Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-29


Academy. 3 1-2; Cony High of Au-
gusta. Morse High Of Bath. Skowhe-
gan High and Tilton IN. H.) Acad-
| envy. each; Pennington High, /,
and Thomaston High, 1-2.
Twenty Schools Compete
Nearly ESQ athletes representing
20 schools competed, and with the
exception of one or two instances,
the events were close. No records
were broken. In the 12O yard high
hurdles. Harold Littlefield OF He
bron topped the timbers in 16 As
seconds in his final heat, which is
fifth of a second faster than the
record set by the late Lawrence Nc
Farland of Hebron. LittlefeId's
time was not allowed as a record,
however. because he knocked down
one hurdle in his fight.
Littlefield shared the honors with
Simmons of Huntington School as
the high point scorer of the day.
The Hebron fence climber won both
hurdle races, and the Huntington
star flashed home an easy victor in
the century and furlong dashes,
equaling the 10 points tailed by his
| green jerseyed rival
Half way through the meet it ap-
| peared that Huntington and Hebron
would fight it out for first honors
with the Boston athletes having the
| edge. But Portland. always within
hailing distance. ousted Hebron
from second place in the very last
event, when Hobson distances his
field in the pole vault. and Ella tied
Robinson of Huntington for third
place. Hebron was all through with
2S IL points when the pole vault
: finalists were competing, having no
men in that event. Portland was
then in third place with "a, but the
six points reg stored by Hebron and
Ella was the last squirt that put
Frank Preti's pupils into second
berth
Put Deering in Fourth Place
Two athletes, Dan Torrey and Ralph
Jackson scoring a total Of IS points
between them put the Purple Of
Dsering High in fourth place Jack
son outclassed his field in the shotput
with the best heave he has made
since he took up the pastime, and the
big football player surprised even his
warmest admirers when he finished
second in the 100-yard dash. He hurl-
ed his 1S5 pounds of beef and muscle
over the cinders like a powerful To-
connective, beating all the sprinters Of
the greyhound type except the flashy
and experienced Simmons. Jackson
ran his trial heat in 10 3-5 seconds,
great going for so big a man. Dan
Torrey ran second to the much touted
Parker of Huntington in the half mile
and vas third best in the low hurdles.
Huntington took four first places
and Portland and Hebron three each.
The Massachusetts invaders were
weak in the weight events however,
and the sturdy Maine athletes crawled
up on the visitors in these events.
Lewis and Prince the Hebron Samp-
sons. and Black and Brown of Port
land had the weights largely to them
selves.
Mile Run a Battle
The mile run brought out a battle
that kept the spectators on edge all
the way. Ward of Gardiner High, a
slight, tow headed lad who won the
event in the University Of Maine
games n week ago repeated his vic
tory today, despite the desperate eff
forts OF Parker of Huntington to over
haul him in the last 220 yards Vic
Linnell of Deering took the pace for
awhile, but the Gardiner distance ace
moved into the sun berth before the
half was reached and held it to the
finish. Parker who started out to trail
the leaders in the first half dropped
back into the ruck and reserved him
self for the final sprint On the back
stretch of the last quarter the Eunt-
ington crack began to let out, and
moved down his field like withered
grass. Foot by foot he gained on
Ward. but the Maine boy refused to
fade. and although Stacking a trife
held clip enough to beat Parker four
or five yards to the worsted.
10O-yard dash-Won by Simmons:
second, jackson; third, Campbell;
fourth. Gray. Time 10 3-5 secs.
220yard dash-Won by Simmons;
second, Fitz; third, I.angmaid; fourth,
Hodgkins. Time % is secs.
440-yard dash-Won by o. Harris,
Portland: second, Cahill: Morse, third,
Magoun. Huntington; fourth. Spinney,
Hebron. Time. "a 2-5 second.
Finals 120-yard high hurdles--Won
by Littlefeld. Hebron: second, w.
Curri'. Portland; third, True. Port
land: fourth, Purington. Portland.
Time 16 AS secs. lowered the record
by 1-5 second. but record was not al
lowed as one hurdle was knocked
down.
22O Yard Low Hurdles-Won by
Littlefield: second. Spinney. Hunt
ington: third, Torrey. Deering;
fourth. Booth, Tilton. Time. 20 rs
secs.
$50 Yard Run-Won by Parker,
Huntington: second, Torrey, Deer
ing: third. Sleeper. Hebron: fourth.
Hooper. Edward Little. Time, 2
min, 8 secs.
Mile Run-Won by Ward. Gardi-