The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Summary of Points.

2ONafd liufules
40 ~ 30
Firsts five, seconds three, thirds
one point.
Showing superiority in the jumps, am
distance runs and good quality IN almos
nh the other events, the Brattleboro hiH'
school track team won an extremely III
teresting meet from Vermont academy am
BELLOWS Falls high on the Valley Fan
grounds Saturday afternoon. lhe ma
score was: Brattleboro, ~; Vernon
academy, 81; Bellows Fal lis, 80, The after
noon was IDEAL for track and field sport
and a crowd of between 800 and 600 PEG
ple cheered the participants IN each event
,Onslow Thompson of Bratteboro was hlgi
individual point winner with total o
10 10 his credit. while Nichols of Vermont
academy stood second with IL. II Will de
tract nothing from the glory due thes'
men, however, to give equal credit to Cap
tain Miner OF the local team who accom-
plished the phenomenal feat OF wlnlng al
three distance events in addition to get
ting third in the broad Jump, making
a total of 10 points. Miners running was
remarkable. Soon after taking the quart
ter.mile in 50 seconds. he ran away IRON
the field in the half and sprnted home N
200 10, and then apparently as strong ano
fresh as ever he captured a gruelllng MI,
race by producing a splendid sprint WITHIN
few yards of the tape.
The regular events began soon after
D. m, and although they were run OIL
with slight delay Ca great Improvement
over last year, it was nearly o'clock be-
fore the result in the high hurdles was
settled Preliminaries in the 100 and ~
dashes and the 300 hurdles Were run IN
the morning.
The program opened with six starters,
Riley and Provost of Bellows Falls, Me,
bols of Vermont academy and Harris and
Bingham of Brattleboro, in the lOOyard
dash which was won by Nichols in 10 10
seconds. 1t was Nicholas race from, the
pistol to the tape but Riley of Bellows
Falls and Harris of Brattleboro, who took
third, fought it out. Nichols and Riley
were first and second place men last year
in the l00-yard event.
Brattleboro stock climbed in the broad
jump when Thompson covered 10 IT, II
inches in his first try which was not
equalled. Miner got third at Is IT, II
inches, making Brattleboro's total score Z
points to V. AS s and Bellows Falls }.
Dunlap of Vermont academy only took
second in the broad jump at ID IT,. y
inch. The contestants were Riley, Wright
and Lawlor of Bellows Falls, Dunlap and
Lowe of V. A., and Wheeler of Brattle-
boro.
While uninterestng to many track
meet followers the discus throwing this
year was contest until the last cast OF
the plate. Alederos the Cuban from V. A.,
and Knowlton tied for first place at 92.4
feet and the points were divided. In the
throw-off for the medal Knowlton won.
Putnam, Wright and Provost of Bellows
Falls Alederos. Dunlap and Tribolet OF
V. A., and Thompson, knowlton and
Morse of Brattleboro were the entrants
but when Knowlton beat Mederos first
throw of $50 feet with throw of 90.I
feet it became evident that the honors
rested with these two performers. On the
second throw Mederos put the discus 91.1
feet and again Knowlton beat him out
with throw of 92.4 feet. Mederos third
throw was 92.4 feet and as Knowlton
could not better it first and second points |
were divided between Brattleboro and
Vermont academy. This made the stand i
ings read V. A. 10, Brattleboro II, Bellows
Falls 3.
In field of - starters Miner won the
Bellows Falls, the second-place man, took
the lead early and set a terrific pace but
on the stretch he could not go fast enough |
to prevent the Brattleboro captain from
forging ahead. Fitzgerald of Bellows Falls
took third place and made Bellows Falls
total points number Z. Brattleboro had
run up 16 points, thereby getting lead
over Vermont academy. The other start
ers in the 440-yard event were Wright,
and Murphy of Bellows Falls Mederos,
Bent, Lord and Redfield of V. A., and
Wentworth Marion and Sanders OF Brat
tleboro
Vermont academy took first and third
honors in the shot put with Mederos and
Dunlap. The distance was 40 feet, two
inches Putnam of Bellows Falls was third
This event put V. A. in the lead again
In the low hurdles it looked as if V. A.
would carry off first honor with Nichols,
but Thompson made him divide by making
the race dead heat in 2S seconds. Tribo-
let of v. A. was third in this event. The
other entrants were Olnlstead of Bellows
Falls, Bingham and Haskell of Brattle-
boro. This was the first event that really
warmed up the crowd and Thompson was
cheered for his plucky work in winning
half of the first honor points. The en-
thusiasm became manifest when the stand
ing of the three teams was announced
Y. A. "a, Brattleboro 20 and Bellows
In the 22Oyard dash V. A. had three
starters, Nichols, Tribolet and Redfeld
II
Falls and Harris for Brattleboro While !
Nichols won in "a 3-5 seconds he
had to keep moving every second as
Riley crowded him all the way to the fin
sh. Harris added another point to Brat J
tleboro's string by coming in third. V. A. !
stock climbed when the announcer credited
the academy with 20 points, Brattleboro
with p and Bellows Falls with 10. 1t
was the next event that lifted Brattleboro's !
score. The half-mile run brought out II J
men; Fitzgerald, Murphy and Adams for 4
Bellows Falls; Tribolet, Burnett Lord and 4
Parker for v A., and Wentworth, Adams, |
Marion and Miner for Brattleboro. At /
he pistol Miner, who had the pole, and
Murphy got away together and Travelled |
EASILY as companions for perhaps 300 yards |
when Miner began to increase his slight 4
cad. Wentworth, in the lead, set hot
PACE until the field neared the quarter
1ole when Miner cut loose. Running easily
'nt with speed that increased every
stride he improved his lead until he I
,rossed the tape fully so yards ahead of '
Murphy in the excellent time of two min
ties, nine and one.-ffth seconds. Marion, h
he stocky Brattleboro man, beat out the =
ield for third place although he started !.
,nly with the intention of pacing to the !,
irst quarter. The points gained by Miner 81 :,
nd Marion put Brattleboro's total up to Il
q, only two behind Vermont academy. \
The high jump was called with two en- y
rants from Bellows Falls, two from Yer i, l.
mont academy and four from Brattleboro. :"
III negotiated the. 4,foot height and Mich 4
lis of v; A. and Morse Of Brattleboro
made their first miss at the Aft, S-inch
mark. Thompson passed up the different
lights until the Aft, 1O-inch notch was
cached when he took his first iump. Fl
Haskell of Brattleboro and WRIGHT ~ "a