Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-06
Sophs Win in
Cony Class Track
Meet on Thursdays.
Take First Place with II 1-2 Points,
to So 2-5 Points Won by the Seniors
Frank harrington, Jr., Is Largest
Individual Point Winner - Events
Closely Contested

Closely Contested
The track men of the Sophomore
class at the Cony High school, had an
easy win in the annual interclass
meet held Thursday afternoon on the
Williams Athletic field, with total
of y 1-5 points to So 3-5 points won by
the Seniors. 1t was a most interest
ing and we'll contested meet and was
witnessed by a good sized crowd of
track enthusiasts.
! Frank Harrington, Jr., was the larg
est individual point winner, taking
three first places and one second
place. He was the winner in the 220-
yard dash, the 70-yard dash and the
broad jump. He won second place in
the shot put. third place in the discus
throw and fourth in the 440- yard dash.
One of the closest contested events
of the day was the mile run in which
Howell defeated Foster by a small
margin of time. Gregoire Q924) won
the discus throw at rs feet, inches,
his nearest competitor being Gray
Q92D, at IS feet and inches. Far
rington took an easy first in the
broad jump with IS feet, IL inches,
while w. Sellar who won second
place, made 16 feet, 9 inches. In the
poue vault S. Austin 1929 went over
the pole at nine feet.
Many of the boys were entered in
more than one event which had a
tendency to make their records in in
}dividual events lower, than if they
had been competing in but one event.
| The times and distances were, how
7 ever very good and promised much
for the Cony track team this spring.
Cony will participate in the Hebron
invitational meet on May IA, at He
bron.
The meet was in charge of Coach
ager Leo Friedman.
! The summary was as follows:
| 70-yard dash: First heat-1st, Sell
lar: End, harrington; 3rd, Carlton.
| Second heat: LIST, Gray; End, Caswell:
; 3rd. Cooper. Finals-1st, harrington
1929 End. Sellar 1929; 3rd, Gray
092D; 4th. Caswell 1923); 5th. Cooper
1920. Winners time, s sec.
Discus-1st, Gregoire 1929, dis
lance rs it. Z in; 2nd. Cony Q92D.
rs it. 5 in: 3rd, Harrington 1929
IS it. . in; 4th, Stafford 0922), as
#. 8 in; 9Th, Brennan 1929, rs TT.
/ in.
22O-yard dash-1st. Harrington;
2nd, Sellar; 3rd, Roderick; 4th, Bren-
nan: 5th, Caswell. Time "A 40 sec.
High jump-1st, tied between S.
Giddings G922) and J. Farnham
U92D, 4 TT. II in; 3rd, tied between
c. Poor, M. Hewitt, l.. Cooper. c.
Winslow and c. Gregoire, fit. 10 in.
44O-yard dash-1st, Gray (1921);
2nd, True 1922: Ord, Cooper 192D;
4th, F. harrington 1929; 9Th, r.
Burr O922). Time 81 4-5 sec.
Shot put-1st, D. Brennan 1929,
SO it. Z IL in: End, F. harrington
1929, 80 #. 1-2 in; l.. Stafford
1922, 81 TT. in; 4th, c. Gregoire
O924). 80 #. IL in; 9Th, S.aAus-
tin 1929, 90 it, Z in. Taa
Broad jump-1st, F Harrington
1929, IS IT. 1-2 in; 2nd, w. Sell
lar 1929, 16 TT. 8 in: 3rd. L. Aus
tin 1929. Is it. 2 in; 4th. S. Aus
tin 1929, 10 #. s IL in; 9Th, L.
Cooper (192D. IS #. in.
SS0-yard run-1st, w. Holway
(192D; End, f. Gray t1921): Bird.
r. Judkins Q924): 4th, L. Stafford
(1922); 9Th, H. NORM (1922). Time,
. minutes, % sec.
70-yard hurdles-1st. L. Austin
1929; 2nd. c. Poor (1924): 3rd. M.
Hewitt G923); 4th, N. wescott
092D: 9th, J. Farnham Q921).
Time, 8 2-3 sec.
Mile-run-1st, Howell 1929 !;
End. Foster 1929; 3rd. Murphy
(1922); 4th, Burr (1922); 9Th. Farm
ham 192D. Time, 5 minutes. 25
As sec.
Pole vault-1st, s. Austin 1929,
8 it.; End, M. Roderick (1021), 8 IT. !;
Bird, N. wescott Q921). Z #. 10 in. !:
18th, Gray (192I, z it.: 9Th, Church
/1OOo> 81 IN ~