Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-24
Colby College.

Track Coach and Athletic Trainer
Arthur j. Adams returned, Monday.
to Watervi1le, to serve the college for
his second year in the same capacity.
And he was right royalty greeted by
the entire student body, for not O.
man has forgotten that it was through
his efforts that the Colby track team
made such rapid strides in the race
for the State championship pennant OF
the last two years.
Tuesday. the fall track work will
commence and will continue right UP
to Thanksgiving recess or the time
the board track is laid. The annual
interclass track meet will be pulled
off in about two weeks. Last year, it
was easily won by the class of 1918,
with Nardini the greatest point win
ner. This year. the Freshmen will
have Murchie of Coburn and Meahix
of the Legate School, SO 1t is safe to
expect them to give the Seniors
good rub for first place.
There has been considerable talk
among the four Maine colleges about
holding an Intercollegiate cross coun-
try run in Waterville, the later part
of October or the first of November.
IitIt ildS IlDl OtCi dily tUtUS QctlfIltH
settled but there are excellent
chances of the event being pulled Oft.
There is no doubt but that Water
Vile is admirably situated for such d
meet. as it is directly in the center
of the college territory of the State.
Adams has good reason of feeling
quite happy over the prospects of -
winning track for next spring. for.
this year, the college has several new
athletes of note. Meanix, the star
athlete from the Legate School of
Boston, had. unquestionably. the rep
utation of being the best of the all
round prep. school athletes in NEW
England. when he graduated. last
June. In the spring, he won this
Dartmouth Interscholastie New Eng
land meet for the Legate School by
capturing three straight firsts. He Ia
one of the four in the Interscholastic-
mile relay, who hold the worlds In
terscholastic record. held at the, Unit
versity of Pennsylvania relay carniyai,
last year. He is also good In the
weights. gt .s4is ss
Saturday, he represented the colleges
at the exhibition track meet. held at
Bangor. and won first in the 10Q-
and 220-yard dash. He came back
to Watervile with two handsome fife
Waltham gold watches as result OF
his days work. s
Murchie of Cohurn holds the Maine
Interscholastic record in the hammer
throw and can do the broad for some
over twenty He is also a hurdler
who will bear watching.
Doyle of Concord High will also be
another good man when 1t comes to
jumping the hurdles.
Lowney of Cushing Academy, who
graduated from Coburn, last year. will
be as useful on the track team as ne
will be on the football squad.
Adams has several more prep.
school athletes of the desirable type
headed for Colby. This year. Ashley.
another New Hampshire man, who is
strong in baseball, football and track,
is attending Coburn, and expects to
enter Colby. next year. Ryan. the
half miller. who was around at the
opening of college, has gone back to
Powder Point school for the year and
will be around for good when college
opens year from now. Tom Haipin
of Boston English High, who made
won the Senior A. A. U. 440-yard. In
40 LIS, Saturday. and the Junior A. A.
U. half mile in 1 min. 81 secs. Fri
day. is expected to register for the
second semester.
Lively signal heavy scrimmage
made up the program. Monday, OF
football practice. The largest squad
in the history of the college reported
-3S men. One of the most promising
of the new recruits was "Dutchey"
Aver, quarterback for the Exeter
Academy team. who is out for the
same position. He will be a formidable
man for anyone aspiring to that po-s
sition. Beach. end. who has been out
OF the game. for a few days on ac-'
count of a bad leg. reported for prac-
tice, Monday.
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