New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
Erasmus Relay
Sets sNeWRecOrd
In Title Swim
Brooklyn Boys Also Win
the Team Honors-Eber-
hart Wins Two Races
By A. c. Cavagnaro

~ A. - N>c1N NQSfldTO
Swimmers from Erasmus Hall High
School, Brooklyn. monopolized the
hmelight in the annual indoor indi-
vidual championships of the Public
SCHOOLS Athletic League held in the
College of the City of New York POOL
iast night. Their first conspicuous per-
forhahce was in capturing the 500,
4oot relay race in the record smashing
tme OF 2 minutes, AZ seconds. This
ene't clipped 3 40 seconds from tho
Clinton High School quartet in 1o15
The Erasmus Hall representatives,
were Joe Burill, Rudolph Franken. Ho-
race rae, McMullen and Clarence Ross
lhey proved themselves an invinc;ble
team from the start.
ouriii ieaped off at the start and at
the end of his relay of 200 feet had
galned q lead of five yards on his
ilvals' Ihls advantage was consist
enuiy increased by Franken, McMullen
ana Ross, who swan as named At
the finish Ross held p 1Oo foot la
,ne Ii length Of the tank. over the De,
witt Clinton first and second team
swimmers who were fighting tooth and
nan Tor second honors The second
'eaiil gained the place by two feet
moss won an exceptionally easv VII
tory IN the 220 yard swim chamninn-
snip; He "crawled" away into the van
at ghe start and swinging away from
eacn turn OF the tank left his oppo~
pS peneS lur0her behind in his wash. The
brooklyn boy had 20-yard advantage
at the finish. Erasmus Hall added sec
9ho pace to its credit when Bunk"
hossettl spurted in the last fifteen
yards to overtake Dan Loev. neW,tt
Si'nton, and take the place bv inches
fourth e4i'is' was
Ross swan the course in . minutes
- 10 seconds, which erased / second
% .oln 'he previous best time which was
maze by Leo Giebel three wears 400
n however, in the qualifying trials nf
IN v.7f asst Tuesday Ross was timed
IN Z minutes 80 seconds and it was an
noui.cSd mat the Pubic Schools, Atb-
ietc League would recognize This t;mo
as the record '-''''
=, waiter itoerhart, of Stuyvesant. was
1ne individual star of the night in
@rhhlng v eei Two titles. His first was in tbc
Ivy yards, IN which he led home
horace McMullen, of Erasmus Hall
banded another shock to Erasmus co.
nofts when he outfought Joe Burrill
.I .nelr CHAMPION, by inches in the 100
yard swim. This distance was covered
Dy Eperhart IN l minutes 4 seconds
!. 1, ne century swim was the most
snrliilng event of the night. Both
foerhart and Burrill fought il out
stroke for stroke, with the margin of
V'GTSIory peing by, the proverbial touch.
inrough Iri the eleventh hour surprises
pE -Eperhart, the Stuyvesant team fin
lsnea only one point behind Eras
mus Hall, which collected a total
tWenty-three points for the tom,
Donors. Rossetti gave Erasmus the
'leln~ and winning point when he suc-
ceeded IN finishing third in the 100
yard race, which completed the nro-
gramme
The summary:
s.Sno, SOofoqt relay race-won by Erasmus Hal High
ssgnYo.. s,po. Brooklyn a. Burdn. r. Frankcn II Me-
@ snrst team. Manhattan tPressnan. Loewy Tsylo
srboo srp iuekettt' second; De Witt Clinton High
sd sdelsclman and Bergman, third Siuyvesani y ID,
Scnoo cS1 seeond team; Manhattan foueth Tine
prssnns rss Han. Brooklyn b Rosse<ti ErasnnIs nn
haitian. third G Miller. Be- Wit c,',n nsn'cn Ma. Msn-
tan, fourth Time. 2:4i '''''' A'a"h"'-
toa Manhattan with Is Is pos Ps,r Pc ~is Gil
Is kan Msnnsiaq With 50 So points second Ffan
fSi tiira hsasuS s hs Ia Brock yn. with Glis points
fourth - "''''' "''N o.. - poinis.
scnnn with 81 feet Pick stlyvesant with IS feet
1ro,,a; . >urRel Stuyvesailt. with 81 feet third:
60 YARD 9e ss,n w ,en, gnsoh by. With % feet fourth
Sn,uyEcsant H.. McAluen Erasmus Hail sero1'd.
san, a%ao1 fo BOYS M High Brooklyn third Katz SuSye-
SAINT fourth Time 0:2S l-5.
G. ioo-yard swim final heat)-Won by W Eberhsn
SUI, sluy'esant: Joe Burr Erasmus Hail second: R,s
ton: fourth. Time. lO4 ~ "i'' O''"-
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