The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
RECORDS TUMBLE
At ATHLETIC MEET
BrattlebOrO High Wins with
Rutland Second and
Keene Third
BRILLIANT WORK BY
CAPT. EDWARD MORAN
Scored More than Half of Total Points
Made by Brattleboro and Was Ably
Supported by Others 49, Remarkable
Running by Rutland Boy.

Made by Brattleboro and Was Ably
Supported by Others Remarkable
Running by Rutland Boy.
The big intcrscholastic track meet
pulled of ulder the auspices Of Brat
tlcboro high school Saturday afternoon
and early evening to take the place Of
the annual event under the auspices
of the University of Vermont at Bur !
lingtou, was q Wonderfully successful
affair. Record after record was
smashed the attendance far exceeded
the supply of tickets and the compcti-
tion was fai. and clean.
Six schools competed. five of them
scoring, and Brattleboro, after a hard
battle with Rutland, finally won. The
team scores were: Brattleboro, 81 l.;
Rutland, IS; Keene, 20 -; Bellows
/ Falls. g; Hinsdale, /; Burlington, O.
! Burlington had only one entry and he
failed to place in either of the events
/ iu which he started
! Capt. Edward Moran of the local
team was the bright, particular individ
nal star of the meet, scoring 20 IL
I points. more than half Of those scored
. 10y the team which he captained. He
was ably supported, however, by others
not quite SO versatile and who were
overshadowcd in some events only 10y
the brilliant work of their own cap
tain.
Moran gave wonderful exhibition
of stamina. considering that he was up
against the best school boy stars in
two states in several of the events. In
the two track events in which he fin
4 ished second it was to a man who broke
lie record to beat him and without doubt
in both of those races Moran ran un-
der the old record.
He started his afternoon activities
by winning the short sprint in the won
! derful time of 10 - seconds. In this
he beat the Rutland star, Loukcs.
8 Loukes had been set back n yard after
a start in which he beat the gun and
which he, with IIaulev of Rutland and
q one other, ran through to a finish, re
q gardless of the starter S gun firing the
recall signal There were seven start
( ers in the event and it was n pretty
, race between Moran and Loukcs with
the others punched in q second divi-
sion. Custer Of Bellows Falls catching
the Judges eyes for the third place.
Moran and Loukcs next met in the
22u-yard dash and Loukcs beat the
local captain in the record time of
- 10 seconds. Moran finished about
five yards back. The old record was
: "a - seconds made by Laurence Sher
man four years ago.
Moran won the low hurdles with
4
two-tfths Of a second equaling Task
rr $ time made III 1905, running it ii
- - seconds.
4 Not having anything else to do h,
Il entered the high Jump and tied fo
4 third place and Immediately started il
\ the high hurdles, which he won in tn,
4 record time of II seconds Three O
4 four watches held ON that event agree,
4 ana the other was 6ne-ffth of n secon,
4 slower. The fifth timer forgot to stol
! his watch. &. .."# ..I... .....I
4 After waiting impaticntly for tn
1 shot put 60 be out Of the way Moran
' entered the pole vault aud won it. show
ing by far the best form Of any of til
entrants. He and Randall tied at
feet II inches and agreed TO dceid
the winner ON one trial Moran clcarc
u
From there Moran walked across fin
I field and started in the quarter mil
4 run and finished second to the Rutlan
1 star, o 'Bricn, in the time of 81 Is set
ouds, four watches agreeing This wa
! two seconds better than the time set b
| Capt. Harlow Of Brattleboro 5 team &
4 1913, and again Moran undoubtcdl
ran under the record. even though i
the last 20 wards he slowed down whe
pc realize that he could not bei
o Brien and was sure of second plac
q 'Bricn's distance running was
treat to watch. Nichols Of Brattlcbol
was expected to give him a battle an
was the only boy who could do it. b,
Nichols was not fast enough to hold II
Rutland star. Nichols pulled tendC
in his right ankle two days ago an
ran with n rubber brace around h
ankle, but that does not dctract a h
l from @ 'Bricn $ ability. for from all a
4 pearanccs he could have beaten Nichc
under any circumstances.
Back in 1871 Lieut.. Roy Miner
Company | hung up a record Of . mi
4 utcs seconds for the half mile al
that had stood unchallenged serious
until Saturday. o 'Brien reduced t
mark three seconds and was capable
better time had he been pressed to t
limit.
o 'Brien missed by two seconds equi
ing Miners record Of 4.49 in the mi
but ran q we'll judged race with Niche
rs his only competitor who was regai
ed as dangerous. The two boys |
~ their field comfortably at the end
. the half but on the lower turn 'Bri
iopencd up gap of 20 yards and he
il 70 the finish.
The quarter, the last regular eve
Of the day. was o 'Brien s supreme
fort. He jumped to the front at t