The Portland daily press., 1895-05-16

School Athletic Association at Pre-
sumpscot Park yesterday afternoon,
suffered from the same misfortune that
prevailed last year. The weather as
abominable. 1t was cold and misty and
showery, and windy. Of course this
inteIfered with the records. But the
audience of nearly 500 people witnessed
some triumphs in spite of the weather.
Most notable of these was the running
| broad jump of P. E. Somers, which not
only beat the P. HIS. and NILS. rec
ords, but was the longest jump on record
| in the state. He covered a distance OF
90 feet 10 1-2 inches. The best record
for New England is 20 feet 9 inches.
The worlds professional record is %
feet 1-2 inches, held by C.S. Reber OF
ST. Louis and CD. Fry of Oxford, Eng.
This jump Of Somers's was something
| remarkable for High School boy and
was certainly in the nature of triumph
for Portland. The P. HIS. half. mile run
record, held by Sinkinson at 2m. 2Os.,
was broken by P.Dunbar, '97, who ran
in Pm. 16 las.
| Sinkinson broke his own P. Fl. S. mile
run of 5m. 1885,, running in 5m. Z Ids.
| The P. H. S.standing high jump record
of 4 #. 3-4 in., held by Edwards, '96,
was broken by Foster, 1913. who jumped
ft. in.
| Last, but not least, was the second
great triumph Of the day, I'M. Perry,
'95, who is only II years of age, broke
the P. HIS. and NJ. is. record for run.
ming high jump, his record being SIT.
1-2 in. There is every promise that he
| will do better at every exhibition fol-
some time to come. The result of the
| field day was not equal to the expecta.
tions that the recent practicing had
| justified, but the weather was certainly
responsible. To expose the body in ar
almost Enaked condition that chilly
breeze and drizzle of yesterday, as thu
young athletes. did, was enough to tax,
the am bition out of the most vigorou
young limbs. 1t was wonder tha
they broke any records. Presumpsco
park is the coldest place in Maine (nex
to Stroudwater, of conrse), and outdoor
athletics from base ball to jumping, re
quire bright, warm sunshine and {
quiet atmosphere for the making of the
best possib le records.
The different events records an
winners are as follows:
12O-yard hurdle-Records: NILS, IL
2-5s., Goold. Pills.; P.H.S.. 1885,,
Goold, '94.
There were three starters, H. Fl. Rob
inson, '96; E.S. Hadlock, '95, and W.
Watson, '9s. They finished in the above
order, Robinson's time being 81 seconds
Running broad jump-Records: MI,
S., 90 TT, 12 in., Somers, P. HIS. P.
HIS, 10 TT. IL ill.,. Somers, '95.
This was very interesting event. Ths
starters were P. E .Somers, '95 and R. s.
| Edwards, '96. Somers's first jump was
only 18 It. 10 in., and Edwards's lift
in. Then Somers jumped 10 it. in
in., and every body was disappointed
for though that beat his P. HIS. RECORD
it did not equal his MIS-. record. Bu1
after the bicycle race, the next event
Somers jumped again. At the first at
tempt he cleared 20 #. 2 1-2 in, and
everybody cheered, for the record was
broken. Then he tried again and made
the extraordinary jump of 20 it. 10 Il
in, which broke all state records.
Mile bicycle race, (held under sanction
of l.. A. W. .rules)-Records NILS, 2m..
81 2-5s., Turner, P. HIS. >; P.H.S., 2m
56s., Turner, '97.
The starters in this race were G. Fl
Turner, 1917, who rode Stearns, weigh
ing % pounds; r. C. Thompson, '9S, wht
rode an Orient, weigh ing 10 pounds
and Fred W.Kalor. who rode Keating
weighing q pounds. They were started
by Fred Smith, James Dyer and e. S.
Scully, respectively. They started slow
ly and rode slowly all the time unit
the home stretch. AT the first turr
Thompson forged ahead and kept tht
lead until the first quarter, when Turn
er passed him and kept ahead until ths
end. 1t was rather loafng race, bu,
the finish between Turner and Thomp