New-York tribune., 1912-12-28
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT CURTS WINS BIG RACE
Captures Football Relay in
Manual Training Games.
FINISHES STIR THE CROWD
Tom Lennon Runs in Great
Form and Carries Crimson
to Victory.

Curtis High School. represented by four
WinS-footed youths. won the football relay
race which was a feature of the fifth an
nual indoor games of Manual Training
High School. held at the armory of the
! 18th Regiment last night. The crimson
clad boys from the Staten Island school
fairly ran their opponents into the ground
and won by some 10 yards in the last lap
! Tom Lennon, who ran on the last relay.
sprinted as he never did in his life before
and opened a gap Of some 10 yards on
Gregory. who bore the silks OF Hamilton
Institute 10 second honors. Erasmus Han
won third place. while Adelphi Academy
| finished in the ruck beaten by better
teams. There was some comment after
/ the running of this race. 1t was declared
/ that the visiting teams had pocketed two
of the Manual Training runners in the
second heat, but the authorities declined
TO press the charge and the race stood as
run.
While comparatively few teams faced
the starters gun, quality supplied the
place OF numbers. and a more thrilling
! race has seldom been seen IN any meet
this season. In two heats blanket finishes
! kept the crowd upon its feet, cheering
| the lads on TO greater effort, and II was
not until the tape was snapped that
winner could be named. There was only
/ one-fifth of a second in the time of the
! trial heats and the crowd sat back IN
eager anticipation of the final.
| When the four teams faced the line IN
| the final heat Davis and Smith. running
for Curtis and Hamilton. hit their stride
at the fash Of the gun, and for twenty
| Yards there was no change Slowly Smith
! began to draw away slightly. and at the
end he gave Horton about five yards lead.
| Reid second man from Hamilton. TOOK
up the chase only a few feet in advance
! Of Eddie briggs. the star fullDack or
! Adelphi, and like pair of thoroughoreds
| the lads raced after the flying leaders
! Rome. Of Erasmus Hall. went ate;
! briggs and passed him on the oacK-
! stretch. Horton. however, was not To bc
! caught and he went on 10 give ms next
man a fair lead. So il continued until
Lennon took up the chase and. running
away from the field. scored going ahead.
/ The Anvil Club relay brought the for
mer stars of the Manual track teams
| back once more Many Of the boys have
entered college. and not few of them
wore the varsity letter of their Alma
! Mater. Cozzens, one of the best or the
former schoolboy runners in this city, was
! the centre Of attraction. and when he
went out wearing the Cornell "C' lie was
| cheered to the echo. His team, however.
was able to finish no better than third,
after a good race
The summaries follow
| 70-yard dash (senior)-Won by \. Gold
stein (scratch); j. Reed e. feeO, second (;
| II. Seabrook G feeU, third. Time, O:O' ~.
| 70-yard dash (seniorl-Non by f..
| Guertlein scratch; ID. McNair % IeeO'
second; +. Magid q feeU, third Time,
l 0.OS
7O-yard dash CLOSED TO members of the
18th kegimenD-Won by A. Neii q feep
/ 6 feeO, third. Time, 0:O7 S-5; -.
! 440-yard run-Won by \. Weisman 40
YARDS; $ Turek 90 Yards, second; j..
Park u5 yards) third. Time o55 10, 81, -
(scratch); II. Londis G5 YARDS. second {;
! j. ingalls, 90 YARDS. third. Time. 4:59.
| SS0-yard run-Won by \. Hulsenbeck
! (scratch); y. Campbell (25 YARDS, second :;
! \ Lovey go yards). third. Time, 2:l0 10,
esta blishinS new school for record.
/ Football relay race-First heat. won by
! Erasmus Hall High School &C.. Matthews.
! c. Rome. J. Olsen and J. Kephardt;
! Adelphi Academy C.. Gierlich. T.. Driggs,
| D. Afford and G. Wentz), second. Time.
20 Second heat. won by Curtis High
/ School M. Smith, \. Horton \. Bern
stein and T. Lennon; Hamilton Institute
/ DOvis. Brachy. Reed and Gregory. sec
| ond. Time. 2:4j 10
Final heat won by Curtis High School
! (M Smith ". Horton. A. Bernstein and
| T. Lennon: Hamilton Institute Dovis,
| Brachy Reid and Gregory, second; Eras-
mas Hall High School &C.. Matthews. q.
! Rome, J. Olsen and j. kephardD, third.
| Tine. Pas 2-5
70-yard high hurdes-Palmer lscratch
| r. Sunderlun (scratchJ. second; +. Staiger
| (scratch). third. Time, 0:lo 3-5.
| 2Z0-yard dash Gor boys of l2o pounds or
! rnder)-Won by \. Reed g YARDS. T..
! Feuerstein (scratch). second: ;. Turek e
! YARDS. third Time. 0:25.
| One-mle run (closed TO members Of the
| l3th Regiment)-Won by John Gaffeney,
| Company NJ (scratch); r. Holcomb, Com
pany NJ 90 YARDS, second \. j. Kaiser.
| Company f (S YARDS, third. Time.
220-yard dash (freshmenJ-Won by II.
| Wallace 40 YARDS: J. Weldon 07 YARDS,
second: II. Healey Us YARDS, third. Time,
2so-yard dash (senior)-won by d. Mac
| Nair 90 yards); w b. Stetson e yardsl,
second: p. Luce (scratch), third. Time,
Anvil Club relay race-won by Fox
Manual Alumni. Columbia University
school relay Barr, Jordan. Silover and
| Holmberg). second: Cornell University
Q.ynch. Cady. Wheeler and Cozzens),
| third. Time. 2:47.