The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
SHERRILL STARS IN
NEW JERSEY MEET
Wins Three Championships in
Interscholastic Track and
Field Games.
TROPHY FOR BARRINGER
Carries Off Team Lanrels With
Score of SO Points-East
Orange Second.
TROPHY FOR BARRINGER

Nelson Sheriff. Of East Orange High
School won three titles yesterday at the
annual New Jersey interschoiastic track
and field championships at Castle Point
Field. Hoboken, N. J. The East Orange
athlete won ths 40 yard high hurdles
championship, the pole vault title ana
| the running high jump championship.
In tho track event Sheriff. had things
! all his own way and won in q romp In
the field events. however. he was hard
| pressed but managed to win each by O
scant margin.
In the high jump he Ieaped feet
inches. which was one inch better than
his nearest rivals jump. and in the pole
vault did feet inches. This was Just
three inches better than d. Newman's
mark of Barringer High, who was sec
ond with feet. II WAS Sherrill's first
appearance in open competition. Until
yesterday he never had before competed
In an open meet.
MCGEE star Performex.
The best performance of the meet was
returned by William MCGEE, q team
, mate of Sherrilrs MCGEE won the jaw
elm championship and established a new
! record for the event He threw the
spear the nne distance OF 141 feet 10
inches. This was Just nine feet four
| inches better than the former mark OF
1872 feet 9 inches hung up last year.
| Charles McKim and Albert Nosstro1.
both Of Barringer High. each won two
titles. McKim annexed the 100 yard
senior dash and the 220 yard run. while
| Nosstron captured the 440 yard run and
the discus throw. In the quarter mile
race Nosstroff won by about six inches
from F. Blodgett of Dickinson. In the
discus throw Ncsstroff won easily. NC
1 VIZ 10 q In nj Act ma
but had little to spare at the finish IN
the century.
Poland Wins shotput.
A Poland of Barringer won the n
pound shotput with the good heave of
80 feet 10 inches, and the running broad
Jump went to d. Mclean of Dickinson,
who jumped 20 feet 21a inches. D. Bush
| OF East Orange took the mile run. while
ms team mate. F. Hershey. won the
half mile event. L. Shackelford of Bar
! ringer captured the 220 yard low hur-
dies championship. and the 100 yard
Junior title, the only other event on the
programme. wen o J. Boxer, a school,
mate Of Shackeiford's.
The team championship went to the
HRrringer High lads. who rolled UP he
fine score Of So points. East Orange was
second with SO and Dickinson. the only
other school entered, was last with ~
points.
The Summaries.
Track Events.
| 100 Yard Dash (senior,-won by c.
Mckim, Barringer; l.: Canning. Dickin-
Ne!ll, East Orange, fourth. Time. 1915
| seconds.
100 Yard Dash (Junior>-won by ].
ond: ]. Mcnamara, Dickinson, third; r
Van Anon. Dickinson. fourth, Time
fsn Kssy ~ % ba sesaa E's
Ess, Orange. fourth Time. asa IS.
10 Yard High Hurdles by y:
Orange orange. second ae e. King. Barp ia thifd
No time taken.
40 Yard R g1-. By A. wosstros,
Ba .sd fourth. Time; s. ~ seconds.
snsck.lford. Bsrr,nfer; e King Barrih-
ger, second R. Bishop. Barringer. third:
p Quinn, East Orange. fourth Time
220 Yard Run-won BY C. McKim. Bar
RSn GO soSsy na &
?a6 sS.a E.s ori a,h: ..s as;
in.on fourth Time, 2:Os as;
Van Amonl; East orsnss toardnsr' L cyra.
anu soSone- AAA'0'
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FIELD EVENTS.
IL Pound Shot Put (senior)-won By
A. Poland, Barr,nger, with 50 feet 10
Inches; L. Kuhnle, BarrinEer. with 30 feet
inches second: H. Macdonald. East Or
ange with SO feet 2 inches. third; A.
Calitri Dickinson. with 50 feet IL inches
fourth.
Pole Vault (.enior>-won by N Sheriff..
East Orange. with feet inches; d.
Newman. Barringer. with feet, second;
C. Dolan, Bsrringer with feet inches,
third VI. HRmon, Barringer. with feet
running High Jump (senior>-won by
y. sheriff.. East Orange. with feet !
inches: Michaels, Dickinson, with
feet c inches. second; c. Gibbins. Barring
Dickinson, with feet / inch, fourth.
| Javelin Throw-won by W. McGee. East
Orange. with l4l feet 10 inches. A. woss-
tron, Barringer with is5 feet inches,
second; A. Calitri, Dickinson. with l21
feet inches. third; NJ. Bsssett. East Or
Discus Throw tssniorl-won by A
inches; A. Poland. Barringer, with % feet
| l inch. second: II MichAels, Dickinson.
with SIS feet 7 inches, third E ScriEgins,
East Orange, with SO feet inches, fourth.
Running Broad Jump tsenior)-Won by
MacLean. Dickinson, with 20 feet Ia
liz inches. second: NJ. Monroe East Or
anEe with 10 feet s a. inches. third;
f. Stevens Barringer. with 10 feet 1l-2
inches, fourth.
POINT SCORE.
Barrinser. IS. East Orange. 81; pioG!n-
son. ~.