Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-11
H. S. Correspondent

ii. >. correspondent
For the third consecutive time the
representatives of South River High
School on Saturday afternoon carried
off the Middlesex county public
schools championships in both the
high school and elementary schools
divisions. A total of nearly 200
points were scored by Coach Fitz-
patrick's proteges. The best the To-
cal high school could do was come
in third in their division while the
local Grammar school finished a
close second. Stanley Dickerson of
South River won the Charles McCor-
mack prize for being the most pro-
ficient high school athlete in the
meet. He won three first places and
ran on the winning relay team.
South River took home with them
eight loving cups emblematic of the
various championships. The Gram
mar School got a cup for winning
the relay in it's class.
The meet was run off in high class
fashion and the committee headed
by Clifford Parsil deserves great
credit for the way it was put across.
A detail of state police with a SOUND
of New Brunswick policemen kept
the field clear of non-participants
( and the events were run off on
schedule time. A large crowd was
present at the afternoon events while
in the morning many were Kept
away by the threatening clouds. The
Jamesburg band furnished the music.
In the morning events the local
high school qualified men in all the
finals except in the 100 yard dash.
In the latter race Art Corson was
'pocketed" by two rune and he
could not cut through. The judges
would not allow his protest of unfair
running. A South River mar won
the heat in eleven seconds.
The final 100 was captured by zol-
Ter of New Brunswick with Nodine
of South River second. Mundy of
Metuchen was third. In the 220 yd.
ace Deiker, of Amboy, qualified but
failed to place in the final, finishing
fifth.
Boots Cohen and Pagan of Am
boy, won che heats in the morning
and the former came in fourth in
the final race in the afternoon. Dick
erson came in first while Schoen a
teammate of his was close on his
heels. The time was So 3-5 seconds.
,Dickerson of South River Won his
CNOlAd lC1 "lA1Al III q ~
the 100 yard hurdles. Cost Of the
same school was second while Potts
of the county seat was third. The
shotput was won by Van Duerson of
New Brunswick with a heave of 81
feet 5 inches. Nodine of South River
was second while Steve Adler of the
Crimson and White was third. The
latter did 35 feet 2 inches.
Vreeland of the Amboy institute
vas second in the high jump with a
4 foot 10 inch jump while South
River continued to win events when
Hoff of Fitzpatrick's town did M
inch better than Vreeland. Page of
New Brunswick was third. In the
running broad jump Dickerson, who
had been beaten by Corson in the
dual meet last week, won first place
when he jumped 10 feet, 4 flashes.
Rue of New Brunswick came in Sec
end while Corson got third place
with a jump of II feet, Q inches
more than a foot less than he did at
the local meet. In the pole vault.
South River was the only n enter
ed and as a result got all the three
places, adding to its point score
South River won the last event of
the afternoon when it won the $50
yard relay. Pagan running first for
the Amboyans was second during the
first ego yards as was Decker, but
Slifkin lost the lead during his lap
and the best Corson could do was
finish third a few yards behind the
winners. Ledwon, Schemick, Dick
1son and Nodine were on the win
ming team.
The Grade School Events
Robert ST Andra sew was fha in
dividual star in the grade school
races. The Amboy grammar school
flier won the 100 yard dash, the 220,
was fourth in the shot put. and ran
anchor on the winning relay team.
In the 100, Matusow got third and
Longstreet fourth. They also finish
ed in the same order in the 220. In
the high jump Amboy failed to place.
Benny" KaploWitz won the IL
pound shotput with a throw of 81
feet, s inches. Brown of Woodbridge
was second and Hollanderj of South
River third. AS in the high school
100 yard hurdles the Barracks street
school was not represented. h
broad jump was won by Brown of
woodbridge while in the pole vault
F~reaskowsky of the New Brunswick
vocational school was first.
In the junior boys grade school
events non of the Perth Amboy en-
trants of which there were few, sue
ceeded in getting a place. This was
one of the reasons for the grammar
school losing out. In the Interme-
date rs yard dash Margolius of
Perth Amboy came in second while
MacCracken won the running broad
Jump. In the intermediate shotput
South River again cleaned up. The
$50 relay was won by the brick
making city representatives. Amboy
also failed to place in the interme-
date high jump.
Highland Park won the girls 80
yard dash while Carteret won the