The New York herald., 1922-12-31

indoor games January -. Swimming
standards improved tremendously in the
dual series which was completed this
month. Every record was smashed 70
srnIiherseus b. wide margins In almost
every one OF the ten meets and the ex-
isting marks are at the mercy of the
schooiboy lnermen. They compete in
the individual Championships January
>. when the records count.
The most remarkable performer in
athletics for 1922 was Frank Hussey,
the Stuyvesant sprinter. Outdoors ne
set the record of $40 seconds for 100
yards at the T. s. A. L. meet June 10;
breasted the tape at the Princeton Uni
versity meet in "evens' for a meet rec
ord and set meet records at the Poly
Prep and Columbia games at 10 2-5 sec
onds. Indoors he equaled the national
scholastic mark OF 2-5 seconds for
seventy yards In the Newark Central
national scholastic title-me March 4;
set the record, 10 1-5 seconds, for 100
yards at the Princeton Club meet March
IL, which equals the best national
schoolboy performance, and tied the p.
s. a. l. mark OF 10 e-5 seconds In the
meet January II. Hussey was defeated
only twice during the year by Randy
Taylor. teammate, at so yards, Feb
ruary %, and by Craig La Vim of Poly
Prep at 100 yards December Is.
Edward Swinburne of De la oalie
Institute, middle distance runner. was
another schoolboy above the average.
His performances OF the year included
a 30 AS second quarter mile. made
while running anchor on the De La Sale
relay team at the Penn Carnival in
April. when the quartet bettered the
national record for the class relays by
covering one mile in minutes 35 sec
onds. Swinburnc ran the half mile at
the Yale interscholastic outdoor games
IN 900 2-5. a new record for the meet,
and also made 200 is. He twice ac-
complished :02 1-5 indoors. a fifth of
second from tho national scholastic
record. and In both cases he won AS ne
pleased. He also ran 440 yards Indoor
in 5s 3-5 seconds at the Princeton Club
meet bettering the p. S. a. L. stand
srd and setting n new record for the
neet Swinburnes running was mainly
responsible for the successes of the un-
defeated De La sale Institute quartet
In thirteen races In 1922. Swinburne
was undefeated in scholastic competi-
ton In 1922
Colored Lad Sets Record.
Carlos Figueroa, stuyvesant negro
athlete. placed two records into the r S.
A. l.. books when he ran 220 yards in
ei o-1o seconds. and leaped 81 feet oh
inches in the running broad Jump At the
June 10 meet. In the Columbia and
Yale meets, Figueroa Jumped % feet 6
inches. end % feet ~ inches, respec-
lively. new records for both meets.
Fred Handy. Clinton negro sprinter.
holder OF the indoor 220 yard title, tied
the p S. A. L. record of "a 1-5 seconds
three times. Artie Newcombe OF Poly
Prep broke the national discus record
with a throw OF is2 feet 0 inches, though
that mark was later bettered by Clar-
ence Houser OF Oxnard High OF Call
fornia.
Charlie Major. Clinton negro Jumper,
broke the high jump records indoors
and outdoors. His feet ga inches IN
the Princeton Club indoor meet het-
tered tho national mark. while his
Jump Of feet in the r. s. A. l.. out
coor meet displaced the local standard.
George Gierschevski OF Stuyvesant
and Jim Shea Of Fordham Prep were
the outstanding hnrdlers OF the year.
Glerschcvski won the national indoor
20 yards and the r. s. A. l.. 10 yards
titles. He came within a torth OF a
second OF the record IN the r. S. A. l.
outdoor meet after less than six months
OF competition. Sigmund Greenafege
of Flushing was the best distance run
ner, and when he was graduated In
June Albert Crandall OF Newtown took
his place. Crandaii won tho r. $. A. l..
cross country championship over n field
Of 3cD.
srne swimmers bettered all Of 'he
existing marks. Harry Lewis OF Tras-
mus Hall was ono of the outstandinr
stars Of the season. lie swan 20 yards
IN Is 9-5 seconds. as against the listed
time OF "a % seconds made by Hal voil-
ner OF Stuyyessnt IN 1913. Jack y.ord
OF erasmus and Duke Hastings OF
Manual Training also swan tho Dis
tance IN q 2-5 and % i-5 seconds. re-
srectively, while Alfred Brown OF
! Flushing made II In 26 seconds.
Lewis swan 100 yards In 50 and 20 2-5
seconds on two occasions. as against
the listed mark Of / :02 LIS made by
Tedford Cam Of Commerce In 1918.
Brown cdralcd the record. Brown
swan the so yards back stroke In 33 as
Z and "a 4-5 The record Is "a seconds.
I Richard Lewis OF Townsend tied q Sec