Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-02
THEIR ANNUAL FIELD MEET
High School Athletes on Young Mems
Christian Association Park,
INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE EXHIBITION
some Records Were Very CreditnbIc-
Music of High School Cadet Band
Added Much to the Pleas
urc of the Occasion.

The young athletes OF the High school
held their annual field meet at the Young
Mems Christian Association park on Ames
avenue yesterday afternoon and presented
a most interesting and enjoyable exhibition
of amateur sport, even though the worlds
records were not broken. Some of the
coming greats" however, surpassed marks
they have made in the past in the compe-
tition.
The scene of the meet was not calculated
to conduce to record breaking. HI grounds
are in the throes of a transformation, as
workmen are busily engaged in construct
ing the athletic field. AS a consequence
the games had to be held in one corner
of the field and upon ground that had not
been prepared to any great degree. The
sprinters and the runners were the most
handicapped, as the track was laid out on
soft ground. This accounts for the rather
poor marks in the running events.
But despite all these disadvantages the
meet was a success in every way and the
youngsters gave an exhibition that they
may be proud of. A very commendable
feature of the affair was the promptness
with which 1t was started and run off.
Another very enjoyable feature was the
playing of the High School Cadet band, an
organization which is only three months
old but which discoursed sweet music with
a good bit of harmony. All this conspired
to give a pleasant afternoon to an appre-
ciative crowd of spectators, among whom
were a number of Council Bluffs High
school boys, who were on hand to get a
few pointers on the material of which the
Omahans are made of, as 1t is quite likely
that the teams of the two schools will meet
this spring.
Some of the records were creditable. Earl
Painter, captain of the team, did a nice
performance in clearing the bar at 8 feet 1h
inches in the running high jump, narrowly
missing 5 feet 3 inches. A mark of 3S feet
1O1s inches by Cathrow in the 12-pound
shotput was also good, while the running
broad jump of Is feet 2A inches by Welch
was more than fair.
The results of the afternoon were as
follows:
ii IFS 5v5: 4F%aniprbfrotherr,D second; BiVens, DaSi.,
son, Thomas and Kopald also ran. -
feet 1917 inches; Bartlett. second, 81 feet So
inches; Englehard. Hall, Bartlett and
Thomas were also entered.
Painter, second, s feet; Hall, third, Z feet
inches.
Dawson. first, 80 feet 6 inchss; Cathrow, sec
md, SO feet 8 inches.
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Kopald, third.
Twelve-pound hammer throw: Englehard,
first, so feet 6 inches; Cathrow, second, SO
feet 3 inches.
Four hundred and forty-yard run Hall.
first, :6S rs; Dawson. second. Hall crossed
the tape first in this event. but was dis
qualified for fouling around the turn.
Running broad jump: WEIGH, first, - feet
2% inches: Fairbrother, second, II fact 6
inches.
Half mile run: welch, first, 2:55 AS; Reed,
second; Kinkaid, third.
Running high jump: Painter, first, 5 feet
~ inches: Fairbrother. second, 4 feet 6
Mile. run: Lehmer, first. 5:SS; Rooney,
second.
The program concluded with a mile relay
race between one team made up of Dawson,
Thomas, Painter and Lehmer and another
Reed, Fairbrother, Welch and
Rooney. The former team won and each
of it won his quarter The boys ran in
was: :65, ga, :62, 10. The time for the mile
was 4:23.