New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-04
TRACK, POOL AND
BASKETBALL COURT
LURES SCHOOLBOYS
Several Swimming Contests and
Few Games Have Been
Held Already.
KEEN CONTESTS PROMISED
Football Relay Race To Be a
Feature of Manuals Annual
Indoor Meet.


The football season a thing Of the past.
the local scholastic athletes are looking
forward to busy times on the track and
basketball courts and in the swimming
pool. Basketball has started in some OF
the schools, while the watermen have also
held a couple Of preliminary meets but
the track team men are only beginning 10
answer the call.
Manual Training High School. which
won the indoor championships last year,
and the High School OF Commerce. which
captured both novice and senior outdoor
championships on the track and field; De
Witt Clinton. Stuyvesant. Commercial and
several other schools will be represented
by strong teams, and a winter Of rare
sport is In sight.
Already arrangements have been COM
pleted for the annual indoor games Of
Manual Training High School which will
he held I'm the armory OF the lith Regi-
mcnt. Brooklyn, on December r. The
student body IS kocnly interested IN the
affair which is one Of the features OF the
scholastic season. II is expected that
more than five hundred hoys will enter
on December -. with Mai or T. F. Dono-
van OF the 18th Regiment and A. r. Rob
inson, of Manual Training
The football relay race is again on tho
programme. and II is expected that entries
viii be received from every school IN
greater New York. Any boy TO run In
this race must have won his letter IN the
season just closed. Last season curtis
High School won the event
Basketball is looking mp In Ade!phi
Academy. a large squad is out every
day a. practice. and working hard
George Vaughn, jr. manager IS cnthus-
iastc over the outlook Among the men
trying Tor places are Don Afford. captain.
who played on the football eleven, Harry
lbbotson. captain Of the football eleven.
and Drohan. also a knight Of the pig
skin. s schedule Of sixteen games has
been arranged. starting on December 10
and continuing through until February o.
The schedule is az follows.
December 100. Cathedral. ~ home. ~,
Richmond HIl at home. H. Newton H.
s. 90 Newton. TO- Suyv,sant. al home.
g. ST. Johns Reserves. at home. January
@. Erasmus 81 home 10. Hoboken. ~
home. Is. Brooklyn Prep. at Brooklyn
Prep. a. Poly Prep az Toly. e. Horace
Mann. al home. =. Newton H. ). at
home. an Xavier. al home. February g..
Boys High 40 Boys High. .. be witt
Clinton. O., home. 30. open. rs Bushwick.
no home. and q. ravnue. at Pawling
Jack McGarry. end o. the Manual
Training eleven. has been elected captain
for ueNt season McGarry played a spec
tacu.ar game aI season. and has been
mentioned on several Of the all-scholastlc
teams li, is sure tacklcr. swift tn
covering punts, and was a barrier on tho
defence
Tho annual indoor track and field meet
~ the High School Of Commerce will be
held in the armory Of the list Rcgmcnt
on February - Harry AIdingcr. coach
OF the track team Is already hard at
work securing entries lie hopes 10 have
special iye-mlle run. with Hanncs
kolchmainen competing from scratch.
Davidow. tho Clinton swimmer. bids
fair to develop into another Norman
Lcmckc. He IS master OF powerful
crawl stroke and has the art OF getting
the greatest possible result out Of the
minimum expenditure OF energy
4 Stuyvosaut High School boy writes TO
the sporting editor Of The Tribune that
La Monica and Lee. the Stuyvesant
tackles. were uniustly treated when the
various AU-Scholastic teams were select
ed He declares that both compared
favorably with any tackles 81 the game
this season. There Is much 10 be said
in favor Of both La Monica and Lee
Hard workers. they covered lot OF
ground. and were equally strong on at
tack or defence. La Monica, especially
plaved good football. and sacrificed in
diyidual glory FOR the good OF his team.