New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21
Keene Fitzpatrick to Act as
Referee in Contests
Next Saturday
Afternoon.

Track teams representing forty
eight high and preparatory schools Will
take part in the fifth annual invitation
indoor track and field games of the
Princeton Club Of New York, to be held
at the list Regiment Armory next Sat
urday afternoon.
The local high school teams will have
to look to their Iaurels. as Tome School,
of Maryland; Hill School Of Pennsyl-
vania; Mercersburg Academy and
large number Of other out-of-town
schools will be on hand with strong
teams.
The entries received for the seven
teen events are exceptionally large and
will neceSsitate long series of elm
ination heats. A l,056-yard relay race
for graduating class students will be
the main event on the programme. and
teams from Morris. Tome. De Witt
Clinton, Erasmus Hall. Manual Train
ing and three others are scheduled to
start. The one-mile run will bring to-
gether. among others, ten of the fast
est schoolboy milers of the East.
The admission tickets distributed
this year have been limited, TO avoid a
repetition of last years crowding, when
the Fire Department was compelled to
close the doors, with the armory taxed
to it's capacity. The schools attending
will be divided into sections.
Keene Fitzpatrick. athletic trainer at
Princeton University. will be on hand
to act as referee. while the managers
OF other Tiger athletic sports will as
sist in the judging Of the field events.
The high schools games committee
has announced that the outdoor track
and field championships will be held at
the Brooklyn Athletic Field. on Avenue
J. on Saturday afternoon, May 20. Fast
performances in n number OF contests
during the last indoor season make It
appear likely that some Of the old rec
ords will be broken.
Athletes of the elementary schools
will have their inning on juno 10, when
the track and field championships for
the grammar school boys will be held
al Curtis Field, Staten Island.
After several weeks Of indoor prac-
tice the high schools baseball squads
are ready TO take TO the outdoor fields.
The boys are rapidly rounding in form.
and the coming week will find d weed
ing out of the surplus players by the
coaches. Manual Training, following
custom, will pry of the lid with its
game against Curtis on its field at Sub
urban Oval, Kensington, next Saturday
afternoon.
A subcommittee 10 represent the
high schools games committee has been
appointed 10 work in closer relation
ship with the board OF principals on
schoolboy athletics. This movement.
instituted by Herbert J. McCreary, the
chairman. is sure 10 be Of benefit in
the control of high schools sports.
Sub-target competitions in the high
schools for badges are bringing out
record field Of marksmen. All boys
who make perfect score of 80 will re-
ceive a silver sharpshooter badge,
while those accomplishing 40 or better
will get bronze marksmen badges.
A close fight should ensue for the
General George ". Wingate trophy for
the school scoring the greatest num-
Der , points. Boys making perfect
counts Of 80 will receive credit for 3
points. while those who qualify will
get points.
Students OF De Witt Clinton are
still rejoicing over the success Of It's