New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-01
100 JUNIORS
IN COMPETITION
AT SCHOOL MEET
Crowd of 5000 Watches
District League Games
in Brooklyn.

The biggest crowd to attend a school
boy meeting this year, excepting only
the annual elementary schools cham
pionships. yelled itself hoarse at the er-
citing finishes that ruled In the indoor
games Of District Leagues Nos. SO and
SO. held in the 18th Regiment Armory,
Brooklyn, last night. 1t was estimated
that more than 5000 students of the
twenty-one schools comprising the Two
leagues crowded into the aImory and
stood many feet deep behind ropes
strung across both ends of the drill
floor. The ticket sale was stopped be-
fore the competitive programme got
under way.
Seventeen events were decided, and
only seven district records failed 10
fall before the speed Of the young ath-
letes. There were more than LOO cor-
testants, and so many heats were nee
essary 10 eliminate the runners that a
supply OF 80 cartridges used by John
ny McHugh. the starter. did not prove
sufficient to last out the meet. Nc
Hugh had 20 clap his hands az signal
TO start in the ten last races on the
card
In opening the meet the athletes
paraded around the track In olympic
style. in the wake OF the st. Johns Or
phan Asylum band. Relay racing
gripped the young onlookers as their
schoolmates sped around the track. The
applause and roofing" were deafening.
One of the best races proved 10 be
the 70-yard dash. in which Isaac Fried
man. of Public School 16S. covered the
distance in 0:S 1-5. which equalled the
city record and clipped l Is seconds
from the district mark
The summaries follow:
,o-ysrd dash topen 10 class eB 5oysl-won b \
Keller: .s rqe ss9S s 4 fao ha' sh q'' S sd
4 Schroeder, Public School So. fourth. Tine
.o.yara dnh-wci by NJ Dsyi, Public sehoo
b lGS. LYMAN Public School ia second. Il Coley
Public School 100. third J. Graf Public School ~
fourth. Time. oj - equals record 49,. o.,
49, +. slegaL Public School i6s second War
shsw,sy Public School rs third: VI Line'ssy
Public school lH. fourth. Time. ooo 80 me"
so.ya-i dash-won BY T wydinsky. Pubii'
seeoo rs r Sisssss1 60 fu % ,f S9ho ~
Public School 100. fourth. Time. o0I - ine"
"a yari dash-won ~ + Friedman Public scico
les. IT. Persy. Public s.hool l-e. second. W
Levine Public school iH 'hiri, l. 'oleh. ftnh
] school So fourth Tine 0s fntF recorlI.
l0o.yard dlsh-W0u hy H. ward Public scno'
s.. n Higgins. Public Schoo ~ ssrc1d. y Hut
I son Public School 10. tnird. ". Johnson. lubi
I school 49, fourth Time. d.
q Running h'gh lum9 - pound c.issl Won ny 9
I Fried. Public School lss wtl feet inches A
duncan Public scho' g.. Nth feet "a inches
s-eorT. s-huIman Public School rs with fe.f
inches third. " Stevens. Public School =. nin
feet 3 Inches. fourth new record.
Running nigh JUMP UNLIMITED Neig''l- Won ~
~ Eder. Public School rs. With f-e' u fh',
A IIlbris Public School 49, WIN let -. les
second. X Neilsen, Public School = YIN let
inches third White Public sc1pol - WIN
ieet inches. fourth. Neiisf.i f1 100 third pia-e "
Rsrn!ns broad m1p ni'-pouad G. assi- b
Walman. Publ. Sch10. les with faH aa
Inches. : Burnifsky. Public school Jog. Win
fee' ~ inches second :. hu0of stein. Publ
School iis With feet ia inches fa'r4. J. ll1
DELL Public School i6i with iest "a inches
fourth
Ruauins broad tunp 100 pound clas Woi o.
G Lefk0riix Public School lG, VIII ffo
inches Chino. Pub.i. School iis. u feet
inches second j kappes. Public schri -. ~
feet inches Third. a. Glasbers. Public schoo
IS With feet inches. fourth
burning high Jump 600 pound cl1sl -Won p
II Wilkinson. Public School ~ with feet
inches J. keuney. Public School a.. WIFI feet
inches second J. MrComack. Puhia school 3.
. With feet ~. inches. third. e art. fl'i
school -, with feet inches. fourth