New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-01
LADS
SHOW PROMISE in
TRACK GAMES
YOrkville Team Wins
Point HonOrs at De Witt
Clinton Park.

A crowd packed eight deep around
the eight laps to the mile track
watched the athletes of the public
Fairgrounds and recreation centres OF
the greater city compete for champion
ship titles on track and field at lie
Witt Clinton Park track yesterday.
\ There we're more than five hundred
entries for the twelve events on the
programme, but an efficient corps OF
officials under the supervision OF VIII
liam J. Lee, supervisor OF recreation
of this city. completed the programme
in quick order. Although the play
grounds do not have standards for the
different events, some of the times
and efforts on track and field were OF
a high order.
The we'll balanced team from the
Yorkville playground carried off the
point honors with a total of %, which
included a number of first places. Sec
ond in line was the greensboro contln-
gent, which through good work in the
last few events on the list took the
place from West 59th Street by l6 TO Is
points. Eight other Fairgrounds also
scored points.
Henry Rotschild, a youngster
weighing 10 pounds, was a strong fac
tor in the winning of the point trophy
for the Yorkville squad. He won both
the 60-yard and 220-yard dashes, show
ing fine speed in both instances.
A neat jumping effort was displayed
by Bonnie Cohen, of the ueensboro
team, who In the running high jump
for 110-pound boys cleared the bar at
a height of feet II 4 inches. George
Dolan, a Jasper Oval lad, jumped a
distance of 18 feet Z inches in win
ming the running broad jump.
The summaries follow;
4o.vard dash (S5-pound class)-won bJ ?
Rounandi West seth Street; J. Wander. 81 ia
b1el. second. A. Collins. St Gabriel. third. Time
so ward dash uIO-pound class)-won by II Roths
child. Yorkyine; J. johnson. lie Wit Clinton. sec
ond: T. Roliu Yorkville. third Time, Q o.
loo-yard dash 900 pound classl-Won by a
Carter Greensboro r. Techner. Tompkins Sdusre
second / Kuudin. lorkyille. third. Time. O.i2 o.
Kiernsn 81 Gabriel. H. Larson. West Sath Street
second r. Hlreman greensboro. third Time
$50 ward walk $50 pound classl-won by D
Greenfeid Yorkyie: {. Levy. Yorkdle. second
NJ oMears chelsea. third. Time. - :. v,.,,
az West s9,h street. r Klsiskow. Columbus; sec
ond. +. Lamauiia. John Jay. third Ii NE, u
go }a5d @1.e OPoO Ron Gag Y',7Ie second
A Whelsn De Wit Clinton. ihira Iime' " - 80,
Sack race IS pound class Won 10y \. flsh
hone Hamilton Fish: T. Lynch. cen'bofo Sc
md. 7 Aronyan St Gabriel. third. Time o 10
one mile run-Won by -. Cash De witt CLINTON
T Herman. greensboro. second: F. Carr. ~. ia
brieI third Time. BIS.
R,inning hish jump Qlo pound class)-Won hJ
Cohen. Qgeens9oro. with feet u 7 inches sssSn a
e Birdie seward. 1 feet IN inches. third.
Eight pound shot Pu, pound ,ao, clS SSS..
by NJ Cohen. Seward: With 80 teei . incn .s.o, n
II Ansslone. Thomas Jefferson. 80 feet inches
third. ,,, -. ,., We, -,
4 Nolan Jasper Oval. with u feet Inches
II Finocheheaso. Hudson with is feet "a inches
tecond: r. Martini. Thomas Jefferson win il
Point score Ycrkulle. %: oueensboro. Is We.
riity.ninth street. 10 81. Gabriel. = De WI
Gilman O. Hamilton Fish. s. Seward s. Thomas
Jefferson 5. Jasper. .. Tompkins Square. 8. JON
Law. l.