Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-29
SCHOOLS IN
HALF-M|LE EVENT
Central, Barringer and Newark
Academy Among Those to
Be Represented.
EXPECT MUCH OF LEWIS

Eight schoolboys will start in the
half-mile race at the indoor inter-
scholastic championships to be held
at the First Regiment Armory Sat
urday night. Central High School
has entered two middle distance
runners, while Barringer High
School, Newark Academy, East Or
ange High School, Bloomfield High
Bayonne> High School have each en-
tered one
Charley Boughton and Jonas Lewis
will represent the Central High
School and if the dope goes right
both should be placed. Lewis dem
onstrated that he has some good stuff
in him by getting second place in the
Northumberland run at the Poly
Prep games in Brooklyn. Pfaltz, of
Barringer; Wyman, of East Orange
High School and Cook, of Bloomfield
High School can be counted on to
run an good race and be up with the
leaders in the final sprint for the
tape.
Another race that should be a good
one is the quarter-mile event. An
gus, of Central High School, ran a
wonderful quarter in the last leg of
the relay race at the Tabs" games
and is considered to be in a class
With Willie Kelly, the Prudential
runner. Barringer High School has
entered a pair of starters, as have
ST. Benedicts Preparatory School
Peddie Institute, Woodbridge High
School and South Side High School
have each entered one man. Peddie's
entry is a lad by the name of Mere
dith and he is said to be a chip of
the old block. Woodbridge has a
runner by the name of Vecsi, who
1t is said, runs the quarter in the
neighborhood of 81 seconds.
The one-mile A. A. U. handicap
event will have Louis Scott, of Pat
erson, and Carl Walters, of the N.
Y. A. c.. on scratch. Mike Devanney,
American A. c., will have ten yards
and Joe Myer, who is now attending
Dartmouth, will have 20 yards.
South Orange VS.. LawrenceyilIe.
South Orange High School gym
nasts are slated to meet the Law,
renceville gymnstic team on Satur-
day in a dual meet at Lawrenceville.
The South Orangeites are a skilled
bunch of turner's, as was demonstrat-
ed by the recent 20 to % victory over
Dickinson High School, which has
long been rated among the best in
the scholastic district. Saturdays
competition will be the first of the
season for Lawrenceville.
es
Dickinson VS.. Newark Academy.
Dickinson High School and Newark
Academy are also slated for a dual
gymnastic meet on Saturday. The
Academyites, who won the American
scholastic gymnastic title last year,
will make their initial appearance at
the Jersey City school.
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Last Ono for Singer.
Max Singer, another of the Central
High School athletes, will play In his
last intra-city basketball game to-
morrow afternoon against South Side
High School. Singer is post-grad-
uate. He has been a mainstay at a
guard position.
All After Gardner.
John Brooks Gardner, the star
Splinter of Central High School, will
be ineligible for intra-city competi-
ton after the end of this month
Gardner graduated from Central last
night, completing four and one-half
years of competition, the period al
lowed by the ruling of the Newark
High School Athletic Association
Gardner'S excellent showing in the
junior national championships and
the Eiks' games at Paterson has
brought him to the attention of the
Metropolitan Athletic Club coaches
Both Lawson Robertson, of the Irish
American A. c., and Bernie Wefers-
of the New York A. c., are said to
have approached Gardner in regard
to his affiliation after the expiration
of his school days. d
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Montclair Captures Team Honors.
Montclair division captured the
team honors with score of "a
points in the annual indoor meet of
the Public Service Railway en-
ployees, held last night at the Fourth
Regiment Armory. Jersey City. The
suburban car-house point total was
swelled by the winning of three first
places and an equal number of sec
onds. Spatchen was the individual
star of the evening. The Montclair
trainman took first place IN both
the mile and half-mile events. Ball,
another of the Montclarites, won the
110-yard dash and finished second in
the furlong. Reid. of Harrison. made
a bid for first honors in the mile. but
was Just nosed out.
KIECKHEFER SETS PACE
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