The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-05-24
Somerset County Teams In kennebec
Valley IRterschOlastic Meet

Cory high school at Augusta walked
away with the Kennebec valley inter-
scholastic track and field meet held
on Seaverns field at Colby College.
scoring 38 points to Skowhegan's
% and 2 for Madison.
The preliminaries OF the 100-yard
dash, shotput, running high and broad
Jumps were run off in the morning
beginning at 1890 o'clock. At the1
conclusion OF the preliminaries the
finals in the shotput, running high
and broad jumps were run of so as
to give more time in the afternoon
to the two scheduled ball games.
Cony scored heavily In every event
and at no time was in danger OF run
ming behind In points. The Augusta
school boys took five OF the seven first
places. Frank harrington leading his
team mates by taking three of these.
| The husky Cony athlete established
three records that will be difficult to
break in the future interscholastic
| meets. In the 100-yard dash he broke
| the tape in 10 $40 seconds. Earring
| ton also heaved the 12-pound shot Al
| feet and 1-2 inches, and took first
place In the running broad jump,
making @ leap OF 30 feet IL inch.
The crowd WAS given treat in
the running high jump by Poor of
| Cony, Dysart of Skowhegan and Ken
dali OF Cony. The three contestants
| fought the event out to the finish and
all three were exhausted After all
1 innh and
| failed in three tries to make an inch
more, the judges and coaches got their
heads together and agreed to give
| each man three points as a triple tie
for flrst place and jump off for the
medals. Poor dropped out because of
bad heel but Dysart and Kendall
! tried three times each to make the
height but failed. A flip OF the coin
| gave first place to Dysart. The Show
hogan lad seemed to fairly fly over
the bar with no effort at all and earn
/ ed the nickname "Buttery" from the
bystanders because Of the way he hop
ped over.
Cooper OF Cony missed third place
| in the shotput by four inches. Pro-
| vost OF Skowhegan made his distance
In the trials, but as they stood In the
finals Cooper lost out. Farringtons
mighty heave made the crowd gasp,
as he made nearly AZ feet
| In the mile run Foss of Skowhegan
| had a big lead on his nearest oppon-
| ent on the last lap when little boy
darted out onto the track In pursuit
of a baseball, tripping the miller into
| a bad fall. Foss picked himself up
and finished first In the run but lost
| several valuable seconds.
CAPTAIN Sellar of the Augusta team
| made a terrific effort to beat out
Dionne of Skowhegan in the quarter
| mile but missed by inches. He was
exhausted and taken with severe
cramp at the end but brought around
| all right In few minutes.
The results of the preIiminaries
were as follows:
| 100 yard dash: First heat, won by
! E. Dionne, Skowhegan, second, C..
| Poor, Cony; third, A. Provost, Show
| hogan. Time, IL seconds.
100-yard dash: Second heat, won by
F. Harrington, Cony; second, A. Hill
| Cony; third, p. Steward, Skowhegan.
Time, 10 9-10 seconds.
Running high jump: ]. Dysart,
Skowhegan, ]. Kendall, Cony, and c.
Poor, Cony, tied for first place at 8
feet inch. Judges awarded each
man three points and in the jump out
for the medals, ]. Dysart. Show
hogan won first; J. Kendall, Cony,
took second and C. Poor. Cony, third.
Running broad jump: Won by =.
Harrington (Cony), second w. Sell
lar, Cony; third E. Dionne, Skowhe-
gan; fourth G. Poor, Cony. Distance
10 feet, 10 inches.
IL pound shot put: Won by +.
Harrington. Cony; second, D.. Brennan
Cony; third A. Provost, Skowhegan;
fourth d. Cooper ,Cony. Distance
IL feet, inches.
Finals of the running broad jump:
won by Harrington ,Cony, 20 IT. IL
in; second, ]. Dysart. Sko~hegan, 10
feet, inch; third. w. Sellar, Cony,
| 10 feet "a inches.
Finals of the II pound shot put:
won by r. Harrington, Cony, Al feet,
8 1-2 inches; second. d. Brennan,
Cony, 80 feet, z inches; third. A. Pro-
vost, skowhegan. SO feet. 8 IA inches.
At. lao O'Clock promptly. the final
| heat In the one hundred yard dash
was run of after which followed the
one mile run, 440 yard dash and the