Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-20
TRACK MEET AT
HARLlNGEN WAS
HUGE SUCCESS
BROWNSVILLE CAPTURED n0NORS
OF THE OCCASION, COMING OUT
TWELVE POINTS AHEAD
HARllNGEN TEAM TAKES THE SEC
OND PLACE AND SAN BENITO
THE FOURTH.

The tennis and track teams Of the
Brownsville high school captured first
place and took TENN, honors in the Cam
crOn County lntcr-cholaStic Athletic
Leagues meet held lit Harrington IN Satur-
day. Wind and dust intcrfercd greatly
with the various events. but despite tins ali
contestants made q good showing. and the
event was considered the greatest athletic
meet held III the history al the Cameron
county public schools.
The dav opened with the tennis matches,
the entries beng San Benito. Harrington. La
Fcria and Brownsville. Harrington and In
Fcria played first. Johnson and Branch of
In Fcria winning. The second game was
between Brownsville and san Benito.
Brownsville winning with l.. llinkley and
Thaver. Brownsville won the finals with
In Feria. Thayer and lIinkley of the team
will 20 to Raymondvillc next month 10 com
pete IN the district contest there. Ii sue
cc~sful in that game they will be candidates
for the Austin state meet in MAY.
The Track Meet.
In the track meet. tire following was the
total number Of points for each team
Brownsville. IS 81: Harrington. 40 IA;
san Bcnito, 10; R~aymondville. Z, Wilson
school. n: In Feria. o..
Harrington won first place IN five events.
Brownsville in four. San Benito. four: Ray
mondvlle in one. Brownsville's plurality
ia points was due in 4 large measure to
having entered the maximum number OF
men allowed each school IN each of the
events, thus enabling the team to ret more
second. third and fourth places than the
schools not entering ~ many men ~ per
mitted.
ONE HUNDRED YARD DASII-In the
l0O-yard dash. B~rownsvillc's fast man, -.
IIinklev. was penalized three feet for false
start. and was able to get only fourth place
in the finish. Largeni. the star runner for
Harrington. was first in this event. making
the remarkable time of ~ 3-5 seconds. II.
II. Clint Of Brownsville wa- third
FOUR HUNDRED FORTYS-The San
Benito team'won first honorS IN the 40
yard dash. while Thayer 1T Brownsville.
whn M the last moment was substituted
~ NtiNItf~ III Aii~ run. faiif - 'Ah~' ST.
ond.
WEIGHT THROWING - Brownsville'-
superiority was much in evidence III the
weight throwing contests. Kendall "i
Brownsville won first in the discus hurl.
Weller came second. and >tell was fourth.
san Bcnito'> entry drew third IN this event.
In the hammer throw Largent OF Harrington
failed To come up to expectations. and got
third place. first going o. Weller Of
Brownsville and second ~ san Benitn.
>tell Of Brownsville was fourth.
BROAD JUMP-Burt Hinkley was first
m the broad Jump. clearing ~ feet 3 inches,
san BenIto was a close second. while Vel
Ter of Brownsville drew third place.
THE FEATURE ENENTs-The three
feature events of the day might well be
considered Larvent's performance in the
l~00-yard dash. Ilinklev'S broad Jump. and
ClintS run for first honorS III the snlle race.
With a strong wind and flying dust to con
tend with. the mile race wa> without doubt
the most gruelhng contest III the day.
BrownSville'S three entries for this race
were Clint, CavazoS and Biggs. Cavazos
gained the lead NJ the start. and maintained
a remarkable gait for ever 4 halt mile. lie
was compelled TO drop out before the