The Portland daily press., 1895-06-03
THE FIELD OF SPORT.
Portland Fairly Won the Champion.
ship Saturday.
WE HAD SO 1-2 POINTS, BANGOR
3s 1-2 AND THORNTON I2.

Then the Bangor Scorer Discovered That
stead of Four-That Little Fact is the
Foundation of Bangor's Claim of Tie.
1t was hardly to be expected that the
Interschoiastic Athletic meet could take
place at Bangor without some dispute
arising between Bangor and Portland.
The facts of the case, as witnessed by a
Portland man and declared by him are
as follows:
Up to the last two field events Port
land was ten points ahead These two
events were the standing high jump and
throwiung the hammer 1t was necessary
for Bangor to secure ten of the twelve
points of these two events in order to
tie Portland. The Portland team was
weak in these events and had no chance
of making point The events took place
at the same time. Godfrey of Bangor,
threw the hammer 1O1 feet, 3-4, inches
Wakefield of Thornton academy, "a feet,
II inches; Connors of Bangor, "a feet,
6 3-4 inches. This gave Bangor four
points. Our Portland informant heard
these scores declared by the proper officials
and is ready to take oath that such were
the scores After the hammer throwing,
Godfrey went over to the standing high
jump bar. Jordan of Bangor was first
and Hedgedon of Thornton second. God
frey equalled Jordan's jump of feet z
inches. Therefore Hodgdon was third.
This left Bangor with five points for this
event, which with four for throwing the
hammer, made only nine points, giving
Bangor a total of one less than Portland.
Therefore Portland had fairly won
But at this point, 10 and behold the
man who kept the score of the throwing
the hammer event suddenly discovered
that the announcement of the scores was
incorrect, and shows that Connors OF
Bangor threw 90 feet instead of a. This
would give him second place and add one
more point to- Bang 5 score and thus tie
Poftlantl, and It IS la this way that Ban
gor claims a tie Are these circumstances
|suspieioas te any fai saai aded man or are
they hots he facts bee eurHed AS above
There can l,e 10 doubt. .of that,
aid Besides claiming 4 tie This sus-
picioas way boston per declares that
Bangor claims the cup. onhxhat groundss
The rules say that in case of tie each
team isieIedited with winning one year
and theacup isat taking into the care of the
association. If Bangor were given the
one year because of a tie She would then
-havezbut three victories, and that could
notsgive her theteup. as only the best out
pf the seven years gives the title to that
rand iii Portland should win in the next
twosyears she would tie Bangor Such
lis the situation. Portland claims the
champion onship for this years events. 1t
should be noted, as a very significant
fact, that the sooner certain individ duals
sever connection with the Bangor high
schools athletic management, the better
for the purity of that management. sss
The events and winners follow:
Running high siurnp ordan, Bangor,
Portland, third Distances feet, al-5
Putting shot--Godfrey, Bangor, first !;
Conners, Bangor, second a., Fairfield,
Thornton, third Distance feet,
inches. "F -37' .a~sf1a5 sfas S414
Running broad jump -Somerss Port
land, first; W. Hunt; Bangor, second !;
Wakefield, Thornton, third. Distance-2l
feet, 5 inches.
Pole vault-Perry, Portland, first
Foster, Portland, second; H. Sawyer,
Bangor; and Chapman, Portland, third,
Distance-9 feet, inches.
Throwing the hammer-Godfrey, Ban
gor, first, 101 feet, "a inches; Wakefield,
Thornton, second, "a feet, II inches; Con-
nors Bangor, third, "a feet, 6 "a inches.
Standing high jump-Jordan and God
frey, Bangor, first, 4 feet, z INCHES;
inches.
One hundred yards dash-First heat
won by W. Hunt Bangor, 10 3-5 seconds