The 1927 Track Season

THE Howe Track Season of 19 27 was featured by two meets of importance. They were the Annual Inter-Club Fie ld Day and an Invitational Meet with Lagra n ge High School.

Coach Coo mbs ca ll ed for candidates early in Apri l, and by the first of May, a very credita ble squad was in training and s howin g fine prospect s for a s ucce ssfu l season.

The C lub Meet was held at Williams Field on Ma y 21st The Blakes again repeated as winners, w ith the Dwights seco nd , and the Macks trailing. Probably the out sta ndin g s t a r of the meet was Bob Metz for the Blakes. In addit ion to being high-point man for the meet, he estab li sh ed a new record for the j ave lin throw of 130 fee t T he results of the C lub Meet follow:

OR

DISl'AN E FIRST s CON D TJ-TnlD dash _ 6lY.- Met z Ryon Deli g ianni s »

00-yard dash ______ 10 %" Met z Stewart Tittle d da sh 23%" R yon Stew :1rt Barrett dash 58%" Aldendifer Ba g ley, H. Dob son

-m il e run ----- 2' 17%" R yers on Baldwin , M. Harward run 5' 17" Wellington Loeber Watson

Shot Put ---------3 8' McNamara Jenkin s, F. Blo c h , W.

Ja ve lin ----------130' Met z R y on John son , I.

Discus ----------93' Ryer so n Metz Boyer

High Jump 5' 3" Browne A ld endifer Jenkin s, F.

Pole Vault ___ ·------ 10 ' 6" Gi lli s-M' Intyre \V/ ellin g ton A le xa nian

Broad Jump _____ 18' 5'' A ld end ifer McNamara R y on Point s: Blakes, 68; Dwi g ht s, 57; McKcnzies, 7

A few days later , May 26t h , Howe defeated their old ri va ls, Lagrange High School, in a meet held h ere. In t he track events Howe had no difficulty in holdin g a margin, but were outcla sse d in the fie ld events It was a ve r y inte1·es tin g co nte st with severa l close finis h es. In the mile run, after trailin g t h e fie ld for two laps, Wat on ca me from behind and won th e eve nt. T h e results fo llo w:

'EVENT l 00-yard d as h

220-ya rd da sh

440-yard d a h

1 2-mi le run _

I -mi le nm

High Jump

Broad.Jump

Pole Va ult

Shot Put

T IM · OR

DI TANCE 11 "

2' 54"

5' 15"

5' 7" 19' 7 Yi " 10 ' 3"

F IR ST

Bnn ctt

Stewart

Barrett

R ye r on

Watson

* Ho s tetler

A ld cndifcr

SE OND

R yo n R y on

* Pla ste rer Baldwin , M.

*Ke nned y

* Ken11ed y

*Hos tetler

TT!ll\D

*P la sterer

*Elderkin

A ld e ndifcr

Loeber

*Ly tle

*Ly d e

*Hoste tl er

Gi lli s Blo c h , \VT. J s' o"

*Hoste tler

Tota l points: Howe, 48: *Lag ran ge, 32

*E lderkin

Aldendifer