The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-02
GREENSBORO LADS
WIN POINT TROPHY
Garry OFF Manhattan Rich
mond Park Fairgrounds
Championship.
TITLE FOR BETSY HEAD
Brooklyn Boys Win Laurels in
Borough Across Bridge
Competition Is Keen.


More than 1000 youthful athletes, rep
resenting the hfty-odd playground parks
IN the city which make up the Public
Park Playground Athletic and Recrea-
tion League. yesterday competed In their
annual Labor Day borough champion
ships, while close to IL, 900 persons looked
on. At Sheep Meadow Field, Central
Park, where the Richmond Manhattan
title was decided. 1000 persons watched
the competition, while at Betsy Head
Park, Brooklyn, where that borough
championship was contested, 5000 per-
sons circled the field and watched the
youngsters strive for the individual
titles.
The Richmond Manhattan champions
ship went TO the representatives OF the
Queensboro playground, while tho Brook
llyn title was won by the lads from
Betsy Head Park. In winning the Rich
nnond- Manhattan laurels with a score of
| 30 points the Greensboro boys displaced
the lads from Thomas Jefferson Park
last years champions The former cham-
pions In yesterdays competition finished
In foureh place with 10 points. John
jay Parks representatives were the
runners up for the championship on this
side Of the bridge with 20 points and
Tompkins Squares boys were placed
third with II points.
BETSY Head Team Repeats.
In taking the Brooklyn championship
the lads from Betsy Head Park defended
their title. They also garnered so
points. This was just three more than
the score returned by the lads from
Bushwick playground, who were the rum
ners up for the Brooklyn title with 81
points. The members of McKibben Park
were awarded third place, while tie
resulted between the representatives Of
McCarren ana Williamsburg parks for
fourth place. Each Of these parks COLI
lected points Fort Greene Park, the
only other team 10 figure in the point
score, was fifth with 8 points. The menu
bers of Mclaughlin, New Lots and Red
Hook parks failed to break in the seor-
ing column.
p. Torracco Of Thomas Jefferson Park
and Thomas Lockhart of Greensboro
playground were the star performers in
the Observation-Disclosures series. while
| the individual honors la the Brooklyn
| meet fell to A. Braunstein of McKibben
Park Each Of these lads won two
championships The Brooklyn athlete
won the sixty yard and seventy. yard
titles of his borough. while Lockhart cap
tured thu century and half mile cham
pionships OF the Richmond Manhattan
series. Torraccos victories came in the
eight pound shotput and the standing
broad jump. He also was placed in the
$50 yard run.
Other athletes TO get placed twice
were Ernest Osborne of Greensboro
Park in the Richmond Manhattan cham-
pionships, Howard Thompson of Betsy
Head and S. Miller OF Bushwick Play
ground in the Brooklyn meet. The Man
haitian athlete won the seventy-hve yard
dash and finished second in the 100 yard
dash, while the Betsy Head lad finished
| second In the sixty yard dash and third
in the running high jump. The Bush
! wick Playground contestants won the
Brooklyn $40 yard championship and
finished second IN the sack race. s'cie
One of the closest finishes Of the day.
competition was seen in the 40 yard
race In Brooklyn In which H. Gerry of
Betsy Head took the title from his team
mate. NJ. Fried. by whisker. Other
close finishes at this park were wit
messed In the hfty yard dash and the
| sixty yard dash.
The mile open A. A. u race at ths
| Brooklyn park resulted In an easy VIC
tory for Harold A Kooman. an unat-
tached runner Kooman took the lead
on the second lap and won by ten yards
over Oscar Patrick of the Kings County
| A.. A..
A. Reichert OF John Jay Park won the
| 220 yard title In the Central Park COM
petition. while the fifty yard champion
/ ship went to NJ. Gehring of Tompkins
Square. The forty yard title at this
park went to c. Kaufman of Thomas
jefferson Park.
The Summaries.
BROOKLYN.
50 Yard Dash COS Pound class)--won
| by Henry Thompson. Betsy Head; J. Grun-
Their. Williamsburg. seeonds J. Stein. Nc
| Carren, third. Time, lis seconds.
90 Yard Dash IfS Pound clAssl-wOn
Thompson. Betsy Head. second; I. Cohen.
Williamsburg, third. Time. seconds.
10 Yard bash Ciso Pound Classj-won
5 S ,hi i Ti% Sau seconds Shs"' "@1'-
by il. Derry betsy Head: n. Fsied. Betsy
thiSd Time, is IS seconds; ' mead
R.. Browning, Fort Greene; r. sehseter.
| Williamsburg, second; Nathan wachtel,
MSSx az Sn,s thlrS. Time, 20 Is seconds.
Won BY $. Miller sushwieki r. smith.
th ssas T Rass 1;i po sssGn S;:..,vo
seeondi slypan, Betsy Head. third.
Time. II LIS seconds.
Hair Mile Bun sUnlimitsa weight CLASH
8Gssx,c se'i tST Head rinse sseoRd p Bowling
Mile Run, Novice "a. A. U.)-won by
Harold A. Kooman, unattachedi Oscar
/ ParTirk. Kings county A. A.. second:
Arthur Mann. unattached, third Time,
Running Hish Jump ais Pound Class,
Won by Frank Hal, McKlbben. feet 4
3 inches, second; Howard Thompson. Betsy
Bunulhg Broad Jump (iSO Pound Class,
Won by l.. Wood, Bushwick, IS feet )
| inches r. Slomka, Bushwiek, II feet y
~ feet 4 inches, third.
| :, - Pound Shot Put Unlimited weight
| Ciass)--Won BY j.. Simmondinger, Bush
wick, a. fseti 8. sambsrt. Mc6arren' 40
sss5 fes steIS in ssSSs tSir qidaS' Bush
Point seore-Betsy Head, so; Bushwick,
| ~; MSKibben. 1ei McCafren, 81 WiIliama.
burg. y; Fort Greene. 8.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
40 Yard Dash $50 Pound ciass)-won nv
G. Kaufman, Thomas Jefferson PARK: II.
o SSae r@H ttmas sTSSrs
ground. third; 3 arobc. East stHty. soveS sy
Street Field fourth rirne sI.s s sSnenst'
80 Yard Dash 600 Pound classJEzwlttocIni
ground j.. Fprey. HUDSON Park, second ;
! r. NJ Basheykln Thomas Jefferson Park,
/ ground, fourth. Time, 6 a-5 seconds.
by Ernest osborne. oueensboSo a Park VIZ T'
| Saunders. Yorkville Playground second ;
| +. Purcell, Hudson Park. third; j. Krauss.
yorkyills Playground, fourth. Time, rs