St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-19

Spectators-Detai Record Of
the Events Racing, Jumping.
Bicycling and Other Athletic
Sports-Summ Of the Re.
sults-Oyer a Thousand Present
With the exception of the wind, the
athletes of the ST. Paul high school
could not have wanted a better after
noon for their field sports than yester-
day. Every succeeding year this oc-
casion is being looked forward to by
the students with more interest, and the
amount of time spent in preparation,
both as to arrangements and in train
Ing, yearly becomes greater.
While yesterday was considered by
many a littlaNOo cool for such an event.
from spectators standpoint. yet the
weather was voted by all contestants
just right to bring out the fill measure
of their powers. The gate receipts and
the returns from previous sales showed
that the attendance was something over
1000, considerably in excess OF any for
mer field dav.
The track officials were:
Judges-Prof. c. j. Herman, j. Den
eg1e and W. Dairympie.
Timekeepers-P.H oughton, l.. Mabon
and II. Bigelow.
Starter S. FarWell.
Scorer. e. Sauer.
Clerk of Course-George Langford.
The Management-.I. Mckee Hetfner,
president A. A.; George Langford.
chairman: Oliver Martin, Robert Hall,
Douglas Peabody and Frank Smith.
The whole afternoon was an almost
unmarried success, and the financial re-
turns were III excess of expectations.
1t has always been the custom for the
various classes to donate medals for
several events. and the response from
this years student body was even more
generous than that of tue predecessors.
Prizes will be given to the winners of
first and second place i'll each contest,
the distribution taking place in the as
semb!y hall of the high school on Mon
day.
The starters in the lO0-yard dash
were called to the scratch little after 4
O'Clock. E. Bohland, class of '95,
won the dash in IL seconds, with
o. Sabotka. '95, good second. Taking
into consideration the fact that the run
was made against the wind. the time is
very creditable.
After the 1O0-yard dash came the pole
vault. M. Riley, '97, winning first With
vault OF feet s inches, while Fred
Mailer. '95, look second.
The next thing on the programme was
the halfmlle walk. This was very
pretty race. Rol Lanpher, '95, came in
first and II. Brown, '96, second. Time,
sos.
E. Bohlan, '95, won the shot-putting
contest. George Langtord, '94, being
second. Distance, "a feet So inches.
The fifth number was hop. step and
jump. j. NJ. Armstrong. '94. won. Nj.
Dorey. '94, second. Distance, 35 feet 3
inches.
Albert Armstrong, member of the
class OF '96, won the mile run, making
the prettiest squirt of the day at the fin
ish. He was closely followed by w.
Lemon, '95. The time, 5:35, was excel
lent.
The contest in the hitch and kick was
very close between F. Smith, '94. and
M. Hetfner. '94. the former won, how
ever. kicking Z feet II inches. <7.
The 120-yard hurdle was rather a
walli-over for E. Bohlind. '95. His time
was % seconds, with David Kimball, |
'94, second.
ii. P. Keller, '94. won the standing
broad jump with record of feet 81 !
inches. j. NJ. Armstrong, '94, was sec
ond hest.
The quarter-mile bicycle race was
very close, Robert McCleary, '96. being
pushed for first by &. Bohn, '97. The
race was against the wind, and the time |
was az seconds.
E. Bohland, '95, came up bright and |
smiling in the two-twenty yard dash,
and, according to expectations, came in |
first with the feat accomplished in the |
creditable time of 20 2-5 seconds Next |
10 him was o. Sabotka, '95.
The halt.mlle run had twenty-fOur |
entries. but quite number did not |
come to the scratch. David KimbaII, |
'94, will wear the medal for this event, |
while Rol Lanpher, '95, was second:
Lii throwing the hammer E. Buhland. !
'95, had all easy victory. The distance |
thrown was 90 feet inches. George
LangfOrd, '94. was next with throw of |
over 70 feet.
The running high jump was another
close contest w. Shulz, '94, Jumped s
feet, while George Rugg, '95, fell about
one inch short of that mark.
The order on the programme of the |
last two contests was inverted, the run.
ming high jump being followed by the
bicycle race instead of by the
80 hurdle, as printed.
X. McCleary. '96. took the bicycle |
lace, with &. Bohn, '97. close follower.
The time was min. II 3-5 sec.
The hurdle race was won by E. Bob
and. '95, IN 81 seconds. David Kimball,
"a, had good chance for second, but |
he fell and was beaten by Wirth, 'g7.
Summing up the results, E. Bohland
won six events, all that he started in.
Next to him was r. McCleary, go, who
won first place twice.
Rol Lappher, '95, and David Kimball,
"a, were tied for third honOrs, each
being first in one event and second IN
another. The class ranking is as fol-
ows:
Class of '94, five 6rsts, six seconds:
class OF '95, seven firsts, six seconds:
class of '96, three firSts, one second;
class OF '97, one first, three seconds.
The only mishap of the day occurred
in the mile run, when Robert McLaren
tainted. His attack was of short dura-
ion.
The last contest was run off by $50,
md the crowd dispersed, tired and
lusty but immensely pleased with the
success of the fourth field day of the
st. Paul high school.
DIR. PHILLIPS HERE,