Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-09
PEDDIE FIVE AFTER
SCHOLASTIC TITLE
Institute Quintet Has Won All
Five Games Played to
Date.
SIX GAMES STILL TO PLAY

rencevilie was defeated early IN the
season by a score of 81 to IA. this
being the only defeat sustained this
season by Lawrenceville on its home
court Pennington, another of the
down-State prep schools, has been
beaten twice At Pennington, the
Hightstowners registered 60-to-26
win. while Peddie won by score OF
rs to 6 at home. The other victories
were over Swarthmore freshmen, AZ
to Is. and the Crescents of Trenton,
SO to Is.
An effort was made early in the sea-
son bv ST. Benedicts to arrange a
game in order to settle the claims OF
both to the State basketball title, but
Psddie advised Thomas Tully, the
Benedict manager, that the Nights
town schedule had been completed.
Prep school basketball is played un-
der intercollegiate rules and IT is
doubtful If any Of the local nigh
schools could cope with Peddte at TINS
style of play.
Peddie still has six games to play,
one Of which is a return match with
T.aurrencevilIe, The schedule TO be
played follows:
FEBRUARY il. Wesley at Hightstown;
II. Trenton High School at Trenton;
al Lawrenceville at Hightstown;
March 7, Trenton High School at
Higftstown: IA. Williamson at WIN
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scholastic "Gym" Championships Friday.
The American scholastic gymnastic
channionshfps will be held on Friday. /
under the auspices of the Haverford
College. at Haverford. Local interest
viii be centered in the presence OF
The Newark Academy. South Orange
High school and Dickinson High |
school gymnastic teams in the COM
netjfion. Newark Academy captured
the schoolboy gym" title last year
at Haverford. South Orange is ad-
mitted to have an excellent chance
for the honor this year, as the SUD
urban school representatives nave
beaten both those of Dickinson and
Newark Academy and registered
tie with Iawrenceville in the dual
meets.
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Passaic High CIinches Title.
Passaie High School clinched the
title in the Northern New Jersey In
ferscholastic League basketball race
on Saturday. when It's quintet de-
feated the Hackensack High School
team by a score of SO to ., while
Engfewood High School put Ruther-
ford High School, othe only other
team that had a chance, out OF the
running by beating 1t, Z to %. The
final games in the league Will De
played next Saturday.
So
Another Win for MorristOwn School.
Morristown School added another !
victory to its record on Saturday,
when it defeated Ethical Culture
School of New York by score Of %
to II. at Morristown.
Rahway Defeats Woodbridge.
Railway High School defeated
Woodbridge High School by a score
Of 80 to q on Saturday in a basket
ball game played at Railway.
Kingsley School Strikes a Snag.
Kingsley School struck tartar in
Horace Mann on Saturday when the 1
latter defeated the Essex Fells School
by a score of 80 to &c at New York. (
The defeat marked the first loss of :
the season for Kingsley, it having ]
won five games
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Central wins Erasmus Point Trophy.
The Central High School track team
annexed another point trophy on Sat
urday night, when it doubled the
pointage Of Tome School, its nearest
competitor, by scoring % points in
the Erasmus Hall High School games,
In the Thirteenth Regiment, Brook
lyn. The Erasmus trophy was the
third captured this season. by the
Centraiftes.
Charles Boughton. of Central. took
first place in both the half-mile and
the mile. Charles opposite gathered I
FIRST honors in the Junior century,
sffie "Jinny' Gardner finished second
In the senior 100-yard dash. Winfield
Angus added three points to this total
with a second in the half-mile. Nor
man Gardner landed a fourth In the
quarter mile novice
st. Benediets Play Rutherford Ii. 5.
The basketball game scheduled for
tomorrow between st. Benedict's :
prep" and Rutherford High School
at Rutherford is awaited with inter
est. While Rutherford is not faring
overwell in the Northern New Jersey
Interscholastic League, 1t Is for
mfdab1e opponent on It's home court,
as is evidenced by the recent down.
fan of the Central II. S. five at Ruth
erford However, the Benedicts are
a heavier team than Central, and a
close game may be expected.
Two Tied in sehooIboy Pentathlon.
B. Spence, of Poly Prep, and H.
Finley. of Morris H. s., tied with IA
points apiece for first honors in the
scboolboy pantathlon event Satur-
day night at the Erasmus Hall High
School games in Brooklyn. Aaron
LASER. of Central. finished fourth.
being beaten out by Hammerschlag,
of Stuyvesant High School. The
program consisted OF 100
yard dash. high jump. 22O-yard
hurdles. half-mile and 12-pound shot
put.
Meet for Union County Title.
Railway High School and Roselle
High School will have a tussle tomor-
row at Railway in the race for the
Union county championship. Rah-
way has strong team and is favor
tie for the game.
Dickinson Defeats Commerce H. s.
Dickinson High School was re- !
turned a 80 to % winner over High
School Of Commerce in a basketball
game played on Saturday at Jersey
City.