The New Jersey Interscholastic A.A. is one of the new leagues brought
into existence by the formation of the National I.S.A.A., and it is
probably one of the strongest, and certainly one of the most promising,
of all of them. Its first field meeting was held on the grounds of the
New Jersey Athletic Club, at Bergen Point, a week ago Saturday, and some
very creditable performances resulted. Hitherto our knowledge as to the
capabilities of New Jersey school-boy athletes has been drawn from the
performances of individuals in open games given by New York schools.
The result of this field meeting shows that there is a high general
average of proficiency among the teams of the New Jersey League.
The meet was won by Newark Academy, whose team scored 40-1/2 points;
Pingry's School of Elizabeth was a very close second, with 35-1/2
points. Then came Plainfield High, with 27, and Montclair High, with 14;
Stevens' Prep, of Hoboken did not score.
The star performers of the day were G. P. Smith, of Plainfield High, who
scored a triple win, taking both the weight events and the pole vault,
and finished second in the low hurdles; J. P. Adams, of Newark, and
C. T. Meyers, of Pingry's, who finished a dead heat in the mile walk;
and S. H. Plum, Jun., of Newark, who ran a beautiful race in the
hurdles. The firsts and seconds in each event will represent the
Association at the National games next Saturday, and there is every
reason to expect that New Jersey's name will figure in the point
schedule.
Lawrenceville defeated Andover in their annual baseball game, which was
played at Lawrenceville on Friday, June 5. The score was 10-2, and
Lawrenceville played an almost errorless game. The Andover men did not
appear to be in very good condition when they walked on the field,
seeming slightly tired from their journey, and their play showed, in
addition, that a number of the players had not been as thoroughly
coached in their duties as they might have been.
The Lawrenceville batters found the ball in the early part of the game,
Hillebrand being ineffective during the first inning, whereas Arrott,
who was in the box for the home team, never pitched a better game. He
struck out only seven men, however, to Hillebrand's nine, but only four
hits were obtained off him to ten off Hillebrand.
The weakest playing for Andover was done by the short-stop and the whole
out-field, they being responsible for eight errors, which let in five
runs. Fumbles and muffs covered most of the errors, and of course the
Lawrenceville players took advantage of every occasion. Goodwin,
Andover's catcher, is an excellent player, and allowed only two bases to
be stolen off him. The Andover men did not try to steal bases on Kafer,
the Lawrenceville catcher, after having failed on the first attempt. The
latter played a star game, and captained the team in perfect style. He
will be a valuable acquisition to the Princeton nine next year.
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