Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-08
SAERBURN THE STAR
Took Five First Places in Inter
scholastic Track Meet.
His Work Made Goddard Seminary the
Winner, with Brattleboro High
school Sccond-Four Records
broken.

terscholastic track meet held under the
auspices of the University Of Vermont at
Centennial Field Saturday afternoon
through the phenomenal work OF Sher-
burn. who scored g Of the IS points made
by his school Brattleboro high school,
which pushed Goddard hard all the after
nCon landed in second place with 20
points: then followed Vermont Academy
with 20 points: Troy Conference Academy
with IS: Burlington high, G; Bellows Falls
high, .: Newport high, 2; Montpelier
Seminary, !. The meet was the largest
seen on Centennial Field, there being over
80 representatives from nine leading pre-
p6ratory schools of the State.
Sherburn Of Goddard took first place in
the 100-yard dash. the sSO-yard run. the
44o-yard dash. the hammer throw and the
discus throw. This is the first meet the
young Barre athlete has participated in
end the way he carried Off five
cups and did more than III his team
mates combined to win the big cup, made
his performance a remarkable one. Mich
cls Of Vermont Academy showed up in
fine form. scoring IS points for his second
by taking two firsts and third. The
third man in tho meet to merit special
mention was Thompson of Brattleboro.
who scored IL points.
Two records were lowered on the track
and two raised in the field events. In the
220-yard dash Nichols of Vermont Acad-
cmy lowered the mark to 23.2 and took the
honor from Tyler Of the same school.
whose figures were ga Nichols also
turned the indicator back to q seconds in
the 220-yard- hurdles, taking the laurels
from Thompson (Brattleboro) and Bur-
rows vermont Academy. In the shot
put 40 feet IL inches We're made by
Young of Troy Conference. The fourth
record was made by Fiske OF Goddard In
the high jump who got over the bar at 5.5.
There were more competitors in the
lreet Saturday than In any previous
meet The trial heats began at 1000 and
all of the trials were run of before the
afternoon. Although the officials had
many candidates TO handle the meet was
managed without hitch and there We're
no long waits.
Instead of awarding the prizes irnme-
diately after the meet, as has been the
custom, the management postponed this
ceremony until after supper when big
smoker was held In the gymnasium. At
eight o'clock the participants in the after
Moons meeting and the student body of
the university gathered at tie gymna-
stun and the smoker was called to order
by President G. d. Wheeler Of the senior
class. After Vermont cheer Mr. Mac
donald. athletic director Of the university,
made a short speech, and the college band
rendered several selections. Prof Frederick
Upper. Jr, chairman of the athletic COM
| 81, l,,,, oT
ing such as the one held in the afternoon
and then awarded the cups. In addition
to the first, second and third prize cups.
a large silver cup was awarded to the
winning school. Acting President Lyman
addressed a few words to the men assem-
| bled in the meeting.
THE EVENTS.
1'o-yard dash--Sherburn tG), first;
Nichols ". Al second; Freedman on.
s., third time 104.
| 12O-yard hurdles-Thompson OBJ. first;
Mallory Ct. c. AZ, second; Haskell CD
third; time, Is seconds.
| One-mlc Miner OBJ first; Furgesor
! Oh. F.. second; Porter (B II. s., third;
| time. 80
22O-yard hurdles-Nichos W. A., first;
Thompson OBJ, second; Bingham (B)
third; time, q seconds.
| SS0-yard run-Sherhurn go, first; Miner
| OBJ. second; Kipp (N). third; time, 2.l7.3
| 220-yard dash-Nichols ". Al, first
| Winnans Cd, second; Riley OBJ, third
| time. go.
| 440-yard dash-Sherburn (G), first
Elmer OBJ. second; Kipp (N), third time
| 81 is
| Shot put-Young ct. c. Al. first; Made
ros (N. A., second; Putnam (B. FL
| third; distance. 10 IT. l-2 ms.
! Hammer throw-Sherburn 60, frst IT,
| tus 90, second; Maderos V. A.. third
| distance, 1893.
Polo vault-Ba!.ey (B. II. So first; Iar-
r!s OBJ, second; Thayer OBJ. third height
ISL.
High jump Fisk. (GD. first; Thompson
| OBJ, W-innans Ct. C. Al. tied, second
height. 5,5.
Broad jump-Winnans 1T. c. AZ. first
Titus 90, Thompson OBJ. second; dis
lance 10 IT. Ia ms.
| Discus throw-Sherburn, first: Triboles
| V. A.. second: Titus 60. third; distance
| 100 II. Air ms.