Evening star., 1933-05-25
CHANGE DOES NOT
HIT FIELD EVENTS
Competition Opens Saturday
at $4,000 Boys From
go Schools Listed.

FLOCK OF new records Is
" sure to be hung up in the
n annual elementary school
track meet of the Munich
pal Playground Department Sat-
urday morning in Central High
School Stadium. This, because
the metric system will be used for
the first time in all the running
events. The field events wilf>not
be affected.
Competition will begin at $50 o'clock
and the meet will be over by 1890 so
that the athletes belonging to the
schoolboy patrol may take part in the
parade in the afternoon.
Institution of the metric system Will
change the distances to be run from
four to six yards on an average.
Park View. winner Of the meet last
season, Is figured to have a good
chance to repeat Saturday in the COM
petition that will involve approximately
600 boys from some go schools. First,
second and third place winners in the
seven division meets will strive for
honors.
Langdon, E. " Brown, Peabody and
Adams are other schools given real
chance for top honors.
There will not be so many con-
testants this year In the unlimited class,
but there will be more in the lighter
divisions.
yardage, together with the old events
and their record holders, follow:
7O-Pound Class.
5o-meter dash (546s yards). 5o-yard
dash-Berkeley Drown SCHOOL,, 1880,
6 3-5 seconds.
2Oo-meter relay (21s.72 yards. 800
yard relay-Brown g. Craighead, F.
Craighead, ]. Higgins, E. Berkeley,
1890. 80 Is seconds.
85-Pound Glass.
6o-meter dash (6561 YARDS. 50-yard
dash-Robert Smith (Ross), 1915,
61-5 seconds.
34o-meter relay (36516 yards). 800
yard relay-Force-Adams (Melville)
Church, Montague Mean, Peter Dabney,
Dick Ely), 1926, As seconds.
100-Pound Glass.
60-meter dash (65.61 yards. 60
yard dash-Garfinkle (Henry), 1915,
2 seconds.
34o-meter relay (365.16 YARDS. s6o-
yard relay-Monroe Lynch, Klein,
Poole, Newman), 1880, a 2-5 seconds.
115-Pound Glass.
yard dash-Dick Jones (Force- Adams, /,
1924, 8 seconds.
4oo-meter relay (437.44 yards. 440-
yard relay-Park View (Gorin, Miller,
Sherer, Saunders, 1927, So 2-5 seconds.
onds.
Unlimited Class.
100-meter dash Q0936 YARDS. 100
yard dash-Taylor (Adanls), 1921, II
seconds.
4oo-meter relay (43744 yards. 44o-
yard relay-Park View CForesta, Pisano,
Conan, Sherer), 1872, 50 is seconds.
Records, for the events that have not
been changed are:
7O-Pound Glass.
Broad jump-I4 feet 1912 inches, Vic
tor De Stephan F1llmore), 1882.
S5-Pound Class.
High jump feet 9 inches, Calvin
Milans (Ross), 1924.
Broad jump-16 feet l inch, Lewis
Goldsmith (Ross), 1924.
Tehe yrace-13 As seconds, Kettler
and Willis Brown, 1881.
100-Pound Class.
High Jumps feet 2 inches, Newman
(Monroe), 1880.
Broad jump-l7 feet II inches, Lewis
Goldsmith (Ross), 1925.
Tehe race-13 3-5 seconds, Stant-
myer and D'Andelet Gangdon), 1881,
Hardester and Van Duncan (Keene),
1892.
115-Pound Class.
High Jumps feet inches. Dick
Garrett (Adams), 1921.
Broad Jumps feet 8 inches, VIII
liam Hughes (Thomson), 1925.
Tehe race-12 As seconds, Walton
and Pinkham Gangdon), 1881.
Unlimited Class.
High jumps feet 6 inches. Adolph
Bond peabody, 1922.
Broad jump-18 feet 10 inches, Earl
Clark (Monroe), 1923.
Tehe race-12 AS seconds, Phillips
and necker 1921