New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
STUYVESANT WINS
BY CLOSE MARGIN
Noses Out DE Witt Clinton
by Two Points i'm Bar
nard School Meet.
GERLOCK SHOWS GOOD
SPEED IN MILE RUN
Bloomfield Lad FORCES to Front
in Last Fifty Yards and
Wins by Inches.

Wins by Inches.
The track team OF Stuyyesant High
School, which was recently awarded the
schoolboy indoor championship title. fol-
lowing disqualification, had narrow
escape i'm winning the poin; trophy at the
annual games OF Barnard School, held in
the new I'D Regiment Armory yestcr-
day. The East 18th street school captured
three first places. two seconds. like
number OF thirds and fourth place FOR
q total OF IS points. De Witt Clinton High
School came up exceedingly strong, ana
finished only two points behind. From
the opening race it was n fight between
the two schools for the honors.
Boys High School, Of Brooklyn. was in
third position. with IS points. while Poly
Prep. was at its heels. with 10 points In
the number OF schools represented and
boys competing the meet overshadowed
any OF former years. There were repre-
sentatives from ffty-six institutions on
hand which included many out OF town
schools and a group Of athletes from
Tome School, of Port Deposit. Md. which
scored points. twenty-five schools
worked their way into the point column.
Close finishes We're the rule. AMI some
unusually splendid performances were
seen in the field contests. Eddie Gerlock,
Of Bloomfield High School: Frank L..
jenkins. of Far Rockaway High School,
the schoolboy 'cross-country champion.
and Leayey Levine. OF Bayonne High
School. who outdistanced their opponents
in the one-mile senior run, furnished the
best race Of the afternoon
Gerlock was the victor by margin OF
seven yards. after a great finishing
sprint. He was fifteen yards in the rear
of Levine and Jenkins, who were to-
gether. turning the last corner into 'he
stretch. when he sprinted after the lead
crs. Fifty yards from the finish he
caught Levine and took the lead. Levine
was second. a scant four yards i'm adj
vance Of Jenkins. Danny Peck. a school
mate of Gerlock. was in fourth place.
George Bronder OF Poly. Prep, gave
promise Of developing into a champion
shot-putter when he captured the s.
pound novice contest with a heave OF D.
feet a inch. II is the best performance
up to the present time Of any novice
school0oy with the leaden ball.
The Stuyvesant and De Witt Clinton
relay teams staged a bitter duel i'm the
one-mile senior relay, which had Tome
and Englewood schools as other starters.
Stuyvesant Jumped into the lead from the
start but had to show its best speed to
keep in front Of the Red and Black.
The summaries follow:
lo0-yard dash lsonior)-Non by White
Stuyvesanti ". White. StuyyeSant. second. ".
Mesloh Stevens institute third. p. n. Havery,
lOnksrs II. >, fourth. Time. OIL.
Fifty-yard dash 000-pound mic getsl-Won by
Selkin. De Witt Clinton: r. Olof. Bryant, sec
ond n. Foster Richmond Hill third; Rem
burger. Stuyvcsant fourth Time. 0;05 3-5.
l00-yard dash guniof)-Won by Ginsburgh.
De WITT clinton: g. McNsboe. Cathedral
School second: Spiro. De witt Clinton. third
Fisher. De witt Clinton, fourth Time. OIL.
Bloomfield II 5. o. KOltoN. Dickinson II. &. |
second. g. Griffin. Englewood third: Rock
well. Erasmus Hall. fourth. Time. 2i2 2-5.
220-ysrd run fseniorl-Won by Albrecht stuy-
vesant: ". MesOh. stevens Prep. second; A /
J. Markey. Xayier PREM. third. Fegenow. De
witt Clinton. fourth. Time. o:23 10.
Boys High; p. Buchanan. Dickinson second /
G. smith Bloomfield third: W. Rubin Eastern /
District. fourth. Tine, D;-D 20.
One-rnila run tsenior)-Won by f. Gsrlock' |
Bloomfield: l.. Levine Bayonne. second: :. 7 |
Jenkins. Far RochsWay, third; d. PECK !
Bl soI2aet fosrtn w. -" rou,,.nd
Boys' high rsaacs Barnard second: W. 4
Bushby Horace Mann third; c. Mssmors' /
One-quarter- elementary school relay /
NC1-pound csss,-Won by Public School 10 1
Manhattan p. :. 49, Manhattan, second = !
:. 10. Manhattan. thi-d. p. :. Il. Manhattan,
fourth. Time. 900 %.
One-half-mile relay 'bulk weight $50
by S,uyyesant. with VI White |
Hall. with Fishman Plain. Walsh and Hes-n /
second. De witt clinton. with Haggerty /
weltels. Margois and Wolcott. third. Time /
Eight-9ound shot put Cnovice,-won by O. |
Rrander. Poly Prep. - feet inch. VII |
Jams Commercial. IS feet 81 inches. second !
Iloehr. barnard i6 feet ! inch third r.
Kieruar. Hamilton. - fee. ~ inches fourth. |
lOO-yard dash CLOSED. class Avon by V. |
Mohrs; r. Tlghe. second. =. TspDan. third. |
Fifty-ysrd dash CLOSED: Class B)-won
by r. Boles' NJ Merritt. second X. Koch
FIFTY yard dash CLOSED: Class g Won ~
b. Rshop: C.. Cannon second: W. Waterman,
Flftv-yari dash Cclosed,-Won nv Y. North
rop. Il Ball, second. II. HUFF third Time,
" I oooDyard run Cnoyice)-won By r. Green.
Boys High: o Brien. Commercial second 81.
Barnard. third John Chesman, Bar
nard fourth. Time. 24o.
Seventv-ave-, Dash tnoyicsl-Non by A. !
Townsend Boys High; Straus. De wit Gin !
ION second. Brown. StuyveSant. third; +. /
Frlsch. Foroham Prep. fourth. Time. o:Os 8.
One-mlle relay 0seniori-Non BY De Witt /
clinton with Pokloo Katz. Walcott and Spiro !
Fng lcyood with g. Griffin. l. lobeck. n. /.
Douglas and \. LIVINGSTON, second; Tom. !
school. with C. ". Miller. L. Frost. A. r. |
Tones and John Cheesman. third: Stuyvesant. |
with Abbey Belslind. Mcdowell and Robinson. !
fourth Time. 3.5lis.
Running high Jump (novice)-Non BY Ar |
thur Keene Cathedral feet inches: ?. |
T-horuusor Poly Prep feet ! inch. second !
Y. Pirnie Poly Prep. 8 feet ] inch. third. /
David Hewey jamaica, feet. fourth.
s0O-vard run (novtcet-Won by 4. n. Jones. /
Tome school: n Weldon. Brooklyn Prep: sec \
ond. T. LLOYD. Poly prep. third. y. Nissan. |
polv prep fourth Time. i.4's.
Running high jumn-Won by Floyd Egan. /
Manual Training Zee. inches: J.. People, |
Boys' High 3 feet inches. second. Banks. !
Stuyvesani . feet inches. third r. Tyrrel. |
poll, Prem feet inches fourth
l3-pound fnot put tsenorj-Won by n. Cam |
Commerce a feet inches. G. Bround Poly !
Prep a. feet inches. second: Sinclair. Stuy |
vesant IL feet "a inches. third: O.. Wander !
Point -Stuyvesant. %. he witt Chm !
ton q: Boys High. Is. Polv Prep. -: bloom |
NeId 10: Dickinson. II; cathedral. 10. Tome. /
: barnard. :. Commercial q: Engle~ood, /
stevens Pre2. g. Manual Training. .. Com |
merce g. Hamilton. 4 Brooklyn Prep. s. Bay .
onne. s. Far Rocksvay. :, Navier % Yonkers !