The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
OAKLAND HIGH COPS The
LAURELS in TRACK MEET
Four New Records Are Estab-
lished By Garrett COuntians

! uuueI Cle aus pICGS VI the IOIdJS DOdIu
of Education and the Garrett County
Board of Education, was held at Mt
Lake Park on last Thursday. Drs.
William Burdick and c. F. Timanus
of Baltimore, were the directors.
Nearly every school in the county
was represented at the meet. The
weather was ideal for all the sports
engaged in with the result that all
events We're holly contested.
The first event was the Junior so
pound 44O yards relay. This was won
by Oakland Grammar School, with
Kitzmiller second and Mountain Lake
Park third Edward Maroney, J. A.
Lee and McClelland Dixon were the
boys who put Oakland at the head of
| the list. Time, min. and seconds.
The next event was the Junior 95
pound 440 yards relay. Oakland was
again the victor, taking first three
places. Bernard Moon, Robert Brown,
Carl Platter and Franklin Wolfe were
given the medals. Time, l min. 8 AS
seconds.
So far as fast running was concern
ed, the go yards relay for the boys
in the 115 pound class was perhaps
one of the prettiest of all the events.
Students from the Oakland High
School again took first honors, with
Friendsville High in second place.
William Parrish, Ned Tower, Garth
right May, James Duke and Darwin
Martin each wear the medals. Time,
min. and 80 seconds and new coun-
ty record and 2 seconds higher than
the Statewide record was estab-
lished.
The fourth event was a fifty yard
dash for boys in the so pound class.
Hugh Strachan, of Kitzmiller, took
first honors and Mossie Crespie, Ern-
est Burkhard and Frank Long, second,
third and fourth places, respective
ly. Time, 7 seconds.
The next event was a 60 yard dash
for the 95 pound class. Joseph Sulli-
van, Kitzmiller, Everett Fike, of the
Friendsville team, Andrew Sanders,
of Crellin, and Gordon Lawson, of
Hutton, taking the honors in the TO-
tation named. Time, Z and As sec
OndS.
The 20 yard dash for boys in the
115 pound class was the best of all.
Darwin Martin, of the Oakland High
School, captured first place; Alvin
Kamp, of Friendsville High, second;
Houston Friend, of the same place,
third, and R. Georg, of Accident High,
fourth. Time, s seconds, establishing
a new county record.
In the $50 yard medley relay, en-
tries were only made by two schools,
viz: Oakland Grammar and Oakland
High. Oakland High won. The sue
cessful contestants were Roy Mick
ey, Warden Roy, Gilbert Shaffer and
Lucien Felty. Time, l min. 80 1-5
seconds.
The 22O yard dash, Junior Unlim-
tied, was captured by Oakland, with
Gilmor S. Hamill, 3rd, taking first
place; Henry Fogle, of Grantsville
High, taking second place, and Rob
ert Miller, of Oakland Htgh School,
third place. Time, 81 seconds.
Exceptional fast running made
the so yard dash interesting, James
Wilson, of the Oakland High School,
headed the list and Percy Kamp, of
FriendsYille High, second. Time, 8
seconds, establishing a new county
record.
The 100 yard dash was won by
Marshall Brown, OF the Oakland High
School, with Mason Calls of Accident
and Frank Friend of Friendsville, sec
ond and third respectively Time
II is seconds.
James Vote and Edward Sebold of
the Oakland High School, took first
and second places respectively in the
one-fourth mile run and E. Friend of
Friendsville High and Melvin burst of
Grantsville High, third and fourth
places respectively. Time, 60 IA sec
onds, thus establishing another new
county record.
The one-half mile run was cap
tured by Paul Custer, of Grantsville
High, in first place; Arthur Speicher
Of Accident High, in second place, and
John Wolfe of Oakland High, in the
third place. Time, 2 min. and % sec
Onds.
In the mile relay but one school
entered, that being Oakland High.
The contestants were Robert Ford
Otto Schultz, Paul Friend and Henry
Holtschneider and Marshall Brown
Having no opponents this race was
for the purpose Of seeing if the time
made last year could be beaten, but
on account Of Holtschneider stumbling
fifteen feet from the line on the final
lap the record of 1922 was not over
come. Time, 4 min. and 20 seconds.
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