Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-10

Brunswick. Ale. May 9.-(Speclap
The last week of practice tor the
18th Annual Maine intercollegiate
Track Meet to be held on Garceloh
field. Lewiston. Saturday. May IA has
now commenced and all the teams to
be represented are working hard. 1t
ic the biz athletic event of the year in
which the college men of BoWdoln,
University of Maine, Bates and Colby
are interested and the meet this year
will without doubt be the fastest and
most closely contested that has ever
been held since the institution of the
Maine intercollegiate Track AsSocia-
ton.
Bowdoin has always taken d high
place and has most creditabe record
in track and field athletics. The first
meet ever held by this college was on
the old Delta. Nov IA. 1874. The record
in the broad jump was IA feet ana
inch. 1t is interesting to recall that
Bowdoin now holds the Maine Inter-
collegiate record for this event. the
distance being Il feet, inches. made
by Harrison Atwood, '09, at the meet
held at Orono last year.
The second meet held by Bowdoin
was on the Topsham Fair grounds,
June 5, 1875 Baseball throwing was
then one of the events, and it was won
with a record of 316 feet by Robert
E. Peary. member of the Glass of
1877. From that time until the pre-
sent. the annual field day has been a
Bowdoin custom. AT one time they
were held both in the spring and in
the fall. but later the autumn meet
ing was discontinued.
Among the men who will take part
in this meet as representatives Of
Bowdoin are Colboth. Slocunl, Ed
wards. Deming, Warren, Crosby, Cliff
ford, Burlingamc, Mcfarland f. A.
Smith, Cole, Robinson, McKenney.
Newman and T. f. Emery. The last
named is a Freshman. who was a
member of the Freshman relay team
which won from Bates at Lewiston
and at Brunswick last winter.
Among the most promising Bowdoin
stars is H. j. Colboth, captain of the
team. He holds the Maine Inter
collegiate record in the mile and
has made a splendid showing at
the New England meets. This
year he will be obliged to run
faster than ever as both Bates and
Colby claim they have men who will
be able to give him hard run in the
mile event. Harold w. Slocum of AL
bany, also a member of the Senior
Class, Will take part IN the two-mile
event Two years go he won the two
mile at the New England meet held at
Brookline. Mass. in min. 81 As sec
Sumner Edwards of Bethel. 10 will
enter in the 220 yard low hurdles. In
1908 he made a new record in the low
hurdles of 25 rs sec. in the New Eng
land meet and was second in that
event to Shaw of Dartmouth one of
the greatest hurdlerS in the country.
Last year he won the low hurdles in
both the Maine and New England
meets, pulling first away from May
bew of Brown inthe big meet. Clyde
l.. Deming, 10. who holds the Maine
Intercollegiate pole vault record of 10
it, 101@ inches will be entered in this
event this year. Bowdoins hopes in
the broad jump center on Lawrence
Mcfarland of Portland; on Jesse Nc
kenney and Bob Cole in the dashes.
and on Mark Burlngame and Stanley
Pierce in the high jump. Herbert
Warren. 10 of Woodsville. N. H.. took
places in both the Maine and New
England meets last year and both he
and John l.. Crosby. 10 of Bangor are
expected to make good showing this
year.
Carl II. Stevens Of Northport Is
Bowdoin's chief hope in the discus.
w. r. Newman. 10 of Bar Harbor. J
u. Clifford 10 of Lewiston and George
Kern of Portland are Bowdoin's prin-
clpal entries in the shot put
BATES WILL TRY HARD