The New York herald., 1922-06-10
MANY new MARKS
REGARDED CERTAIN
About 1000 Will Compete
and $4,000 Look On at
Brooklyn Field.
sTUYvEsANT is FAyORITE
P. s. No. 10 May Win Elemen'
tary Cup and No. 81 the
Junior High Laurels.

and junior high school athletes of New
York and the greater army of their
thousands of adherents this is the day
of days. Beginning at 10 o'clock this
morning, at the Brooklyn Athletic
Field, Avenue j and East Seventeenth
street, the annual track and field
championships of the entire city school
system--this year combined in a grand
triple carnival-will be contested for
medals and cups presented by THE
New York HERALD.
With about 1000 athletes competing
and about $4,000 youngsters cheering
them on, the meet will be the biggest
event Of it's kind in the long history
OF athletics in this country. The day
will bring out the longest program
consisting of forty-three events
and the biggest number Of competitors
ever seen on one field anywhere. The
carnival will break all records of the
Public Schools Athletic League by a
big margin and will outdo even the
big relays of the University of Penn
sylvania which are held annually on
Franklin Field in April.
Behind all this, behind the combining
Of the three meets into one record
breaker, said John J. McHugh, for the
p S. A. L. last night. lies the interest
which THE NEW YORK HERALD is dis
playing in the games. 1t has presented
fine silver cup for the one mile relay
cba~ for h oh, cob a similar
perpetual trophy for the school winning
the elementary title, prizes for all the
runners in the relays and gold, silver and
bronze medals for the individual events
1t will distribute programs to the young
sters free of charge.
Admission Is Free.
Everything viii be gratis. Admission
into the all day carnival will be free.
The p. S. A. L., which, according to
Gen. George w. Wingate, its president,
faced the games without funds for
prizes, has been relieved of all expense.
Having learned of the tremendous scope
Of the games the school authorities of
many other cities have delegated repre-
sentatives to see the carnival and report
just how New York does IT. This city,
ever since the p. S. A. l.. was organized
sixteen years ago, has been setting the
pace in school athletics and its system is
recognized everywhere as a model.
The caliber of the leading contenders
in every one of the forty-three events is
unusually high this year. and new
records may be looked for. Since 1918
only one high school mark has been set
that made by Thompson, Of De Witt
Clinton in the high jump last year, when
he leaped feet IL inches. But to-day
that and many another STANDARD is in
jeopardy, for some of the greatest school
boy athletes in the country threaten
them.
Standing out as the strongest con-
tender for the high school championship
Is Stuyvesant, which in 1921 was sec
ond to Manual Training by two points
Most prominent among those who are
counted on to win the laure1s for the
Manhattan school are Frank Hussey, 100
yard champion and all around star
Carlo Figueroa, 220 yard and broad
jump titleholder and also a versatile
performer, and George Gierschevski the
national 20 yard hurdles indoor school
boy champion. Stuyvesant expecs to win
with 40 points. with Manual. Erasmus.
Clinton and Commercial having it out
for second place.
Husscy Threatens Record.
Hussey is almost sure to retain the
100 yard title and may break the record
of 10 is seconds set by Bernie Wefers,
Jr., of Clinton in 1916 He also will be
a contender in the broad jump. Fig
ueroa is quite sure to better the record
of q feet inches In the broad jump,
is counted on to win the 220 again and
perhaps break the record. and will be
a s.-ong contender IN the high jump.
Gier hhevski is favored for the high
hur6 IS. and should place In the shot
and 1h~ discus.
TIE NEW YORK HERALD's cup for the
one mile relay has developed tre-
mendous interest in that event, which
IN the past was neglected for the in
dvidual title in the quarter mile. No
runner may compete in both events.
Manual Training wants that trophy
badly 1t is the finest cup of its kind
in the country-and Ira Bloom. Its
coach, yesterday promised to send out
his finest array of quatcr milers. IL
viii be the same team as that which
won at the Penn relays. Commerce Is
concentrating on the mile relay and
will have to be beaten in faster time
than 1887 to lose the cup. Manual has
three teams in the relay and stuyve-
SAINT has two. ~.
For THE New YORK HERALD's cup
for the elementary school champion
ship the athletes of p. s. No. 10. Man
haitian, seem to be the favorites. With
No 62. Manhattan. and No. 81. Bronx.
converted into junior high schools No.
los chances are roseate. No. 5. Man
haitian. No. 81. Brooklyn. and No. 1884.
Manhattan, declare that they will have
something to say about THE NEW
YeRK HERALD cup. 10
Junior High TITLE Open.
TIE championship question among the
Junior high schools seems 70 be an
omen one This division of the school
svstem is n new and fast growing one
and the situation Is in, doubt. No. 81,
Manhattan. which won many an ele-
mentary championship. and No 81.
Bronx, another tito winner in the
lower section, will have II out for the
ninior laurels. No. III, Manhattan, also
seems to be strong contender.
There will be seventeen events for the
high schools. eighteen for the elemen-
tary schools. and eight for the Junior
hyrn schools. The elementary school
lads will be first on the field. at 10 in
the mornings, and 81 e done by
about 1890 Then tn Tor high
school youngsters will It their
championships. At 2 p. N high
school championships will be rted.
The police expect grand army = Nys
and gfrls and Capt. Peter G. Him y
Of the Seventy-fourth precinct has