New Britain herald., 1930-04-16
BOYS CLUB SETS RECORDS .-
 IN FEDERATION CONTESTS
Local Athletes Break Old Marks in IS Out of 20 Events
 Albert White and c. Jones Turn in Wonderful
 Performances in Pul-up = New Britain Hopes to Place High in National Competition - Al Boys
 Take Part in Various Events. r.

The youthful athletes at the New Britain Boys club bettered last years marks in IS out of the % events in the annual Boys Club Federation athletic competition, figures which have been forwarded to federation headquarters in New York by Physical Director Raynard Anderson reveal.
 A total of Al boys took part i1 the competition at the local club this year, and when the records were completed and totalled up N- New Britain club would move up several notches in the national ranking. The actual placing of the more than 100 clubs in the federa- ton will not be known for some weeks. The local institution has fin ished among the first 5 for severol years.
 White Pulls Up 30 Times
 Albert White, competing in the 110 pound class, made the ou.- standing record of the entire com- petition at the club when he achiev- ed the remarkable total of 30 in the pull-up, one of the most difficult events for the smaller and less mus | cularly developed boys. C. Jones, ill the 125-pound class, ran him g close second by chinning himself 2c | times.
 The recent competition, the nintl conducted under the auspices of tho national Boys Club Federation, wG; along the lines of it's predecessors The junior boys in each club ar, divided into four classes accordin: U weight-under 125 pounds, unds 10 pounds, under 95 pounds, an: under 80 pounds. These boys com pete in the running high jump standing broad jump, hop-step -ani jump, pull-up, and basketball shoot ing. The marks of the seven bes boys in each event and class ar taken and added together to forn the club record in that event an. class. The club and individual to tals are then forwarded to Ney York, where they are compare with each other, points arc award ed for the showings in the variou
 events and the final winner is SC lccted.
 Individual performances of out standing merit are also recognized and the boys who make them ar given an opportunity to try ono more under accredited federatio, officials and possibly set new fed eration records which will be off
 cially recognized. It is possible tha White and Jones, at least, will b given this chance.
 The running high jump proved tn only obstacle in the path of Ne
 Britain's advance to better mark
 this year, for the 125-pound an 110-pound classes failed to improv
 upon last years total in this even ] whereas more creditable performant : es were turned in in every othe t event in these divisions and in a = l oNGulS Ill lIS QUIET lhO NSlSHl CldSS l fications.
 eI The records of the local club fo ) low:
 Q 125 Pound Class : Running high jump - S. Rowil
 ski, fl. 5 in; R. Parvis, it. in
 L. Rec, 4 ft. in; C. Musso, it.
 in; NJ. Paluch, 1t. ? in; A. Tutk f it. in; J. Gavin, 4 1t. 1 in. Tota l 29 it. 9 in.
 n Standing broad jump - A. Tutk it. in; A. Pelligrni, s it. in; V Hubay, it. II in: J. Gavin, ' it. . in: L. Rec. 2 it. 3 F in; C. Todzi it. in; NJ. Paluch, it. 3 in. T,
 tai, 54 it. 8 E in.
 : Hop, step and jump - A. Tutk . A it. g in; J. Gavin. 24 it. in;
 Paluch, 23 it.; l.. Rec, 22 1t. in