Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-01-21
Tome School, Port Deposit, Md.

Invitations are out for the tenth annual
Interscholastic Field and Track Meet TO be
held at the Tome School. Port Deposit
Md, on the third Saturday in May and
acceptances are beginning to pour in.
Practically every secondary school in Mary
land, schools in Washington. Philadelphia
and other places within radius of $50
miles have been invited to compete, and
in all about 200 invitations have been
extended. The Tome School meet has
become the classic interscholastic event
of the South, bringing together in compe-
tition the finest boy talent in the section,
and is considered by all young athletes in
this part of the country an occasion of the
first Importance.
In addition to the four events heretofore
open to contestants from the rural high
schools. there will be two new ones, the
broad jump and the short put. Another
innovation upon which will center great
deal of interest will be the half-mile faculty
relay race, In all there will be % events,
including the 100-yard dash, 220-yard
dash, 440-yard dash, SS0-yard run, mile
run, 120-yard hurdles. 220-yard hurdles,
high jump, broad jump. pole vault, shot
put IL pound. hammer throw IL pounds.
and mile relay race. in the program of
open events. The novice events, open to
all schools, consists of 75-yard dash and
660-yard run. Events open to the coun-
try high schools are : 75-yard dash. 220-
yard dash, 880-yard run, broad jump, shot
put IL pounds, and a mile relay race. A
special event will be the faculty relay race,
four men, half mile.
Gold, silver and bronze medals will be
awarded the victors. A handsome silver
cup will be given to the highest individual
point winner in the open events the
school winning the meet will receive
silver mounted plaque; and banner will
be given to the school making the most
points in the country high school events
Records have been broken each success
sive year, and last years meet was the
fastest ever held, four records being broken
and two tied. The complete records are
as follows: 100-yard dash. 10 seconds
220-yard dash. % is seconds; 440-yard
dash, so 2-5 seconds; $50 yards, min
utes, 2 3-5 seconds; mile, a minutes, 43
seconds; 220 hurdles. rs AS seconds
1870 hurdles, 16 is seconds; high jump,
5 feet "a inches; broad jump. 81 feet
4 inches pole vault. II feet 8 l-2 inches;
hammer throw, 1853 feet 10 inches shot
put, 48 #. 10 inches.
In order to make the meet larger this
year than ever before the date has been
changed from the second to the third Sat-
urday in May, as the MANAGEMENT found
it impossible to arrange for an excursion
boat from Baltimore last spring owing to
the fact that the law does not allow excur-
sions to be run before the IS Of May. The
trip up the bay and the short distance on
the Susquehanna make an unusually beau
tiful ride and many Baltimoreans prefer
to come this way. They reach Port De-
post an hour before the meet begins and
the boat leaves about an hour afterwards.
Generally about 1000 visitors come from
Baltimore. Every train that comes into
Port Deposit that day is thronged and
hundreds drive in from the farms and
estates Of the surrounding country. II is
the biggest day, athletically speaking, that
Tome has during the year, and the greatest
affair Of the kind held in the entire South.
Tome possesses remarkably attractive
setting for field and track meet. mas
much as the track and oval are situated
on an elevated plateau, carved out of
the hill which bounds it on the north.
and the athletic field has something
Of the appearance of the ancient Greek
amphitheatre. The grandstand Of solid
concrete, with seats three feet wide and
six inches thick, and curved to follow the
outlines Of the track, adds considerably to
the impression. From the grandstand there
is splendid view of the magnificent build
ings. the campus with its beautiful Italian
garden. the Susquehanna River. and the
Hartford hills in the distance.
Judging by the enthusiastic interest dis
played in Tones former meets. and taking
into consideration the extra preparations
made this year to make the meet an ex-
ceptional success. the goth Of May. 1915,
will doubtless 60 down as red-letter day
in the history Of school athletics