Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-20

Brunswick, Mar. 17-(SpeciaD.
o1st annual Bowdon college indoor in
terclass meet and goth annual exhibit
ton held in the Hyde athletic building
Friday evening was won by the class
Of 1917 with the class Of 1916 close
second. The fina l score was as fol-
lows: 1917, So; 1916, 441-2: 1918. 35 Is;
1919. %.
Records were broken in the 45-yard
high hurdles, 440-yard dash. 16-pound
shot put and running high jump, while
the best previous performances IN tn.
4o.yard dash and the 45-yard low hur-
dies were equaSied.
The Bowdoin freshmen defeated the
first year men from Bates in one OF
the closest and most exciting relay
contests ever seen in the Hyde athletic
building. The wonderful running of P.
s. Turner of Augusta, who made up
loss of over IS yards handed to him
by his teammates and passed l.. II.
Puryere. the Bates anchor man on the
last corner. was all that brought victory
to the White. Purvere was unfortu-
nate in suffering tumble just as Tur-
ner passed him on the home stretch'
but the formers fall was purely accl-
dental and not the result OF any rlxup
between the runners.
The class Of 1919 won the class drill
contest with a smooth exhibition Oh
Indian club swinging, with the Grass Oh
1917 second, fencing with broadswords'
and the class Of 1919 last with dumb
hell drill. The senior class did not en-
ter a drill team.
perlev s. Turner Of Augusta. former
captain Of the Cony High track team
was the bright star of the meet. AFTER
winning the freshman relay race from
pa+as for his teammates. Turner ran
tho 4aO-vard dash and established
now record of 81 and one-fifth seconds,
lowering by two seconds the record SET
last year by D. w. Pierce -. MOI CON
+ent with this he entered the mlle'
came out the winner. and capped MS
evenings performance by making up
seemingly impossible gap handed MIN
IN the freshman-junior relay contest
and winning the race for his team @Iur-
ner is one of the prettiest runners 'hal
Rowdoin has seen for some time ana
is sure to be heard from in the inter-
collegiate contests this spring.
chauncey A. Hall '16. another former
c-onv High boy, distinguished himseit
by winning the running broad Jump
and nv excellent work on the senior
class relay team.
The summary follows:
40-vard dash, trials and seml-nnals-
First heat won by H. H. Sampson -
9na. f. c. Call Is: second heat won by
r. Webber '16; End, E. E. Hildreth '1S;
third heat won by w. w. Simonton Is;
9nd Campbell Keene IT: fourth heat
won by w. A. Savage IS; End. w. D.
Ireland '16; fifth heat won by RoderlcK
PRIME IS; 2nd, w. S. Cormack ~;
sixth heat won by p. e. Doherty Is;
2nd. G. w. Leadbetter '16; seventh heat
won by c. A. Hall '16; 2nd. H. >.
White II; eighth heat won by c. l..
Wyman 49,; End, 0. L. Hamin ~;
ninth heat won by f. H. Bond II, End.
E. l.. Stanley Is.
FIRST senni-hnal heat won by H. II.
Sampson II; second semi-final heat
won nv l.. Weber '16; third semi-final
heat won by e. H. Bond II; fourth
semi-final heat won by r. Pirnie '1s.
Bates 10 VS.. Bowdoin 10. team race
Won by Bowdoin C. B. Cole. H. A.
Mitchell, W. E. Hutchins, P. S. Tur-
ner) over Bates C. S. Baker, J. H.
Powers, O. F. Smith. L. H. Purvere).
Time, I'm, 1sec.
40-yard dash. finals-Won by H. H.
Sampson II: End, r. PRIME Is; third,
L. weber '16: fourth, E. H. Bond II.
Time, 4xsec. Cites record).
sso-yard run-Won by r. N. Fill
more II: End, W. w. Simonton '1S; 3rd.
o. L. Hamlin Is: fourth. H. D. Her.
sum '1s. Time, 2min. 16sec.
45-yard high hurdles. trials and semi
finals-Ffrst trial heat won by w. A.
Savage '1s: End trial neat won by L.
Weber '16; 3-d trial heat won by H.
S. White II; 4th trial heat won by N.