Rock Island Argus., 1897-05-22

@| OLINE carried away the
~" dsg in yesterday after
Moons field day event at
WE the old fair grounds.
1Eg.909l The Rock Island boys
labored hard for the
honors, but they were met by poor
luck at nearly every turn. and the
consequence was that they were
holding up the tail end when the re-
suit was announced, Davenport cap
turing second place. The affair was
decided by points. The winner of
contest Was credited with s, the one
taking second place s, and the thftd
2. When the scores were figured up
here is the way it stood: Moline, 81 !;
Davenport, q; Rock Island, "a.
1t was IN ideal dsy for such An
event and fully 1000 people en-
joyed the contests. 1t was q holi-
day for the High schools of the three
cities and the young folks, bedecked
with flying ribbons, were very much
in the majority.
Larkin, of Rock leland. won at
throwing the ball. Mitchell. Rock
Island. being second. Larkin's
throw was 103 yards and 8 inches.
Lundgren, Of Moline. won at put
ting the shot, his record being S3
feet 8 inches.
In the hop. step and jump. Thulin,
Of Moline, with S6 feet inches. was
the winner. Avery, of Davenport, Was
second, with IS feet 8 inches.
Berg. of Davenport, carried OF the
honors in the Standing broad jump
His record was 9 feet. Long, OF
Davenport, being second with feet
5 inches.
Wittick. of Moline. was an easy
winner in the mile bicycle race. His
time was 2:443. Schreiner. Of Book
Island. came in second, Corken
and Mosenfslder, both of Rock ISL
and. taking third and fourth places
Carter, Of Davenport. was the best
at pole vaulting. He cleared feet
4 inches, Thulin, of Moline, second.
ing him with feet l inch.
The ladies' half mile bicycle race
was quite an exciting affair. There
we're but two entries, Miss Jeanette
Chambers and Miss Bertha Cook,
both Of Davenport. Miss Chambers
crossed the line first, her time being
2:l8.
Beuch, of Davenport. won the run
ming high jump. The score stood:
Beuch, 8 feet inch; Prusing. Mo-
iine,, 4 feet ii inches; Grot1an, Rock
Island, 4 feet 9 inches.
Wittick, of Moline, won in the half
mile bicycle race, with Moffatt, of
Davenport. second. Long. of Daven.
port. who was entered in the race.
collided with one of the other contes-
tants, and was thrown from his wheel
It was'at first thought he had been
seriously hurt. He soon revived.
however, escaping with q few
Rock Island was victorious in the
half mile relay foot race. There
we're eight menon team, each
running 10 yards. Those running
for Rock Island were Campbell,
Tubbs, Schreiner. Larkin, Schocker,
Smyt the, Fezler and Mitchell. Mo-
line took second place. The Rock
Island boys proved themselves pretty
Ay sprinters and very hard to catch.
Larkin, Of Rock Island. won the
100-yard dash. with Lovejoy, of Mo-
line, second.
Sporting Netss.
The West Ends and II. Z KS.
meet on the diamond tomorrow Of.
ternoon on Twelfth street.
The young Centrals defeated the
Davenport West Ends yesterday by
. score Of SO to 20. Thinner and
Riley and Porter we're the points for
the victors, and Biehl and Gimble for
the losers.
There will be about IS of the crack
racers of this section entered in the
7. NJ. @. 4. handicap road race next
Saturday. A number Of good prizes
have been hung up. w. II. HYDE will
offciate a. official handicapper.
The lawn tennis game between the
Rock Island and Davenport High
school teams played at the old ball
park resulted In . victory for the
latter. Davenport won both sets,
the score Of the first being to 8 and
the second to 6. John Fezler and
Robert Lee played for Rock Island
and Donaldson and Littig were the
opponents. Davenport won from
Moline yesterday. This entities the
High school Of that city to the
tennis banner. This afternoon the
Rock Island and Moline High schools
are plavin1 base ball. The Rock
Island boys will work hard to win.
II victorious in this game they win
the base ball banner. Tho girls Of
the High school have also promised
the Rock Island cluba red satin ban
ner with yellow lettering II victor
ious this afternoon.
Duahlea'U Axnsco 0oivo.
The best Salve in the world fol
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