Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-16
LEAGUE HONORS co
,.n TO EAST ORANGE
Great Rally in Second Half
Causes MOntclair High
a3s Schools Defeat.
WINNERS DEFENSE COUNTS

East Orange High School annexed
the New Jersey Interscholastic
League basketball title on Saturday.
when its representatives defeated the
NtontcIair High School quintet by a
scone of % to %. in post season
game. played on the Bloomfield High
School court. A record crowd turned
OUT 10 witness the play-off, which
was made necessary by the two teams
having come through the league sea
son withAa record of having lost only
aner. game. East Orange having de-
feated Momtclair on the East Orange
court. whitley Montclair had taken the
laurels in tine contest staged at the
Montclair gymnasium.
East Orange made one of its ia
mops rallies and snatched victory
away from the hard-f lighting Mont
Charities in the second half, chiefly
througfih the guarding efforts of
Captain Swift Barnes and Hammy
Meeteer. In the first half, which
ended 10 to IL in favor of Montclair
sIocum Gagged four field baskets, some
, Of which bordered on the sensational,
huta in the second period the East Or
sRge DEFENSE played close. with the
result that the star Montclair for
ward was held without a tally.
Meeteer. the Red and Blue guard, was
al !, oyer the court The Montclair
passing was knocked all as<ew by his
spectacular interruptions. and his two
Held baskets were most timely. Art
Brentano and Thistle Were the prin-
eipal contributors to The East Orange
score. Brentano proved accurate on
ree,ythrows in the second half crisis
scoring five, in addition to which he
gathered three field goals Thistle
Gagged five goals from the floor Slo-
cum was the dangerous man in the
Montclair offense. His four field
shots in the first half was the best
of the Montclair floor work Ward
Starrett. his teammate. Gagged the
leather twice from the field and five
fmSs on free throws.
80 Third Title for East Orange
The New Jersey lnterscholastic
I.eague basketball title won by East
Grange High School ON Saturday is
the third championship won by the
Red and Blue since The opening of
the fan semester. East Orange was
edS1Iy the class of the league in foot
ball., while its barriers romped away
with the cross country honors.
south Side Athletes score Points.
South Side High School athletes
were conspicuous in the scoring at
the sixteenth annual games of De
Witt Clinton High School held last
Saturday night in New York. Hetzel
took first place in the underground
shot put with heave of 80 feet |
INCH. Captain Gus Bitzig captured
second place in the half-mile, finish
Ing close on the heels of Joe Ray
1nond, of Poly Prep, who breasted
the tape in . minutes and 10 seconds
MiiSe Nalhenburg won a like place in
tic qharter-mile run, which was cap
tured' by Clark. another Poly Prep
athlete, while Carl Dippel was placed !
second to Jefferson, of Curtis High |
School, in the novice furlong event /
Pity, Prep took the point trophy with
total of 20 points, South Side being
stN'pcints behind.
sew1 Stanford Leaves Blair Hall.
yejeoGge Stanford, he former Cen
tral High School athlete. has left
Blair Hall where he took up his
stsl6liAs after leaving the local school !
Stanford was one of Blair's best ath-
letioi representatives, having won his
letter. in both baseball and football. |
.o3o1
"a itRc Curtis Jumps High
9Kenneth Fl. Curtis, the old Barrin-
ser High School pole vaulter, had
little difficulty in winning the vault
event, of the dual meet between SYRIA
crse and Michigan last Saturday at
SSfacuse. The local youth scared
over the cross piece at height of ~
feM ! inch, which was several inches
better than the performance of
;EoNn. OF Michigan. who was sec
ond. Curtis holds the New Jersey
Intsrscholastic League pole vault
racnrd, and at one time held the
Newark Public School Athletic As
s6ciation record also.
Diamond Candidates Report To-day.
,5,aSsball candidates will report to-
day at st. Benedicts Prep to Father
Nalerian, who has issued the call.
The battery aspirants have been out
FOR, several days lobbing ever the ball
IN Casino court.
-frack Practise soon at Central
Ageording to present plans. Central
HIGH Schools track team will start
prrctise next week in preparation for
tSfe outdoor season. The relay team
Will receive the most attention, as
barely a month is allotted for it to get
ino shape for the Penn relays, which
wilt be held Saturday, April %, at
Eraal1iin Field, Philadelphia. Central
sirated in the highest of the high
school classes with the Boston Latin
aflds the Boston English schools \
recent ruling of the Hub City Board
ofyTducation to the effect that stu
dents are prohibited from making
trfps rthat will keep them overnight
ha3 cast doubt on whether or not
thef crack Boston schoolboys will be
able to compete, and consequently
Central is expected to annex the
donors.
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DIAL Win for Overlook Teams.
overlook Hospital was a 43 to 20
wilmer in a basketball game played
with orange High School on Satur-
day. night at Overlook The fair
sex of the hospital also registered q
vietery, beating the Orange High
School girls team by score of
to--a4-.
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