The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
Kingstree Team Awarded Man
ming Cup. Easley Wins Track
Event

{ sch elastic and athletic meet Oh eHe
hign schools of the State was co1lc!uo-
s ed atsthe University OF south Cai o1iile'
last night with the awards TO the VIII
ners in the debates.
lanes sullivan and William cooper
renresentine the Kingstree High
4 School, won the debate last nlght,
contending against Charles EAum ana
Lewis Fletcher, of the Bennettsv1lle
High School. The klngsuee school
ssuas awarded the Manning cup, which
ras awarded to the Union High
school last wear. Thirty -eignt schools
entered the contest, and all but two
& & scb,onls were eliminated during the
sssem,i.fnal debates held yesterday and
Thursday.
The annual track meet, concluded
on Davis Field at the university yes
terday afternoon, was won by Easlay
High School, by a total number of 25
points in comparison with its nearest
competitor Is points. O.. M. Cobb
of the Easley school, won the trophy
cup awarded to the best individual
athlete. He piled up a score OF Il
points against II points for his near
est competitor, w. r. Ford, OF the
same school. Rock Hill and Chester
tied for second place, with 10 points
each.
Cobb broke the South Carolina in
terscholastic records in high jumping
when he cleared the bar at ten feet
and eight inches, three inches better
than the State record in high school
athletics. Cobb's jumping was for the
purpose of breaking the record. HIS
competitive record in the meet was
ten. feet and four inches. When De-
Lorme of the Sumter High Schoo
i made the half mile run in two min
utes and II 3-5 seconds, he broke an.
other high school record. The pre-
svious record was minutes and Il
seconds.
The following are the records il
the final meet:
One hundred-yard dash: Poole
GreenviIle, time 10 As seconds; sec
.ond, Wade, Chester, and third, Steels
Rock Hill.
Two hundred and twenty-yar6
dash: Steele, Rock Hill, time % 2-s
seconds; second, Wade, Chester, anc
third, Carter, Westminster.
-Four hundred and forty-yard run:
DeLorme, Sumter, time 58 S-5 sec
onds; second, Cahoon, Porter Mill.
! tary Academy, and third, Fayonsky
Greenville.
Half-mile run: DeLorme, Sumter
time 2 minutes and II 3-5 seconds;
second, Caskill, Chester, and third
Bryant, Pendleton.
Mile run: Hughes, Hemingway
tine minutes and 10 seconds; second
Dozier, Rock Hill, and third, Bry-
ant. Pend1eton.
Running high jump: Ford, Easley,
S feet and Ia inches; second, Glib
son. Porter, and third, Castor, Ches-
ter.
Discus throw: Wade, Chester, 122
feet. second, Cobb, Easley, and third,
Hunter, Clinton.
Pole vault: Cobb, Easley, 10 feet and
Z 4 inches; second, Poole, Greenville,
and third, Ford, Easley.
One hundred and twenty-yard low
hurdles: Porter, 16 seconds; second
Sibemore, and third, Cobb, Easley.
Running broad jump: Ford, Easiey
10 feet and 10 inches; second, Frew
Rock Hill and third, Gibson, Porter
Shot put: Cobb, Easley. SO feet
and S inches; second, Gribb, Heming,
way, and third. Gibson, Porter.
Allen, of Porter, which came thirt
with II points, was ruled ineligible
because of having matriculated at the
Georgia School Of Technology. Crane
of Liberty, who won the individual
cup last year, was likewise ruled in
eligible because, this year, his schoo
had no entrant in the defamation