Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-05
BRATTLEBORO wins MEET
Goddard Comes Next and Troy
Conference Third.
other Preparatory Schools DO Little
mt Annual Track Meet, Held on
Centennial Field-EiGbt
Schools Entered.

Brattleboro high school won the in
terscholastic track meet Saturday af-
ternoon at Centennial field with to-
tai of SO points. Goddard Seminary
came next with ~ points and Troy
Conference Academy took SO. AL
though Burlington, Spaulding, Middle
bury, Brandon and IIardwick high
schools were also entered, the three
first mentioned were the only schools
to show anything in the line of track
athletics. A few new records were
made and on the whole the meet was
a fast one. The affair was run off un-
der the auspices of the athletic asso-
citation of the University of Vermont and
has been an annual event for several
years. larger attendance was out
than usual and considerable enthus-
iasm was manifested. New records
were established in the broad jump,
220-yard dash and pole vault
Brown of T. c. A. was one of the
biggest point getters in the meet and
was responsible for a good share of
the score of that school. He took
first in the 100-yard dash and the 12-
pound shot-put, third in the 22O-y yard
dash, and fourth in the discus throw
and hammer throw The record of 10
and 3-5 seconds for the hundred yard
dash was equaled and new records of
1903 feet for the hammer throw and
40,5 feet for the shot-put were made.
Following are the events with the
point winners:
100-yard dash-First, Brown of r. c.
A; second, Sherman of Brattleboro
high; third, Terrence of T. C. A.;
fourth, La Case of Goddard. Time,
10 80 seconds.
Running high jump--First Thayer OF
Brattleboro; second. Shepard of Harwick;
third, Rice of Bratteboro; fourth, George
of Goddard and Mallory Of T. c. A..
Height, five feet two inches.
SS0-yard run-First. Lebanon of Cod
dard; second, Shepard of Hardwick; third,
Feeley of Goddard; fourth, Sanders of
Brattleboro. Time, 2:12 As.
- pound shut put-First, Brown, T. c..
A; second, Root of Goddard; third, Mer-
rill of Goddard; fourth. Haskell of Brat
tleboro. Distance 81 feet eight and a half
inches.
44O-yard dash-First. Moses of Goddard;
second, Fits of Brattleboro third, Rice
of Brattleboro; fourth, lie Baron of God
dard Time, 80 3-5 seconds.
Pole vault-First Holsapple of T. c. A..
second, Moses of Goddard; third. Thayer
of Brattleboro; fourth, Terrence of T. c.
A. Height feet 6 inches. (New recordD
22o-yard dash-First Sherman of Brat
tleboro; second, Moses of Goddard; third,
Brown of T. C. A; fourth, Rice of Brattle-
boro. Time % seconds. (New record)
Throwing discus-First, Terrence of
Merrill Of Goddard; fourth, Brown of
IT. c. A. Distance SO feet six inches
100 yard hurdlcs-First, Haskell of
Brattleboro; second, Mallory of r. c. A.;
third. Angler of Brattleboro; fourth
Brown of 7, c. A. Time, is seconds.
Throwing hammer-First Cook of Brat
tleboro: second, Holsapple of T. C. A.;
third, Merrill of Goddard: fourth, Brown
OF T. c. a. Distance 1Ol feet two inches
Mile run-First. lie Baron of Goddard;
aecond Harlow of Brattleboro; third,
Feeley of Goddard. Time four minutes
Sc 3-5 seconds
Broad jump-First, Feeley of Goddard
second, Terrence OF 7. c. a. and Sher-
man of Brattleboro fourth, Taggart of
Burlington. Distance 20 feet II Ia inches.
(New record.
300 yard hurdles-First, Angler of Brat
tleboro; second, Haskell Of Brattleboro;
third, Bingham of Brattleboro and Fee
ley of Goddard. Time 2Sla seconds.
Following are the officials: Referee,
Van Cor; starter, DR.. Stone, judges Of
finish Prof Thomson, owens. Ferrin;
timers, Mr.. Blackburn, Mr., Lindsay,
Hayden; field Judges, Prof. Ogle Leigh
ton, Bloomer; measurers, d. NJ. Bartlett.
Schon; clerk of course Salmond: assist
ant clerk of course. Douglass announcer,
Bailey; scorer, Andrews.