New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Triumphs Over Fifteen Other
High Schools-Poly Prep
Takes Second

The young athletes of De Witt Clin-
ton High School reigncd supreme in the
22d Regiment Armory yesterday after
noon, with decisive victory in the an
nual Princeton intcrscholastic track
and field meet. With fifteen other high
schools competing, the wcarcrs of the
maroon won the point trophy, which
was the great objective of the COM
petition. in capturing the honors Clin-
Ton only repeated the victory of last
year. and 1T was notable that the run
ncrs-up yesterday were also the same
as last year
"hcn the last event had been rcclcd
on 1t LETT Clinton in the lead with a
'o'al OF az points, while Poly Prep was
second with 10 and Manual Training
thlrd with II. Stuyvesant came in a
close fourth with 16 The scores of the
others were: Morris High and Flush
ing, lo each; Boys High, 9; Fordham
Prep. s; Hamilton Institute and East.
crn , District, 8 each; Regis School. i:
.ichmond and Bryant. 3 each. and Trim
'Vy ana Jamaica, point each.
from competitive standpoint the
outstanding feature of the meet was
me running of Robert Crawford Of
fluShing High. in the halfmilr and
mIlc, both of which he won in tho hol
lowest fashion Imaginable. Crawford
IS the individual intcrscholastic cham
pion, and besides he has an ,lnbcaton
d record as miller among the juveniles
',,",I mere was a feeling yesterday that
waiter higgins, of Morris Hirh. would
push crawford to the limit, but the
dope went wrong
Holds Fast Pace 10 End
Gong to the front after a fou, r.r;lo
Crawford made the pace hot onc 'S' 'Tor Eor
iour laps Higgins hung on to tbo
rluohinE j. f'Icr, but on cnterino tho fftb
o lne MorriS High youngstcr began to
Nv ms nag OF distress and quickly fell
lo"ard thc rear Never slackcnng for
'yCohd, crawford tore along in front
ana hnally won by fifty wards in 4 min
utcs 3S seconds figures which waro
Clalmed as new record for the meet
put some few seconds slower than the
lnterscholastic record.
HaIt an hour previous to his disnlav
IN inc mile Crawford won the $40 ward
IN common cantcr,
Inc sprintlng events for junior and
senior were the same distance. 70
yards, and furnished some interesting
dashcs of Juvenile speed In the senior
especially the unexpected happened in
the final From the style in which r.
Austin, colorcd boy from the ia
malca School, worked his way through
the heats he was much fancied for the
gold medal. but the wise ones were
doomed 10 disappointment, for the ia
malca nomination secured no better
than fourth.
Unheralded Runner Wins
All of a sudden, unheraldcd and un-
sung, Victor Craeb, of Manual Train
ing, came out of the ruck in the last
twenty yards and won with rush on
the worsted. There was full yard of
daylight between him and L. Singer,
of De Witt Clinton. The third and
fourth men were separated only by
inches.
j. Huston, of Boys High, accounted
for the 70-yard junior by couple of
feet from A. Doblin, of Richmond Hill.
thc relay events on the programme
attracted a big entry, the I40 yards for
the l00-pound class being exceptionally
strong, with eighteen teams. After ~
hot scramble both in the trials and
final the first medal fell to tho High
School of Commerce. In the mile relay
De Witt Clinton showed great strength
and won with lot to spare. The Stuyve-
SAINT High School team showed great
judgment in the SS0-yard relay and the
quartet won the gold medals, to the
great delight of the partisans of the
school.