Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-28
Simply Walks Away With
The Bowdoin Meet.
Has 60 Points, With WeStbro0k
Second With Just n.
-Four BoWdon IniersChOlasiic Records Easily
Broken by The Boys,

Brunswick. Me, May 27.-The eighth
annual Bowdoin invitation interschol-
astic track meet was held at Whittier
field ::aturda y, and was Woh by Hebron
Academy, tn" team from that school
having 80 points, Westbrook Seminary.
q; Coburn Classical Institute, u; Bar
Halbor High school, II; Portland IiigI
school. .: I:angpr High school, 3. ana
Abbott School of Pennington, y. Roar
Bow dom inteI*choIaStic records Were
broken. the .2o-yard hurdles, running
high jump, pol. vault ami broad jump.
Thomes If Portland broke the inter
scholastic record for the high jump,
cle:Irim., the bar at :, feet, IL inches.
This is Une inch higher than the pre-
viouS record held by {. +. Goodwin Of
SkoN hogan. ThonIeS Was the only one
Of the Portland team to make q point.
He took first in the high and third iii
the brO@d jump. O'Conhell of Port
land WIS a close fourth III the mile run.
and came VERY near being one Of the
point winners. The little +. II. 5. man
ran q Very plucEy race.
Their, was little question about the
honorG during amy part Of the meet.
Hebron VAS successful in winning five
points more at EoWdoin than at thu
Maine met. which she also won. West
brook Vas second. but AZ no time were
the boys 81 the Ie,l and gray near
enough to tile Hebron team 10 make
tn meet exciting. III several Of the
events these two schools We're the only
4.
Their. Was more or less rivalry between
the two teams throughout the day.
The day was good one for 4 track
meet. The track had dried M well
from III" rain ana MAS in good c0ndi-
ton for m flashes ana runs. There
VAS A rather small attendance at the
morning trials, and only a little larger
at iii" afternoon events. There We're
large delegations of rnoters from He
bron. WeStbrook and Portland. ami
these formed the greater part Of the
Specta tors.
Only four tri2l events were worked
off at the afternoon trials Thest.
we're the 229-yard dash and the weight
events. There We're Ia have been trials
in the 4iU-yard dash, but owing to the
small number Of entries il was decided
to run only The final heat. ana that
was held in the afternoon.
The officials kept things moving at 4
lively rate, and by $50 o'clock uearly
everything with the execution of the
jumps had been completed.
Summary:
lco-yard dasi.-F'irst heat won by Low
FL Of Westbrcok: Evans Of Bar iIarbnr
second; TIM, 10 4. seconds. Second heat
Won by Abcrci"nbic II Hebron; Torhan
of Westbrooh, second. time, 10 e., see
undS Third heat won by WHnSluw Of
Wcstbrook; Redmond Of Hebron. sc cond;
time. IL seconds Final heat won by Low
I'll of W"stbr"nk; Al, rcrombir OF He
brom. second; Exams Of bar Iarbur
third time. 10 ~ seconds.
i-ynrd lur,llcs-t'irst heat won ~ Nc
SECOND: time. Il IL s,c"nds. Second heat.
Abe rcr"mt!c nj Hebron. first; Chapman
Of Nestbru"k. second; time. II Il seconds.
Final heat WOl, 10y ADrrcronbie of He
bron: Mcfarland OF Hebron, second;
keogh Of Hebron, third; time, Il - SEC
onds.
50 ward r"n-Won by Stnson Of CO.
burn: t":tr" If Hebron. second. Hin ~
Bar Iiarbor. Third; time, minutes, 10
seconds
10 yard hurdle-Won by Abercrombia Of
Hebron: Mcfarland of Hebron, second:
N.tlladares Of WeSthrnuk, third
40-yard dash-W"n 10y Forham Of
WoSthro"k; JOY of Hebron. second;
EickE"ll OF NtSthrCok, fhid; time. - -
seconds.
onward dasl-Won bv Lowell Of West
brook; Chapman Of Westbrook, second:
Evans. Of Bar Harbor, third: time, % -
seconds.
Mile run-WGn by Kennieton of He
hron: Richards OF Bar Hartnr, second;
Winsow of W"stb'Dok, third; time, )
minutes. ! L. seconds.
Putting lt-lb. Shot-Won by Newman Of
Bar Harbor; Smith If Coburn. second;
Cavanaugh If Hebron, third, distance. 3,
feet So inches.
Throwing lG-Ib. hammer-Won by An
drcWS If Hebron: Stanley Of Hebron, sec
ond; Ec0eh Of Hebron, third distance.
ld2 feet. Ft1t inches.
Running high ilmp-Won by Thomes
of Portland; Smith Of Bangor, second
McKccn Of Hebron, third; height. feet,
r., inches.
Pole vault-Won by A. G. Chase Of He
hron: Smith cf Bangor. second; Hall ~
Westhronk, third; height. 1cet. III.
inches
Running broad iump-Won by McFar
land Of Hebron; Smith of Coburn. sec