The sun., 1916-12-17
BOYS OF NO. 81.
P.S. AL
INDOOR TITLE
$4,000 Youngsters See East
SIDE Lads Win Champion
ship Trophy.
RECORDS
IN 22D RECT. ARMORY

sand opponents. who represented prac-
ilcal.y every public school In the greater
city. the young athletes Of school No.
g.. situated on the lower East side. re-
tanned their Public Schools Athletic
league title yesterday by winning the
annual indoor track and field champion
ships in the Twenty-second Regiment
armory. They formed the best balanced
team and carried OF the trophy with
&c points. Schools No. 1874 OF Manhat-
tan and No. 40 Of The Bronx tied for
second honors with Is points each.
In the battle for the titular honors two
records were toppied. One fell before
the supple little arm Of NJ. Cohen OF
School No. g. In the 8 pound shotput.
ll5 pound class. and the other before
the fast but tiny strides Of a quartet
Of youngsters Of School No. 43. Manhat-
tan, In the 440 yard relay race for lads
under IFS pounds.
Taking his position in the ring like
n miniature Ralph Rose. Cohen put the
little iron ball 40 feet Z inches. beating
by eight inches the record established
IN 1919. The relay record breaker were
j. Healey. ]. Click. A. Suglia and H..
Friedman. None of them knew nov to
run, tUdt u III TuI SClentlIlCally. lucy
knew nothing about the intricate points
q the sport but they made their little
legs pound aroun the track with the
precision and speed of n trip hammer.
with tho result that III team ran ITO
yards faster than any other quartet of
similar weight had ever done The VIC
tors won tho erace in the fast time of
8: seconds. clipping I 2-5 cor from
the old mark made four years ago.
1897 Lads Entered.
The entry was the largest ever received
for the annual meet. One thousand three
hundred and twenty-seven lads expressed
theh willingness to compete In the diff
ferent events. and OF this vast numbc
less than a score were absent when II
was time for them to toe their marks.
For each of these youngsters there were
nearly a score OF young rooters.
Never before were SO many persons
crowded into the huge armory. They
filed 1t to overlooking. They packed the
balconies and large halls and corridors
outside the main drill room. where the
meet was held. So great was the jam
that even the police reserves from the
adjacent precincts and a squad of naval
militia were overpowered by the enthusi-
astic youngsters. Every time one Of the
doors leading to the main floor was
opened they rushed in In droves. As the
result thousands had struggled their way
into the reserve sections before half the
contests had been decided. There they
we're unmolested. but as each contest was
Ia progress their enthusiasm led them
onto the track. and then a militiaman
led them out Of the hall.
An Inspiring Scene.
An inspiring scene preceded the first
event. 1t came when the host Of young
siers marched own the fioor and
saluted the nag in front Of the official
box. In which sat o h II. Finley. State
Superintendent of Schools. Supreme
Court Justice Barlow s. Weeks. Bronx
Park Commissioner white. DR.. G.. Ward
Champion and Gustavus T. Kirby. Be-
cause OF the severe cold weather Gen.
George w. Wingate. the venerable pres:-
dcnt OF the league. whose long m hard
work had made these championships pos .
sible. was absent. But he was not for
gotten. The lads remembered him and
looked for him and despite his absence
showed their respect for him by round
after round Of cheers.
There was nothing Of the trained ath-
kte about any Of the lads. but every
one did his best n the spirit OF the
competition caused each to bubble over
with enthusiasm. The boys did the best
they knew how. but there were compe-
tent Judges present who declared that
such willing youngsters should be taught
more about the sport that they should
he put through a course OF rudimentary
training such As how to carry the ba:ons
In relay races. land after a jump and
run without straining themselves too
much.
Two ProMisine YOuuxsters,
Two youngsters stood out among the
hundreds who competed In the sprints
as being material for really future
greats. They were c. Becker Of School
1874. Manhattan. and II. Amor OF School
10 Of The Bronx. Becker ran away
from his field In the 10 yard dash for
boys weighing under lis pounds and
Amor sped nome far In front Of his OPP
ronents In the 100 yard dash for heavy
weight youngsters.
Besides Cohen. q lad named T. Tomas
OF School 100, Manhattan. starred In the
field events. He competed Ia the IL
pound shot putting contest for all ages
and weights and with the good put OF
81 feet " inch carried on premier
honors. The summaries:
High Jump, IS Pound ciass-won by r.
hartman NO. y, brooklyn, = roet . lncnes'
Singer, No. SO. Manhattan, second; 8. Rice,
NJ. i22. Brooklyn. third; 8. Wiliiams. No.
., Manhattan. fourth.
BROAD Jump, So Pound Clas.-.Won by =.
M,,a.. 80. iss. MsnSatt.n. third; Ksplin.
No SO, Manhattan. fourth.
High Jump. 100 Pound ella is-won BY
Jsnc. No. ~. Bronx. I feet 2 inohes;. b.
' ri,li1"'! II. Ne IL. IA H:n ssaSss.p sh iss:" <. srieE.
man. No. rs. Manhattan. fourth.
Broad Jump. 100 Pound CiassELwon by
iarcnow. No. 90. Manhattan. , feet; ,. Sig
Or. No. sS. Brooklyn. seesna: J, Harris.
10; 81. nrsokiyn. third; y desssl No. a.
Broad Jump. lis. IeysAs nass--Yse y
in nchs. mi g; HsSaatasr, srScsl,n,
seGond; Ksrp. No. 70. tnird Fell
ef,no. No. ls. Brcnx. eu!thsYta
ya rs's BY ~ ! esS.% s Ne, H. H. T s:sss S.s'' q
. .:;e.a. 'r 5: a&r. x:sss. NJ. III: sM@::ssss::ssss,,aa,
third; zar.iofsxy. NO. e. MAMMALIAN
,.iisS lump. un,,mi.sd weight c,e.s5
leo ? plehe.; Cullen. No. .io. Msghsttsn,
second; Bsrkowits. Ne. So nsae!eteess
laird; ". BAyrsngos. No. 50. Bronx. fourth,
Putting ~ Pound Shot. unlhnitsd weight
'hss-Won BY 2. LsmAs, No. lev.. Nenhat'
i srsa = s::s y issa;. !. rs'1,ss'2L, is
r.