The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
FORMER RECORDS SMASHED.
SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS
MADE AT HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC MEET.
Pickcns Wins First Place, while Sec.
ond GOsc to Grccnville-ScabOrn In
dividual Star of Day-BOys are
Guests OF University.

Columbia, April 24.-Events of the
South Carolina intercollegiate High
School track meet held yesterday in
Columbia broke one national inter-
scholastic record and two Southern
records.
Collie Seaborn Of Pickens, the indi-
vidual star Of the day. threw the jul
nior discus 1853 feet fsur inches, which
is three feet four inches better than
a record of $50 feet even, made by
l.. Whitney of the Worcester academy
in a meet at Travers Island, N. Y,
June 7. 1911. This same young man
ran the 1O0-yard dash in 10 2-5 sec.
onds; won first place in the pole vault;
did the 220-dash in 23 Id seconds and
took second place in the running
broad jump. He made a total of 2S
points and his team, the Pickens high
school. won first place in THE meet.
Mcqueen of Clio smashed records
when he made six feet one inch in
the running high jump. This record
falls short Of the national interschol-
astic record by only 2 3-S inches and
1t is 3 3-4 inches better than the s.
/. A. A. record, made by Anderson Of
Vanderbilt in the annual S. 1. A. A.
meet of 1905.
McManus of Greenville ran the 100
low hurdles in the very fine time of
Is 3-5 seconds.
With 33 points Pickens, its first
year in the meet, won first place,
largely through the work Of young
Scaborn. Greenville, materially aided
by Szabo's two firsts, came second
with rs points. The totals of other
teams that scored follow: Clio, IL;
Westminster, 8; Easley. s; Furman
Fitting school, s; Batesburg, 4; Lam
caster, 4; Glover, 3; Richland, /;
Spartanburg, 1; N~inety-SiX, :.
The 100 young men who came to
Columbia for the o~ratorical contest
and athletic meet were entertained S3
the University Of South Carolina while
here and the meetings and contests
were all held on university grounds.
The records Of the meet follow:
One hundred yard dash: Seaborn
Dickens, first, 10 Us seconds; Heus-
tiss (Clio), second; Hough (Lancas-
teri, third.
Shot put: Willis discriminatory, &c
feet one-half inch; Looper (Pickens),
second; Storey (~Ninety-Six), third.
Eight hundred and eighty yard
race: McManaway (G~reenville), two
minutes, 2S seconds; Boggs (Pickens),
second; Wright (Batcsburg), third.
Discus: Seaborn (Pickens), first,
1853 feet. four inches; Lawrence
(Clover), second; McManus Green
ville). third.
Four hundred and forty yard run:
Szabo (G%reenville). first, Sc 3-5 Sec
onds; Watson (Batesburg). second;
~McManaway (%Greenville). third.
Pole vault: Seaborn (Pickens),
first, ten feet, five inches; Stackhouse
(Clio). second; Anderson (Easley),
third.
Low hurdles (12O yards): Nc
Manus (Greenville). first, Is 3-5 sec
onds; Anderson (Easley), second;
Curtis (Pickens). third.
Broad jump Cummings: Szabo
(Greenville). first, 20 feet, G IA
inches; Seaborn (Pickens), second;
Smith (Easley). third.
Two hundred and twenty yard dash:
Seaborn (Pickens), first, 23 is sec
onds; Hough ~(LancasterO, second.
Heustiss (Clio). third.
High jump (running): Mcqueen
CClio), first, six feet, one inch; Cur
tiss (Pickens). second; Ats CRich-
land), third.
Mile run: Hubbard thurman Fit
ting SCHOOL,. first. five minutes. s as
seconds; Going (Greenville), second;
Thomas (Spartanburg), third.