Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

TRACK ln District Five Track and Field Meet at Sweetwater, the Abilene Eagles won fourth place with 17 l-4 points. Abilene's only first place came from Gene Bennett's javelin throw of 155 feet ll l-2 inches. Willie Phillips tied for first in the 440-yard run. Phillips, who won the broad jump last year, did not come up to expectations when he failed to place in this event. No records were broken in this year's meet, but the race for team championship was so close that no places were decided until the final event had taken place. Places won by the Eagle track men follow: lOO-yard dash . , , .... Willie Phillips 440-yard run ..........,,.... . . , . Willie Phillips Mile relay . , , , .Bobby Cecil, Charles Sewell, Bill H Shot put ..........,....,,i Gene Bennett Pole vault , . . . Guerdon Busby Iavelin ..,. .... G ene Bennett Discus . . , .,., Gene Bennett Cedl Babb Kmg ay, Willie Phillips .,.. . . , . . Third , First ttiel . , . Fourth . , Second Fourth ttiel . . . , . First . . , Third First Row: Charles Box, George Richardson, Bobby Cecil, Billy Mac lones, Billy Crabb Douglas Graves, Clinton Dewitt, lames Morman. Second Row: Stewart Cooper, Homer Chapman, D. L. Babb, Irvin King, Lloyd Gates, Bill Holderness, Brian Summers, Weldon Skelton, Raymond Chambers. Page101