The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-12
MECHANIC ARTS BOYS WON
THE THIRD SUCCESSIVE VIC
TORY FOR THE SCHOOL.

six Points Against Fifty-fiye
Earned by the Cleveland and
Twenty-One by the Humboldt.
Fifteen or more sturdy youths from
the Mechanic Arts high school put II
| all over the heads of their onnonents
yesterday afternoon at the third an
nual field day exercises of the ST Paul
| Interscholastic Field Athletic associa-
| ton at Lexington park
| With rs points to their credit. against
! 55 earned by the Cleveland high and
| II to the credit of the Humboldt high.
they won for the third consecutive time
| the loving cup presented by the asso-
citation, which the victory Of yesterday
secures to them for all time.
| Although 1t was an UNQUALIFIED VIC
tory, the Cleveland boys kept the VIC
tors guessing, and it was not until
over half the events were pulled off
that the result was certain.
From the winners in Yesterdays
events the Cleveland and the Mechanic
Arts schools will select representatives
| for the Northwestern interscholastic
field day at Lexington park June 20.
The day was an ideal one, with the
exception of the wind which at times
| was quite annoying.
Although the M. A. boys won out.
the Cleveland high were credited with
| the larger number of firsts having
| eight firsts against seven won by the
athletes from the Menchanic Arts
school The Cleveland high won three
| seconds and six thirds, the Mechanic
Arts, twelve seconds and five thirds
| and the Humboldt three frsts and two
| seconds.
The grand stand was occupied nv q
large number of students from both
! schools
Perhaps the most interesting feature
| of the contest was the brilliant work
| OF J. Lysander, a young man who
| studies Grecian curves at the Mechanic
Arts school. and who is recently from
the Grecian peninsula. He carried off
four firsts for the Mechanic Arts and
| thereby clinched their victory.
Z. Pierce, freshman in the Mechanic
| Arts school. whose size would not as
sure him place in Uncle Sans ranks
mace some sensational jumps in the
| running broad jump and in the 300
yard low hurdled race he7 finished second
against strong field. i, His exhibition
was greeted with great enthusiasm bv
the students of allsthe schools.
The first event pulled off was the one
hundred yard dash, which was won bv
j. Lysander, of the Mechanic Arts
school followed by H. Jefferson and
Z. Thomas, of the same school in or
der named. Time. twelve and a half
seconds
The quarter-mile bicycle race was
one OF the pretty events of the after
noon. There Were SIX starters. They
finished close witha'W. Rothausen first.
ia sudheimsr second and C. Perkins
.Hlfu. oudhe1mer recovered promptly
from bad spill and finished second
Time, Sc 2-5
me z2e-yard dash was made In "a AZ
J. Lysander again crossed the tape first
followed closely by c: Thomas and Fl
jefferson, all Mechanic Arts men.
The pole vault was won by F. New
ton. OF the Mechanic Arts He touch
ed seven feet eight inches r. Pea
body, of the Humboldt, tried hard to
come up to Newton's mark. but fell
snort by two inches. q G. Leonard. of
| tho Cleveland won third. .,.,.. hio:
In the lE9 yard hurdle: Mr.. yLysander
OF the Mechanic Arts. again came off
victorious He covered the ground in
~ seconds. Peabody. CT the Humboldt,
and Meyerding, efatfe MECHANIC Arts.
'Hh1shed second and third respectively.
The one mile bicycle race was fin
ished up in 2:25. Vegoes. of the Cleve-
land. took the lead, but he was in too
fast company and fell back. w ,Ret-
hansen winning in exactly 2:25. Perkins
| finished third.
Z. Thomas Of the Mechanic Arts. won
the 440 yard dash. Sternor, the smaHes,
man IN the bunch, took the lead and
| neld 1t. strong until within twenty-five
] yards of the tape, when Thomas forged
ahead, winning by foot only, Lysan-
| DER and Hickman, of, the Cleveland, fol-
| 60 1-5.
ffeshle" Pierce's performance in
the running long jumped elected admir-
alton me Held was, however, too strong
| FOR q mr. he Il
Ierson, Mechanic Arts, covered sixteen
| rect SIX inches and Pierce fifteen feet
three inches, and Larson, of the Cleye-
| laHd, third, fourteen feet seven inches
Inc half mile walk was quite a farce.
-Four men entered. Oehler and Stanton
were disqualified. J.. Grythman, of the
cleveland. won, E. Meyerdiug a close
onds
John Friedman, Mechanic Arts. won
the manner throw, distance, seventy
seven rect nine and one-fourth inches
| a. Voges, seventy seven feet four
lnches: q. Leonard. Cleveland, seventy
five feet one inch.
IN the 22O-yard hurdle, Pierce again
oistinguished himself. taking second
and Leonard third. Time, "a 3-5.
Foges threw the shot thirty-five feet
and Preiden1an and Leonard took sec
ond and third places. g.
Inc half-mile rum was covered in
2:25 3-5, and was one of the fastest
events of the afternoon. F.. Novotny
set not pace for the other contest
ants. Norton, M. A. and Hickman
Cleveland finished second and third.
The running high jump was won by
Lysander, who touched feet inches.
hay stanton came within one inch of
the mark, and Meyerding, M. A., and
peabody. of the Humboldt, were tied
Tor third place, and split half point
! apiece.
The one-mile run was one of the
most exciting events Six were en-
tered. F. Novotny took the lead and
kept the field behind him all the way
! around the three-lap track. He ran as
If he had whole regiment of Span
iards after him. Nixon and Sterner
fought hard for second place. Nixon
won by about six inches. Time, 6:13.
The two-mile bicycle race was fin
ished in sos. Lindgren tried to run
away from the field. He held the lead
until the second lap was finished, when
Perkins forged ahead and paced the
crowd for the next two laps. The
| fifth was scramble for position, which
resulted in Sudheimer getting first, Per-
| kins second. Voges third, and Rothaus-
en- fourth. Lindgren had the inside Of
| the track in the rear, land was boxed in
and could not get outa. The men fin
ished In the order named, after beau
tiful squirt on the home stretch.
The Mechanic Arts school had the
| relay race cinched, and would have
| won easily had it not been for Preide-
man, their first-laH NAH, falling in the
| middle Of the track. He led Cleve-
lands first quarter eman by at least 100
| feet. Friedman was considerably
Jared by the fall and lost the race.
| The Cleveland boys won handily.