The Republican journal., 1905-05-18
U. OF M. NEWS.

The most important athletic event of the
season, to the Maine colleges, took place on
Alumni Field last Saturday in the eleventh
annual championship contest of the Maine
Intercollegiate Association. The morning
was cloudy, cold and disagreeable, and the
rain and hail showers made the prospects
for the afternoon look dark BY the time
the morning trials were run off, however,
the sun was almost out, and although the
afternoon proved dull and chilly, the much
feared storm held off. An enthusiastic
crowd gathered in the grandstand at ten
O'Clock and they cheered for their respective
colleges-Mainea and Bowdoin, and their rep
resentativeS in the events. Maine had
some effective new yells ready for the oc-
casion, and succeeded in drowning out the
Bowdoin Batas and Phi Chi. Trials in the
44o yards dash, 120 yards hurdle, 220 yards
dash, 220 yards hurdle and in the weights
were run off in the morning, when it was
quite obvious that the battle for the cham
pionship would be mainly between Bow
doin and Maine. The games in the after
noon began promptly at O'Clock, and were
| uhdCl lhC ouPCl VI Vic lOllOWlIlS OIL
cals: Clerk Of the course, H. L. Sweet,
| Skowhegan, marshal, George earle, Uni
versity of Maine. For track events: referee,
G.sR. Lee, Portland judges at finish, H. A.
| Wing, Lewiston, w. w. Bolster, Jr., Lewis
ton f. A. Parker, Skowhegan; time-keeper,
A. L. Grover, Orono; F. n. Whittier, Bruins
wick; E. Rice, Waterville; starter, A. Z.
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| Lewiston. For field events: measurers, E.
I. ClaysOn, Lisbon Falls F. T. Grove, Uni
versity of Maine; judges, E. c. Lane, Liv-
ermore Falls; W. D. Hurd, Orono; scorers,
| Cotton, Waterville; Albion Lewis, Lewis
ton; announcer, r. E. Hall, Bowdoin. In
| the afternoon came the trial heats for the
| 100 yards dash in which Porter of Maine,
Doherty of Bowdoin, jerks of Bowdoin
and Sawyer of Maine qualified for the
| finals. The final for the $40 yard dash was
won by Kimball of Bowdoin, with Wyman
of Maine second and Licherness of Maine
| third. lime, 50 1-5 seconds. The mile run
| was won by Robinson of Bowdoin with
Shorey of Bowdoin came in second and
Hunt of Colby third. The finals for the 100
yard dash gave first place to Porter of
Maine, second to Doherty of Bowdoin and
! third to Sawyer of Maine. The time was
10 10 seconds. The final heat for the 100
yard hurdles was won by Tobey of Bow
| don with time of 16 % seconds, which
| tied the association record for this event.
! Currier of Maine came in second, and
| Webb of Bowdoin third. In the half mile
run Everett of BOwdoin made first; Bearce
of Maine second and st. Onge Of Maine
third. The go yard dash was won by
| Porter of Maine, Doherty of Bowdon COM
| ing in second and Sawyer of Maine third.
The time was % seconds. In the two mile
run the first and second places went to Bow
doin by Robinson and Shorey. Thomas OF
Maine came in third. The time was 10
minutes, As So second In the 220-yard
! hurdles Tobey of Bowdoin took first place,
with Currer and Thatcher of Maine sec
ond and third. In the running high jump
all three places were taken by Maine at a
height of feet 1 inch. The three success
full men were Shaw, Meserve and Gardner
Bowdoin won first place in the weights,
| Denning throwing the discus Us feet, 3
inches, and throwing the hammer 125 feet !
inches and also getting first in the shot
putt. johnson of Bates came in second in
| the discus throw. Bennett of Maine in the
hammer and Ccombs of Colby in the shot
putt were second, and Weymouth of Maine,
Chapman of Bowdoin and Bennett of Maine
came in third in these events. The running
broad Jump was a surprise, Thatcher of
Maine getting first, McVane of Colby second
and Harlow and Sweetser of Maine tying
for third. The distance jumped was 20 feet,
inches. In the pole vault the contest was
long one, Shaw and Rogers easily taking
first and second. The third place was
warmly contested for and was finally won
by Wiggin of Bates. Captain Shaw broke the
association record of 10 feet inches by an
inch, going over easily at 10 feet inches.
Bowdoin won the meet by two points and
in consequence Bowdoin supporters were
happy Maine stood loyalty behind her
representatives from start to finish and
cheered them enthusiastically. Stevens, 'o7,
of Belfast, who was entered in the two mile
for Maine, put up good race, and Hatch OF
| Belfast was entered for B0WdOln IN both
the hammer throw and shot putt and he
qualified for the finals in the former.
The fine work of the Band should be
spoken of, as they never played more in
spiringly or to better purpose.
After the events of the afternoon the
crowd melted away quietly and no attempt
was made by Bowdoin to celebrate her vic
tory. Many Of the visitors were entertained
at the various fraternity houses, most of
them taking the evening train from Bangor
for their respective college houses. Bow
doin was the only college who brought any
number to speak of outside OF the teams.
Following is the score:
First place counts 5, second 8, third l.
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