The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
BALESTIER I'LL, Is
BEATEN BY NOVICE
His Defeat Costs Norris Lads
Point Trophy at Princeton
Club Games.
STCYVESANT TEAM BEST

tic champion. was beaten yesterday AZ
I ternoon for the first time this year In
a schoolboy race at the sixth indoor
meet OF the Princeton club held at the
Seventy.frst Regiment Armory. II was
a particularly hard blow for Balestier.
as his failure to take his usual place at
the head Of the half mile runners caused
the defeat OF his school. Morris High.
It was a stubborn battle for the point
banner. which fell 60 Stuyvesant with
.? points. Morris scored - points. De
! Witt clinton finished "A close third. with
~. and 81. johns Prep made "A remark
ably good showing and landed fourth
with Il. one of the many surprises
of the mec, was the low position In the
point standing occupied by Manual
! Training, which won this meet last year.
Yesterday is representatives. scored only
. points.
Iialestier showed his pluck 10y running
at all. He had scarcely recovered from
an attack of the grip and was in no
condition to face the starter. Early
IN the race he was forced to The limit
to keep In the lead. which he held until
the bell rang for the last lap. Then an
unknown lad. W. Rose. OF the lHGh
school of commerce shot out. and rum
ming fun OF vigor went far away from
the champion and won by ten yards.
In the final strides Balestier Weakened
more and had ~ give UP second place
Ia T.. Gelwlcks ~ Flushing High. The
time Of . minutes 10 A. seconds shows
that l'al.stier was not in anything IKE
his proper condition Nevertheless his
conpu,yor ENJOY ed immensely the SEN
satiou of beating q champion and waved
his hand gleefully when he finished.
Rose didn't show the least sign of dis
trcsS at the tape.
Thu. army was filled with a shouting,
cheering crowd. The meet Is one OF the
most popular inteischolastic fixtures of
the season. The schools were distributed
In sections IN the galleries and each had
It's cheer leader. who worked overtime
all tn" afternoon. In the line OF CON
,.r,ed noise the battle was between the
young cohorts Of Morris High and DE
Witt Clinton. The steady roar from
the Morris section was loud aud strong
enough 20 WIN the meet II such could
hc accomplished by cheering There was
Fun .npugh for the spectators outside ot
the finishes. the Youngsters ~scraiubling
cor positions and falling in punches In
irantir efforts TO take the turns a. fun
speed.
III. mos, thrilling race of the day
was furnished IN ~. six lap relay event
for graduating classes. and at the finish
Bernie WefeTs. Jr., Of clinton, son of
the old sprint champion and record
holder. fell in "A heap when he was passed
by rlacl> of Morris. Hamilton institute"
was a contender when the last relay was
sent away, but the Hamilton repre-
sentative fell just before the bell rams
for the last lap. Young Wefers jumped
away with the lead then and II looked
- though he would win easily. Fleck
was chuck fun OF courage, and after a
stern chase all around the circuit man
aged to leap TO the front a. Wefeis
stumbled across the finish line.
Il. Austin Of Jamaica High. a colored
runner. showed a rare turn Of speed
IN the senior - yard race and beat his
nearest competitor by TWO yards. NJ.
Banks az StlyNcSaut. the !ntcrscho'asti'
champion, maintained his supremacy in
the high jump, and Sinclair. another
Stuyv,sant champion, had 20 trouble in
again winning the l. pound shot put,
The summaries
seventy Yard Dash. } sn!or-Won bN r.
connors. -, John'-. v W!li''ins ku~h-
~i,k. second. Levin. High Schon! % Com
fourth. Time. = Id seconds.
S.yen,v lari Dash, senior Won b. Il.
A ,'lsaG 'i""i Ka5i j. E Eigyya.a rTf'H ,sirt r'ip T..
Tomhore, Stuyvesant. fourth. Time 40
SIX lap Re,ay-won pr Morris Hieh
WIN RanoupVItl. %iIutch.uss wi:hus and
F-,k po Witt clinton. second, win, Vein
s'oiu |t-r!ck. Fi"!se' and Weicrs' Ham,
ton institute, third. with F"rmo~a. tlipa.
;ogrth. MIN HOFFMAN. R-andw.ir. Garrett
$50 Ntrd Run, Senipr-Won. by '" Rose,
High school Of 'omme,e": Y iei"!sks'
,htrd. : Locker. clinton. fourth. Time,
minutes 10 - seconds
40 Yard Hr'"E; M, ig' l r%ani Hach., MTn
Roi,k amt Bi-gor, commerce, ~".ond. win
Herman. sheet. thtu"."n an Mh'' u"
lander. Na,sin ana Marg",iUS. C9n'n"rch'.
fourth. vHg tr"soo. 'ol"H, F."'s ana
s6o y.r! \o,i," Won by 4 Re,chcr.
S,uyyr,lnt. NJ Davidson. clinton, second
9. Wlk!r,on. roiy Prep mir! " biI's'
Rushwirk. fourth. TINE. q, . > SECONDS
ia Ysrd' Junior Won ny L. rrrchman.
MORT, r tonnors, - l9hn'S S'ynnn, W
Hnshwlcl> fourth. TIM" 20 seconis
a.n Yard S"ni',-M" ~ g : nnn"oa.k
po..rs, c.iutou. i"urih. Tln', 26 .e'"ns =.
Running Hgh lGmn S'',"l W"n -,
NJ. banks, StUNN"s,H' win f"rt : 'n'h"'
/, prnwr. Jamaica. s'roul. win . tc"t .
ncn"s. \ newman, rryaot, thiri, with
! 90. & inches. \ J.. Rrn"r;son, Pushing.
RHTn,ne Hsh Jamr. iantor-M Won by 4
C,hyr. Gi.'.n' "uh ~" r,t :" in, hes.
Snlirskt. tHitu, With . feet
I in,hr.. WA,r. 'lintou, fourth, with
% .,'n""' iyIIrii' N".lrc Won %, ( Rilly. hush
,t.k. u G,'clv. Polly prep, second II
N, Inu,,' Tow nsrud NtrrI-, 'hiri. y.
Stpnr. Horace Mtuu, fourth. ItW", ] min
&. ut., .3 ., -"rnuds
40 Nurl Run senior Won hv'! Ken
uraN. st. Johns \ MAYER. boNN HIGH.
secooI. r. k"ilunr ],.n'"n ,nirt; e,
ON" Mi'c Run. scnlor--won by ! Tleck,
Morris. 4. Jenkins, Far ~l!u'ka~eN, Sec
ouI. i. swain Manual Training. Third; r
crawford Finishing, fourth. Tt'n", : min
uaIf Niic Rclty- Won by Morris, with
SiNar~inuo. G,o,h, Gp,dcnhorc and Io.
= vttz. cIiuion. s"coui, Nth Duhon, lnfoll,
Harris AND ll"oscrnan: Eastern DISTRICT
tLirI with >hura', S~jrnlowit2, Friedman
ana Vitolp Manual Training fourth. with
Iohin. Thompson, Grath and Collins
p ru'ttug :. rouui shot, senior Won 10y
D., / sinclair. Sluyvcsaut. with a. feet :
inches. VI Ncdu"y, Murri-. second, with
I I, fc,t . lurh"s. = 'tuu, Hamilton. third,
+, v.th !. foot . u.h"s Y Eliot, Hamilton,
/ fourth, WIN ~ feet -. iu'h"-.
l i Trlpp,. -. lohu's, with ~ feet, q
= uughr~, Fld~ulug, -"D"ud. With - fe"i
+ : in,hr- " Ei~f"lloS. 'lIutou, third, With
a, 1. frrt 6lp inches, i AG'ht"rlonI", Eras-
l mus H,ll, fourth. Win ~ foot IL Inches,
one Nil, Relax Won hN Erasmus II a.
with Nonrh'cs, Goldman Rnh"nst"!u and
sash. Comm"rcill second, with N,ruse
} hauuou ROSS and iIo"plr, Flushing .thlII.
= vim K,uuody. G,lWhkS, savage and pi"hl
st Juhu'- Prrp. fourth, with Ryan, Sula
. ma Il, Kennedy aud ou"redo, r!mr, 3
minutes ~ - Seconds
ton. 81, -. Johu's Prop. = Commerce,
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