Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-18
.WALSHA VICTOR IN
.PENTATHLON EVENT
Central Evening High Athlete
Scores 20 Points in Senior
Competition.

Charles Walsha was the winner Of
the pentathlon event for seniors and
August burst captured the honors in
the junior division at the Central
Evening High School annual athletic
meet, held in the gymnasium of the
school last night. Walsha, who won
first place in three events, scored 20
points. His nearest opponent was A.
Kass, who totaled 26 points, the latter
being tied for second honors with j.
Finn. w. Lynch was fourth with %
points. In the junior competition
burst finished with 36 counts, being
just one tally ahead of j. Wippert.
Feeney, with 33, was third, and Clark,
with IS, fourth. burst finished first
in the quarter-mile event in 63 sec
ond.s, and managed to throw Wippert
in the wrestling match, which de-
cIded the honors.
There were five events in each class,
including q twenty-yard dash, halt
mile rum senior, and quarter-mile
run for juniors, running high jump
and twenty-yard high hurdles, the
latter for seniors, and twenty-yard
low hurdles for juniors. In each divi"
sion four qualified for the wrestling
event, which was the last on the pro-
SI9Ils OuISl, Oh Tic Alo0 ~
throw Wippert in order to win the
gold medal in his division. The wrest-
ling matches, being eliminated to four
athletes in each division, proved in
teresting. Ten boys qualified in the
point competition of each event.
There were more than ten students
in each event, but. the first ten to
finish scored. the first having ten
points. second nine, third eight, etc.
to,1
Walsha threw Lynch with a half
nelson and crotch hold In the semi
final. Kass managed to throw Finn
with a further arm" hold, and in the
final Kass met his Waterloo at the
hands of Walsha. who gained three
quarter nelson hold and downed his
man in minutes 80 seconds.
burst threw Feeney and Feeney
threw Clark in the semi-finals of the
junior class. In the final burst pinned
Wippert to the mat In three minutes
with half-nelson and scissor hold.
In the senior division Walsha won the
high jump with leap of feet, 4
inches. He also got first place in the
20-yard high hurdles in 2-5 seconds
| The half-mile was won by George
Messler, of the Long Island Athletic
Club, in minutes and s seconds, and
Kass managed to get first place in the
20-ydrd dasn. In the Junior DIVISION
burst went over the line winner of
the 440-yard dash in 63 seconds. The
l20-yard dash was captured by Wippert
| in 2-5 seconds Mingnone won the
| low hurdles in 3-5 seconds and
Feeney captured the high jump, going
over the bar at feet, 10 inches. Carl
Anderson, who is the physical instruc-
tor at both the day and night schools,
presented the medals.
Bell South Side Hockey Captain.
Charles Bell was yesterday after
noon elected to captain the hockey
team at South Side High School this
season. Bell has issued a call for
candidates today. The South Side
boys will use a pond near Weequahic
Park for their rink. The Ice appeared
strong enough yesterday for practice,
but in order to make sure Coach
Macherey instructed the players to
wait until today before going out.
Chances for cracker-jack team at
South Side High School appear bright
although the services of Jayne and
Proops, two Of last years team play
ers. will undoubtedly be missed. De
Vito Bioren, Holbrook, Slater. Walk
enburg. Hetzel and others are ex-
pected out today.