Providence Technical High School - Review Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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TRACK Front row—M a reliant. Hesse. Hopkins. Downey, Green. Second row -Smith (assistant manager). Robinson (assistant manager). West Pbnl (captain), Macrae (manager), Loegal. Third row—Day. Kimble. Harris, Heaton, lladdlcton (couch). John- son, Kills, Greenhalgh, Brennan. Hack row—Wood, Wheat. Wilde, Fort. Chandler, Modbery, Dorcey.

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54 T E C H R E V I E W HE cross-country team under the leadership of Capt. Fort and Coach Haddlcton completed one of the most successful sea- sons on record. From start to finish a pood spirit prevailed, and no discord, which does so much to destroy a team’s chances, was seen. At tin first meet, for the championship of Southern New England, we were second only to the United States cham- pions. and again lost the championship of New England to these men in the B. A. A. run. However, our showing in these meets was so good that we were invited to race the Har- vard Freshmen. We lost this race, altho Clark took first place, but a banquet at the ’Varsity Club restored the spirits of the team. Both first and second teams triumphed in the Interscholastic Run, and the Outlet trophy was won for good. At Fairhaven all three medals and the cup were brought back with us. '1'his sweeping victory ended the sea- son and the following Monday all ribbons, medals, and the three cups, including Clark’s, were exhibited in the Hall. The work of the second team attracted notice by their victories over English and Hope in the Interscholastic race. The boys are much indebted to Coach Haddlcton for his help, and if he is still with us to handle the team, which will be aided Wickson. and Mills, there is no reason why Tech should not be among the leaders next fall. Robert H. Smith.

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56 TECH REVIEW INDOOR TRACK HE indoor track season was opened as usual with a victory for Technical, when she de- dicated Fairhaven High at Fairhavcn. That it was no one-sided affair may hi seen by the score, which was 26 to 24. Tod Gibbons, one of our promising youngsters, won the fiftecn- ard dash with Capt. Fritz Westphal second. Medbery, Ellis and Gibbons, all Tech” boys, captured the three places in the stand- ing broad jump in the order named. West- phal and Joe Heaton took first and second places, respectively, in the shot-put. Though we secured but third place in the high jump, and did not win the relay race, our early lead gave us the meet. A most sensational dual track meet with the Moses Brown school was the next event of the season. The result of this meet was in doubt until the very last event of the evening, when the Quakers won the relay races, this giving the Moses Brown school the larger number of points. Our hoys cap- tured all the points in the shot-put and won all but one in the senior dash and high jump. The highest individual point winner of the evening was a boy from the Quaker school, although he was closely followed by two promising Technical lads, M archant and Jackson, who were tied for second honors of the evening. In the Tcch-English-Classical triangular meet, which was the third meet of the indoor work. Technical, in the usual way, came out an easy victor. This livel set of games was held in our assembly hall before a large gath- ering of students from each of the schools. We captured all the places in the potato race, second and third in th- high jump and sec- ond in the hurdles. R. Wood of Tech” narrowlv beat Flynn of Classical for first honors in the broad jump with Greenhalgh of “Tech third. Classical made her points in the dash while English secured first place in the high jump. The final score was 22 points for Technical. 18 points for Classical and 4 points for English. On March 7th the track squad represent- ing Technical left Providence on the 6 o'clock Boston train to fill their engagement with the Boston College High School. On this evening our boys were working under two serious handicaps. In the first place they had been practically without a place to train since the Armory meet, and in the second place, when they came in contact with the square-cornered, 20 lap-to-a-mile track in the Boston College High School building, they were up against something entirely new to them. Nevertheless, our boys fought out every race and by so doing they made a fine showing against the Bostonians. One of the most exciting events of the evening was the running high jump, in which Ellis, Tech's best high jumper and hurdler, pushed Wha- len. a star Boston leaper, to his limit. Cheers for both boys rang through the crowded hall time and again. George Kimball surprised everybody by winning the 300-vard run by at least ten yards. Keen competition was present in the 600-yard run. in which J. Brennan and J. Howe, both members of our squad, won second and third places, respec- tively. After the hard-fought combat, in which the Boston boys secured the larger number of points, both track squads were served with a light lunch in the Boston Col- lege High School basement. The last track meet of the indoor season was held at the Boston High School of Com- merce on March 13th. One of the Boston newspapers said: “For all ’round excellence, fast times and close competition there has not been a finer schoolboy track meet this pres- ent season than the Providence Technical- High School of Commerce meet on the latter’s track yesterday afternoon. While the Com- merce boys starred in the dashes, our boys gave the Bostonians an exhibition in the mile and the shot-put. Jack Clark, followed by Barber and Fort, won the mile run in a man- ner which made the exes of the Boston on- lookers open. Captain Westphal. Joe John- ston and Joe Heaton, all “Tech boys, cap- tured all places in the shot-put. Harold Down-.y, Technical’s star sprinter, made a fine showing against Elm a Smith of the High School of Commerce, who is the indoor cham- pion of New England. The meet came to an