The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
Notes of the Track Meet.

1t is noticeable that Brattlcboro
high invariably produces at least one
and generally two hurders who com
pletelv outclass all competitors III that
specially.
One of the timers was so entranced
with the finish Of the high hurdle race
that he paid no attention to his watch
This was the only infraction Of duty
noticed on the part of officials.
In spite of the fact that no time, ap-
parentlv. was needlessly wasted, it was
Z o'clock before the relay race was
over and Gao o clock before the last
regular event on the program had been
run.
For the first time in years it had been
possible to organize n corps of volun
Itcer workers at the high school who
aided in the work Of preparation, cs-
peciallv in the setting and removing
of the hurdles.
The relay race was an added event
for special emp offered by an unan-
lnounecd donor for that event. Rut-
| land. Brattleboro, Bellows Falls and
/ Keene entered teams, the last two aft
| or reaching the grounds. Rutland had
a comparatively easy time in winning
the event.
| A year ago comment in this column
on the ability Of Edward Moran was to
the effect that he was III line to he one
of the best al-round athletes ever de-
Iveloped at Brattlcboro high. There is
mo reason apparent just now to change
THAT opinion, after the record of his
versatile ability, as displayed Saturday,
lis perused.
Capt. Moran, besides his other hon
ors Saturday, now has that Of having
scored more points in a track meet
! than any Of his predecessors in the ath
! letic hall Of fame of Brattlcboro high
3 IOnslow Thompson in 1910 scored - l.
points, scoring something in each OF
Iseven events. Moran Saturday scoree
g. l26 ID points. scoring in seven events
p in which he entered
Capt. Moran of the track team is :
sophomore and scored 26 IL point
personally against the stif'cst sort OF
y competition. In the two tract, events
l in which he finished second. it was t
a man who broke the local interscho
lastic record to beat him and i'll boil
! events Moran undoubtedly finished I'M
= der the old record time.
4 As a distance runner O Brien of Rut
o land certainly had it on anyone who ha
i been running the middle and long dis
{ tance events in Brattleboro in year
@ gone by. He not only broke the loca
II records i'll the quarter and half mile bu
Il ran the mile i'll only two seconds shor
is of the record, and at no time did he az
il pear as if he had been pushed to hi
j. last notch of strength.
IS We shall hear considerable about tn
times made and the beliefs that IL
II school boys could make those times o
L a dirt track. One old star from Ru
81 land and four men from BrattleboT
y who have held stop watches on q goo
&c many track events in the last doze
II years or so were the timers. 1t cannC
le be charged that because four of tn
five watches agreed to the fraction {
l. a second on all but one of the recor
e, breaking events that it was due I
IS amateur timing. The writer was star
t. led when he looked at his watch aft.
"a the short sprint, but when he PERSONAL
of saw three others that recorded the san
n time he had to admit that it was NJ
Id all wrong"