The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-01
MEET WON EASILY
BY BRATTLEbORO
Lead of 81 Points Over Rut-
land, Nearest Com
petitOr
MOVES HIGH MAN
WITH 16 POINTS
I.awton Breaks Invitation Meet Rec
ord in Pole Vault, Clearing Bar at
Feet inches - Keene Scores .
Points and Greenfield 2.

Points and Greenfield 2.
Close finishes, large entry list and
perfect weather except for rather still
breeze part of the time made the annual
invitation interscholastic track meet on
the Valley fair grounds Saturday after
noon an occasion of much interest. Brat
tlebor high school won the meet, in which
| four high schools contested, and while
| the teams were not as evenly matched
! as they have been at some OF the invita-
| ton high school meets here the competi-
ton between individuals was sufficiently
/ keen to keep the crowd on its mettle The
meet will 90 down in history as an all
around success, with good feeling and
the best of craftsmanship in evidence at
| all times a good sized crowd was pres
cnt Coach Diedrich Stolte was on hand
and saw the results of his good work
| with the Brattleboro boys, but he took
no part in the meet except to give his
boys a quiet word of advice and encour-
agement now and then.
-Four high schools participated, and
their scores were as follows: Brattle
boro, SO1a Rutland, 43H; Keene, &;
Greenfield, ,.
Leighton Moves was the highest in
dividual point winner, with a total oi
l6, while Henry Lawton was second will
- and +. Eugene Moran was third will
] l21h, all being members of the Brattle
boro team. Justin Moran did not partici
pate 50 that in this account of the NEE
Z references to Moran are to +. Eugen
!. Moran
? One Invitation track meet record wa
, broken, laWtOn clearing the bar in tn
pole vault at feet q inches, which wa
two inches better than the mark Sc
last year by Bellerose of Rutland. Som
other records came dangerously near be
: ing smashed, however, especially tn
, 220-yard dash. the 220- yard low hurdle
and the mile run.
Brattleboro took first place in the frs
nine events and in the llth, the two otl
ers going to Rutland. Greenfield sen
p some plueky youngsters, but they faile
4 to get into the point column until til
" last event, when Seibert finished thir
Is in the 440 yard dash, capturing tw
q points.
W Lawton won the highest number
IS lirsts. leading the field in each of IL
IS tmee events in which he participate
y They were the shot put, high jump an
N pole vault Moves landed the l00-yal
Q. dash and the 220yard dash, also toe
two second places, while Daniel Mannir
of Brattleboro easily won the two even
in which he started the half mile and Il
- mile. Manning was entered in the qua
ter mile, but he did not start, and Flu
4 Ter of Rutland won the event, being clos
| ly followed by his teammate, Peck.
By taking 10 points out of II in t
J first event, the l0O-yard DASH Bra
! tlehoro secured a long lead, which
gradually increased during the first nj
events, Rutland being the only team
push the local boys any. Noyes ma
the short dash in three fifths of a 81
ond longer than the record of 10 Is 81
onds made BY Edward Moran in 1917.
In the quartermle, Manning was Sc
back eight yards for starting ahead
the pistol in the first trial, but in a f
strides he caught the bunch and at t
/ finish was 20 feet in the lead, the ne
three being closely punched There w,
~I about Is starters.
Noyes lacked by one fifth of seco
of equalling the record of "a seconds
the 220yard dash made by Edward NJ
an in 1918 and tied by Bellerose in l9l
Lawton was not forced to exert HI
self in making feet "a inch in the hi
Jump. Kendall of Keene had pecu
habit of landing on his hands and f
He fell short of five feet, although
practice he has done ) feet 6 inches, wi
is the record here.
Moran did the 220-yard low hurdles
fine form, finishing in 81 % secoI
which is but two -fifths of a second 81
of the long -standng mark of q seco
set by Tasker in 1905 Robbins
Peck were close behind, Metzger foil
. ing about 20 feet back
Il The mile run brought out nine st
III ers. Griffin of Keene made the first
ker in 2.27, having about four yards
ooSi but Manning passed him on the le
one turn and led the race from that time
and