Oberlin Academy - Etean Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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is a great deal of new and untried material, from which we expect great results. It seems that this year there are more boys interested in this branch of athletics than usual. From all indications, the year will be one of the best in the history of Oberlin Academy track teams. May V May May June MEETS OF T913 10-Academy 59, Oberlin High School, 42. 17-Academy, 2715, 2d place Home Meet. 24-Academy 15, 2d place Princeton Meet. 14-Academy 21, lst place, Buchtel. I Eighty-f

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Lglt tl TRACK The tlack team took part m four meets last year 'lhe fn st one was w1th the H1gh School 'md DIOX ed to be a perfect yy alk avs ay for the Academy The Hlgh School had not yet fully organlzed thelr team and vt as thel efole at a sllght d1sadvantage Then the Academy team entered the College Inter class Meet 1n whlch It captured second place Anothel second place was won 111 the Prmceton meet m Cleveland and ln thls I'I3.1I1SVK01JCh of the Academy broke the mlle lecord Th1s vlctory was a declded honor fo1 the Academy smce 111 th1s meet twelve of the lfugest schools ln Ohlo were lepre sented The last contest of the season was the Buchtel meet 1n Akron The Cads made a sweepmg v1cto1y and brought home wlth them two sllver cups Two membe1s of the team H11USW0lth and Joe Sefl added to the laurels already won by wmnmg second md thud places ln the Pless Dlamond Medal Marathon ln Cleveland Smce thls meet vas not l1m1ted to preparatory schools our boys had to 1un VV1th men far out ot thelr class The second puze won by Hfunsworth was a S1lV61 In the annual Freshmen Academy mdoor track meet last fall the Cads took five first places out of the DOSS1bl6 n1ne Three of these firsts and one second were taken by Forbush who 1S a new man th1s yeal Tlns sprmg a p1Ck up team was formed to 1un agalnst the Hlgh School for a cup The Hlgh School had the advantage of much more pl'1Ct1CG than the Cads and won by half a lap The prospects for th1s year s team ale good for we have s1x of the old team back agam Sefl fcaptamj W1lSOH Matthews Rosol Holtcamp and Wamwrlght The most promlsmg of the new materlal 'ue F01 bush who showed up splendldly ln the Fresh men Academy meet last fall Stearns who has done great thmgs 1n the qualter and half m1le Fulton another promlsmg half mller Sutherland who was fx candldate for the 1912 Oly1np1c games 1n the dlscus and hammel throw Freer and Healmg two othel heavy we1ght men and Covelt the man w1th the Marathon wmd BGS1d6S these there , A . , A . . C C 1 C , 7 cc I - 7. rs I i - l l I fl 4 w I 1 ' J I ' ' . C . n , . N ' c c.. , 7 1 J C . 1 A ' t . In . C . . . A - , I C ' 4: n , ' . AK n r C 9 ' ' ' . , ' . ' . rs ' 73 ' , c c . . I . . ' 1 Y C ' J . C 9 cup, and the th1rd, won by Sefl, a gold medal. ' Cf YY 4 - C 7 . . 1 . N- - . . ,, . - ,, I - A . . ' . ,, ' K! 73 - C C C , C u . ' .4 J., ,I ' ' . 9 J 7 3 ! 7 ' K C 1 ,, 1 7 4 - - ' ., ' ' N- 7 C 7 ' , , C L. . , , C ' ' ' 1- . 4 A' 4 ! ! - , zz - - n ' ' J 2 ' ' Ji :ye trac .

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