Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
MTERCLASS MEET.
sophomores Victors in U,ivers;+x &c
Maine Series.

oroho' Me-, May S-(SpeciaD.-Tbo
eieVenth annual field meet of tho Uni
Versity of Maine Athletic Association
heid' Saturday afternoon. on Alumni
i'eid' was won by the sophomore class.
winch captured GO points. Second place
was won by the junior class with %
i's, tnird place by the seniors with
~ ana the freshmen brought up in the
rear with IA.
] FROM almost every standpoint the
meet was of the most satisfactory of
| any mat has ever been held at the Uni
NersitE of Maine and the favorable out
come wherein four college and two
state records We're broken and another
State record tied is regarded by the
| mass OF students as n precursor of the
| good showing that the team will make
at the intercollegiate meet at Wat ar
| Vile, next Saturday. Almost with the
| first event records began to be smashed
| and as the afternoon wore on and the
| different events We're run off In good
| form ana time the enthusiasm of the
| students knew no bounds. Porter start
| ed the good work in the l00-yarCis dash,
| winning it in 10 20 seconds and except
| for Il stiff wind would have broken or
| tied the college record in this event of
| 10 IL seconds. The next event was the
i40-yards dash whichWyman, a fresh
man, won in 3 10 seconds, thereby
| breaking the college record and tvinc
the State record held by Donald Snow.
Two college ANA State records were
broken in the high jump and the pole
| vault: the first won by Shaw, '05, and
the second by Parker, '0i. Shaw, who
already holds the State record in the
high jump of 5 feet, IA inches, bettercd
| it. Saturday. by almost two inches.
| Parker in the pole vault, broke the
state ana the college record in this
event OF 10 feet. 6&s inches held by
Shaw Of Maine, by over four inches.
| TIL" college record in the mil" run
was broken by Thomas of the runio:
class in 4 min. 50 - seconds.
| The results in all the events with
| the exception of the weights we're sat
| iSfLCtOry and reflect the work which
| Coach Farrell has put forth on The
| team this spring. The men have work.
| ed hard and faithfully AMI the effects
| of constant training are now beginning
| to show. The members Of the team will
! he ohcercd through the different events
next Saturday by over two hundred
| students who will 80 to Watcrvi!ie on
n special train.
| Tho climax Of enthusiasm was reach
ed, Saturday afternoon, whom it was
announced while the jump was in
progress that Maine had won from
l t.nyyInin n h.tc, lltl
broke loose and it was n long time be-
fore, things quoted down enough to
continue the meet. 1t is needless to say
| that there was Il celebration GlOriOuS,
saturday evening, b0nflrcs, fireworks.
guns, torpedocs, anything to make n
noise or add to the excitement. The
spice of victory was rendered AL the
more sharp on account OF Wednesdays
defeat ut Drono. "Boliver." the elephant
mascot. and n number Of now waiting
stations have appeared on the campus
to await further developments.
TIL" summary:
II 100 yard daeh-Won bv Porter. 'Of; Cur
Tier. ". second: Seahury. %. third. Time.
10 - seconds.
30 yard dash-Won by Porter. '06: Com
cfford. 'G6. second: Wilson, %. third.
si40- yard dash-Wnn hy Wyman. %; St.
EDnge. %. second; Perkins 'oi third
Time, - ID seconds. tNcW record for col
-iiege; ties State record.
AZ Half-mir run--Won br Grove" %;
4 Bearcc Oh. second: Chaplain. %. third.
II Tine. > min. - A seconds.
I'll Mil" run-Wun by ThoIU;;s. "a: crowcll
'O6. second; S"abury, %, third. Time.
min. ~ - seconds. (Ncw record.
II Two-mile run Won by Robertson. 'ci:
Il Brown. Is. second; Swift %. third
II Time. II min. - seconds
13'I-rard hurdlC-W"n lay Curricr. '0;;
thrc. o. second; Matthias, "a third
i, Tim. Il IL seconds.
11n-yIrd hurdlc-Won hy Curiicr. '~,
clayton. %. second: Mcclure. %. third
: Time. - 81 seconds.
, rGttmr Ii pound .sh"t-Won by W"y-
third. Distance. 81 feet. : inches.
E"nrce. %; Ernn"tt Of. second; Wcy-
mouth. rs. third. Distance. ~ feet.
Throwing the discus-Won hy Wev-
mouth. 'hi: Parker. '0i. second: Rcarcr, 'Oi
third. Distance. 80 feet. :! inches.
Running high jump-Won 10y Shaw. 'oI
9 Sod'rstI ON. Ji. and Goodwin. Mi tied fnI
/ | second place. Height. ) feet is inches
tNcw record for college and Statcl.
Running broad iumr,-N on by Parker
. ~; Curri1r. 'O6. second; Mcclure, %
third distance. - feet. 10 inches.
Il Pole vault--Won by Parker. '0i: Shaw
rs, second: Rogers. '06. third. Height II
foot. II inches. tNcw record for collcg,
: Following is the score by classes.