New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-09-19
STANLEY RULE ATHLETES
WIN TRACK MEET HONORS
Dan Healy and Zabo Big Factors In Teams Victory
Irishman Places First In Three Distance Events
-Buttmakers Prove Strongest In Tugof Var
Dead Heat In 100 Yard Open Dash - Champions
Also Lead In Field Competition Large Crowd of
Spectators.

Led by Dan Healy, in1omitahle
Irish middle distance star, the Stan
ley Rule & Level Co track team
captured first honors and the Herald
trial Track and Field meet held at
| Memorial Field in Willow Brook
/ park Saturday afternoon. The meet
| was by far the best event of its kind
held in this city in many years and
a fairly large crowd OF interested
/ spectators, including a large group
, of old timers. watched the events
with avid interest.
: The competition started promptly
at $50 o'clock and the events were
run off in quick order. The entire
meet was finished shortly after .
, o'clock and then, as an added
feature. the Stanley Rule & Level
/ baseball team played the American
Tube & Stamping team from Bridge
port.
Outstanding Star
Healy was by far the outstanding
star of the meet with Zabo his team
mate, running him a close second.
flcaly, besides helping greatly to
land the meet for the Stanley Rule
team, also captured the Individual
point trophy, a beautiful bronze
statue Of a runner, by taking first
r1l1Pe in SSD
two-mile (open) runs Zabo took the
100 y4d dash. closed, the 220 ward
dash, open. In the last named event,
he and Bengston, also of the Stan
ley Rule team, ended the race in a
dead heat. Bengston then entered
the relay and after doing 440 yards
about the track, decided that he
would rather toss for first place in
the event than run off the heat.
Iabo won the toss and he and Beng
ston divided the points equally, each
man taking four. This gave Healy Is
points, Zabo 4 points, Bengston nine
points and Walthers four points. All
the leading point winners were
members Of the winning team.
The standing in points for the
teams was as follows: Stanley Rule.
60; Landers, ri; Russell & Erwin,
and Vulcan Iron Works, 8.
Feature of Meet
The feature of the meet was the
$50 yard race in which Hcaly and
Peter Rakowski of the 4. & L. team
hattled for first honors. Healy beat
out his opponent in the last ) yards,
but RakoWski gave him one OF the
toughest races he has had in many
years. RakoWsli trailed him from
the start and at the second last turn
IN the track, he caught the Irishman
and passed him. When they passed
the last quarter turn, Healy spurted
and so did Eakowski. 1t was Healv's
stamina and staying power that
brought hi min Just ahead Of Ra-
kowski.
The tug of war also proved to be
one of the biggest features Of the
meet. The crew of strong men from
the Stanley Works, defeated the
Vulcan Iron Works in the prelimin-
aries and then defeated the Stanley
Rule team in The finals. The winners
pulled the rope Just four inches off
center and held it there for the 80
seconds necessary to win.
The Stanley Rule team defeated
Landers in the first pull and thereby
Went the finals
Zabo easily took both the 100 ward
dash tcloscd) and the 220 yard run.
liz led the field by about seven yards
IN both races. In the 100 yard dash
'open), he and Bengston stepped
side by side down the entire stretch
and both breasted the tape in a dead
heat. These two should make A pret-
~ race if they should decide to run
the event over again some time be-
ore the winter sets in. Zabo last
year was the star dash man of the
New Britain High school track team.
Results OF Events
The results Of the various events
were as follows:
100 yard dash tclosed), Zabo,
Stanley Rule, first; Deminsky, Ian
Ie' >, Se'oiiu ana oiheart, Landers.
''i', -, '''is ~ 20 SECONDS.
7f' Sdru daSh' behgston' Stanley
i|"'V lH.' Arsosy' Stanley Rule,
second and Wallace, Landers, third.
I'Ille, 80 . seconds,
Gov Saru uash' llealy' Stanley
It"l'' II'''' haho"skl' Russell d
~ VIII S'coi'd ana harlah' Landers.
M no ~ mn, -'"' SO
Nv Nard dash' Labo, Stanley
ilulV' ii'9t' "aIlherS' Stanley Rule.
"ICo!'u ana peihlhSky' Landers,