The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-14


Pretty Finishes and Strenuous Com
petition in Annual Contest at Fair
Ground.
1t may have been the fact that to
win first or second place at the grades
track meet on the Valley fair grounds
Saturday afternoon meant box seats at
the Auditorium that evening, or it may
have been Just the usual interest and
strenuous effort at these annual games,
but it looked as if the tickets might |
have been n little inducement to put
forth one more ounce Of effort. In any
event it seemed as though the contests
were carried through with just a shade
more of endeavor than usual.
The annual struggle between the 9th
and 9TH grades of the Canal and Main
street schools, the athletes cheered onl
by the girl choruses primed with new
songs, was fought out gamely by Main
street, but the representatives of Ca
nal street were too strong for them
and scored % points as against 80.
The eighth grade gathered only III
points 10 50 for the ninth grade, both
OF the Main street school,
The bright individual star was Gun
Finger of the Canal street 9th grade,
who won three first places and tied
for another, scoring 10 points. His
nearest competitor was Berterley of the
9th grade, who earned 1872 points. The
others who got double figures in points
were ellison and Micott with - each
and Gorborino with H.
No prettier finishes will be seen in a
meet than in the sprint for large boys
m tpb iab
limit by Greenwood, or in the 44O run
for medium boys in which NIicott took
a big lead early to be passed by Plumb
50 yards from home, Micott having
just enough left to shove past Plumb
at the tape. Lowe had an easy time
in the sprint for small boys, and push
ed Gunzinger over the hurdles but did
not have the speed ON the flat. Plumb
and Gibson were so close together at
the tape in the medium hurdles that
many believed the judges erred in Civ
ing first place to Plumb, and in the
last event Of the day, the 440-yards run
for large boys, the runners loafed I'M
til they reached the stretch and then
all sprinted. Greenwood was only
few inches behind Bettcrley at the
finish.
Howard easily showed the best form
in the high jump. In the broad jump
Lowe was so superior to the small
boys class that he was placed with the
medium boys, where the jump was
nearly two feet better than the winner
in the small boys class, and he could
not place with that handicap. Inc
poel vault showed nothing startling
by any of the performers, although il
each Of the three classes there were al
least two contestants who were able
to fight out first place to the last
inch. The summary:
lG0yards dash, small boys-Won by
Lowe, 9th grade, Canal; Morrill,, 9th
Canal, 2d; McKeon, 9th, Canal, Sd
Time IT secs.
00yards dash, medium boys-WoI
by Gorborino, 18th, Main; Micott, 9TH
Canal, ID; Gibson, 18th, Main, 3D.. Time
Il 50 secs.
100-yards DASH large boys-Won by
Sherman, 9th grade; Greenwood, 9th
2d; Davis, 9th, Sd. Time, II is secs
Broad jump, small boys-Won by L
Wells, Sth; Haywood, 9th Main, ID
Gilbert, Sth Main, 81. Distance /:
feet.
Broad jump, medium boys-Won b,
ellison, eth Main; Gorborino, 18th Main
2d; Hail. Sth Main, Sd. Distance l.
lttl lO13 lucneS.
Broad jump, large boys-Won b,
Davis, 9th grade; Betterley, 9th, %
Howard, 9th, Sd. Distance Is fee
7A inches.
120yards low hurdles small boys
Won by Gunzinger, 9th Canal; Lowe
9TH Canal ID; McKeon, 9th Canal 81
Time, 10 secs.
l20-yards low hurdles medium boy
Won bv Plumb 9th: Gibson It
Main, Cd; Lawton, 9TH Main, 81
Time, IL 3-5 secs.
l2O-yards low hurdles, large boys
Won by Betterley, 9th; Greenwood, 9tl
I'd; sherman, 9th, 3D.. Time, 16 sec
High jump, Snall boys-E. Well
9TH Main, and Gunzinger, 9th Cana
tied for first; Rollin, 9th Main, B.
Height feet 10 inches.
High jump, medium boys-Stocl
well, Sth Main, and Mieott, 18th c.
mel, tied for first; Hall, Sth, Sd. Heigh
feet 3&l inches.
High jump, large boys-Won |
Howard, 9th; Gibson, 18th Main, q
Mann, 9th, 3D.. Height, feet
inches.
Pole vault, small boys-Won |
Gunzinger, 9th Canal; Donovan, u
Canal, I'd; Crawford, 9th Main, 3
Height 5 feet IA inches.
Pole vault, medium boys-Won
LawtOn, 7th Main; Belden and Bra
ley, 18th Canal, tied for second. Heigf
feet 10 inches.
Pole vault, large boys-Won
Barker, 9th; Gorborino, 18th Main, 2
Howard and Betterley, 9th, tied for
Height, feet 10 inches
320yards run, small boys-Won