O'Toole of E. H.-S. won the mile walk, with 70 yards to spare, and, as
usual, got through without a caution. Mallette, B. L. S., was ruled off,
after a hard brush with O'Toole on the third lap. Lockwood of W. A. got
second, and Mohan of E. H.-S. third.
The mile bicycle was a genuine race, and, strange to say, proved
exciting. Stone of Andover was thrown in his trial heat. Lincoln of
B. L. S., who was looked upon as the next best entry, met with an
accident in the final. Then a pretty race began among Boardman of
Noble's, Warnock of C. H. and L., and Hardy of Hopkinson's. They
finished in that order, Warnock breaking away from a bad pocket just in
time to spurt for second place.
The field events developed uniformly high performances. Rice of Noble's
won the high jump, after a close contest; his height was 5 ft. 7-1/4
in.; Perry of Andover was second, with 5 ft. 6 in.; Lorrimer (Mechanics
Arts), Howe (W.A.), and Phillips (Noble's), tied for third. Hersey of
W.A. won the broad jump with a performance of 21 ft. 5-1/2 in.; within
half an inch of Brewer's record made in 1890; Theman, W.A., was second
with 21 ft. 4 in.; and Prouty, P. E. A., third, 21 ft. 1 in., making
this event much more even and creditable than usual. Bascom Johnson,
W.A., added two inches to his own record of 10 ft. 7 in. in the pole
vault, beating out Clapp of Williston, who vaulted 10 ft. 6 in.; Kendall
of W.A. and Prouty were tied for third. Boyce of B. H.-S. won the
hammer, throwing it 122 ft. 1 in.; Edmands was second, 117 ft.; and
Shaw, Hopkinson's, third, with 105 ft. O'Brien, E. H.-S., failed in the
shot, putting it only 36 ft. 2 in.; Heath, Hopkinson's, surprised the
crowd by doing 36 ft. 7 in.; Edmands was able to do only 34 ft. 2-1/2
in.
The Hartford High-School track team won first place at the Connecticut
High-School games a week ago Saturday for the sixth time in the history
of the association. There were only five schools entered, and Hartford
took the pennant with 51 points, Hotchkiss School coming second, with
37. Five records were broken--the 100-yard dash, the walk, the high
jump, the hammer, and the pole vault.
[Illustration: F. C. INGALLS.
Hartford High-School.]
[Illustration: F. R. STURTEVANT.
Hartford High-School.]
The star performers of the day were Morris, Sturtevant, Ingalls, and
Luce of Hartford, and Ellsworth of Hotchkiss. The 100 was taken by Luce
in .10-2/5, with Morris and Pendleton behind him. The 220 was a race
among these same men, but on this occasion Morris won after a sharp
tussle with Luce, who came second, with Pendleton again third, the time
being .23-3/5. Morris took another first by winning the quarter. This
race had been conceded to Luce beforehand, but his work before he came
to the scratch had taken a good deal out of him, and consequently he was
not so fresh as Morris. The latter ran a very clever race, and finished
strong, with Luce only about four feet behind him, in .52-4/5, Cheney
being a good third.
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