The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-04-13
U. OF M. NEWS.

Friday evening, and was one of the most
exciting contests of the year. The class
teams were organized as follows: 1905,
W. ). Shaw, Orono, captain; j. w. Grove,
81 Hyacinth, Que, manager. 1906, Z. E.
Currler of Brewer, captain; K. b. Kit
tredge of Beverly. Mass, manager 1907,
"A. +. Wyman of Skowhegan, captain; A.
b. Cayting, Brewer, manager. 1908, W. X.
sawyer of Milbrdge, captain; f. W. Cram
OF Portland, manager. Long before 8
O'Clock the running track was lined with
chairs and the space under the galleries
was hlled with spectators and the student
pody. The classes were grouped together,
ana, under the direction of cheer leaders
specially selected for the occasion, did good
WORK IN supporting their men in the various
entries. Those who welded the be-ribbOned
batons were F. W. Talbot, 'O5, of Andover;
+. A. Banks, '06, of Biddeford E. b. David
son, '07, of York Center; and ii. ii. Rich,
oS, OF Bangor. At eight O'Clock Manager
4. A. Stanford, '06, of Lowell Center, an
nounced the first event, which was tn
snort put, in which Alphonso Wood of Bel
fast represented 1905 and won second place.
The event was won by A. p. Weymouth,
'O6, OF Dexter, with distance of 35 feet and
inches, which broke Names indoor
record. K. F. Olds of Lewiston was the
third. Next came the trials for the 25-yard
dash, in which a number of Freshmen were
entered. The finals gave the first place to
r. Ii. Porter, O6, of South Paris, the second
to e. E. Currier, 'O6, of Brewer, and the
third to W. R. Sawyer, '0S, of Milbridge.
The time in this event was four seconds.
The trials for 25-yard low hurdles followed,
and the final score gave C. E. Currier
of Brewer first, Fl. ID. 7. Thatcher, 'O5,
of Dexter, second, and E. d. Savage,
'0S, of Ellsworth, third. Next came
the relay race 1907 against 190S-and
the spectators on the track were obliged to
return to the corners while this exciting
event was run. 1907 had two varsity men,
A. P. Wyman of Skowhegan and w. J. St.
Onge of Dover, and they, with II. A.
knowlton of Pembroke and f. Lisherness
of North New Portland, easily won from
the 1908 team, which was composed of G.
L. Draper of Stoneham, Mass, G. j. Hop
kins of Bath, R. c. Harmon of Woodfords
and W. r. Sawyer of Milbridge. The high
jump was one of the prettiest events of the
evening and was won by W. j. Shaw, 'O5 of
Orono, a distance of feet 6i inches. c. P.
Meserve '0S, of Bridgton, who is regarded
as coming man in the jumps, did remark
able work, and has to his credit height of
| nf y1cfo
came in third with feet, inches One of
the most exciting events of the evening,
when interest ran to fever heat, and the
students were kept OFF the floor with the
greatest difficulty, was the tug of war, an
event which has been introduced this year.
The Sophomore team was W. f. Stone of
Brewer, V. b. Jordan of Hartland, E.
Cummings of Paris, &. Fl. Bean of Bethel;
while the freshmen, who pulled two feet of
the rope away from their opponents, were
II. 0. Hussey of Vassalboro, A. S. Hans
com of Leeds junction, f. C. Hoyt of Fort
Fairfield and II. b. Smith of Saco. The
minute and half allowed seemed hours to
the spectators and the 1908 cheer rang out
when the result was announc-
ed. The relay race between the two upper
classes was won by the Juniors. The
Seniors were represented by II. d. I.
Thatcher OF Dexter, E. O. Sweetser
of Cumberland Centre, II. A. Thomas
of Andover, and J. W. Grove of st. Hya-
cinthe Que. The winning team was made
up of K. III. Porter, South Paris, Ii. w.
Bearce of Helvin, {. E. Currier of Brewer,
and w. p. Hewes of Asland The high
hurdles were won by c. E. Currier, 'O6, of
Brewer; second by K. f. Clayton, 'O7, of
Bangor and third by F. W. Matheas, 'O7, of
Bangor. The pole vault was one of the
by W. J. Shaw, 'O5, holder of the State rec
ord, although ID. W. Rogers, 'O6, OF Patten
pushed him hard for first place. ii. W.
Worcester, 'O6, of Portland was third and
the height was ten feet The tug of war
between 1905 and 1906 was extremely inter.
esting although the excitement did not run
so high as in the previous trial. E. F. Bearce
of Auburn, A. Wood of Belfast, W. j. Rick
er of Turner and A. White of North Sebago
represented the Seniors, while the winners
were W. d. Bearce of Auburn, II. z. Down.
ing, r. f. Olds of Lewiston, and F. R. Reed
of Rumford Falls. The finals between tie
Freshmen and Juniors was one of the sur
prises Of the evening, for at the end of the
time the proportionaly slight Freshmen
had the blue ribbon two inches on their
side, despite the utmost efforts of the big
varsity football men. The basket ball game
was really the feature of the evening and
was a remarkably close game from start to
finish. At the end of the first half the score
stood to in favor of 1908. When the ref
eree's whistle blew at the end of the game
the score stood to 9, but in answer to in
sistent cries of ''Play it out" from all over
the hall it was decided to play until one
side or the other got a goal. 1907 was the
fortunate one, and the final score was II to
9 in favor of the Sophomores. The excite
ment was intense, of course, and the cheer
ing was fast and furious. The players were
as follows. 19O7-F. W. Matheas, Bangor,
W. J. st. dnge, Dover, captain, R. F. Tai
bot, Andover, ". F. Schoppe, West Auburn,
Reginald Ridge, Portland. 1866. A. Stew
art of Calais, F. j. Richardson of Old Town,
captain, F. P. Emery, Eastport, p. S. Pen
ney, Augusta, W. A. Lancaster, Old Town,
and d. Chase of Barring.
1906 won the meet by about the same
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