Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-20
TEAM GOES TO WORCESTER.
Bowdoins Representatives at Intercollegiate
Meet and What They Hope To Do.

Brunswick Me-, May 19.-(SpeciaD.-
The Bowdoin track team under the guild
ance of Captain Edward r. Godfrey, 80.
and Coach John Graham left. today, for
Worcester, where they will contest i'll the
annual meet of the New England Inter-
collegiate Track Athletic Association. The
team is composed of II men. 1t is hoped
that they Will take points in several of
the events and that they will win d good
place among the colleges entered. Last
year, Amherst and Brown were tied for
first place. This year the following col
leSes are entered: Dartmouth, Bowdoin.
amherst Brown. Williams, Wesleyan.
Trinity, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
and the University of Maine
For Bowdoin. Harry II. Cloudman, 1891
and II. J. Hunt, 1902, will run the 100
old Bangor High school sprinter who
took points for his school in the inter-
scholastic meets for SO many years
Cloudman is a new man. He is running
the 22D very fast and should take points
This week. he ran the 220-yard dash in
% 3-5 seconds. This is the same as the
Worcester record in the event which is
held by Curtenias of Amherst.
Donald Z. Snow. another Bangor ath-
lete, is Bowdoin's hope in the quarter
mile He won the quarter in the Maine
intercollegiate meet, last spring, and was
on last years Worcester team. In the
haIf-mile, Bowdoin has j. Arthur Fur
bish, 1892. Furnish is from the Brunswick
High school, where he has won points in
school meets for several years. He is the
brother of the Amherst long distance run
ner. The 120-yard hurdles will be run by
Edward Hadlock 30, who has been on
the Worcester team for years. He was
formerly a Portland High school runner.
In the 220-yard hurdles, Bowdoin has
very fast man and should come very near
first place. He is Robert S. Edwards,
1900. Edwards ran well in the Portland
he is doing better than ever before. Last
year he beat Kendall '9S, in the Maine
meet and took first place.
in the shot-put. Captain Godfrey holds
feet inches, and should easily take first
place. this year. He has repeatedly
beaten his record in practice this spring.
In the hammer and discus are entered
Roy II. Bodwell; 1891. of Brunswick, ana
Young of the Medical school besides
Captain Godfrey. Bodwell is doing good
work with the hammer, while Young has
thrown the discus a good distance.
In the pole vault, Walter b. Clark. 80,
captain of last falls football team, will
compete. Clark has vaulted 10 feet
inches. this spring, and ought to score
point at Worcester. He was on last
ity as a football player and track athlete.
he is base ball player of ability. having
played on the Varsity part of this sea-
son.
Small 1901, Clough, 1900, and Hamlin, 1900
They are a fast trio and will make good
fight for a place between them. Small
was on last years Worcester team. In
the high jump, Hayes. 1902, is entered. He
made name for himself last winter, by
winning the jump in the indoor meet. He
will take points at Worcester before ne
graduates: he is now a freshman. For
The broad jump Bowdoin has several men
entered. but they will not compete unless
this event comes toward the last of the
meet, as all the men are entered in other
events 1nose entered are +. S. Hadlock,
80. II. H. Cloudman, 1901. n. j. Hunt.
1902. and r. S. Edwards, 1900. Hadlock
won the broad jamp al the Maine meet,
last spring.
On the return from Worcester, the team
will keep in training for the Maine Inter
collegiate meet which is to be held at
Colby. June 8. Bowdoin has always won
thiss meet but of late years the Univer-
sity of Maine and Colby have entered
much stronger teams and have compelled
Bowdoin to work hard to win. This year,
Bowdoin will have more to do than ever
before as the University of Maine team
is entered at Worcester and Will secure
all the experience of this meet before the
Mali meet