Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-30

xxT HEE speaking in general Of
w aaorte and athletic aggrega-
IONS IN 8ehoolG and colleges
ores Thought nine times out OF ten
centres upan the football. baseball
and tt.al teams az holding the centre
OF the stage.
80 lite ears. however. there has
come int great prominence another
branch G. athletics which in many
schools. the academy. for example.
has been supported for several years.
and which is a Rell-founded branch
of athletics. This popular sport is
gym work, n branch of athletics
which produces marvellous results
toward developing the strength and
poise of the body, In this work the
academy has ever been remarkably
successful, and has sent out many
gymnasts, who in college have be-
come members and in three instances
captains of their university gymnas-
tic teams.
But in the season just past the
Red and Black was represented by
team which probably was the
finest all-around body OF athletes that
has ever been developed in the old
school.
In the early part Of the season the
outlook for a winning team was
pretty cloudy. Many members of last
years team, which, by the way. was
also a eorlter had left school and
were making their marks in college.
However. constant daily work in the
gym brought to light considerable
dormant ability in many of the
aspirants who, so green at the start,
displayed championship form at the
close of the season. II was thus, as
black horse, that Captain Wiss's
team began the season with the an
nual exhibition with Princeton. Then
and there the aspect changed, and it
was easily seen that the academy
could back the team against any
schoolboy aggregation in the coun-
try and need have little fear for the
result. Although only an exhibition,
the event afforded an opportunity to
compare the form and nerve Of the
academy stars with their older, more
seasoned rivals. and, in short, the
Princeton men had very little, If any
thing. on the schoolboys who were
pitted against them.
The exhibition with Yale a week
later showed the academy team to
be improving with practise and the
fellows compared favorably with the
team from New Haven, from whence
gym teams of championship calibre
are known TO come.
Princeton freshmen came next and
proved easy victims for the Red and
Black, and failed to make any kind
of a showing against the academy.
The score was SO to 10.
With these events over Mr. Ma
roney, Mr.. fltas and Captain Wiss
went at 1t with a vengeance for the
coming meets. which were important
events. Two weeks later a crippled
team, which had lost two or three
of the best men owing to injuries
and studies, journeyed to Haverford
College for the big private school
track and gymnastic meet In COM
petition with such institutions as
Lawrenceville. Tome, Delaney. Mer-
cersburg Hill School. Episcopal Acad-
envy and seven other schools. the
academy was facing mighty stiff OPP
position. Likewise, when one con-
siders that the academy had no one
entered in the track events, the
chances of victory looked pretty thin;
but looks are deceiving The acad-
envy did win, by a score of % points.
nosing out Episcopal Academy by .
points. Episcopal, which last year
beat the academy by one-half point
won II of their points in the track
events.
With this splendid victory as a
boost the academy entered the cham
pionship held at the University of
Pennsylvania last month.
The academy team, greatly handi-
capped by the absence of kim"
Athla, who is a sure winner in gym
nastlc circles. and Giese, who is like
wise sure of several points. swept the
boards and came home winner.