The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
THE NJ. |. S. A. A.
The Young Athletes win Contest at, Ban
& gor Today-Some Facts About Them
bright Prospects for the Portland Bows.

The Young Athletes Will Contest at, Ban
gor Today-Soine Facts About Them
Bright Prospects for the Portland Boys.
Yesterday noon the Portland High
School Athletic team to the number of
thirty two, took the train for Ban gor,s to-
take part in the Interseholastic + meet.
They went thus early norder to have a
good night s's rest at the Bangor house
and that no fatigue Of travel should IN
terfere with their work today This is
the fifth an nual meet, and it will be held
in Maplewood Park. There is more than
the usual enthusiasm and rivalry,
especially between Portland, Bangor and
Thornton. The Thomaston High school
won the championship in 1891, Bridgton
Academy in 1899, and the Bangor High
school in 1898 and 1894. The elegant
silver cup now held by Bangor is to be-
come the property Of the team that sue
ceeds in winning it the most times in
seven. The association now includes
eleven of the representative schools of
Maine, viz: Portland, Augusta, Gardiner,
W aterville, Brunswick, Skowhegan and
Bangor High schools, Hebron, Brighton
and Foxcroft academies, Thornton
academy of Saco and Westbrook semi
nary.
The list of entries from the different
schools this year has already been printed
in the PRESS
Last year Portland lost Hand, by far
the best sprinter in the association He
is now at Brown university, but Sullivan,
Somers and Edwards Lare worthy success
ors, being three of kind that are hard
to beat. Hand holds the record of 10 2-5
seconds for the one hundred yards dash.
Sullivan has been doing it easily in 10 As
seconds in practice, and it is hoped that
he may win and also lower the record.
Snow, Sawyer and Hunt are the Bangor
sprinters.
Somers's runningb road jump of twenty
feet ten inches at the field day here beat.
all state records, and there is every reason
to believe that no one can approach him
today.
Turner of the P. Fl. S., established the
record for the mile bicycle race last year
in 2. 81 2-5. He is fast man, but there
are some Bangor men who will make him
hustle, among them Hal Hunt, who has
been riding half mile in LII, Walter
Came of Thornton is also doing some fast
riding.
Bangor last her best hurdlers last year,
and it looked pretty bright for Sullivan
and Somers of Portland.
Godfrey, Bangor's young Hercules, is a
pretty sure winner in putting the shot
and throwing the hammer. Dyer of Port
land, will show up we'll in the half mile
walk, and Sinkinson will make big
fight for the half mile run. Hersey of
Bangor will be his chief opponent.
If any other high jumper can win from
Perry of Portland, he is welcome to do it,
and to receive high praise therefore, be-
cause he will have to be something in the
nature of a phenomenon.
Following is the programme of today's
events:
Track-1oO yard dash, trial, bicycle race,
12O yards hurdle race, trial, one-half mile
walk, 100 yard dash, final, 220 yard hurdle
race, trial, mile run, 220 yard dash, trial,
e.half mile run, 220 yard hurdle race
final, one-quarter mile run, 100 yard
hurdle race, final, 22O yard dash, final
Field-Running high jump, putting
the shot, running broad jump, pole vault,
throwing the hammer, standing high
jump