Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-06
EXETER SCHOOL
WINS BOWDOIN.
INDOOR MEETING

Brunswick, March 4.-Phillips-
Exeter athletics broke four records
and romped away with the 10th
today scoring IS IL points or AZ 1-2
more than Huntington school her
nearest competitor. Deering High
gave Huntington a hard battle for
the runners ups berth tallying Is IL
points. All other schools trai]ed far
in the rear. Hebron finished fourth
with 6 IL points: Gardiner High
made 1-2: Portland High IL:
Edward Little. 3 L.; Cony High. 8:
Morse High, l 1-2. and Brunswick
High, IL point.
The new meet records made by the
Crimson jerseyed Exonians were II
feet IA inches in the pole vaule by
Johnson; 4 min. 40 3-5 seconds in
the mile run by Waters: 81 feet 8
inches in the broad jump by Norton;
and min. IL LIS secs. in the relay
race by Norton. Claflin, Lundell and
Rogers. The Exeter teams time also
bettered the Bowdoin indoor record
for this event.
While the New Hampshire ath-
letes outclassed their field at a whole
and found the much heralded Hun
tington school cluster comparatively
easy, yet there were several thrilling
finishes in the runs. and the relay
races as usual kept the big crowd in
an uproar.
The purple clad athletes OF Deer
ing High, who did not break any
records. nevertheless were the sur
prise Of the games. Dan Torrey
competing in his first big meet finish
ed second in the hurdles and 1000
yard run. and in the latter event
pulled the sensational stunt Of the
meet when he ran six Of the seven
laps with his left foot bare. Torrey
was spiked on the first turn, and his
heel was badly lacerated, while his
shoe was torn off. Despite this
painful accident the tall runner
plugged grittily on. lettering his po-
sition until he crossed the line few
yards back of O'Neil of Exeter in 2
minutes. IS seconds.
The Gardiner High school four
won the Evening Express trophy Of
fered for the Maine school relay
team making the fastest time. Gar
diner and Cony fought great bat
tie, the former winning in , min.
16 As seconds. The Augusta quar-
tet finished in Eli fiat. The Deering
and Portland relay f1iers were just
behind Gardiner and Cony in time.
but were happy enough to defeat
their rivals Hebron Academy and
Edward Little High school.
Portland High scored it's 81 points
in the relay race and the pole vault.
Bill Ella of r. H. S. got damned in
four-man tie with Ely and Swede Ct
Exeter and Winer of Hebron in the
tall leap which was won by johnson
OF Exeter at the new record height OF
II feet l IA inches. The remaining
six points were split among the four
athletes tied for second. giving Ella
IL points.
Carl Lundell. the Exeter track cap
tain, was the high point men of the
games. He won the SO0-yard dash.
and finished second in the shotput and
the 4O-yard sprint, besides picking up
a point and a quarter in the relay
race. giving Elm IL Il point total.
One of the biggest surprises Of the
meet was the victory of Ralph Jack
son, the Deering High boy, in hurting
the shot. 1t had been expected that
Exeter would clean up in this event,
as in their recent indoor games three
Crimson weight tossers bettered ~
feet. Jackson was in excellent form
and won rather easily over the P. e.
A. captain with a put of ~ feet IA
inches.
Pat French showed a pair of corking
high school runners in Victor Linnel
and Dan Torrey. The former ran
beautiful race in the mile, forcing out
Waters of Exeter in the record break
ing time of minus, ~ 3-5 Sec, or
one-fifth OF q second faster than the
mark made by Cecil Leath of Hebron
i've years ago. Torroy's form in the
hurdles was remarkable for novice
and the tall timber topper gave Budd,
the Exeter crack, a battle every foot
of the way to the tape. The games rec
ord Of s rs seconds was equalled in
this event and Torrey ran his heat IN
As seconds. After this the VERSATILITY
Purple athlete ran his wonderful race
in the 1000 yards, when. one foot bare
and bleeding. he sifted through the
mack of 20 runners and landed second
place.
In this race, Curtis Parker of Hunt
ington school was disqualified for foul
ing O'Neil Of Exeter on the last lap.
II looked like an accidental foul.
ONeil should have been disqualified
also as he cut inside of the pole man
on the second turn Of the first lap but
this was not reported to Referee Brady
until after he made his decision. AS
the judges had picked four men includ-
ing Parker, there was no alternative
but to drop fourth place after he was
disqualified. UnofIicially 1t was claim
ed that Etter of Portland High was
the NTH man to finish.
49, VC~hhar NJ DeeriN0 ran