The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-06-08
l.. II. S. LEADS COUNTY
TRACK MEET 1925
Local Students Away Ahead ia
The Events Held at Flem-
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81 points with a good margin over
Flemington's team, which turned in
%. None Of the other high schools
figured largely in the meet, the
points total Of High Bridge, which
stood third, being 9. Fourth was
Hampton with 8, and fifth Clinton
with 2.
The L. H. S. runners started the
meet right, winning tha rst event,
the $50 with both plaza s, Szutarski
coming in with the victory while
Skillodge was a close second.
Vesehradsky, of Pennington, won
the discus throw with skillodges'
throw being another clasa second,
Meskill not placing.
L. H. S. had another FIVE points tx
mark down when Skiliodge gave the
shot heave of 35 feet 1-2 inches,
taking first place without doubt,
Cole being unable to place.
Next was the 100 yard dash, L. H.
s. taking first place again, when G..
Hulsinger broke the tape like a
streak of CREASED lightning, running
the century in II seconds flat. Wal
ton also ran in this and placed third
In the girls 30 yard dash Jennie
Finkle broke the record; running it
at fast clip. She was able to finish
II in 4 1-5 seconds, just 2-5 seconds
less than last years Tina Catherine
Reid also ran and came in second.
As was expected the MAYORS tied
for first place in the pole vault, not
being forced to clear the bar any
higher than feet s inches. 1t was
at this mark that Paul HOLES, of
Clinton, dropped out.
The girls 220-yard relay was an
other points for L. II. S., who fin
ished it in so Is seconds. Not only
did they finish it in this time but
also broke the record for this event.
In the boys 220 yard dash the home
team was able to cop both first and
second places. A. Naylor finishing
first with G. Hulsinger right on his
heels, In this event the boys trav-
eled at top notch speed and broke the
tape at "a 2-5 seconds.
Again Jennie FinlSle came m first
for L. H, S. This time it was in the
100 yard dash, finished i'm IL AS
seconds, Il remarkably good time for
this event
R. HnIsinger, the flying Fresh
man scored his first points for L.
II. by wineing the broad jump with
distance Of 10 feet 2 inches. His
brother George took second place,
being unable to beat his little broth
er, but as it was all for the same
team. thege was a good deal of broth
erly love shown,
In the high jump Walton and f,
Naylor tied for first, not having to
clear the bar any higher than 5 feet
! inch, at which height William
Fritts. Of Clinton, took the bench. If
it were necessary TO go still higher
we could depend upon "Skeet" ito
bring home the bacon in his favorite
event.
The girls certainly did come
through with their events this year,
especially in the 440 yard relay, when
the time at the finishing mark was
just one minute, which means very
fast running on the part of the l.. H.
S. girls.
Last but not least, was the boys
mile relay in which bennington man.
aged to grab third place. In this
event the local lads had cineh,
something like taking candy from
kid. G. Hulsinger, the first off for
Lambertville, made a fine start, TAX
ing the lead and keeping such until
finishing his quarter in trifle less
than SIS seconds. The second run
ner, Skillodge, held this lead, about
40 feet, until the third runner, Wal
tom. relieved him, the whole team
running as fast as possible, even
though it was cinched, just TO set
new record A. Naylor the last rum
ner for l.. H. s., broke the tape fully
60 yards ahead of High Bridge, the
second to finish The time was three
minutes and .two-fifths seconds, 2 SIS
seconds less than last year. The
complete score is as follows:
SS0-Yard Run--Won by Anthony
Szurtaski, Lambertville; second, Sam
Skillodge, Lambertvile; third, Will
lam Degnan, High Bridge. Time, 2
minutes % sec.
Discus Throw-Won by Henry Vel
erhadsly, Pennington; second, Sam
Skillodge, Lamhertville; third, Law