New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
swimming TITLE
GOES TO BOYS
OF STUYVESANT
High School of Commerce
Captures Second Place
-Oiebel a Star.

Stuyvesant High School was crowned
the new swimming champion in the an
nusl competition OF the Public Schools
Athletic League, held in the tank Of the
College Of the City OF New York last
night.
The East Sixteenth Street students
compiled the total Of p points, the
largest tally ever recorded. Along with
the team honors the victorious Stuyve-
SAINT team won four individual titles.
with Leo Giebel capturing the 100 and
220 yard swims. the latter in record
time. Paul Garrigus and Robert Gag
ncy won the 50-yard and the fancy dive,
respectively.
Second place went 20 the High School
Of Commerce, with the count of Il
points, which was rather an unexpect-
cdly strong showing Then came
Townsend Harris Hall. with So points
and Erasmus Hall. Of Brooklyn. fourth,
with : points. De Witt Clinton had a
sorrowful fall when. after monopollzing
the championship for many years dur
ing the last seven years, could do no
better than collect 6is points. New
Utrecht High School, of Bay Ridge,
made one.
The Clinton team, confident Of recap
turing the honors, saw several OF It's
stars beaten. Its relay team was dis
qualified for cutting across the course,
while Billy O'Suilivan, its champion,
went down 20 defeat. along with Billy
Fitzgibbon, another Of its strong swim
mers. il sure was a hoodoo night for
the East Firty-ninth Street boys.
The stout-hearted Leo Grebel. Of
Stuyvesant, sent the popular William
O'Sullyan. of De Witt Clinton, down 70
defeat. and incidentally wrested the
title from the latter in winning the
22O-yard swim Giebels superior
strength came 70 his aid in the last
fifty yards. when he made up a loss OF
tour yards, and, IN a gruelling finish.
succeeded in defeating O'Sullivan by
one yard. In covering the distance in
o:454-5 seconds, Giebel established a
new record over that made by the Gin
ton swimmer last year by four-hiths OF
a second.
The summaries follow:
500 100, rslsy race th-.t hesfI-Won b Town
erd Uarfs hra' team. with rHnius. Mile. Sne--
man sll sumner. commerce win CALLAHAN Doug
-,.g,I lea. won ry he VIA clinton. vim How
f.a ..U.E iI-I.I BOOKS All ID ,4.Ifail. Nal A4s
Training with C0weu. Tyr.l. Canter and ~
Narur rc-o-f Time 81.
rfral hcst-Wor ts fomm-rre; Tosnsend Bar
r's Second Manual Training third Tine %
De- Wir clinton t.il~l FIRST but Was disguai
5o-ysrd sriu-Fi-,t heat Won by " Horng De
Wiu Clinton Tut 0-+ D. second heat Hol
E r. Car-ig1s. stu ,sant Tine o,-s Third
lsaf won rv ~ Cal allf.. Commerce Tine. n.-s so.
Fourth heal Won t5 II. Ba,r Commerce. Time
N..0 %.
Final heat Voc ty P Garnsus. II. callahan. scr
olIs n. Bae- third. w. hos-ns. fourth Tine
howard seIn Won ~ reo Giehci. Sfuygcsa.t.
" O.-u.iran. De VIE clinton. second a ~lcr-
mar TnirHrerf Harris Hail. thirI- J lenMaf.
T0sr,erd Harris Hall. fourth. Time. A. s.
Fsr.r aira-Mnr If 30 ta.ucy. ~t4TT., tf..
so $40 points Kun. SfuyTes tnt. - 81 lao points.
..rcfI. l. BDsou. Commerce. - sl-lO1 points.
uIrd. O.. Damn. NcE ltr-,ht es $500 lpaeel
Puuge fo- diuance-Woa ~ Paul Horrsn. Fras-
r.ug Hal with go fsst. g.. Greenm1n. De VIA Gin
f0r arf J. Thuor. Tog send Harris Hal tied FOR
second. With - feet J. slckel. SiuySesnt si'A
Io5-yarl ssin-Ti-,t hrlt so' By I<o Gi,sei.
-tl.s.-arf Time f.it f Srccld hca. won ng
D. sTrarus Commerce Time. 0s -. Tfird he8f
aen Won tg J sinclair. Stuyyesan; Inn .0s 2
Fol-h h-a, won y p. Wright Erasmus Hal.
Fra heat won ~ Ciebsl Sinclair. second; Al
tafu,. third. Wrghf. fourth. Tine. NJ SIS
rH|rt tHr-a SflfFesaHf. 81. commerce. g
Torn..rd Harms Hall 81 Erssmus Hall z. D.
W.'t O.ntor. o.. N.a Utrecht. D.