Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
Bethlehem Prep Wins Great
Interscholastic Meet at
EaSton

Bethlehem Prep, on March field,
Easton, yesterday, won the Lafay-
cite interscholastic meet by total
of 51h points, Harrisburg Tech
came in second with 32 points. Per-
kiomen, the winner of the meet last
year, made 2S; Blair Hall scored
241s, and the rest of the twenty-five
schools were strewn all the way from
here to zero. 1t was a dull gray aft
ernoon.
The track was soft from recent
rains and not altogether conducive
to fast time and for the most part
there was none. However. O'Brien.
of Lawrenceville, lowered the time
for Lafayette interscholastic in the
120 high hurdle from the II 2-5,
which McFarlan. of West Philadel-
phia High. did last year, to 16 2-5,
and in the low hurdles Mclean, of
the Central High School of Wash
ington, in doing the distance in 81
fiat, clipped two-flfths off the La
fayette record.
The Northeast High four-mile re-
lay team, composed of Reeves. Rod
enbaugh, Riecks and Gronquist.
easily won this event, and showed
very good team work in doing it.
Reynolds, in winning the high jump
for West Philadelphia High. and the
scoring of carp in both the broad
and high jumps, completed the point
scoring for Philadelphia school boys.
The meet was, from the start, a race
between Harrisburg Tech and Beth
lehem Prep, with Blair Hall, through
a large number of entries, constant
ly dangerous of becoming a factor in
the fight for first position.
The meet was opened with the
reading of the Presidents Memorial
Day proclamation, prayer by the
Rev. Samuel A. Martin. of the La
fayette faculty, and the singing of
America" in conformity with the
wishes of the President of the United
States regarding the observation of
Memorial Day.
The summary:
100-Yard Dash-Won by Carter,
Millville High; second, Tidd, Blair
Academy; third. Van Orden. Blair
Academy; fourth. Monte, Bethlehem
Prep. Time. 10 3-5.
220-Yard Dash-won by Monte,
Bethlehem Prep; second, Carter,
Millville High; third, Tidd, Blair;
fourth, Goellner. Peddie. Time,
44O-Yard Dash-Won by Monte,
Bethlehem Prep; second, Meeter,
East Orange High; third, Sheehan,
Princeton Prep; fourth. Mallick,
Harrisburg Tech. Time, So 2-5.
$50 Yard Dash-Won by Craw-
ford, Flushing High; second, Rich
mond, Blair; third, Holden, WASH
ington Central High; fourth, Davis,
West Chester High. Time. 2 minutes,
3-5 seconds.
Mile Run-won by Crawford,
Flushing High: second, Davis, West
Chester High; third, Hoffsommer,
Harrisburg Tech; fourth. Montgom-
cry, Washington Central High. Time,
minutes, "a seconds.
Two-Mile Run-Won by Snyder,
Perkiomen; second, Connolly, Allen
ton High; third, Sparrow, Harris
burg Tech; fourth, Hinkle, Harris
burg Tech. Time. 10 minutes, 81 sec
onds.
120-Yard High Hurdles-won by
IO'Brien, Lawrenceville; second. Bar
ron, Bethlehem Prep; third, Graham,
Bethlehem Prep; fourth, Weed, Ped
die Inst. Time, 16 2-5 seconds. New
record for Lafayette Interscholastic.
22O-Low Hurdles-Won by Nc
Lean, Washington Central High;
second, Graham, Bethlehem Prep;
third, Barron, Bethlehem Prep:
fourth, O'Brien. Lawrenceville. Time,
~ seconds. New record for Lafay-
ette Interscholastics.
High Jump-Won by REYNOLDS
West Philadelphia High; second, tie
among carp, Episcopal, Van Orden,
Blair, Harper, Bethlehem Prep, and
Allen, Easton High. Height. feet
inches. Zone and one-half points
to each).
Pole Vault-Won by Van Orden,
Blair; second. Snyder, Perkiomen;
third, Hastan, Bethlehem Prep;
fourth, Miller. Harrisburg Tech,
Height, 10 feet.
Broad Jump-Won by Erwin,
Perkiomen Seminary; second, Solo
mon, Washington Central High:
third, Beck, Harrisburg Tech:
fourth, carp, Episcopal. Distance,
21 feet. 4 S inches.
12-Pound Shot Put-Won by Beck,
Harrisburg Tech; second, Foster,
Bethlehem Prep; third, Welles,
Perkiomen; fourth, Wilsbach, Har-
ilSuurS. Olstdnce, 80 Ieet, u inches.
Hammer Throw-Won by Weed,
Peddie; second. Clark, West Phila-
/ delphia; third, Foster. Bethlehem
Prep; fourth, Van Orden. Blair. Dis
tance, 112 feet "a inches.
Discus-Won by Sylvan, Bethle-
shem Prep; second, Erwin, Perkio-
men; third, Weed, Peddie; fourth,
Beck, Harrisburg Distance, los
feet, Az inches.
/ Javelin Throw-Won by Harper.
Bethlehem Prep; second, Miller.
Harrisburg Tech; third, Beck, Har-
risburg Tech; fourth, Sylvan, Beth
lehem Prep. Distance. 1S2 feet.
One mile Relay-Won by East
Orange High team (TIenning, Schley.
Bray and Meeteer second. Blair
Academy Corr, Bullard, Barnett,
Lewis); third. Bethlehem Prep (R.
Monte, Harley, A. Monte andyJones) /:
fourth West Chester High MAR