Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-22
TECH WINS MEET
WITH BIG MARGIN
Steelton Athletes Sc cond; /;
Boehringer, of Reading, Wins
Individual Honors

Tech High athletes won the tenth
annual Pennsylvania Scholastic track
and field meet on Saturday with an
other cleanup record. Tech scored
S5 points, figuring in every event. ex-
cept the half-mile. Steelton athletes
made a great showing, being the run
ners up and scoring 3sh points. Cen
tral was third with 80 Ia points
Other scores follow:
Reading, 81; Columbia, IL 1-S; Will
Transport, 10; Altoona, s; York, s.;
Millersburg. 2.
Boehringer of Reading was high in
dividual scorer, having two firsts one
third, and one fifth. His closest COM
petltor was Captain Demming of Tech
with two ffrsts. Evans was also a
good boy having nine points. No
new records were made. The change
from quarter-mile track to a one
sixth mile circuit fooled some of the
boys and they did not put forth their
best efforts. Sutch might have done
better, but he held a good lead in the
two-mlle and took things easy.
Sellers Equals Record
Sellers of Steelton in the half-mile
equaled the record made by his
brother in 1911. The crowd number
ed $500 and the events were called
on schedule time. There was very
little interference from outsiders.
After the meet the Tech students
marched to the city cheering and
waving their colors. They will hold
the championship another year. The
summaries follow:
The Summaries
Ono Hnn6ra1 1,
Hooker, Steelton; second, Moore, Cen
trail; third, Irwin, Altoona; fourth, Ev-
ans, Tech; fifth, Boehrlnger, Reading,
time, 10 as seconds.
220-yard dash-Won by Irwin, AL
toona; second, Eyster, Tech; third.
Evans, Tech: fourth, Diffenbaugh,
Central; fifth. Ammerell, Reading
time, "a 3-5 seconds.
440-yard dash-Won by Demming,
Hail. Centrali fourth, Hendrickson,
York: fifth, Gipple, Tech; time,
55 10 seconds.
Half-mile run-Won by Sellers,
Steelton; second, Strickler, Columbia; ;
third, Edmonds Reading; fourth,
Perrin, Central; fifth Nj. Miller, Mill
ersburg; time, two minutes. six Sec
onds.
One-mile run-Won by sones VIII
third, Rhodes, Columbia; fourth.
Studenroth, Columbia; fifth, Gas
trock, Tech; time, four minutes, So 1-5
seconds.
Two-mile run-won by sutch,
Tech: second Hare, Central: third,
Gastroch. Tech; Fourth. McGann
Tech; hfth, seabourn. Tech; time,
10 minutes. 4S seconds.
Relay race-Won by Tech; second,
'OlITD1 biu third Gtnaltnn.
Central; fifth, York. Time. three
minutes, 81 1-3 seconds.
l2O-yard high hurdles-Won by
Boehringer, Reading; second, Heck,
Reading; third, Houtz Central
fourth, Grove, Steelton; fifth Boyer
Tech; time. II As.
22O-yard low hurdles-Won by
Boehring. Reading; second. Dayhoff,
Steelton; third, Hech. Reading: fourth
Iloutz, Central: fifth, Lloyd, Tech ;
time, 20 seconds.
Pole Nault-F'irst and second tie
between Nell, of Tech, and Moore, of
Tech. Nell won the toss for the gold
medal; third, tie between. Coleman,
Steelton, Grove, Steelton and Yeag-
ley, YORK Grove won third medal.
Height, nine feet, six inches.
Tech; second, Evans, Tech; third,
Boehringer, Reading; fourth, Hooker,
Steelton; fifth, Hartman, Milersburg
Distance, Is feet, inches
High jump-Won by Treadwell,
Williamsport; second, tie between
Boyer, Haehnlan and Mcfarland, of
Tech; fifth, tie between Quinn, Col
umbia, Wren, Steelton and Seilhamer,
Central: height feet, inches.
Hammer throw-Won by Dem
ming, Tech; second. Haehnlan, Tech;
third, Harris, Tech; fourth, Diffen-
baugh, Central; fifth, Avery, Steelton
distance, 129, az inches.
Shot put-Won by Harris, Tech
second, Mckay Tech; third, Avery,
Steelton; fourth. Stoeber, Reading;
fifth, Houtz, Central. Distance, SO
feet, 3 as inches.
Discuss throw-Won by Avery,
Steelton; second, Mould, Reading:
third, Houtz, Central; fourth. Mckay,
Tech; fifth, NJ. Miller, Tech. Dis
tance, 95 feet, inches.