The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-06-03

Displaying something Ear better than
average sehoolhoy form aud mon. than
realizing the hopes 81 is most enihasias'
tic follower. the track team Of the iifa'
tleboro high school defeated Vernon,
academy and Bellows Falls hlsh school
on the Valley fair grounds Saturday Al
trfnoon. pafadoNical "a u may sound, thr
meet was three oorner~d aud ye, one
sided. Dratileb0ros total seoW was W
points, within eight Of the combined
score 81 its opponents. the SaAions Ritci
contingent winning ~ Painis and bel
lows Falls -, In spite Of this big lead,
however. the meet was exceptionally ca
citing for /, Was not until alter the
ninth event. the high jump, that the sur
cess Of the local athletes seemed assured
Onslow Thompson was the individual star
Of the afternoon, winning * points. lie
took first in the broad jump and low hnr,
dles, TIED for inst in the high JUMP, and
would have probably won had u been
necessary 10 decide the event, finished
second in the discus throw, the high hnr'
dies and the pole vault, and ihird ~ The
shot.put. Captain Miner oil Braitiebpto
was also consistent scorer, capturing
both half.milc and mile in excellent time:
Nasnbufn won tns ush h"tu"' "s'' $3.50
for first in the high jump. Fits won hrst
IN The ouartcr.mile aud third in the 100
yards dash, while Weeien secured three
points by eaualling THOMPSON and Wash
burn in the high jump. The Vermont
academy boys won firsts IN only two
events, Nichols capturing the short dash
and ylederos the discus throw. Three
events were won by Bellows Falls, Put.
nam taking the shot-pnt. Riley the ~
dash and Brown the pole-yault.
The meet was well managed and there
was slight disposition on the part OF any,
body 10 find fault with the outcome oil
the various events. There was much les.
DELAY than last year, but on account. oil
the length OF some OF the contests the last
event was not settled until nearly I 2. m,
The Judges were 4. b. Smith and II. Z,
Rice of Brattleboro and Z. &. nllinehast
OF Vermont academy. III. X. Lawrence
and T.. j. Waterman were timers, u;
Stolte starter, IL. l.. Piper clerk and
w. A. Gilbert announcer. :,
A yeritable gale blew down the track
when the starters in the WOyards dash
were called out few minutes after ~
Preliminary heats in the morning had re-
duced the field TO six. with Fits the only
local representative. Nichols TOOK the
lead AT the gun anu iuhndkcu =" NJ,
ahead OF Riley, with Fits close behind
the pair. The time, 10 80 seconds, was
not remarkable considering the wind be.
hind the runners. Mederos, a Cuban OF
stocky proportions, further encouraged
the Vermont academy rooters by eaptur'
ing the discus event. Thompson OF Brat
tleboro was not far behind, however, his
first attempt being better by several
inches than the burly Putnam Of Below,
Falls could do. In the running broad
Jump Thompson further showed his abil'
ity by clearing a space 10 feet TX inches
long. leaving Babcock and Heath OF Yer,
mont academy to,divide second and third
honors. In the quarter-mile Fits sur
prised his teammates by winning handily
He ran clever race, keeping back OF but
within reach Of the leaders until wei!
down the stretch when fine show Of
reserve power put him easily ahead OF
Long of the academy team. Putnam
came to his own in the shot.put, beating
Mederos who in turn beat Thompson.
In the low hurdles thompson was
looked upon a sure winner and he made
good, having apparently little trouble in
topping the timbers fast enough to finish