The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-15
JUNIORS WONTHESPORTS
CENTRAL. HIGH SCHOOL HELD IT'S
FIELD DAY YESTERDAY


FIELD DAY HFEffTHE K
Although the Other Three Were
Close Up, and Strong Team Is
Promised for the Hnterscholastic
Zine Days Sport Was Fur
nished. a4,,s.
The annual field day Of the Central
high school was brought .eff very sue
cessfully yesterday before large gath
ering of enthusiastic high school stu
dents at Lexington ere Athletic park.
accidents such as have, occurred in
former years. This was, largely due
to the keeping Of the crowd in the
grand stand and off the track.
The field day was an. fnterclass af-
fair. The points were. awarded, five
for firsts, three for seconds, and one
for thirds. The Juniors carried off the
palm with seven firsts. one second and
FIVE thirds, total Of .forty-three points
to their credit But the victors had no
Walkaway The other classes followed
closely; 1901 with thirty three points,
1900 with twenty seven. and '98 with
twenty three.
The Juniors gained the lead with as
many firsts as the other three classes
as follows: 1901, two firsts. seven Sec
onds, two thirds; 1900, four firsts, two
seconds, one third; '9S, one first, five
seconds, three thirds
The prettiest finish Of the day was in
the quarter-mile bicycle, and came
very near being a dead heat, O'Brien
came down the track towards the
grand stand several feet in the lead
;I-n ir1xx ind
When scarcely $50 feet from the tape,
Croft made a terrific effort, and gained
upon O'Brien until in crossing the line,
O'Brien was barely four inches in the
lead. talf -
The first event pulled off was the
| 1OO-yard dash. Only two men started
H. Rogers, '99, won in 10 40 seconds,
second. Last years record was 10 3-5
seconds. -e
The quarter-nlile bicycle was ridden
in "a Is seconds. Harry O'Brien, ,01,
finished first; Gordon Croft, second,
and N. Parker, 49, an easy third. Rec
ord last year, 341a seconds
The running high jump was easily
won by Edwin Clapp'7 100, with excel
lent record Of five feetaone inch, against
four feet ten inchesrcmade- last year.
Roy Sauires, '9S, whosgotl second place,
cleared five feet with apparent ease.
Ray Buck, graduate, stands third.
The relay race excited as great in
terest as any on the programme. '9S
and '99, the only classes starting teams.
The first relay was run by Lemon, '9S.
and W. Dougherty '99, who finished
very near together. svIn4spassing the
grand stand in the second relay, Car
ling, who was somewhat behind, sprint
ed and passed Braek, but the effort
was too great and before the end of
the relay he had dropped fifty feet be-
hind, thus practically losing the race
for '99. In the third quarter, between
Ericsson and -Lownsbury, the distance
was maintained, but In the fourth b.
Dougherty was rapidly overtaking Dorr
when .he line was crossed. AS it was
1913 had a cinch on the pennant that
goes to the winning team. The time
for the mile was 1851.
The twelve pound hammer throw was
won by r. Buck, with a throw Of sew
enty- mine feet three inches. Quitneyer,
'98. stood second, and Ladd very close
third. Record last year, eighty-four
feet.
The hundred and twenty-yard hurdle
was won by G. Lownsburg, '99, in u 1-5
seconds. In crossing the third hurdle
CARING tripped and fell ard Strane,
who was close behind, jumped on his
head, but CARING pluckily got up and
finished. Strane crossed the tape Sec
ond, but was put back to third place
because he ran round "a hurdle. AS
there were only three finishers this gave
CARING second place. CARING and
Strane are both members Of the class
of '99. -
The running broad Jump was prettfly
contested between O'Brien, '01; Will
Hams, '01, and Ladd, '9S, who finished
In the above order. Distance, eighteen
feet eight inches
The mile run was hotly contested be-
tween Bryan Dorr '9S, and Harvey
Barnett, '01, and was not decided until
within few feet Of the tape, when
Dorr took a very small lead. Edwin
Clapp. 100, finished third Time, 541h.
Rogers and Williams put up pretty
contest for the 22o-yard dash. Rogers
won in "a 1-5 seconds.
The mile bicycle was the event of
the Gay. Devine took the lead at the
start and held it during the first lap,
when he began to lag, and O'Brien
forged ahead. From that time the
field was constantly changing, until
the final squirt, in which. Croft took the
lead with OBrien and Liggett close
behind for second and third respective
". The mile was ridden in 2:37A.
against 2:45 last year.
The great work Of ''Buek" Cumbey,
1900, in the pole vault, drew great ap-
plause from the grand stand Cumbey
is scarcely a five-footer, but he easily
out did his opponents. Shilty finished
second and Buck third Height feet.
The (half-mile was run by Lemon and
Dougherty in minutes IA As seconds.
Dougherty crossed the tape first.
The shot put was closely fought for.
Bucks beautiful puts were the special
| feature. Buck made the school record
OF 40 feet inches. Qiatmeyer was
second and Rogers third
Lownsbury won the 220-yard hurdle
without difficulty. O'Brten got an easy
second and Strane third. Time, 80 Is
seconds.
The half mile walk furnished enough
amusement for the afternoon Only
| four men started and Vernon and
7 Doherty were put out for running as
I they were getting near the finish.
| Warner and CARING finished first and
| second respectively. Time, minutes
| So seconds.
| of loaf than anything else, although
| the finish was done in good shape.
| The leaders were Croft, first; Liggett,
second; O'Brien, third. Time, Z minutes
| Is 1-3 seconds.
The 440yard dash was won by
| Dougherty in the slow time Of 1 min
! ute Z seconds. Lemon came in second
| and Dorr third.
The records as a whole are much bet
| ter than those OF last year and COM
| pare very favorably with those Of the
| other high schools of the interscholas.ie
league, which holds it's meet at Licking
ton park next Saturday. The three
leaders IN each Of yesterdays events
| will enter in the interscholastic field
day. Considering the number of ath-
letes who have left the high school to
| enter the army or t0FfiJI 41ositfons va