The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-06-06
CENTRAL BEATEN.
MARSHALL and Redwood Athletes
Take 40 points From Them.

The dual meet Of the Southwest
ern Minnesota Interstate Athletic
League and the track team Of the
Minneapolis Central high school, at
Marshall, on Friday and Saturday
of last week, resulted in favor Of the
former BY a score of 80 to 78, or II
points in favor Of the boys Of the
League, composed Of ten from Mar
shall, one from .Luverne and two
from Redwood, the latter being
Owen Treadwell and Harry Ward.
An immense crowd was present
on both days, and aside from cheer
ing the victors to the echo, as each
one added new points to the list ac-
cumulated, the Marshall girls of all
ages, the Marshall school boys and
others frequently INDUCED in differ
ent class yells, and made the occa-
sion exceedingly noisy. Probably
the most enthusiastic shouter of the
entire push of 1000 people was Prof.
G.. NJ. Boutelle, superintendent of
the Marshall schools, who waved
his ribbonod club around and yelled
himself hoarse.
It was just after the pole vault
late Friday afternoon that one of the
widest denominations occurred.
That event was between Duncan
McLennan of Marshall and John
Beardman of Central. The vaulting
had run to eight feet, eight inches
and Boardman passed eight feet
nine. McLennan said ditto, and by
way of bluff asked it raised to nine
feet. Boardman called the bluff.
Both boys tried it twice and failed.
Boardman tried it the third time
and failed. McLennan, in one of the
.prettiest vaults ever seen, scaled
the top by two inchesys ,He, was
bicked up in the arms of his COM
rades and carried to the tent amid
the hooting and footing Of horns aud
the yelIs of the crowd. Just then
Owen Treadwell, who reached Mar
shall on the 5 p. m. train walked on
to the grounds. A mighty yell went
up for Treadwell, and Prof. Bou-
telle, swinging his ribboned cane,
stood in front of the grand stand
and ordered three cheers for Tread
well. The latter was grabbed by
his Marshall co-athletes, and while
being carried to the tent: the crowd
gave three mighty cheers. Trerd-
well was immediately stripped
down for the tenth event, the run
ming hop, skip and jump, and got
second place, Kennedy first, ad-
ding eight points to the league score.
The half-mile event on Friday af-
ternoon was the only event in which
Harry Ward was entered. The
young man was not feeling well
when he entered, and when the
Minneapolis athletes assumed a gait,
which everybody but the referee de-
clared to be dog trot, and the Pc
destrians got around the track on
the second lap, Ward dropped out
with the feeling that he had not
been trained for a running race.
The referee was surrounded by a
crowd, after the race was over, pro-
testingagainst the Minneapolis walk,
but he insisted that it was a walk,
and his decision stood.
Two noticeable feats of strength.
were in the shot put and hammer
throw, in which Minneapolis had
everything her own way. Vroo-
man of that team threw the shot 80
feet, five inches. while Kennedy Of
Marshall could only throw it "a feet,
eleven inches. In the hammer
throw Francis of Minneapolis sent
the hammer into the air for 126 feet.
ten inches, Bedlake of that team for
113 feet, while Kennedy just got
over the so feet mark. The ham,
mer work of the Minneapolis ath-
letes was something wonderful.
The events Saturday were on the
Baker track. Treadwell opened the
meeting by easily winning the 40
yard daih. The half-mile race also
came easy and in the 22O yard dash
he won second. His best showing
was in the relay race, he being the
mrn selected by the team to make
the final squirt to home, and in this