The New York herald., 1922-06-11
'HERALD' PRIZES
Hussey's Hundred Best;
Set Fine NeW Records

Fgueroa ran almost as fast as any
scholastic sprinter has run anywhere
/ lie won by four yards over Wibecan or
Boys High. In the broad jump Figueroa
did his record breaking all the way-and
kept adding to the mark. He made his
Test jump on his fourth effort. his first
in the finais.
Third behind Ffgueroa and Hussey -
a stellar worker in the Stuyvesanr
around performer AS had been ex-
pected Gierschevski won the l20 yard
high hurdles. beating Harold Meyers OF
Erasmus. the defender. in 16 7-10 Sec
onds-only one-tenth of a second be-
! hind the record. II was a mighty
| lonely record which did not get
battle II 1t did not take a beating.
Gierschevski was third in the shot put
and third in the discus throw. giving
him nine points.
Stuyvesants victory was not un-
looked for. but its easy triumph startled
the critics. 1t got more than It's two
nearest rivals combined. Manuel Train
| ing, which won the title by a margin
of two points over Stuyvesant last
spring. found that It could do no better
than tie for second place with De Witt
Clinton. at Is points. while Erasmus
Hall got 16. Jamaica 14,s and Conn
mercial 13.
Hot Race for the Hera1d's Cup.
The race for the New York Herald's
big silver cup for the one mile senior
relay for high schools was rip snorter
| all the way. Commercial got the jump
on Manual and led in the first quarter
Clarke was couple Of yards to the bad
when he handed his baton to Wallace.
but the latter soon took the lead. It
/ AG..- IT.
at the half mile. Gunther had some
hard running to hold the lead in the
third relay and then came Stephan for.
Manual to finish the race He too had
| to run much harder than he had ex-
| pected. Manuals cohorts walked off
the field as II they had won the cham
pionship.
! The threat against Sir Grenefege OF
| Flushing. the mile champion. proved
nothing more than threat. Grenefege
| won by thirty yards over Bailey OF
Richmond Hill, will Lange of Manual
third The time was 4:44 LILO. At the
half Lange was the leader. but he made
| the mistakeof trying to set the pace and
wore himself out. Bailey did well
enough to come home second.
| Denton of Commercial in winning the
4 220 yard dash for juniors, was only
three-tenths of a second behind the rec
| ora or Zo SO SeCOnOS- In the quarter
| mile run A Van Allen brought Curtis
back into the limelight after many
years of Information since the palmy
] days of Kiviat. Van Allen was caught
| in 50 7-10 seconds-and that close to the
record, too When you add the fact
| that Oberwager of Stuyvesant was near
the mark in the 220 yard low hurdles.
which he won in 26 clio seconds you
realize that 1t was great day indeed.
In winning the elementary school
championship and THE NEW YORK
| HERALD cup the athletes of +. S. No. 10
| took six first places. They were par
| ticularly strong in the relays, and won
| three of these--the 220, 20 pound class.
the 40, 100 pound class. and the 40.
115 pound class. The $50 heavyweight
relay was won by No. So of BROOKLYN
with No 10 second.
Not Much style Here.
!. 1t was a merry meet. and the uniforms
OF the kids were as merry as the com
petition. Some of the lads sported regu-
lation trunks and shirts. but a lot ran
in their bare feet and in their every
day panties. Some of them scooted
down the track with their breeches
hanging perilously by one meager sus-
pender But style was nothing TO these
ardent youngsters They were out to
| WlTl--dnn let BEAU 80
Among those who won for No. 10 was
Roberts. who took the 20 yard dash
115 pound class. and kept his record inn
maculate. He has not been beaten In
two years. Holden won the broad jump
| for the winners and Moskowitz took the
high jump for the Harlem school.
The 100 yard final developed quite
race and resulted in a close success FOR
l.. Smith of l.. S. 43, Manhattan. In
af AroD
haitian. favorite in the shotput. came
through as had been expected.
In the junior high school Champion
I ships an outstanding performance was
that OF Ernest Luchetti of No. 81 of
! The Bronx. in the broad jump. He
leaped II feet inches. In the 100 pound
class. That's quite jump for Kid Of
! that weight.
! There was some hot racing In the
| Junior high relays. The 440 yard re-
lay 100 pound class, was won by No.
90 In a driving finish.