New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
STUYVESANTERS
NARROWLY WIN
SCHOOL GAMES
Nose Out Morris High in
Annual Princeton Club
Competitions.


were carried 10 victory by It's track
team in the six.a annual lnterscholss-
tic games OF the Princeton Club. held
E. the list Regiment Armory yesterday
afternoon. Eight thousand students OF
other competing schools, sectioned on
about the srmory. had 10 listen to the
/ triumphant battle cry OF StuyvesshI
J without remembrance. -,
The winner was nor decided un'li
after one Of the keenest hghts TINS
season. The more dangerous teams
were kept or edge until the deelding
! Of the anal event. A tally OF ~ points
sent the Stuyvesant boys home haPP,Iy
! with the winning banner. Morris High
! school dni,hed in second position with
: q points. Ono point In their rear was
tbe De witt Clinton team. 81. Johns
prep earned fourth honors With u
; points. Twenty-one schools succeeded
/ In gaining a place within the eharmea
circle OF the point scorers.
I Morris would have succeeded IN re-
tanning its successive string OF team
victories il Eliot Balestier. Its premier
middle distance runner, had paid more
, attention 70 the winning OF points Tor
| hi. school. Balestier VAS 70 take part
| IN an open meet last night, and, not TO
raaken mis- chances, evidently did not
/ try his best. The result was that ne
! could not do better than finish third IN
3 the half-mile run, whereas nrst place
} had been conceded to him through his
! invincible running against other schoo'-
! boy rivals during the last winter.
/ Dropping from first TO third place
meant q loss Of three points. ms
would have been more than sumcient
/ for his schoo. 20 win. The defeat was
/ b;s second this season through poor
/ headvork. ou
Bslestier headed the half-mile PACK
with THE crack of the gun, but failed
20 Sc. his usual cracking pace. As the
/ dral bell sounded he made no deter
mined effort 70 increase his speed;
William Rose, Of tho High School OF
Commerce. few past Bslestier. Before
the latter could work up momentum 20
/ give chase his rival had lead OF hVe
short distance further on Eddie
Ge!ricks. OF Flushing High School,
Who has trailed Balestier home IN
everv race in which they have started
| together. also passed the Morris run
ner. Rose increased his lead 70 ten
/ wards at the finish, while Gelwicks held
an advantage Of two yards over Bales
: tier. The time Of the winner was
/ 2:l0 AS, which is more than hve sec
! onds slower than the time IN which
Bale sitter has won each Of his races this
season.
A sensational fight was seen IN the
/ siZ-lsp relay race, but az unfortunate
Fall By Hamilton Institute runner en-
sbled Morris to take the honors. Clin-
mi
! not more than Ave yards separating
[ me three teams.
Hamilton possessed the speedier
quartet, and for three relays did most
Of the pacemsking. Laney Crovat, for
Hamilton; Bernie Wefers, jr., for Clin-
,on, and Jesse Fleck, OF Morris, took
up the running on the final relay for
their respective teams. in that order
Crovat fell taking one OF the turns
and this accident forced him back TO
third place. =,
Wefers went into E two-yard lead
over Flect, but on The far turn FIeck
passed the firing Clinton runner.
Wefers called on his reserve strength
and barely caught Fleck as he fell
across the tape. Crovat tried yainly to
retrieve the lost ground, and was only
four yards behind the two leaders.
In the one-mils run Fleck showed
that he vas invincible at that distance,
scoring an easy victory over Frank
Jenkins, Of Far Rockaway High School.
The latter is the present outdoor half
mile and mile champion and record
holder in each event; The race was his
first against Fleck this winter.
The Morris boy proved conclusively
that ne was the speedier man b. set
ting the pace from the start. With the
clang Of the last lap he started sprint
that jenkins could not challenge. He
was ten yards in advance Of Jenkins
on the last turn, when he slackened
his stride. Two yards separated them
as Fleck trotted over the finish line.
Erasmus Hall, with its easy victory
in the one-nIile relay race, doomed up
as a dangerous rival In relay races dur
ing the coming outdoor campaign. Eddie
Perelman, the junior sprint champion
OF Morris, showed improved form in
taking the 220-ysrd race in the fast
time Of IS seconds. which equsiled
tae effort Of Charles uddeback, Of
Stuyvesant, a winning DIRK horse in
taking the senior event.
Maurice Banks upheld his honor as
while Jim Sinclair, also OF Stuyvcssnt,
the senior shot-put.
The summaries follow:
ser.niy-ysrd dash ttunior)-wcr :, T. Connop
NJ, John's. ". Williams. Bushztck. second Levine.
Commerce, third =, MARKS. Townsend Harris
Seycniy-y Ard dash t.enlor) Won by r Austin.
jamaica J. Dryer. Fordhsn Prep. second: 7. Koch.
sly'csnt third: L. romberG stuy'7snt. fourth
sir-lsp rsisy rse.-won By Morris High ni.bino-
vita Huichinu. Withtrs and Flecs): De WIZ
Citation lSslnsel1, Carried Flelstl aud v'etersl.
socona. Hamilton Institute (Formo,.. CIspp. s,seG-
pole and Croys,. thini: Nestosn liioImsn. Brand.
aslr. CARAT and CoIl. fourth Tine. . o5 Is.
ss0-y srd run-Won b. W. Ro,s Commerce =.
G,lsics,. Flushins; second: y. Bslcstisr. Morris.
third. 2. Locker. Clinton. ieuch. Tine. 2lot-5.
tts-ysr relay race. 100 pound clisl won ~
s.uy1es.nt lsUnksl. Hocsstsin, Baliek and Uesko.
v!iEl: Commerce tlsmsn. sheer. Ge;tieson and
i,nisr Mslsn and AsrsoiAsl third: cenmrrcisl
iFresco. Cohen. Fiss AMI Golickl. fourth. Time.
033<-s
s0O.ysrd run tnorcsl-Ton By A Eei-her Stuy-
--sA1t: " psvidson. DO VIII Clinton. seccnd: g
,siI.s Poly Hrsp third J. Ba Du'h~'ck.
,2O.T.rd rgn (tlniorl-pon BY Pereinsn.
Norris. 7. Coarer. A.. Johns Prep sseoad. W.
Bng1ss'!s. Mori.. third. W. Williams. Bu'hN!ct.
90 yard run senior Won by e. Cuddchtck.
sluyrsan,. Csgk Manual Training. seoond: b
Iiu cin,oe. ,yurs. Nm. o:?s
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