Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-16
GARDNER WILL TRY
FOR NEW LAURELS
Central Speedster Entered With
Other Local Stars in Poly
Prep Games.
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NOTES

SC1UUL AInLEllC Mules
New Jersey schoolboys will make a
strong bid for the honors tomorrow
night in the Poly Prep games at the
Fourteenth Regiment, Brooklyn. over
500 entries have been received by L
W. Dubois, manager OF the meet, and
the affair promises to be one OF the
best ever conducted by the Brooklyn
school
Central High School is one Of the
strongest Jersey entrants. John
Brooks Gardner, who won third place
in the Junior national championships
at the same armory a fortnight ago.
will face the barrier in the senior
seventy fve-yard dash. Charles Espo-
sito. the Junior sprinter, will start In
the junior dash, together with Ernest
Benatre and William Schmitt, two
novices. Winfield Angus. who ran his
leg of the relay in the Tabs games
last Wednesday night in time close
to 81 seconds, will be on the mark in
the quarter-mile event, az will Abe
Rubin, another of the relay men.
Charles Boughton Is TO start in the
half and one mile runs. In the shot
put are entered George Smith and
John Flockhart Sid LASER will start
in the hurdles, while Aaron LASER will
attempt the pole vault. The relay,
comprising Boughton, Angus, KEITH
/ berg and Rubin, will strive for the
relay honors.
Dale, who finished second IN the
/ New Jersey interscholastic cross
country race last fall will carry the
Stevens School colors In the mile.
| Mesloh will represent the Hoboken
/ school in the 75-yard dash senior and
\ the quarter mile event
state Well Represented.
| Rutherford High School has entered
/ Lucey In the shotput senior and Wal
lace in the 600 yards novice at the
Poly Prep games. Levine, a Bayonne
High School boy, is among the field
in the mile. Englewood High School
has a trio of representatives In the
meet. Wilson and Livingston viii
compete in the pole vault, while Grill
I'm will tackle the senior Ss0-yard run.
Princeton Prep will also attempt to
secure a leg on the point trophy. Ken
nedy is entered in the mile and 1seOo-
ward novice. Holden and Jaskes VIII
start in the 440- yard senior, while
McCreery win attempt to win a place
in both seventy-five yards novice and
senior events.
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Central High Games
Central High School will stage the
next local athletic meet at the First
Regiment Armory on Saturday eve
ming. January 81. In addition to
series OF events TO decide the State
scholastic indoor championships,
there are several open events. Coach
| Carl Anderson was busy man Wed
nesday night at the Tabs meet The
principal result OF his evenings ef-
/ forts was the promise Of Tommy Len
| non, Junior 20-yt-rd champion, TO COM
pete in the l40-yard handicap. Ollie
| De Gruchy will probably enter the
Ss0-yard invitation race The New
York A. C. fier viii have a trio OF
hard men to beat In Kiviat, Sheppard
and Meredith.
4 schooiboy Basketball.
SchooIboy basketball will have sat
urday innings this week. Kingsley
School will resume its schedule for the
first time since the Christmas holidays
in the afternoon, when the Essex Fells
team will face Plainfield High School
Montclair Academy will engage with
Bordentown "Mif' on its home court.
while Rutherford High School will
tackle Trenton High School at the
State capital. Other games are Rich
/
High School at Bloomfield and West
Orange High School VS.. Belleyflle
High School at Belleville.
! &c
BarrinEeR Seven Dfsbends.
Barringer High School hockey team
has disbanded Since the close OF the
football season the puck chasers have
been practising, and now with the
first Ice of the season they have called
off the schedule. Failure TO gather q
team representative Of the school Is
said to be the reason for the aban-
Comment of the ice sport.
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MontcIair Seven Best
I Montclair High School sloughed un-
der South Side High School in the
initial hockey game of the latter's
season yesterday by a score OF II 10 0.
The New Jersey Interscholastic
League champions had the game in
hand all the way. The Clinton Killers
we're handicapped by lack Of weight,
and clearly demonstrated that they
| had little practise together. Hunger
ford, Williams and Hughes we're an
irresistible combination.
/
A "No Medal" Meet
the Eastern District High School, Of
Brooklyn. will take place on satur-
day evening, January "A. at the Forty
seventh regiment armory. Brooklyn.
Eleven events will be contested, three
Iyn schools fifth annual attempt to
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