New-York tribune., 1912-02-18
MAKE TWO NEW RECORDS
SchooiboyS Pun Brilliantly al
Columbia Games.
WENz IN SPLENDID FORM
Lowers Two Mile Mark Estab-
lished Seven Years Ago by
Peerless Mol Sheppard.


Brilliant competition. IN which Two in
,crschoiastic track records were broken.
marked the indoor scholagti, athletic meet.
| held under the direction Of The Columbia
University Track Athletic Association. At
the ed Regiment Armory Yesterday an-~-
| noon.
Tho star Performance vas the r"mark-
| able exhibition given ay Lawrence =.
| Wenz. of III" RoaeIlo High School os New
| Jersey, IN romninE home 10 q well earned
victory in the two-milo run. Wcrz. after
rounding jh" slippery corners IN great
fashion. breasted 'ho tape with an sd-
vantage Of twenty-five Yards I'm tho record
| umo Of 9'6. The OH mark had stood FOR
| seven years. having been established hy
| Melvin ". Sheppard, Of the Irish-hmoricau
! Athletic Club. whom IN" middle distance
! champion was a student ~ Brown pro
| raratory School, a. Dhi'aagIrhiu In hang
! irg up m" nav mark Eenz detected
| Charles Ten Eyrk. Of tho Jlmaira High
| School, the Public Schools Athletic League
! '"roFs-countrv champion. AMI tho on" milo
| indoor champion. Ton Ty0F t~ai,cd in sec-
ond place. ten wards in Erout Of William
, iatton, Of Manual Training High school.
Of Brooklyn, who was third.
\ new one-quartcr-mila low huTiln -o~-
tord was established when Peter n tI,NrIiv.
of tho Brooklyn Preparatory school. raced
to an easy victory IN the time Of I minute
! fat The Crown Heights athlete would hayo
made better time had ne not aackcnod his
speed in the last fifty wards beating T~on-
! holm the all-arounl champion of tho D-
! Wit Clinton HiEh school, who WAS second,
ten Yards behind George II2'asz. another
| Fed and Black contestant Grishc3 few
! yards in the wake II his sCnooluatc
! School athletes from many suburban
towns competed. the team honors going to
the new Central Hjnb school Of Newark.
which won Il points The school which
opened its doors last week owed its victory
10 a squad Of former Rarr.ngcv High School
athletes. who were transferred 10 new guar
/ ters The 81 Pauls school, Of Garden TIt..
which was represented by \ Van Wnk'o.
! the champion interschoastir spriUtcr and
| Carlton !. Collins was clos" second, with
| IS points. while y, witt ellington H'-h
school and the PoIvfochnic Preparatory
school were deadlocEcd for third place with
| II points. The roma ming points We're we'll
! distributed among sarrrto'n schools
rip" Van Wrinkle Of 81. Pau"s school.
! who has run many sensational races. won
| both the G)-yard dash and ~" 2'o-yard con
| test. over the longer route Rip proved
! the peer OF the field, oHtdsrancinG Frank
! Muller, Of Poly Pre-. vino forced the 81.
! PauIs runner, 10 no defeated bv three
I yards.
| Charles J Burk" and John My"r 'orwcr
| schoolmatcs but now wearing the coIDrs oI
Barringer and Central high School. q New
| ark respectively. bajticd bitterly for trc
! premier houors in ihc one-miIc run. The
! contest was one OF the most interesting of
! the afternoon. the two athletes fighting
! hard during the last four laps The lead
alternatcd frequently. on ~" last ian
| Burke sprinted out with AIy.r f1 clos"
pursuit Darling down the stra'chlawa,.
/ Burke gained a fhroo-yard lead. which
Mycr pulled down to a solitary yard as
| they raced by the finish.
| The summaries follow.
SIXTY yard aash-."or by. A yar wmss. 5,
! TauIs School. s. Tc.f0. Poly Tr.u ..r"uI. g
! Gardner. Rsrriurer Fitch. rHlr| = Trrw...
Jersey CITY H.sa fourth Time. o."afi
! holm Dr Wfrr clinton. O. y Collins - "a.. p
| school, second. s. LASER. rru'ra' High. 'H.rI.
! y. \ Du Junai'T. Pol. Prep. i".r.. "Em~,
one-r,,lc run-won by " ]. Burke rpursar
High, Myer. Central IIgh. second " Taoar.
,%o sczcnagcs 12%I'a M FT3 ,5rr,a .'4 TIM "''''
| ii0-yald Iow hurl'es Wo. hv " n No
C GPy ,gr HrS@,En rSear '' se'3 Is , r @ron mlI
rh.rl. J Thomas. Manual Training 'sar;0
5oo-yaId r,n-woa 10y A.. Van wirEe ST.
! Pauls; + Muller Poly Prep. second 8. Beglu,
| ; I.'" Prep. 'hrd: \. Jo'i"n. N"F York Fr"..
| Two-mue -nn--wnD hy l.. = Wenz. rnscle
| " Haton. Manual TRAINING. rhtri. a. H""sh-
! ssG-yard ruu-Wou ry 7 Mclaughlin. s..
! Jolns Prep. j. IaraF. Central H.s.. ..nnn7, G.
Manual framing @ourth Time. 2:c5 is.
one -muc relay 0lyo mem Won by Manhattan
Prep 81. o Donnel, n g,ooken =. Ward, T.
Hoidcnfclder q. L0chaugso, T. O'Irn.o. a J..
| Miller ana W Barrsar aanoni. Erasmus Hall
| KepharIt shaw stark Vom'r and Marho"p,
Ean22F hisa jqmg-wq, hy + L.ta, H2"rSG. g.
Coudon. Perth Amhov High. second, with feet
inches; B MAYNARD. Fg.F Prop. ihf', win
) feet inches. q. =, Irefr'. commercial Hsn.
| PUi,ing - pound shot Won bv a. r West
brook Mckenzie school. with +3 fc"' 81 inches:
e Thompson Rutherford High, second with 43
with a. feet 81 inches. J.. spence. Poly Prep.
fourth with Al feet ~ inches.
traI nigh, with . fcot = inch; 7. Lrntho. Man
ual Training second with feet ~, inches,
i,,5cs NJ Scba3h sachs collegiate Institute,
fourth with feet 0A in"he..
Point fcOre--Ccnral HiEh "a. S. Tnuls
School, II; Poly Prep and De Wit clinton y.
Barringcr s: Manual Training, Z New York
prep, s: Roscllc High St Johns Prep Jamaica
Putberford and Perth Ambov High. g. Flushing
ViRh and Erasmus Hall High . Commercial
Hackonsack High and sachs Collegiate Institute