Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-16
ATHLETIC CONTEST.
of the Central Michigan Inter C0lleg-
late Athletic Association.

I Perhaps the most interesting and ex-
citing athletic contest that has ever been
held in this part of the state occurred
Friday and Saturday of last week at Mt.
Pleasant. 1t was the first annual meet
of the O. NJ |. A. A. and interest was
aroused to its highest pitch among the
three schools interested. From the first
Alma meet with hard luck. Her most
reliable man in the sprints being out of
condition, and in nearly every case of
close decisions getting the worst of it.
The first day opened fair. Promptly at
8 100 a IN. the first event, the l00yd dash,
was called, This was won by Wells of
the Normal with Foote of Alma very
close second. The next event, the mile
run, Alma secured all three places:
Reichard first Eastman, second; Side
! botham, third. The other events of the
forenoon were about evenly divided as
| follows: Running high jump, Wells,
| first; Chatfield, Indian, second johnson,
third. Quarter mile bicycle: j. Caster,
! =
S. Caster, Normal, third. Hammer
throw Jenner, Normal first Chatfield,
Indian, second Long, Alma, third. Mt.
Pleasant forfeited the tennis to Alma,
having no courts in town.
Friday afternoon: 120 yd. hurdle;
Wells, first; Glass, second; johnson,
third. One mile bicycle: Reels, first
Caster, second Wells, third. Pole
vault Wells, first, Glass, second; Brown
third Mile walk Bradley, first; Rim
gle, second Baxter, third. 440 yd. run:
Wells, first Mcdonald, second Foote,
| third
| The ball game between Alma and the
Normals scheduled for the afternoon
was not played, the board of directors
in which Mt. Pleasant had two votes to
Alma's one, having thrown out the two
games won by Alma with no other ex-
cuse than that their team did not win.
The Alma team refused to play in the
face of such dirt.
The indoor meet Friday evening was
largely attended. Alma took all three
places in the horizontal bar work. Then
came to wrestling, and Alma commenced
to get the worst of the decisions. In the
featherweights, Reichard Of Alma, act
ed entirely in the aggressive and several
thrown. The bout ended without fall,
and a storm of Indignation came from
| the whole audience when it was given
to the Indian for "hard work" Brown
of Alma secured the middleweight
| throwing Vasseur, Indian, in less than
one minute. Vasseur, Indian, took the
high kick, with Long Of Alma, second
| Teeple, Indian, took the lightweight
wrestling, with Schwader, Alma, second,
and also the welter weight, with Side
botham, Alma, second. Alma forfeited
clubswinging to Normal. Brown, Nor
NAL, secured the heavyweight.
Result Saturday 220 yd. dash: Wells,
first; Foote, second; Mcdonald, third
Shot Put Chatfeld, first; Long, second; !;
Brown, Alma, third Run, hop, step,
and jump Johnson, Alma, first Wells,
second Wills, Alma, third. Mile tan
dem Bradley and Wills, first; Caster
brothers, second. Half mile run Reich
ard, first Eastman, second; Mcdonald,
third 220 yd. hurdle Wells, first Glass
second; Willebrands, third. Standing
high jump: Wells, first; Johnson second !;
Long, third. Running broad jump :
Wells, first; johnson, second; Glass, third
Five mile bicycle; Reels, first; Caster,
second; Wills, third. In this race Lang
ley and Miller of Alma, collided and
were both thro wn out.
The relay race was run amid great ex-
element 1t was to decide the meet
Alma had SO points and Normals 49,
Two of Almas men were thrown out by
wrestling the night before and it went
to Mt Pleasant. The final score was,
Normal, SO, Alma 95
The Indians won the base ball trophy
from the Normals in a we'll played game
of 12 to 6.
The Normal team as whole was be.
low expectation, and but for the en-
trance of Wells, q professional
Alma would have had walk-a-way. 1t
is purposed in the future to keep the
meet strictly within the rank of anna
teurism, and not allow such entries.