New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
o S. 10 Captures Point
Trophy by Comfort
able Margin.
CORCORAN SETS
HIGH JUMP MARK
Exciting Finishes the Rule in
p.S. A. L. Elementary
Games.

tks twelfth annGai Tehe"Ai VI '"e III
~, track and field championships fol-
.,,-,p,ary schools at Madison Square
c,,s.p Yesterday afternoon.
n. lads from st. Nicholas av. piled
81. % points. while Public School 27
,l.e Of this borough, was second. with
., ,oirts. In fact. the Manhattan boys
h,s more or less Of field day. for 81
,,.n the lower East Side, was third,
Nth "a points; 1874. with 10 points
awe next. and 4S followed along with
70 poirts. The first Brooklyn school to
.sow in the point total was ~, which
ven points.
Records fell in ;he afternoon OF
mort, and every new standard was
hailed with a storm Of applause. G.
co-,Orrn. OF Public School 1874, Man
h,,t,r. smashed the record in the run
rinr high jump. clearing the bar at .
Zee, 81 inches. The former record
rws feet %, inches. made on Deceri-
b,r II. 1909. by Homer Baker, the
world famous middle distance runner
q the Me-. FORK A. G.
lack Johnson, o. Public School 10,
Manhattan. established new record
!, the high Jump for lOO-pound lads.
III. se,usl jump was 5 feet 8 inch,
While the former standard was feet
II inches. The relay team Of Public
School 81. Manhattan, wiped the old
marx Of the books Of the l0O-pound
class By covering the quarter mile IN
O.55 fat The old record was O:55 10.
The records in the 6O-yard dash and
the 70-ysrd dash were tied.
The opening OF the games was most
impressive. The contestants, 1880 in
number. the geratest number Of com
ps,.ors ever entered in these games,
issdsd hy the brass band Of Public
school q. under the direction of A. J.
Pugluse. marched around the arena.
me bows halted in front Of the review
ise stand. in which General George W.
Wingste. president Of the Public Schools
Athletic League; Or. c. Ward Cramp-
ton. Gustavus T. Kirby. former presi-
cent OF the Amateur Athletic Union,
and other men prominent in the edu-
ssiionsl and athletic world were gath
cred.
The boys pledged allegiance 70 the
hsg. The band then played 1.-The Star
Spsngled Banner" and when the last
strains had died away the boys broke
ranks amid the riotous cheers OF the
enthusiastic rooters, and the games
we're on.
General Wingate. under whose wise.
energetic leadership the league has
prOspere6. started the first heat OF the
sO-yaTd dash for S5-pound boys, the
first event Of the afternoon. Hal
schmidt, from Public School p, OF
The Bronx. broke the worsted at the
finishing stand. That he failed TO
place in the final heat detracted not
lot from the pleasure of his day. IL
~ not every 10Y who can start the
cay with victory when the chief exc
cutive Of the Public Schools Athletic
League starts the race.
Il was regretted that General Leon
ard Wood could not attend the games.
Urgent Official business required his
attention in Washington. He was rep
staff
The meet was perhaps the most sue
eessful ever held. The fields were
hfge, the athletes well trained in most
eases and The finishes of the kind that
RAD the crowd standing on the chairs.
n TACT, the bows in the seats needed
utue encouraging. They came pre-
pared 70 yell, and made the most Of
sVery opportunity. And the cheering,
t y said, varied from the we'll organ
led TO the spontaneous, that was more
enthusiastic.
ne relay races. which always make
hN with the crowd. were especially
interesting. Numerous heats were
lecesssry because of the unusual num-
or Of entries. Many of the young
stn had all sorts of trouble in round
mg the turns and not a few came
elVppers. II was all in the game. and
uhe IL ended their chances, il sf-
.lotqed some extra amusement and
"piils for the crowd.
refhAps the most interesting relay
Oe OF the day was in the 100-pound
S-ss' IN which the boys from p. s.
need 70 victory and a new record
team survived the trial heats, IN
u,eh no fewer than forty teams raced
came down TO the final hot
'Vr'te with all but the most rabid
80 usans Finnigan, the leader, was
Ahd gone again before any of his
ccyImpeutors, and his mates, Arminni
v1ppe and Fitzpatrick, kept the good
ir vrk 10. They won by a fair margin,
mere was honor enough for the
lsms which finished after them. The
from y. S. 10 were always in the
snt and No. %, of The Bronx, put
va plueky fight all the way.
a. Nany we're called, but few got up in
ls elgnty-iive-pound class, in the re-
race az $50 yards Sixty teams
ioe IN the fight. and bedlam was let
"Ss se once the starting gun was fired
S.th the last tape was broken. Public
E.nooi q finally won, with Parish
.ssmer, Cornley and Reeder wearing
v Solors, with p. S. 10 following
Snuy on their heels. Then came P,
~ io4' IN third place. The time,
NC record.
tSax "ilkoff, Of p. S. 14s, Brooklyn,
A. tne record in the seventy ward
IN the ll5-pound class, when he
D. he course in 8 1-5 seconds. Pete
,,,.1n' OF T. ). SO, was second. only a
~ g,ue away, and extended to the limit
MS speed TO stave off the rallying
s, Sn OF Buseher, the clever sprinter
F" r. S. 5, Manhattan. p''''''
"a Meyer, who wore the colors ~ = =
~ tied the record in the siyt,-rard
"a Ssn IN the 100-pound class. p. Rsids
a.. >. ., Brooklyn, forced him riobf
WI, and finished alnnost =. 'sn0