties at Commerce that her son was poFh
on February /. 1895, and was therefore
eligible TO represent Commerce in the
Junior events.
A halt has been called in the track and
field activities OF Manual Training High
School. After a fairly successful season. IN
which the school won a fair share OF VIC
tories, Mr.. Madgeworth. the coach. has de-
,lded TO allow the boys to rest up till ths
time comes to prepare for the Penn relay
race carnival on Franklin Field in Phila-
ielphia on April q. Then the Blue and
Gold athletes will get back into harness.
md the prospects for successful outdoor
eason are more than bright Lente' hoy
Wheeler. Thomas, Holmbers, Charles Coo
'tein and Mount are the most likely csHuI-
lates for the team. Goldstein was Httie
,ff i'm his work toward the end. but Il is
,oped that with a good rest he VIII recover
IFS speed Manual Training Is moro thdH
Inxious TO win the outdoor championships
y the Public Schools Athletic League IN
,rder TO atone for the poor showing msne
n the indoor meet
Mr. Shearer. the baseball coach Of COM
nercial High School, has high hopes OF
winning team. The following schedule mas
,een announced: April s, Jamaica, al
GtnNyNgaut. al
commercial Field. April 30. New York Nit
tary Academy, at Cornwall; Aprh 20
,delphl Academy. at Adelphi Field Apih
z. Eastern District at Commercial Field'
,fay 1. Ueffley School. at Commercial tien'
Nav 4 Stamford High. at Stamford; Ma!
Rrooklyn Prep" at Commercial Fle"'
Nav II, Bushwick, at Commercial Fleu'
Nav IS. BOYS High, at Saratoga PafA'
Nav %. Erasmus Hall, at Hawthorne F1eo'
and May 80, Manual Training High "
Field.
Section A. in De Witt Clinton High Schoo'
has formed an athletic and social clu0'
which has been named The Twelve-ln'h
Athletic Club. f. w. Foote is the honorary Z
president OF the organization.
De Witt Clinton will enter two reW
.eams in the swimming championships :
,oxt Friday night in the effort 10 win rr'
and second places. The quartets wni p'
,icked from the following boys: Ii'n''' =
seymour. Trenholm. McAuhffe Moore, z
3racken. Stousland, Jack Seymour Da''
Low Edioman. Kennedy and Lorenzo
The excellent showing which To"hsem
Harris Hall made on the indoor tracks '"''
nast season has more than raised the hop,s
m Lionel Mackenzie for the coming .ro o.
door season He will have all his 1911 snt .ssrt
10 draw rom, and many OF the more re-" re.
candidat IS are doing remarkaD'e "o'"