The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-20
TEN THOUSAND CHEER
SCHOOLBOY ATHLETES
public school ~ Takes Chief
Uonor-Ncw Records Made
in Several Events.
MANY MINOR CASU ALTlES

.f.ais,u Suiarc Garden Yesterday after
oon lao a manner bcwldcring to many
., ,ho 10. o0O spectators in frantic cf-
arts 10 win the individual and team
.,,,cl. I'M the twcrth annual Champion
inns of the Public school Athletic
,.,,u. when the smoke OF battle had
u, red away it WAS found that the honors
tho meet rested with Public School
=, ~ iI7th street and st Nicholas ave
NO Manhattan, with ~ points. Thc
,,vs OF No 10 fought hraNcly throughout
a.. man, siNrmisNcS ana an example of
60. ,rpaui.atiuu which enabled them
~, move up from second place and de-
,prouc Public school 60. last years vim
ner was provided in the relays. The
aiming school was placed IN every one
,T,.e events School - also
e,ish,d In front of the winning school
- last year with 20 points. and 60
heat out lSi. Manhattan by only l
r5int Manhattan schools therefore took
Nm. first four places. with school oi
prooklNn "A good NTH. with IL points.
Rsnreseutativcs of twcuty-nine schools
srnctrcd among the placed division. show
ing that athletic ability ~ tairlN Wen
dstrihutcd among the SCHOOLS OF the
.Yatcr city. The steady Improvement
a, the competitors also was eNldeuoed
nv tho number OF new records credited to
smashed yesterday and three cquallcd, an
excellent showing Tor the youth OF to
day destined perhaps to he the olympic
champions Of the future
Homer Baker. half mile champion OF
England and America was one OF tine
visitors to the Garden who saw proof
~ the onward march in athletics Of the
canning generation. Five years ago the
New York A. G. crack earned his first
real laurels when as "A schoolboy he "S-
tahlished the record of feet ga, inches
for the running high jump at ihe Gard n
meet with Baker an Interested on
looker this mark was beaten yesterday by
George Corcoran OF School 1874, Manhat-
IAN who cleared the bar at " feet 3i2
inches Further the general improvement
was demonstrated by he three other
placed boys in the event all beating
bakers mark with > t,et 3 inches, at
which height they had to jump off for The
places
With the exception of one relay marx
all the new records were made I'm tho
field events. the agile young Jumpers show
ne in great form Ia the standing hrua
lump for lads weighing So pounds or I'M
der G. Schening of School 90. Queens per
formed as though his little body and legs
were full, OF springs. tie ledpcd y feet
"a, inches and disposed Of the old record
If feet I inches made in 1909. In he
running high jump for thu 100 pound class
johnson Of School No 10 had his name
placed among the record holders with
iurp OF = feet .. inch. nearly an iu'n
higher than the mark made by last years
winner.
Y Never. school 10. Manhattan, Won
the So ward dash for 100 FOUNDERS. and iu
ioing so equalled the record Of : 20 Soc
onis Brooklyn came into the lim'Nchi
IN tho 20 yard sprint with a limit Of ll1
rounds when NlN Wuhon OF School liN
IL.
With = good margin to spare IN 10 sec
onds. ,quallng the record.
There was a particularly good class of
'unucrs In the relay for 100 pound boy :,
and the competition WAS 50 Keen that the
winning team uG Public school - wa
forced to run IN Quarter mile IN tn" rec
Ord time Of 90 seconds. This achievement
was the moro noteworthy because "f the
rev measurement rule. which made the
Youngsters run further than when the odd
lime, a ilfh of second sloRcr, wa made
The same school also supplied the winning
cam In the NJ pound class and was placed
'hird IT, tn" unlimited weight relay Won
by School 10.
There was q spfinkiinr of stald citizens
among the lp,U00 youngsters, who made
he rafterT ring from start to- finish with
heir shouts. Some are prominent in CiNI,
Affairs AMI an expressed themselves as
Tmens ly pleased with the great outr0ur-
ne Of embryo athletes AMI he spin, and
"nerg' shown by the contestants. MaA uI
Mitchell was scheduled To fire the pistol foi
the first heat and there was d,laN o'
nearly an hour before it vas learned that
he could not hc present lie sent 81 mes,
sag hy his private secretary. Rossctl
10 the effect that the city owed the Publ,
school Athletic League and It's officers q
err great debt. In the absence Of the
Maluy Cen George W. Wuga,c. who ha,
one more than any one man Tor 'n'
league, fired the frst gun to the accom-
QanNn'nt Of doafc1ing cheers.
ON" of the most Imprc ssiNc scenes of
Inc ME meet was provided 10y the OILS m
pc review, IN which the youngsters who
ter were 20 fight for every point showed
maj they were amenable To discipline IN
and march around the Garden. III
details o. six thcy paraded to the Straiu'
" the band Of Public School . aut
hen drew up IN solid array In front o
NJ r'Niewjng box, There were products
OF tW'uty-our nations i'm the mtsscd body
hu' each one salutcd old Glory with ,
''rVou that hcspeahs good CITIZENSHIP
hereafter
Among those 30 the reviewing hoN We,
Con George W Wngate president j
: 4 l. Marcus NJ. Marks. President q
NJ Borough Of Manhattan: Dougla
Nth"wsou. President of tho Borough o
The BronN Col y. f. Kline cN-Mayo
~ New York; Fire commissioner Rohrf
Manson Corporation Counsel Frank l.
polF Thomas ". Churchill pre-, dent o
~ Board of Educatiou Dr William n
Maxwell, city Superintendent of schools
FustaNus r Kirby. lHtcicollegiatc A. \
Ernest +. EiIcrt otto r. Ban
n'rd, J.. t.. Fink and col. John f. Nal
or'' Twenty ninth infantry. Who repre-
''0."d Cen. Leonard wood
't. rivalry though keen was uall,'