New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-05
Track Meet With Crosby is
Finally Run OFF in a
Drizzle-Hardware City
Athletes Take 10 of II
First Places - Sidney
Lines is New Britain's
Leading Scorer-Discus
and Javelin Throw are
Captured by Brass City
Entries.

! After -FOUR postponemcnts ON ac-
/ count OF rain, the New Britain
| High-Crosby High school track meet
vas conducted in a drizzle at Willow
Brook park yesterday. The weather
however, failed to aampen the en-
thusiasm OF the Hardware City team
as it captured 10 Of the - first
places in a 10 to 81 victory.
Every race was taken and all the
lleld events We're Won with the en-
Ct ptlon of the discus and javelin
throw. These We're COPIED by I.asky
OF Crosby who took part in eight of
the II events, He scored ! of his
! teams 81 points including two first
places, two second places and two
third places.
Despite the fact that it was one
sided, the meet vas interesting to
watch. Some highly good work was
done in the relay races, the ! a. yard
dash, the 200 yard and 4a0 yard
events. One OF the best races of
the afternoon was that put up by
Pfersick who pulled up towards the
latter part of the mile event and
finished the strongest in the field.
The baseball team was playing
Lewis High of Southington a short
distance away in the park and
through the cooperation of Coach
Cassidy many of the baseball play
ers We're used in the meet. Between
them they scored j. points.
New Britain scored o first places
to Crosby's two. six second places to
Crosby's five and five third places
to Crosby's six.
Sidney Lines who this year is
reaching the greatest form of the
season came through as New Brit
aims leading scorer with nine and
one-quarter points. Chester Yahn
was second highest scorer with six
and one-quarter points and Captain
Arnold Reckert was next high scor-
er with five and half points.
Several members of the alumni
acted as officials in the game under
the direction of Judge-in Chief Joe
Hergstrom. They were Kenneth J.
Saunders. Frank j. McGrath, Henry
T. Bray, Henry Zehrer, Fred Zehrer,
Jack Butler, Nechon Dera dorian,
stephen Hayes and Bill McCue. The
clerk of course was Manager Lester
Hume and the official scorer was
George flemish.
The summary
Following are the results of the
meet:
100 yard dash: Lines, y. r.; Las
ky, Crosby; ard Haight, Crosby.
Time 1o.l seconds.
High jump: Reid y. b.; Sounder.
y. b.: and Reckert and Gromola. \.
b., tied for third place. Distance, )
feet, ) inches.
Pole vault: Zaleski, n. E., and
Bogdanski. n. b.. tied for first and
second places. and Dietz, Crosby.
third. Distance. 9 feet, inches.
Shot put Reckert. N. b.. Al feet.
!. inches: Wheeler. Crosby. 81 feet,
il !: inches; and Lasky, Crosby, 81
feet I inches.
$50 yard run: Szymanski, y. B.:
'ol'oll oSl'H, anu an 'iocps
time, two minutes, ) seconds.
200 yard dash: Yahn. y. r.:
Lasky. Crosby; and szabo. n. B., ..
seconds.
44o yard run: Talon y. B.: Rosa,
Crosby; and Galbraith. n. B. Time,
80 seconds
Jayelin throw: Lasky, Crosby;
SoWka, y. B.: and Sokolski, NIB.
Distance. IS feet, 2l2 inches.
Mile run: Pfersick, \. B.; Mich
alowski, n. B.; and kenney. Cros-
by. Time. ) minutes, As seconds.
Broad jump: Grzybowski. \. B.:
Lines, n. b.: and Lasky, \. b: Dis
lance, - feet 5 inches.
Discus throw: Lasky, Crosby;
Neverdoski. y. b.: and Neyulis, \.
B. Distance, loo feet.
Relay race: Won by New Britain,
jGrzybowski, Szabo. lahn and
LinoSl. One minutes and AZ sec
ouds.