Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-23
South Paris Athletes
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points. The events were very close
ly contested but wfthall the finest
spirit Of sportsmanship prevailed
Throughout.
/ Twenty secondary schools were en-
| tered IN the meet. with oyer 100
students and leaders present. AS
many AZ thirty-five and forty men
were entered m the various races
and 1t was necessary to run five trial
heats in both the 100 yard ski dash
and the 100 yard SnoWshoe dash.
Two men were selected from each
heat to compete in the semi finals
which were run in first and second
events and three from each Compel
ed In the finals.
The ski and snowshoe relay race
brought out thirteen teams and was
| run in two semi finals and the mats.
All trials and SENT finals were con-
Quoted in the forenoon at Ganeston
Perk and the finals were held there
in the afternoon. The $50 yard
| skating race was held the first thing
in the morning at Williams field,
and was skated simply as a final.
In the Ss0-yard skating event, H.
| Peaks Of Milo, had everything his
own way, and at the finish he started
| " IntO ul6 6WCdlCE WHllO tAS
| other contestants had still one more
| lap to go. He started off well and
In the first lap gained an enormous
lead. From then on he was cCnten;
| to take 1t easy, although he coEtin-
| ued to gain constantly until he mad
| q full lap lead. w. Savage Of NJ. c.
| was second and he was closely fol-
| lrweG by L. Collins Ct Auburn Com
| E:uEity Service.
| South Paris showed UP well in the
| trials and semi finals, eEd made
good time but the real speed came
! in the afternoon at the finals. Every
one Of these events developed excit-
ing finishes. and the three men plac-
ing In each competition were well
punched.
A surprise developed in tho cross
country half mile race, when the first
three men to finish We're skiiers as
was the fifth. Last year The SNOW
shoers seemed to havo the advantage
| but 1t did not hoid good this year.
! 1t was originally intended to make
this event one mile blu: as the track
was not broken ont, 1t was decided
| that the men should break OUT Il
| tract for a half mile at L walk. ana
then race on the way in. Ten teams
were entered in the event, with four
| men, two on skis and two on snow
shoes, composing each team. 1t was
necessary to score all of the forty
men to determine the team standing
as 1t was based upon the place in
which the men finished added to-
| gether. the one with the least score
being the winner. r. Aldrich of
! South Paris who also had taken the
first in the 100 yard skill dash, and
was a member of the winning relay
team, came in first in fine style with
a. Whitney of Kents Hill second and
+. Gaunnon of Norway third. Gaun-
non made a pretty bid for second
! place in the last hundred feet but
could not quite make the grade al
though he was within four feet of
| Whitney at the finish. -.. 20
Edward Little Wins Skill Cumming
Some pretty competition devel-
oped in the secondary school ski
jumping, with Edward Little High
or Auburn taking the first two places.
George Dufour and l.. Haskell. Jr..
of that school tied for first place
with jumps of 36 feet Z inches and
were forced to try once more to
jump off the tie. Dufour won on
the jump off with 36 feet 6 inches,
while Haskell made a leap OF Sc
| ASS~ iio CNShI was 10 Two
men from each school, but through
mistake George Welch of the same
school was entered and jumped, TAX
/ ing third place with 81 feet o inches.
Because of the limitation of the con-
test he was not allowed to place and
! w. Durgin OF the Community Ser
vice Of Auburn and Lewiston took
third with jump of 80 feet II
inches.
Adolph Olsen, the winner of the
| State OF Maine open ski jump last
/, year. was present and was greatly
| pleased with. the showing of the
boys. He acted as one of the judges
| for this competition.
The series of events for the Sec
ondary schools went off in fine style
without hitch. and with the finest
! of feeling among the contestants
The decisions of the judges were not
contested at any time. nor was there
any Grabbing" over the choice OF
lanes. so that II was pleasure for
the officials to handle the meet.
The officials were: Clerk of course
Harlan S. Kennedy: starter. Wal
worth Simpson: judges at the finish
! A. s. Merrill. G. r. Thompson. Jack
O'Connell; announcer. Jack" SAT-
ford.
i Secondary School Winners
The results of the secondary
school program were:
Finals in the 10O-yard ski dash
r. Aldrich, South Paris. first: A
Whitney, Kents Hill, second: II
Faulkner, Houlton. third: time
II 1-5 seconds.
Finals in the 1OO-yard snowshoe
dash-R. Hicks. South Paris. first
r. jackson. Old Town, second: G
Stafford. NJ. c. l., third: time, 10 q
seconds.
Finals in the 4O0-yard and ski
relay race-South Paris. first. team
consisting of q. Colby and r. Aid.
rich. skis, r. Hicks and II. Aldrich
tsnowshoes: Houlton High. second
team composed of r. Faulkner and
d. Lovely, skis. H. Moore and w
Putnam. snowshoes: Kent's Hill
third. team consisting of A. Whitne,
and Fl. Kockson: skis. l.. Steward
and +. Bates. snowshoes: time,
minute 16 is seconds.
One half mile cross country snow.
shoe and skill race, four-man teams
} winners based on lowest score fol-
all four men--kent's Hill, first, A
! Whitney. End r. Bates. 10Th. II
DICKSON. 18th. L. Steward. 18th: Ole
Town, second. r. Thaxter. Sth, G
Scott, 10th. 8. Jackson. 18th. X
jackson. 23rd: Norway. F. Gaunnon
Bird. N. Annis. 9th. e. Cummings
21st. H. Tucker. 31st. The three
individual winners were. A. Aldrich
South Paris. first; A. Whitney. Kent's
Hill, second: F. .Gaunnon. Norway