Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-13
kivist Star by Capturing
Coveted Hunter Mile Cup,
McKenny Of BOwdoin End in
the 4O-yard Handicap.
D. Of N. Defeats U. Of Vt. in Team
Races Plenty Of Thrills.


held in Mechanics hail Saturday night.
failed +" produce amy new in-doar
records. it developed keen and inter
cStine competition among more than
60 of :hc leading college ami hta
athletes Of the country. including
nearly I score of champions Many OF
these latter failed to overcome the
handieaps allotted To weaker urpo-
ntnts and got no place in tho sum-
m2ries.
Only one record was eduallcd dur
ing the night, that Of the track in the
h yards high hurdles. which q. y.
Chisholm Of Vale. accomplished in SIX
seconds The failure to comp4to a
the New York y. .. team, caused by
tcohrica!ity in entrance rules. probably
deprived the Eoston y. \. relay team,
Of a record. as the Boston athletes
came within 1nc-fifth Of second -.
the worlds record III an exhibition,
their time being 3.GS -. In tho final
event Of tho evening HarVar1's relay
team defeated Yale in their animal
match by nearly Il lap in TN" fast tiIno
ri 1.la Ia.
In other relay races Of III" night
Harvard defeated Princeton ana was
defeated ny Williams; Cornell defe ttrd
PENNSYLVANIA i'll the fastest actual r.
lay event it's time being 500: Syracuse
defeated Columbia and Boston defeat
ed the pastime \. c. of New York.
.Among The standard events The mi
| tial running Of the Hunter mile. for =
cup offered by local combination. de
vcloped Keen competition. 1t was W"h
| by Abel r. Kiyiat. of the Irish Amer
| ican 4. e.. New York. in 40 l.. The
| A. wards hurdle event. III which ems
| holm of Vale equailed the track rec
| a,d was almost a dead heat between
| I'm and Joseph Iorner If Michigan.
| Tie latter was an entraEt in nearly
! half Il dozen events. being placed III
several.
In the throe-mie run. Tom Collins
Of the irish American \. G.. ran away
toward the finish. although tS-year-old
Joseph Curren of Worcester had press
ed him closely throughout. The time
was lilo -. Running fer the Il. y. "
G. :. Garland, an Englishman, won itis
first race in this country. in tn" one
mile handicap from the ta-Nard MAJ l..
Kermit Roosevelt II Harvard, son -
tie former President. Was an unsue-
| cesstul starter in the mile run, finish
! ing we'll toward the rear.
/ Comparatively unknown runners cap
trrea all three places in the ip-yatds
handicap. The invitation event al the
! same distance was won by +. T..
O'Hara of the B. \. \. In the s"i-yardS
run. HARDY Gissing 81 NV York, III
scratch man. could secure only third
place. first and second gong To Whit
man and Storm nj Harvard. 1esrf>-
lively.
In only one OF the three field events
did the scratch man win. Platt Adams
OF the New York \. G, making tjr-@
standing jumps better than any o2 ms
competitors with handicaps-
Forty-yard dash, handicap-WHn b
W. j. Trowel. Holy Cross. feet; sec
ond. J. II. Mckenney, Bowdoin. : feet;
third. L. 4. Wilson. NJ. !. T., feet
Time, A. seconds.
Fartv-vard dash. scratch-Wpn BY
j. p. O'Hara, u. y. A.; second. j.
Horner. Michigan: third. JOHN Hines.
Newton Y. VI. c. y. Time 4 - sec
onds.
Relay race-Rhode Island state,
Rciner, Newton, Harkins. Barlow, de-
feated New Hampshire College. Rrack-
EFT. Yates. Smith. Clark. Time 3.23 -.
Relay ace-MasSachusetts Agricul-
tural defeated Worcester Polytechnic.
Time. ga 10.
Relay pace-Yale Freshmen defeated
Harvard Freshmen. Lost through i'm
perfect relay. Time, 3.12.
Relay race, 1860 yards-ProVidence \.
G.. Metcalf, Middleton. Rogers, Hail.
defeated Rrobkline y. 6. Daniels Hal
fenstein, Pree, Hines Time. 800 80.
Three-mile race-Won by Tom Collins.
L A G.. second, Joseph Curren. st. Ste
vons, Worcester: third, r. L. willard,
Providence. Time. LIE - seconds.
Thousand yards run. handicap-Won by
G. Doherty. Phillips Exeter, 30 yards
second. Leroy Chappele, Worcester
Academy. u yards; third. ]. r Jones,
Cornell. five yards. Time, 30 L..
Putting l6-pound shot. handicap-Won
| by Al Whitney, Worcester Academy Is
feep. distance AZ feet "a inches; second.
]. p Fitzpatrick Yale % feet inches,
distance AZ feet ) IA inches; third, Leroy
S. Hight. Brookline High q feet 10
inches, distance a feet inch.
Relay race-University Of Maine. Deer
ing, White, Schrumpf. Walker, defeated
| University of Vermont, Gutterson, Viii
iiams, Soule, Logan. Time. Els As.
Relay race, 1860 yards-Cornen defeated
Pennsylvania. Time, go.
Relay race, 1864 yards--Williams defeat
I'd Harvard Time 30a -.
Relay race, 15t" yardS-Amherst. Wad-
hams. Young, George. Moore. defeated
Brown, Cook, Young, Jcttcr. Miles. Time.
21H
Relay race, lit" yards--Colby, Dennis.
puHey Thompson, Holden, defeated
Bates, Blake, small, Bowen. Reyes,
Bates finished first hut lost on "a foul.
Time. 3.17 -.
Relay race. $50 yar,ls-Holy Cross de-
feat"d Georgetown. Time, 3.14 20
/ Relay race 1860 yards Bowdoin Skol-
field, Emery. Gray, Mckinney, defeated
Tufts, Harris Richert. Marble, Cosgrovo
Time. 3l9 IL:
'h1-yards run, handicap Won by \. II
Whitman, Harvard. - yards: second. r.
II. storms, Harvard . yards third. II
T. GissinG. y. Y. y. G. tscratchi. Time
LIB $50.
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