Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-05

Athletes representing st. Patrick's
School, Eliza beth, won the silver low
ing cup. emblematic of point trophy
honors, and donated by the Right
Rev John o'Connor, bishop of
Newark, at the annual parochial
schoolboys athletic meet, held on
the track at Hillside Park, Belleville,
yesterday afternoon.
A total of twenty-five points were
corralled by the Betsytown young
sters. ST Columbas School, of this
city, was next with a count of 10,
while the st. Nicholas School lads.
of Passaic, finished third, just one
point in the rear of ST. COLUMBIA. St.
Georges, of Paterson, and st. Mary s.
of Bayonne, were content to even
up for fourth honors, each having
counted 10 points at the conclusion
of the meet.
Individual honors were evenly
divided between Leo Costello, a
youngster representing st. Georges 8,
of Paterson, and Elmer Shelter, the
sturdy young athlete who sports the
colors of st. Columba's, this city
Each recorded two first places, the
former winning the 100-yard dash and
a40-yard run, senior, and the latter
q. pair of Junior races, the 75-yard
dash and the 220-yard affair. Thus
each totaled ten points, individually,
although the Passaic county young
ster could be slightly favored, as the
relay team, of which he was a MEM
Der, finished fourth In the senior re-
lay race.
Floria Petro's ability to jump into
o pair of second places and to bring
his team into that position at the
finish of the junior relay was chiefly
responsible for st. Patrick's Schools
victory in point honors He raced
over the tape second in the 75-yard
race and duplicated this perform
ance in the 220-yard dash. He ran as
fourth man on the relay team in the
Junior event, and by his remarkable
sprint near the tape put the, team
into second place.
Johnny Welsh, of the st. Nicholas
School, Passaic, also performed in a
mastery manner. winning the 1l0-
yard dash and taking second place In
the 60-yard event.
Four records went by the boards.
In the 6o-yard event Harry Conn, of
St Antoninus, made the distance in
74-5 seconds Elmer Shelter nego-
tiated rs yards in 1-5 seconds. Joe
orsino. of st Mary's, of Elizabeth.
won the half-mile race, special
event in the record time of min
utes 81 1-5 seconds. while Peter Mack's
throw of forty feet in the eight
pound shot-put gave him mark.
The first event of the day was
started by Mayor Jacob Haussling.
This was the 80-yard dash for midget
performers. With the mayor were
several other prominent city officials,
who occupied box in the grand
stand throughout the afternoon.
Clergymen of prominence were also
there in goodly numbers.
Among those in the mayors box
were Sheriff John F. Monahan, Police
Commissioners Lyman E. Kane and
Philip Scanlon, Police Chaplain Dr.
Edmund A. WATSON, Samuel P. Wal
dron. DR. Robert j. Donnelly, John
+ Gilroy, Of the mayors executive
staff. and Joseph Smith. Bernard M.
Snanl6y, lax COMMISSIONER JOiih L.
Carroll and Warden Richard F. Nc
Guinness arrived late in the after
noon and mingled with the young
sters on the field.
Members of the diocese were out in
numbers. Among the clergymen were
the Rev. Edward F. Quirk, of st.
Joseph's, who acted as a director of
the meet; the Rev. John A. Dillon,
of st. Patrick's; the Rev. George w.
Corrigan, of st. Joseph's; the Rev.
H. c. Coyne, of the Sacred Heart,
vailsburg; the Rev. Andrew L.
Clark, of st. Joseph's; the Rev. Lalor
Mclaughlin, of st. Joseph's; the Rev.
Justin Corcoran, of st. MichaePs; the
Rev. John r. Dooley, of the Domini-
can Fathers; the Rev. Joseph Kelly,
of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken; the
Rev. Henry G. Mahoney. of st.
Patrick's, Jersey City; the Rev. John
A. Holten. of st Mary's, Bayonne;
the Rev. Henry Conery, st. Michael's,
Passaic; the Rev. John H. Butcher,
Our Lady of Good Counsel; the Rev.
Edward A. Degen, of st. Joseph's;
the Rev John O'Malley. st. Patrick's,
Elizabeth, and the Rev. Francis
Schmidt, ST. Nicholass, Newark.
Close to four hundred contested in
the sixtv-yard race in which heats