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

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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

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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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TECH REVIEW 57 end with the junior relay race, which was won by our fast team. The members of this team were: Gibbons, Greene, Ruhman, and M archant. Aided by the wonderful running of Elma Smith, the Boston team was finally able to tally about eight more points than Technical. With the close of this meet came the close of one of the most successful indoor seasons Technical has ever witnessed. Although much credit is due the members of the team, still more is due Coach Haddleton, to whom the major share of the season’s success may be attributed. THE ARMORY TRACK MEET THE part of the Armory meet which I shall attempt to describe is the Rhode Island Interscholastic contests. These events were held in the drill shed of the State Armory on the evening of February 21, 1914. before the eyes of over two thousand people. The contending high schools were: Technical, English, Classical, Hope, Morris Heights. Moses Brown, Pawtucket, Cranston, Dor- chester. and North Kingstown. At the start it was known that Technical had a well balanced team, that Pawtucket had a strong team, and that Moses Brown possessed a team which had defeated Technical only a week before. Each of the other schools had a few good men. As “Al” Haddleton, Tech’s famous coach, paced the floor of the drill shed during the beginning of the meet, there was a sly twinkle in his eye. for he intended to sur- prise the other schools. He had kept as a secret that Ellis, a Technical boy. had been jumping very high, and that Downey, another Technical lad. had been showing a great deal of speed in secret practice. As the contest got underway, the twinkle in Coach H addle- ton’s eye was reinforced by a broad smile on his lips, for his well developed machine was fast winning the day. Merrill of Cranston High had been picked to win the fifty-yard dash, but to everybody’s surprise he was easily defeated by Downey of Technical. Pawtucket High had expected to win the high jump, but to their amazement, Ellis of 'Tech- nical leaped over the bar at a height of five feet and seven inches, surpassing all previous records. Captain Westphal of 'Tech won the shot-put. This also was a surprise to all. E. Dorsey and J. Clark, both of Tech, won the first prize in the half-mile and mile runs, re- spectively. 'Thus the victory for 'Technical High School was sure before the final score was reckoned. 'Technical was first with forty- one points and Moses Brown second with sixteen points. TABLE OF POINTS IN INDOOR SEASON Naim- of Competitor Barber ---- Brennan .. Clark ..... ('handler Dorcey Downev .. Ellis ..... Fort ...... Gibbons .. Graham .. Greenhalgb Harris Heaton — Hinckly ... Howe ...... Jackson ... Johnston .. Kimball Ma reliant . Medbery Westphal Wheat .... Wood .... 5 g i x I I 6 4 4 5 3 6 3 4 6 tc w 4 M C ” i c §«§1 E 5= a a 6 4 6'A: 5 3 1541 154' S I ...I 5 ...I 5! SI.... ...|...| 5.... ■I 3 4 31 l| 7 S 5 IS !...! 3 ... 7 A 3 10'4 4 20 1 5 1.. . 6 : i 1 2 1 12 ...I 3 1.. . 7 1.. . I 6 3 6 1.. .'io 4 1.. .! 6 1.. .! 6 6 21 1.. .110 l-.-l S