New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Flushing Wins
Championship Of
| rack and Field
De Witt Clinton Gets Second
Place and Boys High
Third
By A. c. Cavagnaro

day, when representatives from Ion.
Island predominated in winning hrst
places. 1t was the.first time in alna.t
seven years that students Of Manhat.
tan saw the prestige in this sport sl;n
through their fingers.
The team title changed hands when
Jamaica failed to uphold its end. bnt
in the success of the Flushing con-
tingent the championship remains ~
Long Island. Flushing scored a total
OF 20 points, Robert Crawford, N. AZ
klnsoa and G. Schaeffer being the prin.
cipal point gatherers.
De Witt Clinton athletes made =
bold fight against the Flushing bows.
but were able only to finish second
with 20 points. Boys High School. la
by Huston and Slomka, boys of prom
lse, was third, with % points. with
Stuyvesant fourth. with a score of il
Jamaica. the defending champions.
captured fifth honors, with Is. Eight
other schools scored points.
The superiority Of the Long Island
nine track events when Mick" Garter
OF Clinton, prevented foreign" clean
sweep by winning the 440-yard run.
which was the final event of the foot
races. However, in the field eyenta
Manhattan and Boys High reigned su.
preme. They won four of the five titles.
A compilation of the fourteen cham.
pionshlt contests finds nine of them
carried off by Long Island students and
hive by the combined forces of Manhat-
tan and The Bronx
Only Three Retain Titles
| Only three of the contending vouths
managed to retain their honors won IN
1917. In this case, also, they came from
Long Island. They were Robert Craw.
ford and N. Atkinson, the two FLUSHING
stars, and R. A. Austin, of Jamaica
crawford repeated in the half and one
mile runs, while Atkinson kept his pole
vault title and Austin added the 220-
yard senior honors to the 100-yard
senior championship which he captured
| last year.
Crawford was the outstanding star.
and his two victories stamped him a.
the best boy developed of late years
through schoolboy competition. Overa
rather heavy and cuppy track Crawford
ran away" from his rivals in the mile
race, which he won in new record time
OF 4:34 1-5. This. displaced the old ir.
ures of ABS As, set by Frank jenkins.
OF Far Rockaway, on the fast Brooklyn
athletic League track. The strong
fiusning youth was away quickly at the
pistol fire and had winning margin Of
100 yards at the finish.
crawford repeated his performances
IN the half-mile run. This racs
brought out a close fight for ,'' seconS .aes
honors, but Schaeffer, also of Flushing.
who ran second to Crawford in ths
mile event, again came on to take tie
Icnner-up position. Crawford was
timed in 2:05 1-5, only two seconds be-
hind Jenkinss record.
Ihe Flushing victory is due to the
work of Crawford and Atkinson. IN
the mile race the school captured three
out of four places and first and second
in the half mile. Atkinson was fol-
lowed home in the pole vault by two
schoolmates in order.
Two Others Are Double Winners.
R. A. Austin and C. Huston, of Boys
High, were also double winners. Austin
won both the senior sprints while Hus-
ton was by far the best in the two
| junior dashes.
The Stuyvesant team led home the
110-pound boys in the 440-yard relay
race, but was disqualified through the
sportsmanlike running of Herder,
the anchor runner. Herder was pitted
ing, on the final leg, and the youngsters
had battle royal up to the entrances
of the finishing stretch. Here Chuger-
man came abreast of Reder and chal-
lenged for the lead The Stuyvesant
boy. kept blocking his rival, gradually
forcing him over to the opposite side
of the track, so that at the erd Chuger-
man was running entirely off the track
The officials, however, were not asleep
and Herder's tactics cost his team the
prizes and championship
The summary:
TRACK EVENTS
scRaen aa' Flushing second zas3o aa suyass y.
third: sulzbact, Flushing. fourth. Time l:sl IS:
High: Nalty De VIII Clinton. second: ai scsispi I
Boys High. third: McCann. Commerce. fourth
ioo-yard dash tsenior)-won by Austin. Jamaica;
Sa Singer Clinton second; Grsel Manual Trsnins
third soysad eay cnsn raos %
Manual Training; with Span. Lswensten, Hsaox
insa and cuseman boy Boys Fish with Sacks = s,mDsss I
Harten. Rose. Klein and MCGEE third Time.
o:55. Stuysesant finished Nrst. but disquaI-
= sso.ysrd run-won by Crawford: Flushing:
sSh5sSs s.4F cra 5ussns fansb secSaa S: ws Curtis third
:, l2o-yard high hurdles tnnal hest)-wn BY
slomka. BOYS High: Menken. Manual Training.
Sessnt. fourth: Time o:Is IS. - - -.
One-mNe relay race--Won by Commerce. VIII
Birdie. Block Baum and Cerina: stuyvesant With
Sedacca, Rosenfed. Lester and Darcy, second;
Morris third Manual Training. fourth Time.
2eo-ysrd low hurdles-won by Meinken, Manual
Training Shore. Newtown. second: Appel. Flush
ing: third; slomka. Boys High. fourth Tina.
22O-yard rpm tjunior)--won by Huston. Bcss'
High; Gluskiif. Clinton. second; johnson. Commescs
third; Rosenwasser. Stuyvesant, fourth. Tina
220-yard run (senior}--won by Austin Jamaica;
Broadus. Jamaica. second; Singer. Clinton third;
Vac der G1ss Richmond ail foqh %s *
third Manusi Training, fourth Tine. i:as s:s.
may. Morris. second: ksbets Clinton. third;
Tracy. Flushing. fourth. Time. o:57 rs
FIELD EVENTS.
Running High Jump-Won by Clark. C1intnn
with 5 feet ~ inches: Doppe, Boys High. Wiz tn
feet 6s inches. second Broxn, stuyvesant vith tn
feet 4a inches. fourth.
Putting l2.Pound , shotIwoa u by sssipssss T,sa:
Reicher. stuyvesan. with 81 feet 2 inches % sasrd;
Rosengrcn. Do Witt Clinton. With 81 feet inepe'
Running Broad Jump-won by courtois, suy-
vessns with 20 feet II inches Hainsei.a nu.n a.
stuyvssant with IS feet III inches fourth ,.,.
With lSers Us fees inches; y Bcs % ssa. With q
feet 2 inches. second Doppel. Boys High ssa VIA
III feet inch, third Graeb. Manual Trainins
Pole vaut-Won by Atkinson. FLUSHING: VIZ
10 feet inches: Harms. FLUSHING. with ~ ~
inches. second: Robertson Flushing. Win Win Z ~
Point score-Faushing 2sl; Clinton. IS; a.DS, SS,s
's" Il Commerce ssaios' 10: Morris. ri s. Br.ns Ns.s
, town. 81: Curtis 5; Eyander Ctids. g. Achn's'
!. iul 2.