Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-12
STRETCH Strong
IN WEIGHT EVENTS
East Orange Athlete Likely to
Be Heard from in Fall
Meets.
TRACK LEADER AT STEVENS

Among the promising weight men in
New Jersey athletic circles must be
mentioned Clinton Stretch, of East
Orange, captain of the Stevens Insti-
tute track team. Stretch Is a senior
IN the engineering school and has
been competing as a weight thrower
for the past five years. His speciality
is throwing the sixteen-pound ham
mer. an event in which he has won
many prizes. As a side issue, Stretch
has also heaved the discus and put.
the shot with come sueeeea. When no
was graduated from the East Orange
YHigh School, Stretch held the inter-
scholastic record in the hammer
throw, and since that time he has also
annexed the Stevens record with a
remarkable heave of 1874 feet This
feat will be appreciated when it Is
considered that 1t was performed with
a regulation sixteen-pound hammer,
The chief drawback to the East Or
ange mans work is his height or,
rather, his lack of height, Despite his
small size, however, Stretch promises
to be formidable contender in future
metropolitan meets. He has won his
event in the last four meets he en-
gagged In, and will doubtless compete
in some of the fall competitions. Dur
ing the cold season, Stretch will keep
IN form by playing tackle on the Ste
vens football eleven, which he cap
tanned last year. His future work in
athletics will be closely watched by
local followers of track and field
sports.
Percy Franklin, the aIl-around
champion of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, is working hard
at the Branch Brook track to condi-
ton himself for the Keansburg Car
nival meet which will take place on
Saturday at Keansburg. Franklin
will compete in the running hop, step
and jump and in the running broad
jump In practice he has beaten
forty feet for the hop, step and jump,
and has cleared over twenty feet I'M
the broad jump, so with d reasonable
handicap he ought to be among the
prize winners Saturday.
Frank Zuna, who represented the
Belleville Catholic Club in the recent
Diocesan Union three mile run, will
probably compete in the five-mile
handicap road race to be held at
Keansburg on Saturday. Zuna has
all the qualifications OF a good long
distance man, and only needs COM
petent coaching to become an athlete
Of the first rank.
Mike Devaney, the Soho fiier, had
his own opinion of the Hillside track
after he walked off with the one-mile
race. Mike had two steep hills to
climb on each lap of his run. Mike
says he will show what he can DO on
a first-class track when he runs at
keansburg next Saturday. The Soho ,
athlete is thinking seriously of en-
tering In the senior championships
at Baltimore next month, and his
friends are urging him to try for
some points for the Irish-American
Athletic Club, of which he is menu
Der.
In the light of Frank Lagay's per-
Torrance at the Diocesan Union
games last week. many spectators
lost sight of Willie Kelly's performs
ance in the 880-yard run. Bernie
Wefers, the Columbia coach, said that
Lagay's time would be good for at
least two and two-fifths seconds
faster if the race were run on a
well-rolled track. SO Kelly's time for
the half would accordingly be about
seven seconds faster. Considering
that Kelly finished without breathing
hard in two minutes and three Sec
onds, his time would equal zone fifty
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