New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

Stuyvesant High School, of Manhat-
tan, the champion among the local
schools, was forced to be content with
second place, scoring IS points. Suf-
field School, of Connecticut, was third.
with l3 points, this high honor being
gained through two victories by Tryon.
New York schools were next in line,
Poly Prep. of Brooklyn, being fourth,
with liz points. De Witt Clinton.
Fordham Prep, De La Sale Institute
deadlocked for fifth honors, with 10
points each.
Just Misses Record
In spite of the rain soaked field the
times made IN the majority of events
showed that the schoolboys were ready
for the many meets scheduled outdoors.
perormer, and in addition he was the
only athlete to threaten meet records.
In. winning the 100-yard sprint in
10 2-5 seconds and the 220-yard run in
70 1-5 seconds McKim. in each instance,
was only one-fifth of a second slower
than the standards for the games.
McKim outclassed his rivals in the
two short dashes. He gained materially
at the start with a good jump and
always maintained his lead, to win
easily IN both contests. After his eff
forts on the track the Newark boy
engaged in the running broad jump
and led home his rivals with leap Of
20 feet 61a inches, which was 10 inches
further than the second prize winner.
That weight was not a retarding fac
tor IN the pole vault was shown when
Harold Tryon, of Suffield School, Con-
nectlcut, won the event, after previ-
ously capturing the twelve-pound shot
put In the latter contest Tryon faced
some of the best boys at this speciality
IN the East, but asserted his superior
lty with a winning heave of AZ feet
~ inches. Tryon then fought out a
long duel with Harms, Of Flushing. in
the pole vault, finally winning with
10 feet inches. Harms was ! inch
behind.
Probably the most decisive victory
Of the day fell to Allan Helffricl,. Of
Mcburney School, Manhattan, in TAX.
ing the half mile run in minutes 5
SECONDS, an astounding performance, in
view of the poor track 1t is probable
that Heltfrich would have cut off sew
eral more seconds had he extended
hlmsef. He was content to- remain
oack OF the pacemakers until the final
! turn, when he literally "flew" past two
opponents to finish with a twenty five
yard advantage.
Desperate Duel at Mile
klrby, of Barringer, finished second
to Hetfrich, after fighting desperate
duel with Paul Jerman, Stuyvesant, in
the one mile run, a short period be-
tore. The tussle between Jerman and
hlrpy sent the large crowd into a
frantlc state of excitement, particularly
III
every ounce of their reserve strength
as they fought down the stretch. Jer-
mans longer stride was a big aid, for
ne Just succeeded in winning by inches.
Eleven teams strove for the honors
IN the one mile relay race. the final
event on the track, with the issue
always IN doubt between De La Sale.
foly Prep and Stuyvesant, which fin-
lshed as named. Poly gained the van
at the start, with De La Sale inches
pehlnd. Paul Madigan, the second De
Ia Sale boy, gave his team the lead
on the second leg, but Plauth, of Poly,
regalned it before the pair touched off
the third members Of their teams
Stuyvesant and Barringer were also
| hghtlng between themselves for third
honors
Poly maintained the lead until the
last fifty yards, when Campion. the De
La Sale anchor runner, caught the
tlrIng Turner, of Poly. The latter gave
hight, but he lacked the strength Of
Oamplon,, who went on to win by FIVE
yards, while Turner was barely able
to totter over the finish line.
bernie Wefers,s coach at Fordham
Prep, saw his two entries. both of whom
are novlces, come home winners. James
shea captured the 120-yard high hurdle
IN the rather good time of 1S 2-5 sec
onds, while Swinbourn won the quar-
ter-mile IN the impressive time of 55
seconds ~ w