The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-08

TIED AT START
OF LAST EVENT
Noyes OF Juniors Wins Moran Cup with
70 Points and Makes School Record
IN Pole Vault-Manning, a Senior
Takes Distances

The seniorfrcshman team, which ehal
lenged the junior sophomore team. won
the annual interclass track meet of the
Brattleboro high school on the Valley
far grounds yesterday afternoon, IS to
63. Leighton Noyes, a junior, broke the
school pole vault record of nine feet
four inches, tied the pole vault mark
made hy Bellerose of Rutland high
school in the invitation meet here last
wear and won the highest number of
individual points, thereby acquiring the
Edward b. Moran memorial cup offered
by Postmaster NJ !. Moran in memory
VI his son. who died while in the naval
3ervjcr in 1913. Moves scored % points
'ncludIp" four tirsts. one second and
three thirds Justin Moran. brother of
the young man in whose memory the Gun
was given, was his nearest connection.
making is points. The cup will be
presented to Moves in the opening cx-
erclses of the school Monday morning.
The meet was one Of the most inter
1stlnG ever held here, being closely con
tested from the start. At the end of
the second event the two teams were
lied and at the close of the fifth the
senior freshman team led hv but one
point. while the standing when the meet
was half through was - for the nnior-
sophomores TO % for their opponents.
The seniors freshmen nosed ahead again
in the seventh by three points. and if
was not until the closing event had
been decided that the meet was won.
rs the score stood 90 to 60 at the end
If the 18th.
While the track was in good condition
Yesterday there was strong breeze
rom the south. which the boys had to
face in their dashes, runs and Jumps.
Ii also hampHred the work of the ais
aus tArowers. The bows also had met
HscaTra gerocnt in practice ON account
# cold and wet weather. yesterday be-
.ng the or day when the track was in
anything like II favorable condition.
Predictions that the senior freshman
team probably would win the greatest
nu Ser of first places went to the
winds, the Juniors taking seven frsts,
of which Moves had four, to five for
the seniors, Manning taking three of
them by winning first place in every
event in which he participated, and
atanding in third place for the entire
meet. He is one of the prettiest run
ncrs ever seen on the local track, hay
ING an lndian-like lope which takes him
over the ground quickly lie took the
quarter, half and mile runs by long
leads. No first places were won by the
freshmen or sophomores. The largest
number of places below first, which it
had been expected would be won by the
junior sophomore team, were won by the
seniCrsfreshmcn, who had a total of q
to Is for their opponents There was q
tie in the standing for individual fourth
| position. +. Moran of the freshman class
and II. Lawton Of the junior class caci
having 2 points. Another tie occurred
n the pole vault, +. Austin, II. Lawton
and j. Moran tossing for second, thirC
and fourth positions. The high hurdles
was the only event in which not more
| han three men participated
| The points as won by classes were:
| Juniors Sc, seniors "a, freshmen IA. soph
| ignores :. Eugene Moran won II OF
the II points credited to the freshman
team
Twelve events made up the program
which started at 80 clock and which
was run off without unnecessary DELAYS