New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
EAST ORANGE
ROMPS AWAY
TO VICTORY
School Athletes Take
Trophy in Stevens
Institute Meet.

Hoboksn. ~ j., May 81. East Or
snge High School athletes romped of
with the team trophy at the seventh
annual interscholsstic track and field
games Of the Stevens Institute Of
Technology held at the Castle Point
Field here this afternoon. Poly Prep.
of Brooklyn and the Mount Vernon
Hish School finished second and third.
respectively.
abe ads from East Orange scored
20 POINTS, while Poly Prep. counted
for IN points. just two points ahead
Of the Mount Vernon lads. Stevens
School vas fourth, with ten credits,
and Barringer High School, OF New
ark, fifth, with IN points.
The meet was marred by a heavy
doVnpour. but as soon as the rain
ceased the events were resumed. East
Orange counted heavy in the track
events and did well in the field events
also.
Albert Dewitt, Poly Props crack
sprilter, won the l00-yard dash. and
flushed second in the 900. In the
century dash Dewitt beat out Gilbert
Mesteer, Of the East Orange High
School, by a foot. while in the 30
yard Dash the East Orange lad turned
the tables on Dewitt, winning by
| about two feet.
Bill Trotter gathered ten points FOR
Mount Vernon High. taking home two
gold medals. He won the shot put
with a heave Of al feet ! inches and
grabbed off first place in the running
bread jump by leaping 81 feet 5t
inches. This jump was more than q
/ foot better than that of Bloss, OF East
{ Orange. who finished second in thl:
event
The summary follows:
lOO-yard dssh-Won by Albert Dewitt. Poly
! Prep: Gilbert Meeteer East Orange. second
August Deseh. 81. Benediets. third Leonard
Bloss East Orange. fourth. Time, O:lO 30
One-mile run Won by Albert Flournoy
Ridgewood; Stanley Doggett. East Orange
second Charles McCrRith. St Benedict
third Stephan Kiellberg, East Orange
fourth. Time. 1871 40.
Half-mile run-Won by Frank Stone. Hor
ace Mann: 4. Krais, Mount Vernon, second
y l.
Poly Prep, fourth. Time, , 90 20.
44O-yard dash-Won by Charles Hopkins
Barrnger W. Walsh Newark Academy. sec
ond: II. Meeteer. East Orange, third "
| Connolly, East Orange, fourth. Time, ;o4 80
/ 220-yard dssh-Won by Gilbert Meeteer
| East Orange Albert Dewitt, Poly Prep. see
/ ond John Brewster. Nutley High, third
/ August Desch. st. Benedicts. fourth. Time
/ 0:24 As.
Running high jump-Won by William
! Francke East Orange. with feet inches
/ Frank Zittel. Mount Vernon, with feet J.
inches. second Alden Lofauist and Walter
I Dowell Curtis. tied for third place, with
feet inches.
i2-pound shotput-Won by William Trot
ter. Mount Vernon. with al feet inches
, William Bartels. Stevens School. with I'll fee
6l5 inches second Herbert Ten Brock. Bay
onne, with 40 feet IA inches. third; And
Caysnaugh, Passaic. with 80 feet 80 inches
7 fourth.
One-mile relay race Won by East Orange
with Stanley Doggett. Walter Connolly. Clar
ence Fortescue and Leonard Bloss Dickinson
High school, with Clair Birch Fred Stricken
FLOYD Bates and Jacques Hill. second: Noun
Vernon with Herbert Mathewson. Clarence
Costales Frank Gabelein and Henry ODER
never. third. Time. 3:44 As.
Discus throw-Won by Gordon Brown
Montclair. with IA feet inches A. Leitler'
Stevens School. with 1876 feet si2 inches, sec
Ond i. Hill, DicklnsOn. WIN TOO lfrNf y 4
inches. third; Eugene Makosky, South Side
with l3O feet, ~. inches. fourth.
Pole vault-Won by Oscar Dowell. Curtis
High. with 10 feet o. inches tie for second
place between Fred Witsell. Barringer. and
George Brotherhood. Poly Prep. with 10 feet
/ 10 inches A. Ieitler. Stevens School. with
feet 10 inches. fourth.
l2-pound hammer throw Won by II
Shimpf. Poly Prep, with 100 feet ~ inches
/ T.. Redmond. Poly Prep, with S2 feet -
/ inches. second A. Zetler, Stevens School
! with II feet, third: W. Barrels. Steven,
School. with - feet 6 inches. fourth.
Running broad iump-Won by william
Trotter Mount Vernon. with p feet 8
inches Leonard Boss East Orange. with q
feet 3 inches. second Alden Lofquist. EasI
Orange and Warren Zittel. Mount Vernon
tied for third. with 20 feet / inch
Point summary East Orange. %: Pols
Prep. 1917: Mount Vernon. l7ls: Stevens
school. 10 Bsrringer. ~ Curtis. 6lg Hor-
ace Mann. Montclair. Ridgewood.
St Benedct's Prep. 5 Newark Academy,
Bsyonns. 2: Dickinson. 2 Nutley, South
Side, Passaic. /.