New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-14
Townsend Harris a poo,
Second in High School
Championships.
WEARERS OF RED AMI
BLACK SET 2 MARKr
Relay Team and Smith Carrv a.
Honors in Meet at the
City College.

.Je Witt Clinton High School ..
fourth consecutive year swept IN. w.
In tho eighth annual high schools -
ming championship in the pool OF N. c'
lege OF the City OF New York lac, -
The Red and Black athletes piled un'"
total Of q points. Townsend Harris u
was second with IS points TO its cr,,,.
while Erasmus Hall came trailing in ~.
place with bare 81 points Commsr,..,
Of BROOKLYN. was next with points a.,
the rest We're scattered
Gloom was cast over the meeting -,
withdrawal OF the High School Of Can
merce team due TO the sudden death :,
DR. James j. Sheppard. principal ~ -.
school. The Orange and Blue team No,
first place I'm the round robin ,or,..
ment and was well rated by the crit.
as a possible winner OF high honors in N,
championship.
Two records Went 0y the boards and D.,
the representatives OF DE Wit, ciu,,,
fell the honors. The Red and Black =.
lay team spiashed its way to victory !,
the SoO-foot race in minutes and p.i
seconds. Smith won the 290-yard swim /,
impressive style by some ten Yards in
minutes and As seconds. The former mar.
fbr the relay race was minutes and I,
seconds, made by the Clinton team lss,
year, while the standard for the furlon,
was 2:j2 10. established by Allan Clyhur,
Of Erasmus, last year.
The swimming OF Smith in the furlon,
race was a treat. With scarcely an effort
he slashed his way along, his arms yet.
ting tremendous hold on the water
while his legs. churning like prepellers
drove him onward at a remarkable speed
In the first lap he went out and took a
lead of perhaps a yard, and each lap saw
him pull further and further into the
van.
The other man in the race labored bad.
~ and fell behind. Had Smith been
pressed to the limit OF his speed he might
have lowered the record by several sec
onds more p. Davidow. captain OF h.
Clinton team, had an easy time winnie
the ifty-yard swim in the absence Of Vol
rner, OF Stuyvesant. The latter is one o.
the boys who incurred the wrath OF the
Amateur Athletic Union by competing
against the Annapolis team few weeks
ago. Davidow not only showed rare speed.
but great stamina as well. He went
through his heats with colors flying. tab
ing his first trial in % l-5 seconds, biz
semi-fnal in % So and the final in q -
Bosworth, of Townsend Harris Hall.
gave him quite a fight Of il for while.
but he fell by the wayside beaten.
The relay race was a thriller from start
TO finish. and Clinton won only by about
two or three yards from Townsend Har-
ris, with Erasmus in third place and the
second team of Townsend Harris Hall in
fourth place. Coming right down to the
last twenty yards IL was anybody's race,
but the Clinton man had the greatest r.
serve strength left and managed 10 Keep
his hard won advantage 10 the touch.
Emanuel, OF Townsend Harris Hail mad
comparatively little trouble in winning
the fancy diving competition. lie cut into
the water like a knife turning difficult
lNlsls anu Hdtl AAl III ~ liN wv ""'-'
with scarcely a splash. BosUorth,
teammate. was second. and Hamilton, cf
Stuyvesant. third.
A crowd of some twenty-five hEn0Fe'
schoolboys were on hand and made me
night hideous with their songs and cheer
The summaries follow:
So0-foot rolav-Won by De Witt clinton % ~
patrick Zilewowitz. Smith and baNooNl'
Townsend Harris Hall first team 'Nane A-h
son. Amar and Bosworth, second; lras's
Hall o. Horgan. T.. Fay .. cramp ana
Long. third: Townsend Harris '.cc9np ca
HIandschuck. Baehl. Howay ana bo'"o'"'
fourth. Time, e:A3 30. ,...s,.,'
Fancy diving contost-Won hy Leon L in4'.s'
Townsend Harris Hall. l3, points w b'lul-,
Commercial. 49, points. second; o. '."il'sa
De Witt Clinton l-5ic points. tnI'. ~ -
nor De witt clinton. ~ points fourth
plunge for distarce-Nou by .. x So
Morris Heights school wiki b, rect 'ft.
De witt clinton second. with ID f>'ii y. -.
hardt. Stuyvesan,. ami b. Horgan Lias Nv
Hall. were tied for third place "li ~
each. ,,-,sr,.s
lOO-yard swlui-Won by b. Long E-as.,,'
Hall; W. FitZgibhons De Wiz thno. W..
ond: !. Seymour. De witt Clinton thiiH ~,
milye. Townsend Harris Hal. fourth. '""
/ 0j a.. .., n. Wii,
clinton. Wade. Townsend Harris Hsil se.0Iy
Munson Townsend Harris Hal thip;s x
Cohen. De Witt clinton. fourth. lime ~ n.
Fifty-yard Swim-Won hy p. woo" ,tf,n
witt clinton: BoswOrth. Townsend h.,hhirf n
second: =. Hamilton. StuyNesahl tNiS- a.
Goodstein. Commercial. fourth. Ilme' V'