Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-21
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(Speclai 20 kennepec JouTnaLJ
waterville, Jan. 20.-Fine weather
called out crowd of several thous-
and to see the close of the second
snnual Winter Carnival here. Bates
won the Maine intercollegiate cham
pionship with a total of 80 points.
Colby second with Is points. Maine
Central Institute won the prep school
championship with 20 points, Coburp
second with 10 and Cony High school
of Augusta third with Z. In the after
noon Colby won the hockey game
from the University of Maine 81.
Adolph Olsen of Portland who
was unable to make only two exhi-
bition jumps On account of injuries
received in the Manchester. N. H.
carnival has very generously offered
to return to this city on February
% paying his own expenses, to give
exhibitions at the business mems
carnival which will probably be held
on that date. In spite of his injuries
Mr.. Olsen made an exhibition jump
Saturday afternoon of 81 feet. break
ing the previous record by about Is
feet.
From the point of view of the
spectators conditions could not have
been better. The temperature hardly
went below freezing during the three
days of the carnival and the sun
shone brightly on Friday. Saturday
was cloudy and warm. This made the
snow sticky and slowed up the ath-
,letic events. 1t was not warm enough
to affect the ice on the rink, howeva ar
and the crowd was treated to two
! OF the best games of hockey seen in
this city for long time. The local
| rooters also had a chance to cheer
for winning teams both Friday and
Saturday, Coburn coming back at
Cony for win by overcoming two
point lead and Colby winning from
Maine by superior teamwork and
clever shooting.
Mr.. Striley declared yesterday that
another year he believed tat the best
method for the carnival was to make
1t one day affair with purely local
talent competing. This is the second
year that Waterville has tried to
hold a carnival. Both years the pro-
grams have been successfully carried
out but weather conditions have been
against complete success.
The first event of Saturday morn
ing. the 14-yard skate race for gram
mar school pupils, was u good one.
CHARLES Harmon won but he had
plenty of competition. The ski
jumping of young Chef Taylor Gre
| ated quite n sensation. Chef is about
10 years old and not much bigger
than a pint of peanuts. but he made
three pretty jumps off the big ski
jump taking first prize. His longest
leap was so feet.
Mansur of Cony led most of the
way in the 100-yard ski race for
high and prep schools. but Bailey
of Coburn made n squirt in the last
10 yards and carried away first hon
ors. Many people were sorry to see
Bobby Violette of Watervillc High
lose the mile skating race. Bobby
led the field of IL contestants for the
first seven laps. but he slipped and
fell on the first corner of the last
lap and Savage of NJ. c. ]. went by
him to n win while Violette had to
be content with second place. The
100-yard snowShoe race was all NJ.
c. ]. for the whole distance. In the
snowshoe obstacle race Hardy Of
Coburn crossed the finish line first
but he ran part of the way with only
one snowshoe and was disqualified.
Maine Central Institute carried off
the first honors for the meet with
% points: Coburn was second with
10 and Cony High third with seven.
All of the college contests were
first class but Bates had the edge
on Colby and won - to is Bates
brought up fine all-roupd team
and each man competed in practi-
cally every event. John Barnes car
ried off two firsts in snowshoe races.
In the snowshoe obstacle race Tiff
fanny of Bates led to the barrel and
he succeeded in crawling through
first, but when he had completed
half the distance from his barrel to-
the finish line he had to go back and