Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-30
marks MADE AS
WEST PH|LA. WINS
jackson Sets Record for Mile
and sharpIess chalks New
Figures in Pole Vault
NORTHEAST S0PHS SECOND
BY PAUL PREP

TWO records were broken and one
l. tied in the third annual track and
field meet Of the sophomores and the
Philadelphia public high schools held
on Northeast Field, Twenty ninth and
Clearfeld streets, yesterday afternoon.
The mile run and pole vault were the
events in which new marks were made.
while the high jump mark was equaled.
West Philadelphia was the winner of
the meet, scoring 461A points; North
east was second, 40; Central, third,
3Sh; Germantown, fourth, 2Sh;
Bates, Of Northeast; Jackson. OF
West Philadelphia, and Gould. Of Cen
tral, all were double winners. Bates
also placed in the high jump and broad
jump events, making him the most bril-.
liant performer Of the day.
Jacltson's Record Race
The feature race of the afternoon
was The one mile run. in which jack
son, West Philadelphia cross -coun-
try captain, broke the sophomore re-
cord. He travelled the distance In
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tablished last year.
Jackson and Merenbeck. the North
east star, started with the gun. Mer-
enbeck took the lead about 20 yards
from the start, while Jackson ran
evenly about 1 foot in the rear. Meren-
beck then paced the West Philadelphian
for the first three laps. Starting the
stretch, the runners held the same posi-
tions, with ench seeming to have plenty
of reserve power. They raced evenly
down past the first and second turns,
and then Jackson started his sprint.
From the time the Speedboy runner
put on the steam 1t was easy to see
the Northeast entry was beaten. Jack.
son ran like sprinter from the third
turn to the finish. and then loped
He won the race by about 30 yards.
When Merenbeck finished, he was all
in, and threw himself upon the grass
until he recovered.
Sharpless Sets Mark
The other record went by the boards
when Sharpless, Of Germantown, wor
the pole vault. He cleared the bar q,
8 feet o inches. eclipsing the mark for.
merly held by Pedrick, Of Frankford.
Gould, Central's. dusky athlete
copped the century" and furlong with
ease. In the 100-yari dash he left th'
Houston, another colored Central run
ner, was second. He sped away from
the field in the 900 yard dash and wor
In % is. Fisher, of West Philadel
phia, was second.
speedster, came through again in tn
44O. yard run. He galloped home Il
front of a fast field. winning the rae
BY fully twenty yards. His time wa
Winters, Of Germantown. tied tn
high Jump record held by Barron. o
Southern, when he went over the ba
at 8 feet G inches. He cleared the ba
on his third attempt. The win was
surprise, as Bates, of Northeast, VIII
tied for third, was favored to win.
Bates Wins Jump
Bates. however. came through wit
n win in the broad jump. He leaped 4
feet Oh inches. Metzner, anothe
Northeast athlete. finished second.
Chain. Of West Philadelphia
triumphed in the 120-yard low hurdles
The diminutive youth topped the tim
bers in 10 As. beating a fast field
Holm, Of West Philadelphia. was sec
ond. Chain also tied for, second in tn
broad jump and placed in the lov
hurdles.
Bates copped another event when \
came home to victory in the 220-yar
low hurdles. He was clocked in q
seconds fat However, If Banton. o
Central. hadn't taken a tumble afte
the last hurdle there might have been
different story.
Styler. of Southern. was the WHINE
Of the shot put. He threw the leade,
ball n distance OF "a feet 104 inches
Mah1ney. of Northeast: was second.
half mile run. beating out Howard. on,
of Central's colored runners. by abou
two feet. The time was . IA As.