Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-26
SENIORS WIN
y" TRACK MEET
Junior Team is defeated 40
80 in Interesting Contest in
Local Gym. Last Night.
GOOD RECORDS MADE
al" Johnson Takes 3 Firsts.
"Dick" Pickersgill, "Chick"
Waters and Bergen Win |

The senior athletes of the local
Y. NJ. c. A. were given plenty of
stiff competition at the "Y" last
night in the track meet with the
junior team, the older fellows win
ming out by a point score of 1880.
This meet, the first Of the season,
was held for the purpose of select
ing material which will represent
the association in meets with out
of-town teams this year.
The seniors captured five irsts
out Of six events entered by them,
EIlwooG johnson taking first in the
jump and I40 yard run; Richard
Pickersgill winning the mile run
and Robert Chick Warter annex
ing the 90 yard dash. Bergren was
the only junior to q first
place. he beating Warter of the sem
Tors in the 220 yard sprint by one
fifth of a second. Owing to the lack
of material from which to pick the
Teniors were unable to form a mile
nieay team, the juniors winning this
ZbdSit by default.
cone first event Of the night, the
V&ty yard dash. resulted in the
was Srs getting a lead of six points
tn.Sfthe juniors, Warter taking first
1hll Harold Jensen, another senior.
~ second. Lubins. q. junior, was
ON The winning time was 2 S-5
we've running high jump resulted
theie three senior competitors an
lnsq&ig all ten points. Al Johnson,
tnep cleared the bar at 5 feet 2
aIFhes, took first. Willard Andrews
I'D Harold Jensen tied for second,
feach making 5 feet. Lieber, a jun
ioi. made 4 feet IL inches.
The mile run proved that in two
juniors the Y has good material
as .'Dick" Pickersgill, a senior, was
forced to gain a lap early In the race
in order to overcome q sprint by
both juniors towards the end. Pick
ersgili's time was 5 minutes Is Sec
onds. Stanowitz and Andresik were
the junior milers and both can ex-
pect to qualify for the representa-
tive team.
In the 220-yard run Bergren, q
junior Splinter of no lea ability,
managed to win, making the dis
lance in 20 1-5 seconds. Chick"
Warter was one-fifth of q second
over this time. Luhins. a junior.
was third.
"Howie" johnson, the associa-
tons best broad jumper, did no
show up for the meet, and Al John
son managed to come near his old
mark with a leap of Q feet II inches.
Ritter. of the juniors. was second
with a jump of s feet 10 inches,
while Jensen. senior, took third, 8
feet . inches.
In the 440 yard rum. the seniors
managed to get first and third
places, Al johnson covering the dis
lance in so As seconds and winning
from Bergren, a junior, three-hfths
OF q second. Chick" Warter took
third his time being wv seconds
greater than Bergren's.
The point system used consisted
Of i've points for nrst place, three
for second and two for third. A
good sized audience witnessed the
the supervision of Physical Director
s. c. Pew and the physical COM
mittee.
The summary:
Twenty yard dash:-Warter (S),
first; Jensen (S), second; Lubins
&J). third. Time 2 as seconds.
Running High Jump:-Johnson
(S), first: Andrews and Jensen
(both seniors) tied for second,
Height. S feet 2 inches.
One Mile Run:-Pickersgill (S),
uIots dHoWAl W., DSSoIus Aiurc-
six. Cd. third. Time. 5 minutes 10
seconds.
220 Yard Dash:- Bergen. (J).
first; Warter (S). second; Lubins,
CD third. Time. 20 LIS seconds.
Standing Broad Jump:-Johnson
(sl, first; Ritter CD second; Jen-
sen go. third. Distance, . feet II
inches.
40 Yard Run:-Johnson ts).
FIRST; Bergren Cd second; Warter
(Sy third. Time 60 As seconds.
Mile Relay-Juniors by default.
Total Point score:-Sentors TO-
Juniors 80.