Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-16
GRADES TRACK MEET
Two Races Almost Dead Heats
and Pole vauIting Good
Eighth Grade Team Captured So Points
Canal Street 9Th and 7th Beat
Main Street Rivals.

The postponement of the annual
track meet of the grades of the pub
lie schools from Saturday to Monday
hurt nothing but the attendance. Many
fond fathers and mothers, who could
have been present Saturday, were I'M
able to be on the fair grounds Mon
day afternoon, but those who were
there, and they included most of the
children of the grades above the
fourth, and few adults, saw some
pretty racing and some good pole
vaulting.
The girls Of the different grades,
armed with new songs and cheers,
mostly directed at similar grades in
other schools, kept up a constant bat
tie of music and noise while the
youngsters in the competitions attend
ed strictly to the business before them.
Two of the races were so close that
many disagreed with the Judges and
it might have been as well to call
them both dead heats. Biasi of the
Sth grade and Lowe of the Canal 18th
ran a heart-breaking finish in the 100
yards dash for the medium boys and
the former got the decision. In the
440-yards run for large boys Hall set
the pace and held it to the very tape,
where Stockwell nipped him the julg-
es said, but it was by very thin skin.
The Canal 9th and 9TH grades beat
the rival grades of the Main street
school, 4S points to 40. The 18th grad
ers of the Canal street were busily en-
gagged all through the meet in picking
up points in every event and it was
the ability of the young athletes from
that grade to pick up second and third
places that carried the day for the
Canal street graders. The Canal
Street 18th grade scored 80 points and
the 9th grade IS. Main street 9TH
scored II points and Main street 9th
23 points.
The Sth grade had the banner team,
capturing 80 points to only % for the
9th grade.
Individually Biasi was the star, get
ting IS points, but it must be said
that he was lucky. He managed to
catch the eye of the judges in the
close heat with Lowe and in the hurdle
race for medium boys first Wells, who
was far in the lead, fell and then Nor
rill, who succeeded the fallen leader,
fell at the next hurdle, leaving Biasi,
who was "a poor third at the time Of
Well s fall, to romp home a winner.
Robbins of the 9th grade Main
street and Belden of the Sth grade,
were tied for the second individual
honors with Is points each and L.
Haywood of the Main street 9th grade
had 10 points.
Robbins won the broad jump for
small boys and the low hurdles or
small boys and was second in the 100
yard dash for small boys. Beden won
the 100yards dash for large boys and
the hurdle race for large boys and
was second in the high jump for large
boys. L. Haywood won the 1OO-yafd
dash for small boys and also the pole
vault for small boys.
Adams, who has been vaulting we'll
over eight feet in practise, won the
event for large boys at seven feet six
inches and then tried to clear the bar
ut eight feet but failed. The sum-
mary:
100 yards dash, small boys-Won byI
l.. Haywood, Main street 9th grade;
Main 9th. second; Rice, Ca
nal street 9th, third. Time 10 sees.
100 yards dash-Medium boys-Won
~ Biasi, Sth; Lowe, Canal eth, sec
md; Wells, Sth, third. Time. 13 %
secs.
100 yards dash, large boys-Won by
Belden, Sth; Stockwcll, 9th, second;
Nixon, 8th. third. Time II 20 e,s.
Robbins, Main 9th; W. Haywood,
Main 18th, second; Babb, Canal 9Th,
third. Distance. 13 feet 10 inches.
Broad jump, medium boys-Won by
Wells, Sth; Biasi, Sth, second; Lowe,
Canal 9TH, third. Distance, Is feet
Broad jump. large boys-Won by
Freeman, 9th; w. Adams, Canal 7th,
second; Hall, Sth, third Distance 10
feet 101A inches.
100 yards low hurdles, small boys
Won by Robbins, Main 9th; Rice Ca
nal 9th, second; Purington, Main 18th,
third. Time 10 2.5 secs.
100 yards low hurdles, medium BOYS
Won by Biasi, Sth; Wilder, Canal
ith. second; McKeon, Sth, third. Time,
Is SO secs.
120 low hurdles, large boys-Won by
Belden, Sth; Stockwcll, 9th, second;
Canal 18th, third. Time,
l6 As secs.
IIlSh jump, SHiull DONS-N OH ny
Basi, Sth; Rolin, Main 7th, second;
Cushing and Babb, Canal 18th, tied for
third, Height feet l inch
High jump, medium boys-Wilder,
Canal 9th and Lowe and Gunzingcr,
Canal 18th, tied for first at 4 feet Q
inches.
High jump, large boys-Won by
Freeman, 9th; Belden, Sth, second;
Hall, Sth, third. Height. A feet s.
inches.
Pole vault, small boys-Won by L..
Main 9th; Rice, Canal 9th,
second; Sanders, Canal 9TH. third.
Height feet l inch.
Pole vault, medium boys-WOn by
Wilder, Canal 9Th Babb, Canal 9TH,
second; w. Haywood, Main 9TH, third.
Height feet Q inches.
Pole vault. large boys-Won by Ad-
ans, Canal 18th; Lawton, sth, second;
Hall, Sth, third, Height feet s
inches.
44O yards run, small boys-Won by
Pnrineton, Main 18th; w. Haywood
Main 18th. second; Roln. Main 7th,
third. Time, l minute, 16 sees.
440 yards run medium boys-Won
by Nixon. Sth; w. Adams, Canal 7th
second: GunZinper Canal 9TH third