The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-16
EMBRYO ATHLETES
ANNUAL TRACK MEET
Sensational Records Made on
Valley Fair Grounds.
NINTH GRADERS WON 80 POINTS
Some of the Records Made by the Small
Performers Saturday Were Better
Than Those Made by High School
Team a Few Years Ago.

Team Few Years Ago.
One of the most interesting and enter
tanning athletic events of the season TOOK
Mace Saturday afternoon on the lallcy
Fair grounds when the boys OF grades U,
Z. 4. and . of the public schools held Their
annual track meet. The boys we've class
flied according to size into three classes,
and the representatives of each grade iioln
both the Main street and Canal street
buildinps were supported by a loyal crowd
of rooters. The meet was without ques
ton the best one OF its kind ever held IN
Brattleboro. Some of the records iiade
Saturday were better than those made y
few years ago in the preparatory schooi
meet held on the fair grounds when the
Howard dash was won IN ~ 80 SECONDS
while the time for the medium boys was
90 seconds and the pole vault was won at
feet 6 inches Saturday George Gibbs
made an exhibition vault at feet j inches.
The performances of the youngsters IN every
event revealed several interesting things
They showed that there were several prom.
ising Young athletes in the grades that VIII
make a creditable showing in any pre-
paratory school meet as soon as they
enter the high school. The meet showed
what form can be attained by even very
young boys under the leadership oil an
efficient coach. The most interesting
thing of the whole meet was the
intense interest manifested in every event
by the spectators and many OF the young
sters who did not win point for Their
grade have reason to feel proud OF the
good showing that they made. The per
Torrance of the boys Saturday alone was
great credit to their instructor. Deldrlch
Stolte, but of course the winning OF the
Southern Vermont interscholastiC meet
two weeks previous and the remarkably
fine showing at the state meet in Burning
ton by the high school team, must be con
sidered in accounting for the value OF ms
leadership in track work with the local
boys.
Among the individual performers who
secured a large number of points were
George Gibbs who took three first places
and two seconds thus landing u noints
for his grade Ralph Newell and Leon
Adams tied for second place as individual
stars with Is points each An interesting
event of the meet was the vaultlng OF the
small boys ON account Of the intercollegiate
form which they attained and the remark
able height which a large number of the
competitors cleared. George Gibbs after
winning in the large boys class at feet
10 inches made an exhibition vault clear
ing the bar at s feet ) inches The last
and close race of Newell and Spencer IN
the 440-yard dash was perhaps the most
exciting event of the afternoon as Spencer
finished less than inches behind the win
ner Carl johnson who was the only point
winner for the Main street 9TH grade I'm
ished close behind Lincoln Adams, the win
ner, after having put up last race Tor
boys of his size. All three contests IN the
120yard hurdles were close but the
work, of Leon Adams and Stuart Stearns
deserve especial mention on account OF
the size of the contestants. In the high
jump all of the contestants performed well
and cleared good heights for their respec-
tive sizes. The 100yard dash brought out
some promising material for the high
school team in the future
The 9th grade landed 80 points thus de.
feating the Sth which took 80 The Canal
street It'll grade scored Is points thus de
featng the same grade in the Main street
building which only secured 3 points; the |
Main street 9th grade totally eclipsed the |
same grade in the Canal street building by |
securing 43 points while their opponents |
failed to secure honOrs.
One of the interesting features of the |
meet was the presence of large number
of fathers and mothers who Were given
plenty of opportunity to rejoice by the
without doubt it was the source of a
great amount of qualification to many
parents to see their children taking part
in a public event in sportmanslike man
ner that showed the calbre of the contes
tants. The spectators ranged in age from
four years up to one outof-town gentle
man of 81 winters.
The summary:
100yard dash for large boys Won by
George Gibbs, Stanley Fits second, Ray
mond Whitney third. Time II 4-5s.
100-yard dash for medinm-sized boys
Won by Ralph Newell, Porter Spencer
second, Stanley Wilson third Time II
Dos
100-yard dash for small boys-Won by
Leon Adams, Stuart Stearns second, Hay
den Randall third. Time 14s
High jump for large boys-Won by Mer-
ril Haskell, Raymond Whitney second,
Elmer Davis third. Height 4 feet s inches.
High jump for medium-sized boys-Won
by Dennison Cowles, Porter Spencer sec
Dnd, Cassius Cudworth third. Height 4
feet 3 inches
High jump for small boys-Won by Leon
Adams, Stuart Stearns second, Howard
Vinton third. Height 3 feet II inches.
Broad jump for large boys-Won by {
Fred Gipson, George Gibbs second, Ray
nond Whitney third. Distance 16 feet {
ihs inches.
Broad jump for mediums sized boys Won
Dy Ralph Newell Richards Davis second
hyde Johndroe third Distance 10 feet
inches.
Broad jump for small boys--Won by {
Leon Adams, Hayden Randall second !
Stuart Steams third. Distance 13 feet !
w inches. /
12Oyard hurdles for large boys-Won by
George Gibbs, Stanley Fits second, Ray
nond Whitney third. Time Is 4-5s. $
12Oyard hurdles for mednm-sized boys j
Won by Porter Spencer, Ralph Newell +
econd, Stanley Wilson third Time It's.
120-yard hurdles for small boys-Won
~ Stuart Stearns. Leon Adams second, {
Hayden Randall third. Time Is 3,5s u
Pole vault for large boys-Won by 9
George Gibbs. Raymond Whitney second, i
elmer Davis third Height Z feet 10 inches. {
Pole vault for medium-sized boys-Won /
~ Richard Davis, Dennison Cowles sec /
md, Clifford Kirkwood third. Height 6 a
eet 8 inches. "
Pole vault for small boys-Won by How a
nd Vinton, Bryan Gale second, Hayden
randall third Height 5 feet 10 inches. /
440-yard dash for large boys-Won by
stanley Fits, George Gibbs second, Henry s
smith third. Time I'm II lbs,
440.yard dash for medium-sized boys n
" on by Ralph Newell, Porter Spencer sec h
md, Stanley Wilson third. Time I'm 5s.
440-yard dash for small boys-Won by "
lincoln Adams, Carl Johnson second, Hay i
en Randall third. Time I'm 1G 3-5s. 7
The officials were Judges, Principal Z. n
3. Smith, Benjamin Bingham and Ray =
nond Harris; starter, Byron T. Atwood; q
liners and measures, Robert Thayer and | i
robert Angler; announcer, Onslow Thomp- I
on; clerk Of course, Ray Saunders.
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