The New York herald., 1921-04-17
SWIMMING TITLE
GOES TOP. NO. Ga
East Side Lads Retain Their
Elementary Schools Cham
pionship.

The youthful swimmers OF Public
Tended their elementary schools indoor
championship yesterday morning in the
College of the City of New York pool.
where tho East Side boys defeated rep
resentaIves OF practically every eie-
mentary school In the greater city.
Eight hundred boys competed. So great
was the number that II required as
many as ten heats In some of the events
before the semi-fnsls were reached and
three hours In which TO decide the meet.
In retaining their title the lads from
g. garnered Is points, which was three
more than was scored by the team from
School 40, Manhattan. which finished
second. with ta;iy OF 12 points. School
27, also from Manhattan. was third
with points. while schools 10 and rs
were tied for fourth place with points
each. Nos. SO. 30 and Q were next In
line with points each. No. 3 school.
which IL in Brooklyn, was the only
school from that borough to break into
the scoring column.
The 40 yard championship went TO
Squire OF school 81. in Manhattan.
SQUIRE beat Morr of 40 for the title in
nip and tuck race. Each led at differ
ent occasions. and not more than two
feet separated the pair at any stage OF
the race. In the nnal spurt for the
finish, however. Squire appeared the
stronger and swan on to victory. while
his rival fell behind The winner nego-
tiated the distance in 0 :26 4-5.
Moskowitz or school 10 captured the
honors in the so yard swim. while the
90 yard race, the only other individual
event on the programme. went 20 welsh
OF school % OF Manhattan. In winning
the so yard title Moskowitz took the
lead at the start and held command
throughout. He led Muller of school 80
to the fniah by about two feet In AS 3-5.
Schwartz OF school Ga was third and
Katz. another Ga lad, was fourth.
Rowe OF o. Brooklyn, who finished
second 10 Welsh In the so yard swim.
was the only lad from across the bridges
70 win a place. Tho Brooklynites gave
Welsh a hard fxht for the honors. but
Welsh's superior strength gained him
he victory. The time was 0 $50 i-5.
The 400 foot relay. the only other
event on the card was won by the team
composed OF Marks. wlsniewsky. Balash
and Rossman. from school -, Manhat-
tan. The quartet led from start 70
finish. winning by comfortable margin
over tho team from school 81. The
summaries
20 Yard swln,--won by Racciardi. Public
School 40 Manhattan; Flischman, Public
School S0 Manhattan, second; Weckperth,
Public School 40. Manhattan, third; Knyals.
Public school IS. Manhattan, fourth. Time,
f2 as seconds.
10 Yard swin--won by Squire. Public
40. Manhattan, second Fissicf. Public
School 40. Manhattan, third. Woods. Public
School 60, Manhattan, fourth. Time, 26 40
aeconds
GO Yards swm-won by Moskowitz. Public
school 10, Manhattan; Fuller, Public School
school %. Manhattan, third. ISsn. Public
School g.. Manhattan, fourth. Time, - 80
seconds
so Yard swim--won by Welsh. Public
School ~, Manhattan; Rowe, public School
o Brooklyn. second: Mcfllee, Public School
gt, Manhattan, third. Hegman, Public School
81. Manhattan. fourth. Time. 80 10 sec
onds. =
400 Foot Reiay--won by Public School -
MARKS. Wisniewsly. Belash and Roasman)
public school o. Manhattan Cberner Wolf,
Earatta and Gellantel second Public
school CO. Manhattan traylor. McGinty
Berkowlfz and Schwartz). third; Public
Angelo and Coleman), fourth. Time. $50 30.
Point score--Public School ~. Manhattan,
IL. Public School 30. Manhattan, ~ Public
school ~, Manhattan q. Public school 10.
Manhattan, q Public school -. Manhattan.
!. rubiic School 90. Manhattan. 2: Public
BfouKlyn. 3, Public school is, Manhattan. !.