Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-29
KENT'S HILL WINS
BOWdoin'S Invitation Field Meet
to Maine Schools.
Teams from Fourteen Schools Struggle
for the HonorS.
The Most Successful Interscholastic Event
Ever Held in Maine.


The first annual invitation field meet |
given by BOwdoin College to the High |
schools and academies of Maine was
held on the Whittier Athletic field,
Saturday afternoon, and was an I'M
qualified success in every particular
Fourteen Of the leading preparatory
schools of Maine were represented by
teams, and a great crowd Of enthusi-
astic spectators enjoyed the exciting
contests.
knnt's Hill proved the winner of the
meet ana the little team of six athletes
who had done such magnificent work,
carried the handsome silk pennant
| back with them in triumph with them
to the old Kennebec Seminary. Only
one point behind Kent's Hill came
| Brunswick High school with a score Of
a. and then came Bangor With p
| points. Thornton Academy Of Saco.
stood in fourth place with 1412 points
and tine other schools in order We're:
| Edward Little High school Of Auburn,
| 10 points: Skowhegan High school. So:
| Lewiston High school. s: Nichols Latin
school, Lewiston. 6; Portland High
/
| Deering High school. and Hallowen
| High school. l point each; while Bath
! High school and Cony High school Of
| Augusta. failed to score any points.
OF the many athletes who did fine
work, four stood out with special prom
| inence. These are f. H. Dunlap of
Brunswick; \. c. Denning and 5. AL
len Of Kent's Hill. and Capt. Nutter Of
| ~
record Of the meet by capturing p
points This was all that his school
secured save three points Won by
Riley in the low hurdles. Dunlap won
first in the pole vault, broad jump and
discus throwing. and second in the
hammer and high jump. He did not
break any records but he showed him
self a remarkable all-round athlete.
ana h. Will be q valuable man for
| BaWduin when he enters college, next
fall
The two heroes Of the Kents Hill
team were stars uf the first magnitude.
Allen. Who won first in both the 100
wards aud 220-yards dashes. did both
events iii time equalling the Inter
scholastic record and could have done
better had he been pushed Denring
was the surprise Of the meet He won
the snot nut with mark Of % it,.
in. which beats the Interscholastic
record He won the hammer throw
with 4 mark Of 1903 it,, II i'm, which Is
lno short distance for a preparatory
school boy to fling a 1G-pOund ham
mer This is the first time a 16-pound
hammer has been used in the Inter
scholastic games. and it will be a hard
record to beat, unless Denning does it
himself next year. He also won sec
lond place in the discus. J. :. Mann OF
Kpnt's Fill. won third in both the shot
ana the hammer. making a total Of
- points for the Readfield school,
which gave it the coveted pennant.
though by the uncOmfortably close
margin Of only one point over l'runs-
wick. The Kent's Hill team was train
ed bv Donald F. Snow. the BoWdon
athlete. who won the quarter mile run
at Worcester, q week ago.
| MANY had expected Bangor to win
tbe meet but the games had not been
long under way when it was seen thaS
Kent's Hill had pretty sure thlhs.
Then everybody thought Bangor would
surely get second place, that Is, every
bodv except an enthusiastic crowd OF
|
knew what rare man they had IN
Dunlap for the field events and there
was q big demonstration when he land
"a his school in second place only
eingla noint behind the winners. Ban
cor did not win a point in the leld
vents but it was not any fault OF the
b,ndsone little curly haired captain
That his school did not win the PEN
rant. Nutter showed himself Won
dnrful runner, and his grit WoA the
admiration Of the crowd as nothing
alee IF the day was able to. HIS VIC
tory in the half mile was the pref
t;ast race Of the day and he beat the
, oId Interscholastic record by estap-
Iuebing mark of min, > SO SECONDS.
"a won second place in the 22O dash
rbare several hard trial heats were
i-,..,,.,, and then won second place
~ 80 milo run after one of the pluck
/" ,,,os ever seen on Maine track.
) i.o enters Bowdoin. next fall. and
~ -, -, \ very strong addition to its
track team. -,..,, ,,.,,., ,,-,,,
49, nIace in the mile run and second
.liaco in the half mile run showed NM
lrf an exceptionally good man VINO
:,1 ~ heard from later. Inc blcyciF
- ,,.as a very exciting event. TWO
L ta,te and a final produced q winner II.
II FulIer of Nichols l-alii. t. hdu
.+rong rival in A. L. Bacon Of Ban
tut Fuller took advantage Oh pace
I'll i,mped the big Bangor man OF tme
HI I,n They came afouiu ~ " MI
ing pace with fr Baeq the in ns sh' Bacon y@%
TWehlS IL head TO look for his rival
tur 1 Fu IL, Shot BY ana won BY a
lep PsGrtlnnd's failure to make a better
ns%as y Sc G aa5 Tn e school
surprise lam of Is men, but not until
down : he last event did it score
next 70 point win wh it ', Mn s51r
~ Ri ss5 in; %ns ss Il 3; asn e : &
e not . onss the bar at feet o inches , ne ne
clearihS -" n1d interscholastic record by
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