University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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J I if M jg9:g,,A wszoz tppzegxf stag' li Cross Country Team This fall when Coach Nash Higgins issued the call for cross country eamliclates about thirty distance men reported for practice.. After putting in several weeks of hard work on the track the Orange and Blue cross country team entered a three-and-a-half-mile road race at Del.and. Florida won the first eight places in this meet, overwhelmingly defeating Southern and Stetson who were also represented in the meet. The next meet that the Gator team entered was a dual run with the Univer- sity of Georgia at Jacksonville, just preceding the Georgia-Florida football game. The Gator cross country team, meeting their first ,Southern Confer- ence foe, downed the strong Georgia team by a 31-22 sco1'e. They upset all the dope by this unexpected victory over a strong Red and Black team led by Captain Young who is famous throughout Conference circles for his distance running. The Gators climaxed the season by taking a third place in the annual Southern Conference cross country meet at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in November. Members of Florida's cross country team were Gus Click, Wzlrrick Fin- neran, Tom Smith, Willard Ayres, Owen Rice, Ralph Stone, Chick Shiver and Ken Hazeltine. ui L1 LQAQQLQLLQ 4944 ,44L4434g t-L-A E' 11 C

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hun!! lgezfszf xisrzeg lwzsrf A Sag! ii A events. Hall won first in the shot put, and Munger won the pole vault. The freshmen won first in the mile and half mile relays and placed third in the two-mile relay. The next meet was a dual engagement with Alabama held on April 17, in Gainesville. The Gators had little trouble in turning back the Crimson Tide by the overwhelming score of 84- to 31. Coach Higgins took his stars to Havana, Cuba, during the spring holi- days to compete with the University of Havana. This meet was a rather unique affair since it had a number of unusual events such as the hammer throw, hop-skip-jump, and others which the Gators had not entered before. On May 16 and 17, the Gators journey to Atlanta to participate in the Southern Conference track meet. Unlike the Tech Relays, all points won are aggregated to determine the winner. Members of Coach Nash Higgins' squad who contributed to the success of the season were: Captain Forrest Munger, Ed Sauls, A. P. Small, Ancil Boyctte, Red McEwen, Gus Click, Owen Rice, Willard Ayres, Warrick Finneran, O. P. Johnson, Ed Newcome, Compton French, Joe Hall, Red Bethea, Tom Smith, Bob Arnow, Ralph Davis, and ,lohn Hall. 'J' FF t-.-.4

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,. ,s..e,, e--s.s ,......,...,1 Freshman Track The Freshman track squad of this year was very successful, showing its greatest strength in the distance events and the relays. The first victory to he ehalked up was in the triangular tilt with the two high schools of Jacksonville: The Freshmen scored a total of 86 2X3 to the 36 of Rohert E. Lee and the 25 of Andrew Jackson. The Freshmen garnered eight first places with two seconds. The firsts were won in the following: Mile-Page 113, Masters 123. 880-Masters 113, Cox 123. . 440-Jones 113, Roth 133. Mile Relay- 1 Roth-Knight-.lones-Herrick3 . Broad Jump-Ploeger 113, Sadler 123. Javlin-Wienges 113, Jenkins 123, Woodall 133. High .lump-Sadler 113, Williams 123. Pole Vault-Ploeger 113, Heinherger-Spencer 133. The seconds were in the Medley Relay and the 880 Relay. The next Frosh victory came when Coach Higgins took three relay teams to Atlanta on April 12, 1930, for the Tech Relays. The team returned with two first places and a second. The two events won were: Half Mile Relay--1Miller-Jones-Knight-Herriek3. Mile Relay--1Roth-Knight-.lones-Herrick3. The second was in the two-mile relay. The last trip made hy the rat cindermen was. to Jacksonville where they entered the first annual A. A. U. meet, held under the auspices of the Jacksonville Playground and Recreation Department, headed hy Mr. ,loseph.E. liyrnes. This meet came on May 10, and the rat team made a very creditable showing. -1 .Lz II ala