The sun., 1919-05-04
NINE MEET RECORDS
GO AT POLY GAMES
Team Championship Taken by
Home Contestants With
Manual Second.

Nine meet records were broken yes
terday Mt the second annual Brooklyn
and Long Island interscholastic track
and field championships. under auspices
OF the Polytechnic Preparatory School
at Poly Field, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
All of the marks in the field events were
shattered, while the 120 yard high hur-
dies. geo yard low hurdles and the half
mile figures were the track events to
fall
The team championship was won by
Poly for the second consecutive year.
In defending their title, the Dyker
Heights lads swept the boards, taking
eight of the fourteen individual titles
and rolling up the overwhelming score Of
IS points.
Manual Training. which finished sec
ond last year. again was the runner I'D
for the title. with Fl. Erasmus Hail
| nosed out Flushing for third place by
| the scant margin OF 1 point. The Bun
and Blue squad garnered 10 points,
while the Long Island team collected is.
| Poly. sportsmanlike, turned the cham
, pionship trophy over TO Manual Train
| ing.
HOnOrs for +. w. Francis.
Individual honors OF the meet fell to
p. w. Francis of Poly Prep, who won
two titles and established new figures in
both. He won both the 100 yard high
hurdles and was first in the running
high jump. In both events Francis was
the former champion and record holder.
| In the track event the Poly athlete was
| clocked in II As seconds, displacing
| the old mark OF Is as seconds by four
ffths OF a second. In the high tump he
| leaped feet 9 inches, adding ono inch
I to the former record
Another lad to win two titles but
| who failed to better the records, was
! B. Weisiger of Manual Training The
Seventh avenue runner captured both
! tho 100 yard dash senior and the 22O
yard dash. In the Century he was time q
In IL seconds, only one-ffth OF a second
slower than the record. In the furlong.
| however, he was more than a minute
behind the mark.
! Leeming Jelliffe OF Poly, the schoolboy
swimming champion. accounted for the
new record in the 22o yard low hurdles.
/ The champion natator In this event
clipped two-thirds Of a second from the
old mark of 20 3-5 seconds He also broke
the record in the pole vault, in which
event ne finished second to A. Harms OF
| Flushing with a Jump Of 10 feet. The
Flushing athletes Jump was II feet Y
inches. The former mark was feet
6 inches.
The other record breakers were H.
Bradley OF Port Washington High
School in the broad Jump, A. Doppel
OF Poly In the discus and G. Werleman
OF Poly IN the IL pound shot put.
The summaries:
Track Events.
100 Yard High Hurdles-won by p W
Francis Poly H appel. Giushins, sec:
third, but was disqualified. Time. II As
100 Yard Dash (senior)-won by p.
We!siger, Manual Training; Hutson, Boys'
ton, third; f. BrOadus, Jamaica, fourth.
100 Yard Dash uunlor)-won by NJ.
ond; f. Horowitz, Manual. third; War
| wick, Bryant, fourth. Time. II -5 seconds
One Mile Run-Won by NJ. Rick, Eras-
mus p. a. kirby, Poly. second; A. Tracy.
Flushing: third; Snow. Erasmus. fourth.
ing Jelline, Poly; II, Appel, Flushing, sec
Roach. bryant. fourth Time Time 70 10 sec &c.
?2o Yard Dash-won by n. we,slger.
way, Eraamus. third; Hutson. Boys High
44O Yard Run--won by r.. Turner. Poly;
q. Werleman. Poly. second; Murphy. Eras-
mus third: II. Poole. Manual, fourth
$50 yard Run-won by p A. Kirby
Poly. Snow, Erasmus, second; Rick. Erss
mus, third; suizbach. Flushing. fourth
Field Events.
Pole Vault--Won by A. Harms, Flush
Ing, with II feet Y inches; w. l.. Jelliffe
Poly with 10 feet. second; w. Roach
Bryant. with . feet 6 inches. third; W
Jennings. Jamaica. with Q feet. fourth
Putting ~ Pound shot-Won by G.
werleman. Poly, with II feet: A. J. Dim
Port Washington. with 40 feet IN inches
second; L. Broadus. Jamaica. with % fee
II u inches, third: F. Brender. Poly. with
IS feet inches. fourth.
Throwing tho Javelln-Won by r. Bren
der Poly. with 1872 feet inches; G. werle
man, Poly. with 1872 feet 8h inches. sec,
ond II. Larson, Manual, with l22 feet 10 u
inches third; A. Doppel, Poly, with IL.
feet 3 inches. fourth.
Running High Jump-won by p. w
q poppel, Poly with feet inches. second
Albach, BoyE High. with 8 feet 4 inches
third; W sherman. Flushing. with . feet
inches, fourth.
Throwing the Discus-won by A. Doppei
Werleman, Poly, with i2e feet sh inches
inches. fourth.
Running Broad Jump-won by H. Brad
ley. Port Washington. with 10 feet !
inches; ]. d, Carpenter. Poly. with 10 fee
with 10 feet. third; b. weisiger. Manual
with ! feet 10 inches. fourth.
Point Score-Poly Prep IS: Manua
Training. 81; Erasmus Hall. 10; Flushing
Is; Port Washington, 10; Boys High,
Jamaica, 81 Bryant 4