Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-16
PLAN RELAY RACE
FOR YOUNGSTERS
Seven Playground Teams to Be
Represented in Saturdays
Competition.

Newarkers interested In cross-coun-
try runs, marathons. road races and
relay races will have an opportunity
to witness the initial relay race of
the city Fairgrounds Saturday after
noon. Secretary j. Leonard Mason
announced the details of the pre-
liminary arrangements today, and IL
the ideal weather continues the af-
fair should be q success. 1t will be
similar in detail to the one conducted
by the Evening Star some years ago.
The start will be from, the BeIlevilIe
avenue grounds, at Believilie, Airing
ton and Wakeman avenues, and the
finish at the band-stand in Military
Park. The seven Fairgrounds will
each enter a team of six picked run
ners, who will be required to be-
physically fit by the officials Inciud-
ed among the forty-two boys will be
a number of the local high school
runners and parochiai school bows
who have made reputation in the
past, The event will be for the gen.
loys only.
In addition there will be an oat-bag
relay race for the senior girls in the
park and 5o-yard dash for the small
boys and 35-yard dash for the lit
tie girls. The start of the relay will
be at 2:s0, while the program in the
park will commence ct Q o'clock.
The Shade Tree Commission have
| consented to allow the crowd TO
utilize the park and an immense
throng is expected to be on hand to
cheer the first boy at the finish.
The various grounds will be identified
by different colors and each will
carry miniature American nag,
which the last runner will hand to
some prominent official at the finish.
The winners will be presented with
medals which will be worth connpet-
ing for, while the boys and girls will
also receive medals for their exhihi-
| ton in the park.
| TO many who have never seen the
| playground girls compete there will
be a surprise at their speed.
The oat-bag race requires the girls
| to stand in row, one after the other,
and after spripting for 25 yards the
girl who starts passes the bag with
uplifted hands over her head and con-
| tinues until all have completed the
| course. The exact course will be
measured and announced later
Several of the directors have started
their boys training for the long run.
| The course will not interfere with the
run of traffic and tho police will be
asked to station a detail of uniformed
| men at the dangerous trolley CROSS
| ings. The plan of having Saturday
afternoon spins and hikes will likely
become q permanent feature IL sue
cess crowns the innovation this week.
Entries are beginning TO pour In for
the r. A. B. games to be held at the
| First regiment armory january ID
The one-mile walk is attracting the
Lattention of the best heel and toe ar
| lists in this vicinity. The signed en-
try blank of Dick Clifford, the fast
est amateur walker in America, was
lreceived yesterday, and hs will be on
the honor mark. AS Harry Newcome,
of the Long Island A. c.. has prom
Used the entries of the Piaut brothers
and Sam Schwartz has promised to
compete, a very interesting event is
predicted.
Burkhardt, who won the one-mile
walk at Elizabeth, has sent In his
entry and will make the older com
petitors hustle Burlshardt comes by
his ability naturally. His father was
a champion walker before him. The
| youngster has won twice in the last
three starts and has had his handi-
cap cut down to 80 seconds In the
estimation of one who has followed
the game for twenty years Burlxhardt
is said to be the classiest walker
since the days OF McNichols and Lieb-
/ gold and Murray.
II is predicted that Gifford, the SEN
Tor and junior national champion,
will have a task in, this event, con-
sidering the classy performers who
will be pitted against him.
The Cornell cross-country team has
elected Alvin Carols Cadiz, of Brook
lyn, N Y, captain for next year AL
though Cadiz was not among the five
&c" men who scored Corneil's inter-
collegiate victory this year. he has
been one of the most consistent rum
ners on the squad for several years
He is a student in the-eollege of civil
engineering and will be a senior next
year The Poate medal for the novice
cross-country runner at Cornell who
made the greatest Improvement dur
ing the fall practise has been award
ed to r. 7. Tinltham, of Upper Mont
clair, N ]. In addition Tinkham has
been the first man to have his name
engraved on the so-called sI4ung
Now trophy, also given by Poate.
who is now stationed In China Poate
Twas formerly q cross-couptry runner.