BROCKTON AND MEDFORD FAVORED IN SCHOOL MEET

Teams from 32 Massachusetts high schools will battle for the State championship this afternoon at 2 o'clock on the Stadium track in the fifth annual State outdoor meet conducted under the auspices of the H. A. A.

Medford High, with two and one half legs on the championship cup will face almost overwhelming odds from Brockton High. Last year the cohorts from the shoe city deadlocked with the Greater Boston team and this year seem likely to outpoint the forces from Medford which received a severe blow to their chances for victory when their captain, Henry Hormel, was injured this week. Latest advices indicate that this powerful sprinter and broad jumper will enter the meet today, but his chances for making anything like the performances expected of him have been greatly lessened.

The race for first place today is not limited to Medford and Brockton, however. Lynn Classical and Dorchester are by no means out of the running. Dorchester won the Regimental Track Meet this year from Lynn English. Brookline High also has several stars who are expected to figure prominently in the scoring.

The high schools which are listed in the Class A section of the meet are Brockton, Brookline, Boston Commerce, Dorchester, Lowell, Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Medford, and Newton. The high schools entered in the Class B division are Arlington, Attleboro, Cambridge Latin, Brighton, Charlestown, Concord, Drury, Framingham, Plymouth, Quincy, Rindge, Gloucester, Haverhill, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Lawrence, Maynard, Mechanic Arts, Melrose, Peabody, Stoneham, Boston Trade and Winthrop.