New-York tribune., 1916-06-25
BOYS OF NEWARK
SHOW THE WAY
IN SCHOOL MEET
Phillips Exeter Athletes
Finish SecOnd-Murphy
Individual Star.

Central High School Of Newark won
the point honors IN the national inter-
scholastic track and field Champion
ships, which were held as part Of the
25Oth anniversary OF the founding ot
the city Of Newark. AZ weequahie Park,
yesterday.
Phillips-Fxe,er Academy Of Exeter.
n. H, finished second. with 20 points.
while third honors Eel. 10 Hebron
School. OF Hebron. Ne
The meet furnished a succession ot
close finishes. and was productive of
some OF the best schoolooy races seen
n this vncinlty m many years. Four
hundred athletes competed and twenty
six institutions gathered points
One Of the sensations Of the day was
the all around performance IN tho
! weight events OF J. r. Murphy OF lte-
bron School. who won two iirsts and a
second His most brilliant work was
in tossing the l2-pound hammer which
he hurled los feet inches. Murphy
then entered the discus contest. seal
ing the saucer l25 feet ) inches. giving
him second place His next appearance
, was ~ the i2-pound shot event. The
distance he obtained was y feet
inches. which was almost two feet bet
ter than the cffor, of James Sinclair, OF
Stuyvesant High School.
Many other boys shared tho lime. light
with double victories. Va ker Smith,
OF Phillips-Exeter. won both the l2C-
yard high and the 226-yard low hurdle,
IN clever fashion over John Ryan, OF
. Lob ~. H.
Of Flushing.
R. G. Goodwin. Of Wakefield High
School. OF Wakefield. Mass. proved
himself 70 be an athlete Of unlimited
endurance with well earned victories m
both the one and two mile runs. In
the first event. Goodwin moved alorg
in front OF his field from the star.
breaking the tape in the fast time %
ABA 2-5. With d strong sprint on tho
last quarter OF the two-mile contes.,
I Goodwin sped BY seven of his 0ppo-
nents, 10 take first place In l0;i73-5.
Adolphus ". Gorton. OF Moses Brown
School, made ar unsuccessful attcmp,
70 wipe away the worlds schoolboy
record of :55 Is for the half nile,
I held by Ted Meredith. lie probably
would have accomplished his desire hal
he had some competition. but he was
forced TO set his own pace 20 win by
/ fifteen yards IN l:5S 2-5.
Central High School carried away
first place in the relay race. when Will
lam Angus, who had previously Won
the ti0-yard in 81 seconds. passed INTO
the lead less than 100 yards from the
tape
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