The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-24
TWO RECORDS BROKEN
At the Portland High School Field
Day at Presumpscot Park.

Howard Fuller Broke the State Inter-
scholastic Record for Vault, and
Robert s. e. Edwards Did the Same
on Standing High Jump-The High
School Girls Were There and Cheered
the Boys On.
The High school boys seem to be followed
by bad luck in regard to weather, as their
field day sports We're obliged to be post
poned from last Saturday on account of
rain, and it looked very much yesterday as
If there must be another postponement. 1t
is safe to say that every one of the boys
heaved big sigh of relief when in spite of
the threatening showers, it was GER
tain the games would begin and
that moreover there would be a
good sized audience to see them. The rain,
OF course, hurt the attendance, but the
grand stand was comfortably full and the
track was lined with eager partisans.
Every individual High school girl was there
too, and about all either wore the class
colors or had the letters P. H. S. pinned on
the band of her hat And how they did clap
and cheer when their favorite won or even
If they didn't. 1t was a. great social party
and every one knew every one else, land were
not at all backward at chatting the con-
testants. The following officers were in
charge:
TRACK OFFICIALS.
Judge of Walk-Elias Thomas.
Starter-Mr. Carter.
Clerk of Course-Thomas L. Pierce.
Scorer-CharleS L. Donahue.
Judges, and Timers-Prof. 6. r. Lee, Mr..
Perry, Elias Thomas.
FIELD OFFICERS.
Judges-Mr. G. f. Stimson, Mr.. P. H..
Richardson. -
scorer~H X. Clark.
The sports began shortly after 2 o'clock,
and each event was pulled off without long
waits between. Following were the events,
entries and winners:
Hundred yard dash-Sullivan, 'e7. Burke,
'96, Somers, '95, Hand, "a, Little, '95,
second.
Hurdles, 100 yards -Goold 'sa, Perry 's5,
Edwards 1916. Won by Goold first, Perry
Hurdles, Sso yards.sulHvan ~, Goold 's4
Goold first, sullivan second.
Standing High Jump--Dana '96, Edwards
'96, Fuller '95. On this event Edwards had
no opponents. but he broke the state inter
scholastic record by jump of 4 feet 2M
inches. The previous record was 4feet l18
ssl yard dash--suliivans '97, Hand '94,
Little 95, Merrill '97, Burke 's6, Somers 49,
Won by Goold first, sullivan second.
running High Jump-atevens '95, Turner
,97, Burke '96, Dana "a, Perry 95. Won by
Perry first. Stevens second.
,oQ Quarter u mile run, ,d '95, sullivan
Hand first, Burke second
Running broad juInp-Goold '94, H. Allen
'96, somers '95. Won by Goold first, Somers
second.
Half mile run-Dunhar 81, sinkinson '95,
Stevens So. Won by sinkinson first, Dunbar
second
Pole vault-Fuller '95, Chapman '9e. Goold
,9l, Perry '96. Won by Howard Fuller first,
Perry second.
In this event, Fuller broke the scholastic
record of the state, clearing nine feet and
one and one-eighth inches. The best
previous record was eight feet eight and
one-quarter inches.
Mile run-Stevens '95, sinkinson '95, Dun
bar '97. Won by Sinkinson first, Stevens
second
One mile bicycle Kalor Plummer' 95. Tur-
ner,' 81 Won by Turner first, kalor second
Twelve pound hamner-Dyer '95, Roberts
'94, Dow '94, MCGOWAN '95. Won by Roberts
first, Dyer second.
Half mile walk-Dyer first, Somers second
The winners in these events will represent
the school at the State inter-scholastic field
day at Augusta, and from the good showing
made yesterday, Portland boys should carry
off q share of the prizes. The boys all did
well and those who did not win can comfort
themselves with the thought that next year
they will have another chance.