New Britain herald., 1929-05-27
LOCALS JOSE IN
 TRIANGULAR MEET
Come in Third Dsdt Winning
 Of Five Pirst Places

SCHOOL tFACk team uu8ne0 III lnlFQ place behind Hartford and New Ha- ven Hlllhouse high school in the Triangular track meetin New Haven Saturday, the New Britain boys overcame great odds in experience and came nearer to winning the honor than any of its predecessors. The final score was Hartford 43. New Haven 42 and 1-2, and New Britain, 70 and 1-o.
 There was intense rivalry between Hartford and New Haven because each had two victories in the fight for the loving cup which is awarded to the team which wins three. The half point margin settled the argu- ment and the cup is in permanent possession of the Capital City team.
 The meet was not decided until the last event. the broad jump. and if New Britain had been as strong in this event as it was in previous meets. top honors would have come here for the first time in the history of the triangular meet.
 However, the team captured live first places and tied for a sixth out of the 1e events. Hillhouse High had three first places and tied for 4 fourth and Hartford High school had three firsts. Sidney Lines of this city was the highest scorer of the meet with Il points.
 Several records were smashed in the meet. Al Middleton who was taking part in high school athletics for the first time since the football season, is believed to have broken the New England scholastic record for the javelin throw. The distance was 1ss feet and 1-2 inches.
 According to Coach Lionel Depot Neverdoski threw the discus for a new local school record. Johnson, in the shot-put event, heaved the iron for 43 feet inches. He broke his own school record. Joe Jenkc- lunas, in his first year as a pole vaulter broke the New Britain hign school record with a vault of 10 feet. nine inches. Although there is a question in the record for the 100 yard dash. it is said that the l0-second-nat dash of Sidney Lines at least equalled it. He. also. may have esta blished the schools broa u jump record with a leap of 20 feet, $ and 1-2 inches. He was leading the broad jumpers in this event until Harrison, negro. of Hartford. made the leap which spelled defeat for, the New Britain teams hopes. It was for 2l feet, inches.
 4 Poor Field ..-
 The meet: was held at Beaver Pond field ill New Haven, a place which was far from satisfactory, as a site flor n track meet The track was not long enough for the 2:0-yari and other events and it was neces- sary to run out on highway where policeman was stationed to hold up traffic. To make | record in a 100-yard dash as Lines did was an accomplishment. In the first place the line was nothing more than q path through the park with over- hanging branches of large trees. The four corners Of the track had ron poles in each of the corners. The lines were not marked.
 The first event was the 10O-yard dash. Sidney Lines who on three occasions tlis year made the dis. tance in 10 and Is seconds betterel his record when he did it in 10 nat. He finished far ahead of his second place man. In the 220-yard dash he scored in g and :-5 seconds.
 Bill" Helm who this season had been doing fairly we'll in the mile event. reached the height of the seasons play when he won the event in four minutes and 54 seconds. He came from behind in the final 100
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