The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-14
(sy >FRANkie PERlcoLA.)


track meet held at Gainesville, April
8 and 9, was a great success. Twenty
seven Florida High schools sent repre-
sentatives to the meet Jackson vile
won the meet, with Fort Lauderdale
| close second. Tampa won third place
| Miami fourth. Gainesville and ITALIA
| hassee tied for fifth place. and Inver-
! ness and Milton tied for sixth hOnOrs.
, Several records We're broken.
This meet was held under the aus
pices of the University of Florida.
| There were about $50 contestants, and
| these were provided with rooms and
meals by the university Y. NJ. c. A.
! There were several rules governing
the track meet, including that every
| contestant be an undergraduate and
under 81 years of age
| There were 10 events in the meet
| They were, in the order they were run
! off: 100-yard dash, running high
| jump, 880-yard run, 229 -yard dash, 800
yard high hurdles, running broad
| jump, shot put, 440-yard dash, pole
vault, 220yard low hurdles, one mile
run, one half mile relay and discus
| throw. In addition to the track events,
| there were an essay contest and a de-
| clamatiOn contest.
Preliminaries were run off Friday
| afternoon, and the semi finals and fl
nails were held Saturday, April g. The
defamation contest was held Satur-
| day evening.
The high schools represented and
the number of points each made We're
| as follows:
Bradentown, 3; Daytona, 5: De
| Land, 3; Eau Gallie, !; FIT. Lauderdale,
y II. NJ
| stead, 0; Inverness, s. Jacksonville,
| "a; Key West, 0; Kissimmee, 0; Lake
I City, !; Leesburg, 5; Live Oak, 0;
Madison, 1; Miami, 70; Milton, 6; New
! Smyrna, o.; Ocala, g. Orlando, 5; Tai
! lahassee, s; Tampa, IA; Vero, 5; Win
| ter Haven, /; Sanford, J. Quincy, O..
| Total, 1877
| Five, three, two and one points were
awarded to winners of first. second.
third and fourth places, respectively
! Owing to the great number of con-
| testants and many events resulting in
ties, the preliminaries were not fin
ished until Saturday.
The meet was held at Fleming field,
large park on the outskirts oil
! Gainesville
Milton High school, OF Santa Rosa
| county, was the only west Florida
| school represented. This school, though
small, captured sixth place, with a to-
| tai or six points. The surprise Of the
! day came when FIT. Lauderdale, q small
south Florida school, carried off sec
| ond place in the meet. being a scant
| four points behind Jacksonville. Du-
| val, winner of last years track meet
was not represented
The most closely contested event If
! the whole meet was the mile run
Brenda, OF Fort Lauderdale, won this
event iii t minutes So seconds, with
/ Grady Bronson. of Milton. finishing a
second later. Both men were well UNI
| der the former record of minutes Z
3-5 seconds, held by Stevens, of Jack !
sonville. Fans, Of Leesburg, fell short
of the pole vaulting record by inches,
clearing the bar at 10 feet 4 inches;
the record is 10 feet 9 inches, held by |
Sollee, Of Jacksonville
Loving cups and numerous gold med !
ais were awarded the winning schools
and contestants. Jacksonville won
the II. and w. B. Drew loving cup !
given to the winner of the meet The |
cups awarded the winning relay team
and the winning defamation contes- !
tant were also wan by Jacksonville |
Gold, silver and bronze medals and !
blue ribbons were awarded winners of |
first, second, third and fourth places, !
respectively, in the meet. Bronson, of |
Milton, and Brenda, of Fort Lauder 4,
dale, were also given gold medals and
five additional points each for berak- !
ing the record in the mile run.
Following are the winners Of each !;
event:
One hundred yard dash, 1870 p. n,
Saturday, won by Clifford. Vero; Mar
shall, Fit LauderdaIe, second; Bitch
Tallahassee, third; Hyers, Tampa
fourth; Shultz, Inverness; Livingston.
Madison; and Butler, Milton, elimi
mated in the semi-finaIs. Record held
by Pearson, Brookville; Cook, Orlan-
do, and Snyder, Daytona; 10 2-5 secs.
Pole vault, las p. m won by
FANS, Leesburg; E. Baker, Fort Lau-
derdale, second; Mathews, Fort Lau-
derdale, third Orlando, fourth. Rec
ord held by Sollee. Jacksonville; 10 II
feet 9 inches
One mile run, p. m, won by Brend-
la, Fort Lauderdale; Bronson, Milton
second: Rodes, Fort Lauderdale, third;
Futch, Lake City, fourth. Record
broken by Brenda, min. So sec, and
by Bronson, I min. SO sec; former rec
ord, Stevens, Jacksonville, 5 min. : 3-5
seconds.
120 yard high hurdles, 2:15 p. m.
won by Connell, Inverness; Reed, jack
sonville. second; Cloda, Tampa third: