Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-11-19
Paris-Buclfseld Track Meet.
PARIS THE WINNER, SCORES Al POINTS
TO "a FOB BUcKFIELD.

| Rafis.buci1Ieid Track Meet.
PARIS THE WINNER, SCORES AZ POINT
TO "a FOB BUcKFIELD.
For the first time In Ii history, q tract
team representing Paris High School
met team from . nelghboring higt
school In an athletic meet which va
held 1t the fair grounds Saturday after
noon. Despite the fact that their op
ponents were moro experienced In thil
kind Of an event, Paris came through
with . victory, which WAS rather IN
expected. Il WAS In tho running EVENT.
that Paris showed the most strength
and gathered in enough points TO NOR
than Offset the lead that Buckfleld hat
secured In the field events.
As was to be expected ut this time o
year the weather was cold, and most IN.
favorable for producing any very go0t
results, but both teams suffered alike
| in this respect, although the visitori
were somewhat handicapped by theil
long drive over frozen ground.
| Paris score of AZ points was made By
winning 5 first places, 6 second places
and 4 thirds. Buckfield secured frs
places, 3 second places, and thirt
places for their score Of "a points. Don
Brooks OF Paris was easily the star ol
the meet, scoring % points for his team
winning 4 events and getting . second
place in one other event. The highest
number of points scored by any Buck
field man was Q and there were three or
the team that won that number. They
were Fogg. Spaulding and Dunn.
The points won by the Paris team were
divided as follows: d. Brooks %, Patch
Is, Stearps 9, Merrill 3, Woodwork 8
w. Brooks 2, L. Davis /, Churchill l.
Buckfield's point winners were Spauld
ing o, Fogg 0, Dunn 0, Sturtevant 5,
Waterman /, Lowell /.
The frat event Of the afternoon was
the high jump. Buckfield entered 4
men, Paris 8. The bar was first placed
At 8 II. Q In, and Was raised two inches
at time. All the contestants cleared II
up to feet, when Waterman OF Buck.
field Was the first to fail. Stearns OF
Paris went out at 1t. 2 in, and Fogg Of
Buckfield and Winslow Of Paris stopped
at 4 II. 4 in. This left three men, Dunn
aud Sturtevant of Buckfield and Brooks
of Paris. Sturtevant could not clear 4
#. 9 in, and at 4 Il. 8 in. Brooks failed,
Dunn winning the event by clearing at
that height. Dunn OF Buckfield 1st;
d. Brooks Of Paris I'd, Sturtevant OF
Buckfeld 3rd.
The shot put came next on the pro-
gram and this event was won by FOgg Of
Buckfield with put Of 81 fl. Z in. Paris
got second place on put by Stearns OF
20 It. 8 in. Third place went to Dunn
of Buck field, 20 IT. 10 IL in. Others who
entered this event were Woodwork and
L. Davis of Paris, and Bisbee Of Buck
field.
The broad jump was the next event
and D. Brooks emerged Q winner by
clearing 16 IT. 10 IA in. Second and
third places went to Buckfeld, Dunn
making a jump of 10 #. 8 in. aud Water
man clearing Is #. II IA in. Paris
other men in this event were Stearns,
Winslow and Dow, while Buckfield
entered Fogg, Bisbee and Spauldiug.
Next came the pole vault and at first
it was thought that Paris would give
Buckfield the 9 points in this event, but
some of the Paris boys, although having
had no practice. were willing to 60 in
and do their best and out of this number
L. Davis and Bartlett showed that with
practice they could do good work In the
event. l.. Davis did so we'll that he
earned third place over Lowell Of
Buckfield. However, Spaulding and
Sturtevant of Buckfield won easily,
clearing the bar at Z II. in, when Davis
stopped and conceded first and second
places to them. The two men did not
Jump 1t out but each 10 said TO be capable
of about s #.
This completed the field events and
when the track events were started
Buck field was leading by Q score OF "A
points to II.
OF the running events the 100 yard
dash came first. Buck6eld bad 8 start
era, Paris 4. D. Brooks of Paris got .
good start and gained slight lead in the
first so yards, 10 the last 80 yards Fogg
of Buckfield gained slightly but Brooks
won by about yard. Fogg was second.
Third place was SO holly contested that
a consultation OF judges was necessary.
W. Brooke OF Paris was given the place
over Spauiding of Buckfield. The other
men, Bartlett and Stearns Of Paris and
Dunn OF Buckfield finished we'll together.
Time II 2.5 seconds.
The quarter mile run came next. Paris
entered Merrill, Patch and Bartlett.
Buckfield, Davis and Fogg. Patch and
Merrill finished first and second rather
easily, while Fogg of Buckfield just beat
out Bartlett of Paris for third place.
Time IS Al seconds.
In the 220 yard run Paris scored the
first clean sweep of the day, its runners,
D. Brooks, Stearns, w. Brooks and
Woodwork finishing in the order nam
ed, all ahead of Dunn and Lowell, Buck
fields two entries. Time Is as seconds.
Next came the mile run and this was
one OF the best events OF the day. Each
team entered 8 men. For Paris, S.
Clifford, Woodwork, and Merrill. For
Buckfield, Lowell, Spaulding, Sturte-
want. Spaulding took the lead at the
start and at the half mile was still lead
ihg, running easily with Clifford of Paris
a good second. At the 3-quarter mark
Woodwork quickeued his pace and
passed Lowell, Clifford and Spaulding.
When the last 100 yards were reach cd
Woodwork and SpauldiDg were on even
terms and both ran themselves out to the
finish, Spaulding just winning out.
Lowell of Buckfield beat out Clifford OF
Paris for third. Time 6:14 As.
The last event was the half mile.
When this was started the score stood
SO to "a in Paris favor and Buck6 cid
still had chance to win by getting Q
first and second in this event. Their
run ners, Waterman and Dunn, were un-
equal to the task, however, aud four
Paris men reached the finish line before
a Buckfield man could cross 1t. The
Paris runners flushed, D. Brooks LIST,
Patch End, Churchill 3rd, Stearns 4th.
Time 2:51 rs seconds.
The officials were: Judges, Stone and
Brown of Norway, Sturtevant Of Buck
field. Timer, Brackett Of Buckfeld.
Starter, Keaney of Paris, Announcer,
Clifford of Paris. Scorer, Thayer.
The meet aroused considerable interest
In track events and IN effort will be