Word: brockton
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entry list of 12 or 14 schools generally fills each competing class. Brockton High School was victorious last year in Class A with 24 points, while Arlington High School carried off the palm in Class B, with a score of 22 points...
...will of Mrs. Esther M. Baxendale of Brockton, Mass., revealed last week that three young men, Alan Jr., Robert and Henry Hudson, had forfeited her estate of $500,000 to $1,000,000 by attending colleges other than Harvard. Vexed with her young friends, she bestowed a foundation upon her favorite college...
Records were smashed right and left when the Massachusetts High School Athletic Association held its sixth annual track meet in the Stadium last Saturday afternoon. In the class A division four marks were shattered and the title fell to Brockton for the second time in two years...
Arlington High, a newcomer in the Class B ranks, finished first while six records were being battered in this group. The record breaking activities were carried on despite the cold cross wind which swept Soldiers Field during the entire meet. Brockton captured the class A taxi with a total of 24 points, seven points ahead of Dorchester, the dark horse of the meeting. The winner of the class B division scored 22 points, closely followed by Fairhaven High with a total of 19 1-2. Quincy, last year's winner in the junior class, landed in fourth position with...
...proceeding years the competition will be divided into two groups. Class B will include the smaller and more distant schools and those entering athletes in the track events only. Last year Brockton captured the Class A title with a total of 37 points, far ahead of Medford which scored 21 points. Lynn Classical landed the third position in the first division. In Class B, Lawrence High scored nearly twice as many points as did the second and third place Melrose and Quincy squads...