Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-12
TOTALS

At about six o'clock tomorrow nlSnt
a great multitude of after -pattle-
luminaries will rise up to bless tnem-
selves with the halo of divlnatlon.
Then, the 22d annual track and HELD
meet will have become history, victors
will have been crowned for another
year, a few fond hopes realized, ana
many budding ambitions tucked away
among tn, moth balls until another
season. The one great, assured VIC
torv is Of those champions OF pre-
monition who are never defeated, who
are always found waiting at the FIN
ish. eternally, Internally supreme.
Charlie Rice's chance of winning, When
compared to this certainty, looks ike
a plugged nickel in an all-nght CAP
aret. He might fall down; they never
| do.
In another So hours these sages will
be saying:
why. sure. Most anybody knew
those fellows would come through.
Their past performances showed IT,
ANY dope artist who had bean on
him picked the Maine trio in the dash
| es. Savage in the hurdles, Merrill. Bell
and Preti in the runs. and Hutton.
White. French, Allen. Leadbetter ana
Moulton in the field events. There
was nothing to it this year for chap
who had been watchin' en-
| Or, maybe:
SAY. some fellows got caught good.
Thought old Preti and Libby couio
beat Gregory. That's rich! why dldn
thew look at the 1914 odd mark the
kid hung up? And Maine taking all
the places in the dashes. Oh. Gee.
WHY. Barrows and Howes could pear
'em f1at-footed for second ana thlro'
And Millward and Drew in the pole
vault? Only few of us were IN on
that. And what did l tell you ABOUT
Mcbride? Lawrence and turner anu
| Merrill had fat, young chance
against him. And did you get Caller
and Pinkham putting the Indian sign
on em? I nearly let that out before
the meet-told me in strictest conn
dence. | knew Keaney was coming
back in the broad, too. Just come 10
me next time and I'll slip you some
thing worth while"
Well, Caesar missed a lot!
Just for the sake Of working OFF the
spring fever, and because the cat
llugged off the bird out of our cut-ou'
puzzle, and because the countys dry,
and because we don't want to be llnkeo
up with the aforementioned l-tolo
vou-so's, and because steve Brodle gov
by. we've shucked our responsibilities
mt in our application for French
pilots license to be shot at by German
anti-aircraft guns. and gone to it.
Speaking Of the French and aero
FLAMES, have you seen Pat French OF
Maine do the high hurdles in IL nat
That's our idea of flying
MCGEE, down at Bowdoin, says w. A
Savage is going to show the way u
the Maine all-around star over notf
the high and the low hurdles. very
likely he will, at the 220. but at the
shorter, taller distance, w. A. Is go1ne
to travel faster than he has before TINS
spring to make good. But maybe!
Anyway. Weber of Bowdoin will take
third, according to present indications
which does nicely for the hurdles.
We started with the hurdles, whef
this idea struck us. Someone sale
Bowdoin could win the meet, if
So, we started out to find the If. It's
a small matter Of about 80 points, il
figures don't lie, and we think they do
But it does very well for a working
basis. Then we asked some Of oui
better informed friends to assist us
They did. One of five picked Barrows