New-York tribune., 1918-07-04
10000 to Try
For Prizes in
Games To-day
Athletic Contests Will Be
Held Throughout
the City
By A. c. Cavagnaro

Freedom and liberty will be clearly
depicted on every playground this
afternoon, when boys, girls, mothers
and fathers appropriately celebrate the
signing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence with track and field sports as
guests Of the City of New York. For
the occasion the recreation grounds will
be at the disposal of the public
The sport will begin early in the
morning with swimming contests in the
public baths and indoor sports in the
gymnasiums, to be followed by the
track and field games in the afternoon
Following the latter meetings, cham
pionship baseball games are carded at
a number of the athletic fields. Medals
will be awarded to the boys and suit
able wearing apparel will go to the
speediest fathers and mothers.
The festivities will be conducted on
thirtyseven athletic fields in the five
boroughs Of the city, in seven baths,
five gymnasiums and on several other
fields at which impromptu sports will
be held. In addition. block parties
neighborhood merchants around the
city.
More Than 10000 to Compete
1t is estimated that more than twen-
ty thousand will compete In the city
sports, so large has been the entry at
the various parks. In many instances
the fields to compete in the short races
have attracted runners to the number
of almost four hundred. and the weed
ing out of this big assemblage will con-
sumo much time. There will be many
boys who will not sport the regulation
running costume, and the sight of these
running in their street clothes will be
novel one.
Sports among the service men will
also be conspicuous on the programme.
At a great many of the parks races for
the soldiers and sailors will be held,
and large entry is down for compet-
ton, as the men will be on furlough
in the afternoon. Among the baseball
games between service men scheduled
are the U. S. S. Grant State and Naval
Overseas Service, at Sheep Meadows,
Central Park; Pelham Bay divisional
championship; Camp Upton divisional
championship.
Lively Boxing in Prospect
DO\lHS DOulS are dISO UOWu W Gil
liven the proceedings, and among the
performers are many men who have
earned prominent place in the ranks
Of the roped arena. The list of ex-
hbitors includes Johnny Dundee, Eddie
Wallace, frankie Notter, Sam Sieger,
William Pomcrantz, Young Riley, Her
man Epstein, Young Otto, Joe Lynch
and Benny Volgar.
A list of the parks and baths at
which the sports will be held follows:
TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS
MANHATTAN
Battery Park, Cherry Street Park. Seward
Park, Columbus Park. Hamilton Fish Park,
Corlears Hook Park Tompkins Square Park,
East Twelfth Street Park. st. Gabriel's Park,
Hudson Park. De Witt Clinton Park. Chelsea
Park, Thomas Jefferson Park. Carmensville
Park, Astor Field. West Fifty-ninth Street
Park. Yorkvile Park, greensboro Park John
Jay Park, Cherry and Market Park, Jasper
Oval.
BROOKLYN
McCarren Park. Brooklyn Athletic Field.
Bushwick Park; Betsy Head Park. New Lots
Road Park, Red Hook Lane Park. McLaugh-
lin Park. McKibbin Park. williamsburg
Park, Fort Greene Park.
THE BRONX
Pelham Bay Park, Crotona Park North.
Macomb's Dam Park.
Hollis Field. Astoria Field.
RICHMOND
Curtis Athletic Field.
SWIMMING RACES
MANHATTAN
West Sixtieth Street Baths East Twenty
third Street Baths, West Twenty-eighth
Street Baths, East Fifty-fourth Street Baths,
Rutgers Place Baths. Rivington Street Baths
BROOKLYN
Betsy Head Baths.