The sun., 1918-12-15
KIRBY OF POLY PREP
SETS MILE MARK
Hangs Up New Time at Stuy-
vesant High Games in Goth
Regiment Armory.
so YARD DASH Is CLOSE

Parker Kirby Of Poly Prep last night
won the one mile open run, the feature
Of the fourth annual indoor games of
stuyvcsant High School in the Sixty
ninth Regiment Armory. The Brooklyn
schoolboy. besides winning the event by
more than half a lap. established a new
meet record for the distance. Kirby was
clicked In minutes IS seconds. which
clipped two full seconds from the old
mark made by J. F1eck Of Morris High
School in 1915.
Kirby took command at the half way
mark and was leading by thirty yards at
the completion of the third lap. On the
final lap he increased his stride and was
soon ahead of the field Of fourteen start
ers by fifty yards He broke the tape
three-quarters OF a lap to the good. Ar
thur Higgins of the Morris High School,
the former F. s. A T.. cross country
champion, finished second. and L. Ora
ham of Manual Training was third.
Robert Clark of De witt Clinton won
the open go yard dash by a whisker from
B. welsiger OF Manual Training. l.
Canning of Dickinson High OF New Jer-
sey finished third. close on the heels OF
WeieiFer.
William Allan of stuyvesant High
School captured the half mile race in
easy fashion. The Stuyvesant lad on
the bell lap pulled up from third place
and crossed the finish line three yards
in front OF s. Sanacore of Eastern Dis
trict A Mercer Of White Plains was
nosed out for second place Allan was
timed in 2:09 1-5, only two seconds be-
hind the record.
H. Katzen OF De witt Clinton, with
the fine heave Of 46 feet ~ inches. cap.
tured first place IN the pound novice
| shot put. and A. Major Of Manual Train.
Ing. with jump OF 8 feet 2 inches, took
first place in the novice running high
jump.
Tho summaries:
80 Yard Dash 600 pound clas)-wor
second; +. Arenstein (scratch). third
90 Yard Dash. Handicap tsenior-wor
by R. Boschsrat 90 feetl; s. More q
fseO. second; b. Mints q feet). third
sehoolsj-won by Robert Clark, De wit,
Clinton; r.. weisigler, Manual Training
sTs,condi L Canning, Dickinson H. s.. third
Poly Prep; A. Higgins Morris H. g., sec
o ehnd; l. Graham; Manual Training H.
Running High Jump tNov,ce)-won b,
a Major Manual Training H, g.. with
Brown. De witt clinton II s.. and p
Seubert. High School of Commerce, viii
| feet each third.
| Half Mile Run (open)-won by william
| Allan. Stuyvesant II. s.. s. Sanscore. East.
sn District, Il. s.. second; A. Mercer
| Witt Clinton II. a. fourth. Time. 2'os S
Eight Pound Shot Put topen)-won BY
II. Katzen. De witt Clinton. with Sc fee
IN inches; A. Rerkin. Boys High. with q
feet lok inches. second: c. II. Rapley
Manual Training II. s.. with ~ feet ~
! inches. third
Half Mile, Handicap tciosed) Won b,
| G. Hosmer scratch: H. Sass as yards)
second: r. F. conkling Gao yards). third
400 Yard Run, Novice (openN-won By
w Mcnamara, Cathedral School: J. Sui
Ivan, II. e. OF Commerce. second: W. Hoyt
De Witt Clinton. third; A. Goodman, Nor.
rts. fourth. Time. IS seconds.
40 Yard Run. Handicap tClosed)-woT
by T, Darcy. scratch: D. Bagnotto az
| yards), second; d. Merkler 40 yArds)
| third Time 81 seconds.
Four Lap Relay. Handicap tclosed)-
Won by Class IS $50 yards), (Feldman, I
! Feldman. Fenestock and FnEola); Glass
adams Allen. Allcott and Aap, az
| yards). second: Class 40 port. PonEo
Petix and Pinto). as yards). third. Time
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