Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
PLANS
FOR BIG DUAL MEET
st. Benedicts and South Side
Boys to Clash in Various
Events.
FEBRUARY IL THE DATE

Schoolboys of the ST. Benedict Prep
and South Side High Schools will
clash in a dual athletic meet at the
First Regiment Armory, Sussex ave-
nue. and Jay streets. February L.
Sixteen events and a game Of basket
bail between the two school teams
was the program arranged at a meet
ing of Principal Thomas F. Kennedy
Matthias Macherey and Guido Caval-
laro, instructors, of South High High
School, and Father Cornelius, Father
Augustine and Harry Coates, the lat
ter being coach, of St. Benedict's
Prep, held at the st. Benedict school,
In High street, last night. Those in
terested in the proposition were high
ly enthusiastic over the outcome.
The program as arranged for last
night is a long one and includes two
open events, relay affairs for high
school teams and for members of
the Prudential Insurance Athletic
Association. Business was trans
acted in harmony last night and
there did not appear to be hitch
which might naturally arise under
the circumstances where keen rivalry
exists between the school teams.
Practically all arrangements for
the possible exception being list of
officials, and a partial list of those
to have charge of the affair on the
night of the meet has been arranged
for. John Eisele, a former Newark
Academy boy and a star athlete at
Princeton, will referee, and Bernard
NJ. Stanley, jr., will be asked to
oficiate as honorary referee. An
other meeting will be held probably
next week for the purpose of ar
ranging complete list Of officials.
The schoolboys on the night of the
meet will be divided into three
groups, senior, junior and midget.
The senior boys will be those over
sixteen years Of age and the juniors
under sixteen. The midget events
will be for boys under 100 pounds
There are eight senior. four Junior
and two midgel events. The senior
events include a 75-yard dash, six
boys from each school; 440-yard
dash, three boys from each school;
S80-yard dash, four boys from each
school; one-mile run, five boys from
each school: 220-yard dash, three
boys from each school; 75-yard high
hurdles, four boys from each school;
high Jump, four boys from each
school and a one-mile relay race. 1t
became necess ssary to limit the number
of contestants to each event owing
TO the extensive program.
The Junior mum bers, 75-yard dasn,
75-yard low hurdle, high jump and
relay. will have the same number OF
boys included as the seniIr events
The two events in the midget divt-
sion are 5O-yard dash, in which six
,oys from each school, will be repre-
sented. and a 440-yard relay race. The
other three events are a one-mile re-
Law for high school teams, one
mile relay for members of the Pru-
Dental team and a basketball game
between the school teams. The latter
is practlca ly an innovation In school
Toy circles in this city at an athletic
meet. At the annual athletic meet OF
the Stuyvesant High School, in New
York, a basketball game Is played.
and is locked upon as one of the fea-
ture events The ST. Benedict team
s conceded to be one of the best. If
not the best, schoolboy teams In the
state. With the spacious armory
court for the battle a large crowd
will be enabled to see the South Side
and st Benedict teams In action.
South SIDE will have practically the
same team as that which represented
me institution last year.
Music. a list of pr yes and the scor-
ng of points was also arranged for.
Efforts will be made to have the City
Home band play Gold, silver and
hronze medals will be given to thoss
finishing first. second and third in
ach event while the winning relay
team members will each be awarded
a silver trophy A silk banner will
90 to the team winning the meet.
The points will be scored on 3
and I basis. the relay teams TO count
and 8 poin's respectively for first
and eapnnd ulaces