The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
SUMTER WINS
IN ATHLETICS
First Honors In State High
School Meet

Columbia. April 24-The annual
South Carolina High School track
meet at the university yesterday,
proved to be one Of the best held
here recently Two records We're
broken and others were dangerously
and all events closely
contested Sumter High School won
the meet with a total of p points.
William Thomas Poole. Of Greenville,
was close second with L points, as
sisted by one Of his team mates made
toal Tor the Piedmont city.
with the Individual cup soing to it's
chief performer
New State high school records were
set in the pole vault by Poole with
ten feet nine inches, one inch better
than the previous record and De-
Lorme Of Sumter bettered his own
tine Of last year in the half mile run,
making the distance in TWO minutes,
Is So seconds.
The result of the contest was never
definitely decided until the last ten
feet of the last race. the quarter mile.
At the start Of this event Sumter was
ahead with IS points. Easley second
with 13 and Greenville third with II.
This left possibility for--either
Of the three teams to carry off the
fonors. Poole and Payne, both OF
.Greenrille. rounded the final curve
neck and neck. the fo1lner gradually
pulling ahead by q few yards. Payne
made the fatal mistake OF looking
back and DeLorme OF Sumter. pale as
a sheet. putting like locomotive. and
digging for all he was worth. sradu-
ally ground by and reached the finish
line in second place BY Il scant foot,
and saving the meet for his team.
Had Payne held his position his team
would have totalled 20 points to Sum
terss 10.
Poole, the Greenvillc lad who car
ried off the individual cup, with a to-
tai of II points, showed a remarkable
stickability and a wonderful amount
of the real stuff in his craw.' With
another such running mate his team
would have had an easy time. The
events which he entered were among
the hardest in the track business in
Guiding the 220, 40, pole vault,
broad Jump and 100-yard dash, in all
of which he took places. and set a new
record in the vault with ten feet nine
inches.
Carter. of Westminster. tied with
Cobb. of Easley, and Chandler. Of
Sumter, for second place in individual
scoring. with ten points each. Ben
nett. Of Clio, and DeLorme, OF Sum
ter, get third nlace, with eight all.
Watts. the little man from the biggest
school. represented, won the five
points for the Porter Military acad-
emy
During the morning there was
threats of rain but the clouds brought
only few small April showers and
the afternoon was ideal for athletics.
After the contest the spectators and
participants adjourned to the chapel
where talk was delivered by Prof.
E. Marion Rucker on why not come
to Carolina?" The address was elo-
quept as is usual with this speaker,
though brief and to the point.
a
requested to rise by the varsity cheer
leader, A. ]. Beck. and the winner OF
the individual cup was also given full
publicity. The medals were delivered
to the winners of events by Prof j.
Bruce Coleman and the cups to sue
cessful athletes and speakers by Dr..
w. S. Currell. who stated that the win-)
ming debate was the best high school
debate he had heard anywhere at any
time. A rousing pep" meeting was
INDUCED in by the student body under
the able leadership of Charlie Beck.
cheer leader.
Following are the events with Win
ners and their records:
100 yard dash. Chandler. Sumter
first; Hagood. Easley, second; Poole
Greenville. third. Time 10!S seconds.
22O yard dash. Chandler, Sumter
first; Poole. Greenville. second; Watts
Porter, third Time 24.6.
40 yard run. Poole, Greenville.
first: DeLorme. Sumter second; Payne
Greenville, third. Time SOP seconds.
Half mile run. DeLorme, Sumter,
first; Meeks, Anderson. second; Nln-
ard, Winthrop. third. Time 9 mill
utes 1876 seconds.
Running high jump. Carter. West
minister. first: Bennett. Clio, second:
Gambrell, Wallahalla. third. Height 5
feet 4 inches.
Running broad Jump. Bennett. Clio.
first; Poole. C:reenville. second: Cobb,
Easley. third. Distance 90 feet,
inches.
Pole vault, Poole. Greenville. first
Cobb, Easley. second: Watts. Porter.
third. Height 10 feet9 inches
Shot put. cobb, Easlcy. first: G..
Smith, Liberty. second: Bi'icc. Chester.
third Distance. 80 feet.
Discus throw. Bricc. Chester. FIRST:
Watts. Porter. second: G.. Smith. Lib
erty third. Distance 1886 feet inch
12O yard low hurdles. Carter. West
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