The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-06-10
THEY BROKE MANY RECORDS,

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saturday--Perry's Pole Vault and john
sons Mile Bicycle Were Extraordinary.
The P. H. S. Open Sports at Presump-
scot Park Saturday resulted in the break
ing of seven out of fourteen schoo,
records, and two of the NJ l. S. A.
records. The most notable events was
the pole vault of Perry at 9 feet, IL ia
inches. This beats all state records
johnson rode the mile bicycle in q % 1-2,
one of the fastest ever ridden by Maine
riders
The other events were:
120-yard hurdle race-First heat,
Rumery, first; Goold, second time IS IA
seconds. Second heat, Robinson, first
Goold, second; time, IS is seconds
second; time, 10 2-5 seconds. The time
of the second trial heat. IS 1-5 seconds
beats the school record by four-ff of a
second.
100-yard dash-Edwards, first; Doughty,
second; Goold, third time, l 03-5 seconds
e-ffth second lower than the former
school record
Turner rode paced mile and beat by
one fifth of second the M. l. S. record
made by him at Waterville last year.
Time minutes, 81 1-5 seconds.
Dunbar ran a paced half-mile in 2
minutes IS 1-2 seconds. This beats the
school record Of 2 minutes is IA seconds,
made by himself this year.
220-yard hurdle-First trial heat won
by Edwards in 20 As seconds; second heat
by Doughty, 20 80 seconds. Final heat,
Doughty, first; Hadlock, second time 20
IA seconds, beating the school record of
80 seconds.
Sinkinson ran mile in 4 minutes, 50
IA sconds beating the school record of
minutes z IA seconds
220-yard dash-Griffeth first; Bowdoin,
second; time, 26 is seconds
was out of condition and jumped only 20
feet, inches; Goold, second
Putting the Saskatchewan, first !.
Rumery, second distance q feet, 2 IL
inches. a
Running high jump-Somers, first
Foster, second B feet 2 1-2 inches.
Throwing haiamer-Lane, first; Somers
second; distance feet, inches
Quarter-mile run-Marston, first, time
81 40 seconds.
Standing high jump Foster, feet l
inch a
Aftersthe hurdle. trials, Turner rode a
half mile to beat the track bicycle record
of Ill, but did not = succeed, riding in
liz
He rode a paced mile in 9. % m. 25 s.
Tricky then made a trial to break the
track bicycle record for half mile, and
succeeded, riding in 1 minute, 10 2-5
seconds.
The following officers had charge Of the
meet:
Judges at Finish-Prof Lee, Messrs.
Turner and Perry
Starter-Fuller
Measurer-Cook
Clerk of Course-H. K Clarke
Assistants Berry, Clarke Ives.
Baseball Notes.
-aturday, Treasurer Murphy received
the following letter of resignation from
Manage Garrity:
Brockton, June s, '95
To the Directors of the Portland Baseball
Association:
Gentlemen-After careful consideration
Of existing circumstances, l deem it for
the best interests of your association that
| tender you my resignation as manager of
the Portland club, to take effect as soon
as possible.
MICHAEL j. GARRITY.
At a meeting of the directors, held
Saturday, the resignation was accepted
President Gage said yesterday that the
chief reason given by Mr.. Clarity was ill
health. The, directors would have pre-
ferred not to accept the resignation.
There has been no friction between them
and Mr.. Clarity. 1t is to be regretted
that the latter should have deemed it
necessary to give up his position for
there are and should be only words of
praise for his management and if he has
been unfortunate in securing players who
hayan't won, it can hardly be laid at his
door.
Mr.C. P. Merrill was elected managing
director pro tenn.
| The team returns home next Wednes-
day and will play here twelve straight
games in succession. They do not go
West again till July 9Th. Until then
there will be no new manager to take
managed by the directors.
The Maine teams were wiped out worse
than ever Saturday What lot of
crippled, banged and bruised and .demor-
| allied baseball teams we are. Bangor has
six pitchers in the hope of getting one
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pitch game and win it. What's the
matter with us anyway? The pitchers
box in Maine, appears to be hoo-dooed
Sharrot is now engaged in the pleasing
pastime of trying job lot Of castoff
pitchers On Friday he got man named
Nudge to 'trow de ball. and Nudge did
CALAMITY up to the ninth, when he
slumped sadly. -Bangor News
Sullivan and McCaughey have been re-
leased and Drinkwater taken on by the
Bangor management
The Bangor News says that Portland is
in a complete state of decentralization.
That may be SO, but we can say with
equal truth that the Dangers are in the
sa1he box.
The French Derby.
Paris, June 9.-The race for the grand
Prix de Paris, the French derby was run
today at Long Champs, and won by Ed
mond Blanc's bay filly Andree. Over $780,
600 people were present. There were six
teen starters, and the stakes were 200, 900