Technical High School - Tech Tatler Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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CHAMPIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA ' rank The track team which represented the Technical High School for the season of 1915 was the best balanced team Tech ever turned out. They are without a doubt the State Champs. In the four meets in which they have competed in Tech was a winner with more points than the remaining teams put together. A shield, five cups, an individual cup won by Beck and many medals. lVIany school records and Track records were broken. The season was opened at Philadelphia, where the relay team was entered in the U. of P. Relay races. Tech was in one of the fastest races of the day, the time of. the winners being better than a number of the colleges. lldorris H. S., of New York City, took first place with Trenton High second, Harrisburg Technical third, and Baltimore Poly. lnstitute fourth. Time 3.35 4-5. Tech covered the distance in 3.37. The Seniors easily romped away with the inter class meet on the Island. The team romped away with the dual meet at lvlercersburg with the Academy second team, scoring Q03 points to hlercersburgis 355. Tech took hrst place in every event excepting the hammer throw. which was lost by a couple of inches. Hefflefinger set up two school records in the two sprints, scoring the 100 yard dash in IO 1-5 seconds, and the 220 yard dash in 23 seconds. He also took hrst place in the broad jump. Two school records were broken by Beck when he heaved the shot 46 feet and ran the 220 yard low hurdles in 28 1-5 seconds. He also won the discus throw. Flickinger made a new school record in the half mile run, covering the distance in 2.11 1-5 seconds. lXIay I4 the team went to State College where they won the meet on the following day, scoring 83 points. VVilliamsport was second with 27 points. Central finished seventh without much difficulty, scoring 6 points. Tech scored in every event except the high jump which went to VVilliamsport. Beck scored the highest number of points in the meet, taking the shot put, discus throw, 220 low hurdles, and third in 120 high hurdles. Scoring in all 00 I 0--0-0----Oli lol luliotooll-0'-0-0--0+-no col 00000000 000000 37

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.4 grabs, he Qout00s0suaQAnnotInsoooccocoa0intoastooouooloocosaoouunocoaaaooo Tech was handed her first Scholastic defeat at York, when the High School five of that place defeated them, score 51 to Ifl. Revenge was taken on Shippenshurg, when the Tech lvarsity easily defeated the Cum- bei-land Valley Normal five on the Tech floor, score .33 to 11. Lancaster was downed hy Tech at Lancaster. At the end of the first half the score stood I8 to 18. But Tech took the lead in the latter part of the game and held it till the finish, when the score was 33 to 20. Kliddletown was easily defeated on the Tech floor hy the score of .to to 28. Not heing satisfied with this victory the Klaroon team went to Kliddletown, where the Lower Town school was again defeated hy the score of ,tl to 21. ' Steelton took their first game from Tech after a hard fought game in Felton Hall. Tech was leading by one point when the first half ended. But they went to pieces in the lat- ter period and when the game ended the score stood 67 to 36 in Steeltonls favor. The team then took a two-day trip to VVilliamsport, where they were defeated hy the XVilliams wort High five hy the score of ' 3 to 2' :and the Dickinson Seminary of the same l 1- . -l. -l . place, score 31 to 19. The following Friday they went on a three-day trip where they were defeated at Reade ing hy the score of 53 to 3o. The team took a hrace and succeeded in walloping Lehigh Scruhs hy a score of 34. to 23. This game was played in the Lehigh gymnasium. The next game was played at home, where hlillersyille Normal five went down to score of 35 to lo. hlillersville Normal teamevened things up when Tech went to hlillers ville. Score 43 to 19. Central had a game scheduled at Danville, hut the death of Prof. Steele caused it to he canceled. This game was arranged with Tech. The team went up hut lost out after a hard fought game. Score 4.5 to 31. Steelton took the second, and the only game Tech lost on the Tech floor, hy the score of 31 to 24. The next game was with Central in the Chestnut Street Hall, where Tech out scored Central in field goals, hut Central won the contest on her ahility to cage fouls. The Blaroon team took revenge on York in the Chestnut Street Hall when she def feated that team in an extra five minute period. The score at the end of the game was 20 to 20, hut in the final period Tech succeeded .t points to Yorkys two points. making the final score 30 to 28. Tech lost her last game to Central on the Chestnut Street Hall floor. The game hee came rough at times. The final score stood 34 to 23. The successful season was due to Coach Gruhh. Klanager Stiteler, and the support re- ceived hy the student hody. The team was Captained hy VVillie Scheffer, who won his haskethall letter in his junior year. He played a guard position. Beck and Harris were the other guards. Vic lfmanuel played the center position with llelville, Yoder and KIcCurdy filling the forward positions on the team. The scrubs must also he rememhered for their good work done against second strong teams in the vicinity and the practice which it gave the lvarsity. The interclass league was won by the juniors who played the tie-off with the Soph- omores. lluch interest was shown in these games. OOUOOIOOI'..f.'f.IllllllllliIl'. l U OlOlICllO'OO'OlllOl l . Q l D lClilll 36

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oooh 000 00 000000 0000000 0 000000 000000000 0 00 Qooooltc 00 I7 points. Capt. Hefflelfinger took the 100 yard dash in IO 2-5 seconds, the 220 yard dash in the record time of 23 seconds, equaling the time made at lylercersburg in the same event. This time stands as a school record. Davie also took second place in the broad jump, scor- ing a total of I3 points. S. Anderson set up a school record in the pole vault, making a leap of II feet. He also took second on the 120 yard low hurdles. Sutch, the plucky little Sopho- more, broke the school record and the State College Scholastic record in tl1e two mile run, covering the distance in IO minutes and 18 seconds. Garland easily won the mile in 4 minutes 48 seconds. The third meet of the season which the lylaroon and Gray squad competed in was o11 the Island lVIay 22. Tech easily took the meet with about Q0 points. Steelton came second with 32 points. The meet started in a downpour of rain. Only one record was broken due to the condition of the weather, although good time was made taking this into consid- eration. Beck proved to be the highest individual point scorer and received a small loving cup for that purpose. Scoring 18 by winning the shot put, breaking the former record held by lVIcCutcheon of Pittsburg made in 1911, distance 45 ft. inches, by 1 ft. IOg: inches, making Beck's record 47 feet, 32 inches. He also won the 220 yard low hurdles, the 120 yard high hurdles, and also took third in the 100 yard dash. Hefflefinger was a close second with 1641 points. He won the IOO yard and 220 yard dashes, the broad jump, setting up a new school record of 2O ft. 62 inches, breaking the record which he made last year on the Island, and he also won his lap in the relay after a beautiful race. The boys had little trouble in making a clean sweep at Reading, scoring 53 points. Reading finished second with 27 points. Steelton and Central tied with 2 points. There were five records broke11 on the Reading field, and two school records broken. Beck set up a new record for tl1at field in the shot put of 46 ft. inches, and in the 220 low hurdles of 28 3-5 seconds. Hefflelfinger set a new mark in the 220 yard dash of 23 3-5 seconds, breaking lVIcG0vern's record by 1-5 of a second. Sutch ran the prettiest race of the day, running the mile in the record breaking time of 4 minutes 41 3-5 seconds. The relay team ilso broke tl1e school record by two seconds. Technical High School's track and field records are as follows: Wilma and WylIFI'E Ewent. Record. Ifolder. ll'f111ll'- IOO yard dash . IO 1-5 sec., . ...HefHelHnger, lklercersburg, 1915 220 yard dash . 23 sec., .. .I-letflelfinger, State College, 1915 440 yard dash . 54 4-5 sec., .. ...HeH'lelfinger, lylercersburg, 1914. 880 yard run, 2.11 1-5 sec., . . . .Flickinger, . . .... hlercersburg, 1915 One mile run, . 4.41 3-5 sec., . . . .Sutch, . .. Reading, 1915 Two mile run, ..... 10.18 sec., .. ...Sutchl .... State College, 1915 120 yard high l1urdles, ..17 4-5 sec., . . . .S. Anderson, hlercersburg, 1914 220 yard low hurdles, 28 1-5 sec., ...... Beck, ...... .... lV Iercersburg, 1915 Broad jump, ....... 20 ft. 6 3-4 in., . . .Hetflelfingen Harrisburg, 1915 High jump, .. 5 ft. 7 in., Anderson, Reading, 1914 Pole vault, II ft., .......... S. Anderson, State College, 1915 Hammer throw, . 138 ft. 1 I-2 in ..Elscheid, .. Harrisburg, 1915 Shot put, ..... 47 ft. 4 3-4 in., . . .Beck, . . Harrisburg, 1915 Discus throw, . 113 ft. 6 i11., . ...l1llscheid, Harrisburg, 1915 f'HeH'lelfinger, 4 One Mile Relay Race min 39 1-5 sec., .4 lkmmlngy, - - 'yReading, 1915 ' Stiteler, . .. ' fStansfield, . i 38