The sun., 1919-04-27
'SCHOOLBOYS READY
FOR OUTDOOR SPORT
Long Island Scholastic Title
Meet Is Carded for Next
Saturday.
BUSY DAY IN SPORT
Elementary School Swimming
Championships Also Are
Scheduled.
BUSY DAY IN SPORT

The interscholastic outdoor track and
field season will be ushered in next Sat-
urday afternoon with the staging Of the
second annual Long Island and Brook
lyn championships under the auspices OF
Poly Prep at Dyker Heights Field Bay
, Ridge, Brooklyn. The meet, which has
, the sanction of the Public Schools Ath-
letic League. Is open to all private and
public school athletes in those boroughs.
The meet will be governed by p. S. A. L.
rules.
Poly Prep. which last year won the
championship. will be represented by a
strong team Saturday. The Dyker
Heights lads last season scored 65 points
In winning the title. but declined to &C.
cept the championship trophy. The cup
was awarded to Manual, which finished
second. II Poly should win the title
Saturday the Dyker Heights boys will
again award the cup to the team finish
Ing second.
Two of last years champions who are
to defend their titles are George Werle-
man and p. w. Francis. both OF Poly
Prep. Werleman won both the javelln
and twelve pound shot put last year,
while Francis was crowned king in the
120 yard high hurdles and the running
high jump.
Other Poly athletes who won titles
last year and who are to compete Sat-
urday are Paul Bernard, the mile cham
pion; Parker Kirby. the 220 yard low
hurdles title holder ]. Stearns, the quar-
ter mile champion, and J. Dopple, the
winner Of the discus throw. Dopple last
season represented Boys High School,
This year, however. he completes for
Poly. Vincent Graeb of Manual Train
Ing. who last year won the 100 yard
dash. 220 yard run and the running
broad jump, has not sent in his entry
so far.
The programme will consist Of four
teen events with one event for juniors
The Junior event will be 100 yard dash.
The other track events. all of which are
for seniors. are a 100 yard dash, 220
yard run. 440 yard run, $50 yard run,
mile run. 12o yard high hurdles and a
22O yard low hurdles. The field events
will consist OF twelve pound shot put,
running high jump. running broad jump.
pole vault, discus throw and the tayelin
throw.
The meet, although the first of the
season, promises to be a success. as
practically every Brooklyn and Long
Island school has entered team. En-
tries will close Tuesday with c. p. SEQ
boria at Poly Prep School, Bay Ridge.
Spectators will not be charged any ad-
mission fee TO the field.
For Swimming rifles.
The annual elementary schools p. S.
A. l.. individual swimming championships
will be decided next Saturday morning
in the College City OF New York natator-
ium. The events include 2O-yard
swim for S6-pound boys, a 4o-yard swim
for loo-pound boys. a 60-yard swim for
l1b-pound boys, an S0-yard swim. I'M
limited weight class and a 200-foot re-
lay race for boys of any weight
Public School No. 40. Manhattan,
which last year won the championship,
will defend It's title The other schools
which will try for championship Arthur
McAleenan Trophy" are p. S. No. 3.
p. s. No 50. p, s. No. 90 and p. S. No.
l2s, all OF Brooklyn. and p. s. No IA,
p. S. No. 81, p. S. No. 40. p. s. No. G.,
p. S. No. 81. + s. No 1853, p. s. Nol6l
and p. s. No. III OF Manhattan and
the Bronx.
The annual scholastic track and field
championships OF New Jersey will be
held on May 80 under the auspices Of
the New Jersey Athletic Association on
Nelson Field, New Brunswick Al
though the programme has not been
completed II is the plan of tho commit
tee 10 have separate competitions for
prep school athletes and high school
students.
The annual elementary school boys
track and field championships OF Dis
trict Athletic League No. II OF Brook
Ign will be held in the Twenty-third
Regiment armory. Brooklyn, next Sat
urday afternoon.