Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-16
BIG SETBACK TO CENTRAL TRACKMEN

the Christmas week entertainment of
the Newark Y. M. c. A. Raymond
l.. Smith, captain of the Brown water
men; Gustav Tobelman and George
Williamson, all former Barringer
High swimming stars, will give ex-.
hibitions and compete with the rem
nants of the once well known Y. M.
c. A. swimming team. Smith is one
of the foremost fancy divers in the
intercollegiate swimming world. He
and Howard Mum, winner of several
local diving competitions. will give
joint exhibition. Another diver who
will perform is Charles Allen, the
Central High School swimmer, who
has many victories along the shore
to his credit. James K. Alverson, the
swimming instructor of the Essex
County Park police force. will demon
strate the various styles of swim
ming. A relay race between the
swimmers of the various high schools
of the city is being arranged.
East Orange 40 Have Track Team.
East Orange High School is to
have an indoor track team. The
track athletes OF the suburban school
will hold tryouts very soon. All of
the New Jersey Interscholastic
League champion crosscountry team,
the success of which has given track
athletics new life at the suburban
school, will take up indoor work.
Mock Fischer, the star end of the
football team, is to be entered in the
quarter-mile event, in which, In the
absence of any particular star here
abouts, with the exception of Kim
ball Atha. the Newark Academy
crack runner. he should be winner.
Captain Froggett, OF the crosscoun-
try team, will be entered In the half
and mile events, as will Doggett,
Seller, Wyman and the others of the
hill and dale crew. Fortescue is be-
ing doomed for the sprints, as is
Bloss, Fitzsimmons and Meter.
Harry Taylor is an experienced
weight man besides being a nimble
hurdle topper.
other school Gossip.
East, Orange High School will play
Dickinson High School tomorrow
afternoon in game of basketball on
the suburban court. East Orange
seems bent on duplicating its grid
iron success on the court. Thus far
the team has played splendid game,
having victory over the Rutherford
High School quintet to Its credit.
Montclair Academy will open up with
Glen Ridge High School tomorrow
afternoon. The MacVicar institution
has much the same linup as last year.
Benedicts will engage Battin High
School on Friday.
Girls interclass basketball is an
attraction every other afternoon at
the Barringer gymnasium. At pres
ent the seniors and juniors are tied
with q record of victory apiece to
their credit. The sophomores are next
In line with an even break, one lost
and one won, while the freshmen are
at the bottom of the percentage coll
umn, with two games lost.
The Barringer varsity five will soon
be selected. Chief Broadhead is CIV
ing the candidates practise three
times week, and indications point
to light but fast quintet. Captain
Warshawsky and Theubel, the vet
Grams, are rapidly developing a goal
shooting eye, while Bodenstein,
Schneider and Seller are coming along
nicely. Perry Foster, quarterback of
the football team, is another likely
candidate.
Jacob Schaeffer was selected at a
recent meeting to lead the Barringer
crosscountry team next fall. Schaef-
fer ran on the hill and dale squad for
the past two seasons and succeeds
Fred Buckley.