Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1928, Page 86
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MwMf#?.Mte£THE TRACK SQUADTHE 1927 TRACK SEASONThe track team under the tutelage of Coach Johnson started the seasonwith a triangular meet. Wiley and Gerstmeyer of Terre Haute were the opponents. Although the Panthers garnered 21 points, they took last place. Thenext meet was another three-sided affair with Bloomington, Salem and Columbus participating. Bloomington easily outdistanced her rivals in almost everyevent, the final score being: Bloomington 55, Salem 23. and Columbus 21.Johnson then pointed his men for the South Central Meet which drew strongteams from Linton, Sullivan, Bedford and Washington. In this meet Bloomington was unable to annex a leading position but won signal honors in therelays. The Panthers then tackled Bedford in a dual meet and gave them asevere trouncing by a score of 62 to 37. In the sectional meet Bloomingtonnosed out Bedford by one point, earning the right to take part in the statefinals at Indianapolis. We were unable to gain a single point there, due to thefact that competition was very strong.The most points of the season were scored by Glen Richardson, dash andbroad jump man. He chalked up 36 points in these events to take the lead.Next in line were Hepley and Sullivan, with 28 points each. Hepley was ahurdle and pole vault man, while Sullivan was most efficient in the distanceevents. Just behind these two came Captain Stone with a total of 27 pointsearned in the hurdle and pole vault events. Newton was next with 26 pointsand just after him came Bates with 23. These latter two men were on thisyears squad and developed into first class performers. They ran in the hurdlesand the quarter mile, respectively. Other men on the squad scoring pointswere as follows: Costas, Smith, Stewart, Giles, Sears, Burnett, Harrell, Griffinand Rogers.Page Eighty-six |
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