New-York tribune., 1915-01-10
Leo Giebel, 10 Years of
Age, Threatens Many
Records.
BOXING IN FAVOR
WITH SCHOOLBOYS
Clubs Already Organized in
POLY" and Commerce, with
Others Likely to Follow.

Leo f"Tiny'J Giebel, Of Stuyvesant
High School, is the find Of the scholas-
tic swimming season, and his mates
predict that before long he will be
hailed a the best sll-around perform
er in the ranks Of the high and prep
school swimmers since Norman Lemcke.
the High School Of Commerce marvel,
left all opponents wsllowing IN his
wake.
Gieoel IS not yet fifteen years Of
age and is in his first year a. Stuyve-
SAINT. but his performances have caused
2 sensation. He ia one Of the best
plungers ever seen among the school
boys. and II is said that in practice he
has done better than 81 feet He has
been close to the record in the 100 yard
and 30 yard sWims, and has shown
phenomenal speed over the furlong.
Giebel has been timed over the 90
yard distance in the remarkable time
Of 26 seconds. while he has lashed his
way over the century in | minute and
) seconds. Not content with these per-
formances, he covered the 220-yard dis
tance in ? minutes and 81 seconds
There are a few weaknesses IN his
method which will have TO be cor
rected. but Gicbel is working hard. and
under careful coaching is showing TO
better advantage every day. At the
present time he appears 10 be the most
logical contender for championship
honors in the 100 and 220 yard swims.
lie is also, Of course, the mainstay Of
the relay team.
Many another lad 20 talented would
work TO develop speed alone, but not
this youngster. He likes plunging even
better than speed swimming. In the
several dual meets held in the west
Side Baths. in West 60th ST., he has
had no trouble in plunging the length
Of the 60-foot tank, and in a meet with
the Townsend Harris Hall team, held
in the pool of the College OF the City
Of New York. he did So feet inches,
breaking the former record by inches:
lie will more tEan take the place OF
Hal Vollmer, who was graduated last
year.
Gicbel is built for the sport. He IS
, feet II inches in height, well pro-
portioned and weighs l89 pounds. he
is going to try for the track team
when swimming is over. and Will also
make a bid for football fame when
the call is issued next September. In
the meantime he will go right on
growing big and healthy, and VIII
while away his spare time smashing
records in the tank.
johnny McHugh. Inspector Of ath-
letics in the Public Schools Athletic
League. said yesterday that the inter
scholastic one-mile national champion
ship relay race, which will be held IN
connection with the indoor track and
field championships az the 23d Regi-
ment Armory on January 80, IS likely
70 be one OF the most interesting ana
exciting races Of its kind ever held.
He says that he is practically certain
Of eight entries from cities IN the
East. and perhaps some OF the ohio
schools may send teams. Teams rep
resenting New York, Brooklyn, Jersey
City. Philadelphia. Boston, Albany,
Rochester. Springfield, Mass. East Or
ange. y. J.. and Newark, y. j., are
already certain. Baltimore, Washing
ron and even Cleveland may favor the
league with entries.
Boxing IS finding favor with the
schoolboys this winter. Clubs have
Deen OFZdllLtu III Wy
tory School and the High School OF
Commerce. and De Witt Clinton may
follow. Wrestling is one OF the tavo-
rite winter pastimes at Townsend Har-
ris Hall, and the boys from the Heights
have won many tournaments IN the
past. 1t will not be long before all
the the high schools will take the sport up.
Il must be remembered, however
that it is not the purpose Of the fac
ulty Of the various institutions 70 ar. az,
range any tournaments. The gloves
are provided and the bouts IN the
S,'n,nasium are under the supervision
ef a faculty adviser. At the first sign
Of hard hitting or one boy losing his II.
temner the bouts are stopped. In
sont arv lad losing control of him
self is given a couple of days in the
ferdv class TO think over his conduct.
On the other hand. the boys are
taught TO take care OF tnemselVes, ant y.
The bouts are more often than not .o'