Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-14
GRADE ATHLETES
SMASHED RECORDS
Four New Marks Established on
Valley Fair Grounds
Richmond Of Eighth Grade Highest Point
Winner with Record Of 23-NInth
Grade Made Total Of &C.

Four track records were broken in
the annual athletic meet of the grades
of the public sChools on the Valley
fair grounds Wednesday afternoon. The
new records were made in the 100 yard
dash for large boys, the running jump
for medium and large boys and the 440-
yard dash for large boys. Cheered on
by large and enthusiastic crowd of
classmates, and friends the young ath-
letes gave a fine exhibition and were
rewarded by words of praise for the
fine showing they made. The material
now in the grades shows that the high
school track teams will continue to be
of high standard. The ninth grade boys
captured first place with 46 points, the
eighth grade was second with 80 points
and the other grades finished as fol-
lows: Seventh grade, Main street. 81;
seventh grade, Canal street 21h sixth
grade, Main street, 14h; sixth grade.
Canal street, IA. The leading point win
ners we're: Richmond 49, Whitney 1914;
Hall IA Randall 13: Howard II; Estey
10. Richmond of the eighth grade and
Whitney of the ninth grade were close
contestants in their class and Richmond
was surprise when he took first place
in the point winners from Whitney.
100-yard DASH small boys: Won by
Richard Stockwell, Leonard Pearson,
second, Frederick Brown, third. Time
13 3-5 seconds.
100-yard dash, medium boys: Won by
Clarence Hall, Stewart Stearns second,
Elmer Birch third Time ~ 2-5 seconds
100-yard dash, large boys: Won by
Abbott Richmond Raymond Whitney
second, Clayton Randall third Time
II 1-5 seconds
Broad jump, small boys: Won by AL
bert Ovitt, Frederick Brown second, AL
fred Greenwood third. Distance 13 feet,
Az inches.
Joseph Estey, Clarence Hall second,
Hayden Randall third. Distance IA feet,
10 inches.
Broad jump large boys: Won by Ray
mond Whitney, Abbott Richmond sec
ond, Alvin Bowman third. Distance Is
feet, 10h inches.
12O-yard hurdles, small boys: Won by
Hayden Randall, Leonard Pearson sec
ond, Elmer Birch third. Time II As
seconds.
120-yard hurdles, medium boys: Won
by Fred Howard, Clarence Hall sec
ond, Harold Chandler third Time 16
1-5 seconds.
12O- yard hurdles, large boys: Won by
Abbott Richmond, Raymond Whitney
second, Clayton Randall third. Time Is
2-5 seconds
High jump, small boys: Wen by How
ard Vinton, Byron Lynch second, Rich
ard Stockwell third. Height feet,
inches.
High jump, medium boys: Won by
Harold Chandler and Joseph Estey, who
tied, Fred Howard third. Height feet,
2 inches.
High jump, large boys: Won by Alb
bott Richmond, Guy Johnson second,
Raymond Whitney and Albert Bowman
tied for third. Height feet, 5 inches.
Pole vault, small boys: Won by Hen
ry SaXton, Hayden Randall second Err
nest Gibson and Frederick Brown tied
for third. Height feet 8 inches.
Pole vault, medium boys: Won by Fred
Howard Harold Chandler second, Jo-
seph Estey third Height feet, inch.
Pole vault, large boys Won by Ray
mond Whitney, Dennison Cowles Sec
ond, Albert Bowman third. Height 7
feet, 8 inches.
44Oyard dash, small boys: Won by
Roger Sherman, Alfred Greenwood Sec
ond, Carl Johnson third. Time / minute,
13 -2-5 seconds.
440-yard dash, medium boys: Hayden
Randall and Clayton Barnard tied for
first place, Elmer Birch third. Time I
minute, IL seconds
I440-yard dash, large boys: Won by
Abbott Richmond Clarence Hall second,
Clayton Randall third. Time l minute,
l second.
The officials were: Judges, Rice, Har-
ris, Spencer; starter, Stolte; announcer,
Sherman timers and measurers, Fits,
Rice and Thayer; clerk of course, San
ders.