New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-03
Hamilton Fish Park Bow.
Lose by Four Points
Private Lesere Victor
By A. C. Cavagnaro

thousands Of athletes Of the metro.
politan district celebrated the open;n,
OF the Children's National Playwe.L
festivities in this city in track and
field sports on Fairgrounds in each os
the five boroughs yesterday. The com.
petition was open to playground
youths, registered amateur athletes
and men in the service.
Crowds that surrounded the yarion,
tracks many feet deep witnessed tn.
sport and were rewarded with manv
thrills. The contests were held under
the direction Of the Metropolitan As.
ISOLATION and the Mayors Committee
of Women on National Defence.
The championships of the play.
grounds of Manhattan Borough went
to the team from Tompkins Square
Park, which proved itself more bal
anced team in the, principal meet Of
the day held at Chelsea Park. Scor-
ing heavily in the track events, the
Tompkins Representatives accumulated
total of twenty points, defeating
Hamilton Fish Park by four points.
st. Gabriel's Park was third with nine
points.
Soldier Wins Run
Private Joseph Lesere, Twenty-Sey.
enth Construction Company, u. S. Avi-
alton Section, Mineola, scored a pretty
victory in the three-quarters Of mile
run. The soldier showed considerable
gameness in defeating Walter Powe, a
prominent local runner, by a margin
of two yards. Shortly afterward, Le-
sere showed that he was also a sprin-
ter OF merit by finishing second be-
hind Charles B. Clark, Pelham Bay
Naval Station, in the 10O-yard race foe
service men. Another conspicuous run
ner was Harry Cunningham, De Witt
Clinton, who won the 8S0-yard run for
Fairgrounds.
Bronx boys held forth at Macombs
finish in the 22O-yard run for enlisted
men with Earl Siebert, Federal Rem
devious, Brooklyn, leading home Carl
Siebert, sailor mate, but no re-
lation, by inches. Kurt Zulch, cassi-
fled with the best Of the local pedes-
TRANS, had an easy time in taking
the one and half-mile walking race.
Zulch set stiff pace throughout which
his rivals could not hold
The games at Astoria Field, Long
Island City, proved field day for sey.
eral runners. James Fay won two
prizes in the playground events. while
Harry Fiegenbaum, unattached, was
best of the amateur runners who com.
peted in the 300-yard and 1,00O-yard
open races. In the running high jump
Earl Carroll showed good form in
clearing the bar at the good height Of
feet inches.
The. entry list at the Brooklyn games,
staged at Betsy Head, scared over the
thousand mark, thus necessitating many
trial heats. The ability to repeat vic.
tories was shown by Arthur Roth.
child, Kings County A. A., who easily
, captured two of the open amateur
! sprint races. Harry Thompson. an ex-
ceptionally smart playground athlete,
won three prizes in his division. while
James Mcneil, former Presentation
+ Club runner won the mile open run BY
comfortable margin.
j At Curtis Field, Staten Island, the
day proved profitable one for the four
Freda brothers, Charles, Anthony. Hoo
and Louis. Among them the four
! youngsters carried home more than ons
/ dozen prizes and this included many
/ first places.
Members of the Federal Rendezvous
of Brooklyn, made a clean sweep of tina
prizes in the army and navy contests
while Roy f. Morse, winner of several
national sprint championships, showed
no bad results of pulled tendon. SUI
Tered last Sunday, in cantering home
first in the 100-yard open sprint race