Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-16
Bates wins WINTER
SPORTS TITLE AT
ANNUAL CARNIVAL

With weather that could not be
bettered, the annual Waterville Win
ter Carnival was opened yesterday
afternoon at Community Park. AL
though the crowd. that turned out to
witness the contests between teams
of three Maine colleges was small,
1t showed much enthusiasm and good
spirit and it is expected that this af-
ternoon the Park will entertain
many more people than were there
yesterday.
Bates was easily the winner of the
events, scoring total of SIS points,
IA better than Maine could do, while
Bowdoin trailed a poor third with 13
points. Colby was we'll in the rear
with three points.
When the Carnival opened at about
1.30 o'clock snow was falling but
not in sufficient quantities to mar
the proceedings. Later it stopped al
together and the sun broke through
the clouds. The condition of the
snow was perfect for both ski and
snowshoe events.
IL was previous 10 StSlSE-
day that Colby college was to be
represented by five man team as
We're the other colleges but when the
time came for the events to be run
off only one man, Rollins, was at the
Park. A trip was made to the col
lege to find DR.. c. Harry Edwards,
the physical director, who had taken
charge of the Carnival as far as Col
by was concerned and who was relied
upon to appear with the team. T,e
was not to be found. Considera bic
surprise VS. expressed by the specta-
tors that Colby was not represented
by a full team.
Under the general direction of
John H. Hill, manager of the Carni-
val committee, the events were run
off smoothly. Wills of Bates, who
placed second in the snowshoe dash
and distant races and first in the
snow shoe obstacle race was per-
haps the star of the afternoon per-
Torrance Colby of Maine with two
firsts and third also attracted much
attention.
In the 100 yard ski dash final the
fast time of ID seconds was turned
in by the winner. Colby of Maine,
while Rollins of Colby was a close
SSSoIu. OBSERVES ldN
mention for carrying on in the way
he did after his college team had fail
ed to make an appearance.
In the quarter mile ski relay race
only teams from Bates and Bowdoin
were entered and the former team
made up of Bagley. Thomas. Frost
and Scammon easily earned the YER
dict in the time of one minute and
20 seconds
Bates took both first and second
places in the 100 yard snowshoe
dash. Fuller crossing the wire. in
front of Wills. The race between
the two Bates men WAS close and the
finish was one of the best of the af-
ternocn.
Laughter was furnished by the OBJ
stacle race of which Wills of Bates
was the winner in 40 seconds. A ma
jority of the entries got so tangled
up in the barrels and other barriers
that were placed in their way that
they We're left far in the rear by
those few who We're more adept IN
handling themselves in this difficult
form of sport.
The three mile snowshoe race was
won by Turner of Maine in the time
of % minutes and he was followed
cioSel! DS HIS Oh Bates. ne bCNS
We're nearly as strong at the finish
as they had been at the start and
there was much applause as the race
ended. Equally as excitingjwas the
three mile ski race which was won
by Frost of Bates. his time being
"a 12 minutes.
One of the features of the after
noon was the ski jumping which was
won by Colby of Maine The win
ner's greatest distance was SO .eet
inches and Nelson of Bowdoin. who
was second fell several feet short CT
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