Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-16
THLETICS have always formed a
subject of paramount interest at

. THLETICS have always formed a
q subject of paramount interest at
4 Barringer. This interest has
augured we'll for the success of the
various teams, as the following record
of the past five years will show.
In football in the five seasons, 1908
1912, inclusive, 27 games were won, Z.
lost and tied. 515 points being rolled
up, as against go tailed by oppo-
nents. The championship was won in
1910, and tie for the pennant occurred
in 1911. In the last three years Bar
ringer has lost but two games.
In baseball, 1909-1912, inclusive, 80
games have been won, and 81 lost
The flag was captured in 1909.
Nineteen hundred and nine, 10 and
IL were all championship years in
track events, 1911 was especially note
worthy, the national championship
falling to the Barringer lads.
Thirty-five games won, 26 lost,
champions 1911 and 11-12 is the
way the basketball record since 1903
reads.
Five championships in five years
demonstrate Barringer's cross coun-
try prowess.
wrestling.
Wrestling, probably the Oldest OF
all sports. seems now to be coming
into its own. At one time none but
professionals wrestled, but now the
snort is even popular in the gymna-
SUM and the home. The fascina-
tons and rewards of the mat ma
neuvers attract every man with req
blood in him. Here the line of strug-
gle for supremacy captivates every
Young man. In this sport virility,
CELEBRITY and generalship of the high
est order all play important parts.
"The glory of young man is his
strength" and surely wrestling Is a
wonderful means of proving the
theory of the survival of the fit
test"
With all this in mind Barringer
High School, which stands for physi-
cal as we'll as intellectual develop
ment has recently held wrestling
tournament on April to 4. There
was also an additional reason which
prompted "Chief" Broadhead to in
stitute such a tournament-the need
of developing available material for
the football team. About thirty as
pirants for wrestling honors partici-
mated in this tourney. Sutton, the
football and basketball star, won the
catchweight championship of the
school. The championships of the
other classes are as follows:
120-130-lb. -Wackenhuth.
12f-140-lb ClaSS-Seiler.
140-150-lb. class-Blumgart.
150-160-lb. Class-Sutton.
Heavyweight-Ray Ward.
At this time of the year every boy
who has real red blood coursing
through his veins, and who has the
genuine American spirit in him, is
afflicted with that most mysterious of
modern diseases-the baseball
fever" 1t makes no difference
whether he be short or tall, bright or
stupid. grammar school boy or COL
lege student the baseball season has
come, the spirit of the spring fas-
cinates all.
There are few places where the al
lurement of the outdoors is so po-
tent. so captivating, as at Barringer
High School. Here the proximity to
Branch Brook Park, with its numer-
ous baseball diamonds and tennis
courts. give many high school stu
dents a splendid opportunity to enjoy
themselves, and at the same time
develop their ability in outdoor ath-
letics. especially baseball. Thus many
Barringer pupils played ball in the