New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-13
HOT FIGHT In
PUBLIC SCHOOL
FIELD GAMES
p. S. No. 81 Defeats Rivals
of No. 10 by Margin of
Only 3 Points.
BRONX BOYS FINISH
CLOSE TO LEADERS
Two Records Fall and One Is
Equalled in High Jump for
Weight Classes.

The track team OF Public School
81, which for four years vas forced 20
take second honors by Public School
10 in the fight for the point honors IN
the elementary track and field cham
pionships Of ;he Public Schools Attn
letic League, turned the tables in the
annual games held az Curtis Field,
Staten Island, yesterday. IL was
close fght between the two institu-
lions throughout, the East SIDE boys
winning by % TO 20 points. Another
school that displayed a never-say-die
spirit in the quest for the honors was
Public School AZ. Of The Bronx, which
finished third with 10 potts.
Two records were broken and one
equalled during the competition. The
most noteworthy performance was ae-
complished by Samuel Krantowits, OF
Public School 50. in the high jump for
S5-pound class boys, when he cleared
the bar at feet II inches. This was
IL inches better than the record.
Cecil Fairbanks, from Public School
90, of Brooklyn, established the other
new record when he cleared the cross
bar at feet inches, improving the
old unlimited weight record by half an
inch Tom Johnson, Of Public School
10 SQUAD. tied the mark OF 5 feet Tor
l00-pound boys.
A field of more than seven hundred
BOYS competed on track and field, and
some Of the finishes were sensational:
The 5000 schoolboy rooters found
much interest in the relay racing,
which. owing to the great number OF
entries. required trial heats.
In the half-mile race for unlimited
he AZ ~
School 50 raced into the lead on the
first lap and. despite the determined
challenges from the representatives OF
Public School SO, Of Manhattan, sue
ceeded in beating them out by FIVE
yards.
Public School 10 won the quarter
mile race by barely a yard from the
team of Public School Ia, OF Manhat-
tan. the two teams alternating IN the
lead until the stretch was reached.
The summaries follow:
so.yard dash IS pound clsss)-won By Fl. Ksn-
nedy r. = lTs Brooklyn A Aaronson ?. :.
81 Manhattan. second p Hunter. p. 5. 81 The
Bronr. third. c Gsss P $. A. The BronI fourth.
so, so.ysrd dash 100 pound ela.l-won BY ".
Kney. P. s 9. Brooklyn. Lbser. -; Manh.t-
,sr second: =. Hallersn. s 10, Manhattan
third B Kaplan. P. s l.s. Brooklyn. fourth.
fo-ysrd dash ui5 pound elass,-won BY ".
isi Brsokyn. ..cond. Il Ksn, P S iss Broos.
lyn third J MAYNARD. 7. ; ~. The Bronx
fourth Time DOS IS
I0o-yard dash UNLIMITED weight classl-won BY
A Wolf r. s TO- Manhattan, @ Chaser. !. ;.
Isi. Brooklyn. secoud l. Matthews. T. %.
Brooklyn third. R Stokes. p. :. es The Bronx
Running high jump unlimited Weight elas.l--
Won by e Fairbanks. p. s. %. Brooklyn. with
, FEET inches; 3 Greenwood. P. $ l6I Brooklyn,
With feet ? inches second. L Matthew. 7 =
R.,sosItn p s q. The BronI' sith tsst ! inca
Running High lump lloO, pound el.s',-wen y
Johnson p 8 10. Manhattan. with feet. 5.
Rcrkowtx. p e. 90 Manhattan with I feet II
inches SECOND: Noodlemin. ?. 3, ~. Manhsii.n'
With fee, 10 inches. third Ginsbers 2 ; 81
Manhattan. with feet 10 inchfs. fourth
Jo5 SH%GO' "sn 10 is~G .nS.itsn .:, B.rsos
p s. 20. Manhattan, feet IL inehes second;
Eoodle%%sn = s g. M,nh' m,5bs,ts sst tsst
Rsnaiss Siss g@V u R,10ssa p Gssi
s Greenwood. = : l6I. BrookJn, feet iaehs.
second T'OpO p rs IS T R1aSa ,. .si'a
sso-yard relay ts5 pound cl,ssl--wou BY Pubic
School as The BronI: Public School ". Tbs
Rom team second Public school 49, Manhattan.
third Public School 1874 Manhattan. fourth. Tine
As seconds -.
School 6, team. Manhattan; Public school ~
Manhattan second. Public school lA Manhattan.
third. Public school Q. Brooklyn. fourth Tine
% ,tc'ysrd relay uls-pound elasl-won By Public
School TO- Manhattan; Public school ~ Manns
IAN second: Public school 81. Manhattan. third
Public school 49, Brookyn. fourth Time-5l 80
Hall mile relay (unlimi,.dl Won ~ Public
ian. s.cond: Public School 10. Manhattan. third
Public school % Brooklyn. fourth Tine. q -.