The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-05
TACOMA H|GH SCHOOL WINS.
TAKES THE BULK OF EVENTS IN
THE IxTERSCH0LasTiC MEET.
Some Close Contcsss. Elder Taking
the Most OF the Honers for the Sc
astie Boys-Everets. with Few
Entries. In Had Third In scoring.

Special Dispatch % the poss-1ntelligsuSe-.
TACOMA. June 4.-Ths intsrseaetassic
meet held here today at Ashle1ac park
was q pronounced success. both as 20 sport
and the attendance. Out-os-town visitors
were numerous. and TacouaanS turned cat
In force as well. The track was in ex-
ceslent condition. and all went well from
the first event 10 the finish.
The las-yard dash. run in two heats.
was the first event on the card. In tile
first heat T1hsets. T. III. 5. and Coe. $.
II. s.. were entered Tfbbets won; tine.
II is. In the second heat oylers T. II. =;
Robertson. S. IL. s. and Thayer. 4. H. 3,
were the contestants. oyisr wen. with
Thayer second: time. III 30 In the final
Tfbhets. Coe, Oyer and Thayer tried con-
illusions. T1hbets winning. oyler secand.
Thayer third. time. 10 As.
Tho mex. even, was the quarter-usie BIZ
cycle race. Entries were Fink. I. II s:
Ssrayer T. III. s.; Cole. T.. III. s.. and Poy-
ser, s. III. s. Fink won, With SSrayer sec
ond. Poyser third: time ST s-s.
Putting the is-pound shot came next in
order on the list. Reed t. IL. &; Horris.
T. H. s.: Breeze. s. II. s., Gardner, >. Ill.
s. and Thayer, L. III. 3. being she en-
tries. Il was won By T,ayer, with ~
feet inches: Breeze second. 81 1ces ia
inches. Reed third, IS feet inches.
In sne ole-mile run those entered Wero
Ferris. r. III. s; McMasters. 4. I'll. s.:
and Elder, s. II. s. This event was won
by Elder with Ferris second and AcMas-
tiers third: time minutes IS 80 seconds
The oue-miis bicycle race had entered
Fink, Strayer and Christie. I. IL. ;. J;
Poyser, 8. II s. and Cole. +. n - 1t
was won handily by Fink. with SsiayeT
second and Christie third: time minutes
So e-5 seconds.
Ferris. barrow and Coy. T. II. S.:sGeary
and Elder, S. III. s.. were entered IN the
<4e-yard run. Il was won by Elder. Dar-
row being q closa second eraHss by
Geary who took third place. time - i-s
seconds. sess
The running high jump was the next
event In order. Chestnut, Morris. and Reed.
It. II. s.: Gardner, 8. II. s.. and Thayer.
u. III, s.. entered. Gardner won with, O.
lump OF feet FIAT. Thayer cansas In
for second with a jump OF feet II inches.
Chestnut was third with record o& I, 1ees
incheA "a 3ta8.
Tacoma boys only were entered In, sshe
one mile walk. The entries were Teafs,
Andersen and CASTOR. and Anderson won
with Tea.s In second place. and CASTOR
third: time minutes "a 2-5 seconds,
One-hundrei-and-twen yard hursiie run
in one heat was next called. Hoeta ard
Chidesser. T. II s.. and Geary. 8. II.
g. were entered. 1t was close and exeit-
ing contest. Chichester beating Geary, out
at Ino 1iE@Sl, ftOctts 2SAt1S sstst vgsfssA y
II 2-5 seconds. a, aids
The wo-hundred-and-.wenty yard dash
had entered Tsbbets and Oyier. T. II. s..
Thayer. Fl III. s., and Robertson s III.
g. Tibbets won. with Oyler second and
Thayer third: time "a a-5 seconds, n.
The sSo-yard run was contested by Fer
ris, Coy and McMasters, +. II. s., ard
Elder, 8. II. S. 1t was taken by, the
Seattle boy with Ferris second and Coy
third; time minutes q 2-5 seconds,
The running broad jump was won by
Chestnut, r. ar s., with II feet IL sudbes
Buriessh, s. H. s., was second by about
one foot. and Morris. T. III. S.. third.
The two-mile bicycle race was won by
| Fink, 4. Fl. s.. Strayer. T. II s.. second.
ana Cole. u. II. s.. third: time minutes
and e SO seconds This was a neat con-
test. but engendered spill. In which
Christie, r. II. g.. and Poyser, S. HI. g.,
ooilided, but both escaped with slight
scratches and resumed tina race.
| The pole vault was a tie between Nor
r.s r. II. s.. and Geary. s. III. s.. with a
vault of S feet inches. The two boys
tossed coppcrs 20 decide the contest and
Tacoma luckily won out. Geary. or course.
got second point and Hoene third with a
vault OF feet fat.
The last event and one OF the most
Interesting was tho one mile relay race.
The entries were Coy, Chestnut, Chfdesfer
ana DhrToW, 4. H. D., Seafy DaSAt Elder
ana Treen. 8. III. g., Coy and Qeary start
ed from scratch and covered the lap with
Geary web I'm the lead. The second Lar,
was also Seatte'a. but In the third Cfes-
nut overhauIed Treen at fast clip. OAR
row and Elder finished. barrow setting
the pare and holding the lead To the tape.
1t was Tacoma's day on ths whole. by
long odds, ana while the visiting high
school boys showed up I'm excellent form
they had TO take the short end OF the
totals. The score in the end wRs Tacoma
High School 50. Seattle High School e.:
Everett High School II.