New Britain herald., 1916-07-15
NEW RECORDS MADE
 IN ATHLETIC MEETS
High Marks Set in Basketball
 Throw and Broad Jump


 held at the East street and Smith school playgrounds. At the Smith school playground Rose Dobkowski f hurled the basketball Al feet, i inch, breaking the long standing record of
 39 feet 1 inch. The new record is 1 expected to stand for some time less a new star soon develops. At { the East street grounds a new record ! was established by Albert Nyberg in three standing broad jumps of 22 feet, | ' inches. The fast work of the young | sters only goes to show the interest i that is being taken in them by the 1 instructors and more good work may l be looked for from now on.
 i Following are the results on the various playgrounds yesterday: Miss Dobkowski broke the basket 1 ball-throwing record while in com 1 petition with other members of the l 75-pound class. Second place was won by Anna Staskeiunas and Aida 1 Marley won third place. In the same event, for the girls of the 60-pound i class, Aida Urban won first place, { with a mark of 30 feet, 4 inches; | second place was captured by Anna ! Simoninoski and Aga Becker was ! third. The team explained by Anna Staskeluna won the lover and under" relay race for 75-pound girls, and Rose Dobkowski's team was second. 1 In the forty-yards dash for the 75- | pound class, Rose Dobkowski won 1 first place, Anna Staskelunas was sec- ond, and third place was taken by 1 Anna DObkowski Over the same dis l tance for the 6O-pounders, Louise lily l neck won first place, Anna Simonof- ! sky was second, and Olga Becker was third The skipping rope race for the l 60-pounders- was won by Louise Fly neck; second place was taken by AL ga Becker, and Helen Staskelunas won third place For the 75-pound girls in the skipping rope race, Anna Stas- 1 l1elunas was first, Anna Dobkowski
 was second and Edith Knopf was 1 third.
 For the boys at the Smith play . ground, James Smith won the sixty 1 ards dash. Walter Underspan was l econd, and Merwin Schaefer was l hird. Philip Bloom won the forty 1 ards dash for the 85-pounds dash; l T. Dyson was second and B. Urban ] vas third. Merwin Schaefer won the | 'hree standing broad jumps for the l 'O-pound class; Walter Underspan vas second, and George Ohrstrom l vas third. The distance was 16 feet, | inch H. Dyson won the event in | the S5-pound class; A. Gerlander was second, and P. Bloom third, the win- l ner's distance being twenty feet. The | ring toss relay for 85-pound boys | was won by H. DysOn's team and l Philip Blooms team was second. l Philip Blooms team won the S5- 1 pound leap frog race. and H. by sons team was second.
 East Street Results.
 At the East street playground, an | interesting meet was held, the leap | frog relay for girls being won by R. 1 Ziegler's team, with R. Germans s | team second. In the high jump, A.
 Nyberg captured first honors with a l leap of 8 feet, 10 inches; J. Tancard 1 was second, with 8 feet, inches and
 H. Sullivan was third, with 3 feet, 10 l inches, and H . Sullivan was third 1 with 3 feet, 6 inches. The girls re- | lay race was won by M. Urban's team l and H. Samson's team was second. M | Urban won the basketball throw with | 3S feet, 6 inches; E. Gahlman was sec
 ond with 35 feet 10 inches, and L. Flinky was third with 32 feet, in | ches. M. Urban won the 40-yard dash 1 for the 95-pound class; H. Sarenson
 was second, and E. Nyberg was third. | A. Monson won the 40-yard dash in | the S5-pound class; L. Smith was sec
 ond and M. Vignan was third. R. | Ziegler won the 40-yard dash for 65- pounders; M. Satolini was second, and l M. Dragon was third.
 1 In the basketball throw for boys
 H. Hallin was first, with 67 feet; H.
 Preissl was second, with 62 feet, 8
 inches, and A. Nyberg was third
 q ion A Nxy1,a
 with a leap of feet won the stand
 ing broad jump in the 95-pound
 class and M. Marmen was second | with 6 feet 8 inches. E.. Nyberg
 won the same event in the 85-pound
 class with feet, 4 inches A. Ander-
 son was third, with feet, ? inches,
 and J. Zeigler was third, with 5 feet
 inches Next came the three
 standing broad jumps, which result | ed in the establishment of a, record
 when A. Nyberg leaped 22 feet 7 1 inches; w. Mariner was second, with
 19 feet, 8 inches, and s. Dobrack was
 third with 19 feet 5 inches E. Ny
 berg won the event in the 85-pound
 class with a, mark of IS feet, 2
 inches. A. Anderson was second
 with a mark of 17 feet, inches, and
 D. Dorman, 16 feet, inches, was | third.
 At the Burritt school, under the | direction of Miss Viola Strosser, an
 interesting volleyball tournament
 was held with the following results 1 N Manoolian's team beat Freda
 Hedenberg's team, 19 to s; P. Ma
 noolian's team beat l.. Carlson s
 team, 16 to 8; L. LaFlamme's team
 beat Mary Sadeys team, 20 to 5, ana
 in the boys game the team explained
 bv B. Clark was defeated by N Ma | noolian's team, 16 to [.
 ! Another interesting event Of the l afternoons program was douole~