New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
Armstrong Wears Down Jean
Moriarty in Thrilling
One-Mile Race.
CROWD THR0NGS ARM0RY
Moore. Clinton Football Cap
tain, Never Headed in the
Quarter, After Taking
an Early Lead.

q, the armOry OF lue 'lh iNVSiHiVA' S'S-
."rsav afternoon. While 1000 boys and
~ cbeered themselves into a frenzy the
aarl.t and Blue runners of the East Side
.Hool rolled I'D d total Of SO points and
etched half dozen points ahead of
I,ornal Training High School Of Brook
~ which scored 80 points. Curtis High
cehoo, came next. with 17la points, while
poly Prep which won the point prize
- the two previous meetings. was fourth.
18th i polnts, and De Witt Clinton was
next, with is.
The Games were the same brilliant sue
,oss that they have been in previous years.
rho crowd was the greatest that has ever
a,tsnded an interscholastic meeting in this
ctv. and though it was wildly enthusi-
ostic II was orderly. The schools were
Gated in squads. and Jamaica, De Witt
clinton and Eastern District made the
hos, showing. Headed by DR.. Mitchell
soo bovs and girls from Jamaica came to
the meet in body. They chartered spe-
c,aI train and marched from the Ions
island Ferry to the armory. on the north
side were the Eastern District rooters,
While on the western balcony the red and
blacl, Of De Witt Clinton blazed out
From an athletic point of view the
yamss were worth going far TO sec. The
finishes IN many cases were close and ex-
citing, the performances of the boys were
,redi,able and the competition in all
events keen. The day was marred in
measure by the usual protest entered
aca,nst z. J.. Ward, Of Manhattan, who
von the 9O-yard senior dash and also
comreted on the winning relay team IN
,he race closed 10 the graduating classes
NJ the various schools His brother, r.
Ward also ran on the relay team under
r,o,est No fewer than sixteen schools
,oned in the protest against the Manhat-
tan bows. The case will be decided by the
,sristration committee Of the Amateur
Athletic Union.
c. Armstrong Of StuyNesant hlgh
School. gave a pretty exhibition In the
one-mile race and, nipping Jean Mor1arty
Of Richmond Hill High School on the last
Lap. won by perhaps eight or nine yarus
in minutes IS % seconds. II locked from
the first as If Moriarty. always front
runner. would be the winner. Al the
start ne went out al a furious clip, ana
as he reeled off lap after lap at a burning
mace he opened up lead OF thrly-hVe
wards on his nearest competitor. Two
laps from the tape ne was still fresh ana
strong and IL seemed as If the heIu
would never get him. In the mean "hl!e
Armstrong, Veg, Thompson and names
were running well within themselves
slowly hut surely cutting down the lead
About Two and one-half laps from nome
Armstrong tried out the rest Of his heid
with little squirt. and finding that he
was able 10 shake them off ne set san
for Moriarty.
IRE crowd rose 10 its feet. Moriarty's
early efforts told on him, and 10 the as
appointment Of his friends. he cracked
Armstrong swept by him and won. MO
riartv was second, with Thompson soou
third The judges were in error "heu
they placed Viverito. Of Manual FRAMING
High school. fourth over Veg, Of Clinton
for the Manual lad cut the border on ms
last turn and saved himself ABOUT -FOUR OF
five Yards. De Witt Clinton's representa-
tive protested against the decision oil the
Judges but 10 no purpose
The ouarter-mile run produced one ol
the most bitter struggles of the afternoon.
Billy Moore, Of De Witt Clinton, won the
race IN commanding style in 81 Id SECONDS
after running a brilliant race all tao way
Moore took the lead after about lB yards
and thereafter was never headed GrosVe-
nor Of Poly Prep" was second. 1. Jor-
Dan and /. ". Horton, OF Curtis hlBh
School. raced a dead heat for third place.
4. Kelly Of Xavier PREP" had busy
time OF H. and won first places In the
55-yard and 22O-yard dashes for juniors.
lie was pressed in the former race by
Jack Farrell Of Stuyvesant High School
but managed TO come through victorious
by about two feet. In the longer race
Kelly and Farrel renewed hostil:ties, but
here Kelly had the greater reserve and
won handny. w. Monohan. OF Curtis
High School. won the coward novice run.
While Carroll of Commercial High School,
Of Brooklyn. and r. Bonwit, OF Horace
Mann. raced 10 d dead heat for second
honors.
A. Dougherty, Of Manhattan Prep
had matters pretty much mis- own way In
the half-mile run. He had a merry battle
with Charley Piebes for a short time. but
he had too much speed and won easily.
Manual Training High School won the
senior relay race at one mile after
pretty race with Stuyvesant High School.
De Witt Clinton. the only other team in
the race, finished third.
The summaries follow:
O-yard dash (junior)-Won by L. Power,
Xavier Prep; J. Farrell, Stuyyesant High
School, second; 5. Turck, Manual Training
High School third; s. PilshOwitz Manual
Training High School. fourth. Time, 0:24 40
22O-yard dash (senior)-WOn by 7. +.
Lennon, Curtis High School. p Morningsiar
Barnard school, second; a. Weinstein Hlgh
School, third. H. Turchin, De Witt Clinton
High School. fourth. Time. O:2j
ss0-yard run-Won by A. Dougherty Man
haitian prep: c. Peebes Commercial High
school, second; NJ. Thompson, Poly Prep,
third: G. Hand. Stuyvesant High School.
fourth. Time, FOG 40.
Seventy Vineyard dash Cunior)-Won by
4. Kelly. Xavier Prep; j. Farrell. Stuyve-
SAINT High school. second: g. McNair, Manual
Training High School third; j. Brown,
jamaica Hgh school. fourth. Time, 0:Os 30.
Ninety yard dash (seniOr Won by r.. j..
Ward. Manhattan Prep; a. Goidstein. Man
ua Training High School. second: II. Turch-
IN, De Witt Clinton High School. third: IL.
kutledge, stuyvesant High School, fourth.
Time 0O9 8-5
Running high jump Ounlor)-won by C..
Banks Stuyvesant High School. with leap
Of feet inches: G. Hsncke. Jamaica High
school. second. with a leap OF . feet =
.Echts; G. Hcnlein. Bryant High School,
ihlrd. with leap OF feet inches. T..
Hughes. Flushing High School. fourth. with
leap OF feet inches.
Hancke. Henlein and Hughes tied AZ .
feet inches. In the tump-off Hancke
Jumped . feet 3 inches. Henen and Hughes
tossed q coin to decide third and fourth
places tho former winning.
graduating classes Won by Manhattan
rep a. Ward. Hanlihan, A Dougherty and
~ Wards Manual Training High School
o owIiesman, Gargulio. Luce and Reed. sec
h.. EgVf. tgl.