Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-13
SEVERAL RECORDS BROKEN.
University Of Maine Field Meet Promises
Great Things Tor Future.

University of Maine, Orono, May L.
meet of the University of Maine held
on the alumni field, Saturday. resulted
in an easy victory for the class OF l?o2
The freshmen won second place while
the seniors and sophomores contented
themselves with third and fourth
places respectively. The track was in
excellent condition, having been altered
and repaired this spring in preparation
for the coming intercollegiate meet,
while the weather was anything Dut
Favorable for breaking records: never
theless three Of the college records We're
smashed. l.. II. Harris, '03, broke the
record for the "A yards dash by l-5 of
a second, doing the distance in 50 2-5.
Kelly, 02. who broke the record last
year, scored a few points better. last
Saturday, beating his record by 20
seconds.
putnam. '01. equalled the college rec
ORA for the mile run. Lawrence.
freshman. smashed the record for the
two-m mile run. running the distance in
II min, A. sec | second faster than
the record. Buckley, '04. WAS expected
to show up to advantage. but at the
end of the half-mile run on the squirt
he fell into the arms of one Of the stu
dents in dead faint, from which he
did not recover for over 20 minutes.
and was unable to continue in the 9TH
or events. Many were surprised by the
work of a. Il. Davis. '02. who plays
third base on the ball team. who not
having trained at all this spring. went
into the events and carried off the
honor of individual championship with
Ii points. Davis won first place in the
pole vault. nearly breaking the college
record. He was tied with SOderStSon for
first and second places in the running
high jump: got second place in putting
the lG-pound shot. and gained first
place in the running broad jump. Har-
ris. '03 showed up exceptionally We'll
in the dashcs and the quarter. and
great results are expected Of him dur
ing the coming meet. Elliot, '02, is Il
good man in the running high jump
ana III the weights, while Watson fig
urcd prominently in the discus throw,
winning out easily. l;roadwcn and
Buckley are good men in the long dis
lance. and BroadWcll showed up in the
hurdles and dashes to good advantage.
Half-mile run-Time. Pm. L, Is sec.
Silver. '02, LIST; Buckley. '04. I'd: Bar
rows. 'G2. Sd.
Four hundred and forty-yards dash
Time, IS 25 see. Harris. '03. LIST; Ear
rows. '02. ID: French. 90. Sd.
Two-mile bicycle race-Time 5m.. iG
sec. Kelly. '02. LIST; Davenport, '0i. 2d.
FaunCe, '01. Sd.
one hundred-yards dash-Time. 10
4-5 sec. Harris. '03. LIST: Broadwcll, 81.
ID: G.. II. Davis. '0l. Sd.
One-mile run-Time. 5m., IS % sec.
Butman. '02. LIST; Broadwell, '04. Cd; G.
III. Davis. '0l. Sd.
one hundred and twenty-yards hur-
dle-Time. 10 % sec. Thompson. '0l.
LIST; +. NJ. Davis. 'ol. I'd; Fitz. '03. Sd.
Two hundred and twenty yards hur-
dle-Time. rs Is sec. G.. II. Davis. '0i,
LIST; +. NJ. Davis. OF, I'd: Thompson.
'o1 3d.
Two-mile run-Time. lin. Il sec.
Lawrence, Ca. LIST; French. '02, Cd,
HIaisdell. 'o3 3D.
Two hundred and twentyyards dash
Time, % IS sec. Harris, 90. LIST;
Rrcadwcll. o. 2d; Holmes. 90. Sd.
Lawrence who smashed the record Of
the two-mile run is a wonder. After
the hoy ran he seemed as fresh as 1t
the start and will doubtless gain first
place in the event in the intorc"llrl5 Il ne
meet. The meet this year shows Il big
Improvement over that of last summer
and a more favorable day would have
seen more records broken.