Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-05-29

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The High Schools which failed to score
a single point were as follows: The
Appleton Ryan" and ''Third Ward
schools, Baraboo, Eau Claire, Fond du
Lac, Kaukauna, Lacrosse, MazoManie,
Merrill, Neenah, Palmyra, Prairie du
Sac, West Bend, West Superior and
Whitewater. In thinking of these large
schools one can imagine what our boys
had to contend with.
In the 30 Hurdle run in trial heats,
Ralph McCrossen won the first trial
heat The winners of first and second
| places in the trial heats ran semi-finals,
McCrossen won in his semi-final. In
the final 20 Hurdle Blechtner, of Mil
waukee, won first place, McCrossen
being very closeusecond, at the win
ner's heels The former record for this
run was made by Krienzlein, the
famous hurdler but it was beaten by
Blechtner and McCrossen.
In the first trial mile bicycle heat, Sex
NTH, had the pole and set the pace till
the last turn, which is very sharp one,
when he slackened his pace to get
around. At that moment two other
riders passed him, but he was unable to
overtake them. The time in this heat
was the fastest ever made in an Inter
scholastic meet in this state, being 2:26.
| Fleming, also, had trouble in making
the last turn and finished third in his
trial heat. The first and second men in
qualified for the final, and Sexmith was
allowed to qualify because of the un-
usual time he made in the pace. In
this final heat Sexmith allowed another
rider to set the pace, but was again I'M
successful in making the turn first, and
had to content himself with third place.
In the trial one-third mile bicycle
race both .Sexmith and Fleming were
troubled at the last turn and both got
third place, thus not qualifying for the
final, but before next year they will
probably train on sharp-cornered
track and hope to show the natives
something about bicycle riding.
The result of the one mile run
astonished all who witnessed it, for
Wausau boy came in first, with good
lead Milwaukee boosted of three rum
ners who could break the state record
| and intended to win this race without
effort, but Schmidt, of Wausau, who
went in for the sole purpose of pacing,
started with very unusual pace, with
Breitkreutz close to his heels Before
one-third of a mile was run many run
ners thought it advisable to stop for
breath, while the Green Bay man be-
lieved he could set the pace more to his
liking uand sprinted into first place;
whereupon Schmidt also stopped for
breath, and Breitkreutz tied Green Bay
runner around to the last turn, where
he got tired of the pace and took the
lead, setting one more to his fancy.
Breitkreutz finished with a good lead,
with Green Bay runner second, several
feet in the rear, and Milwaukee runner
not very close third The time wa S
4:53 80, breaking the state record by
nearly ten seconds. Breitkreutz' run
was an astonishing performance, and
his work placed great big plume in
Wausau's cap.
Ralph McCrossen entered the pole
vault more for exercise than to win,
and when the low hurdles were called
he left the pole vault and entered in
the first trial heat. He easily main
tanned second place, but looked back at
his opponent as he left the last hurdle
and fell Before he could get over
scratch two runners passed him, and
he was thus unable to qualify for the
final He then returned to the pole
vault, determined to in some way get
even with dame fortune, and surprised
himself and others by winning second
place, defeating Hamlin, the Merrill
vaulter, who had wrested first honors
from him but two weeks before
Only the relay race remained to be
run, and Wausau was the third school
in number of points, so had she held her
own in this race she would have made
a higher record Brummond, however,
was ont of trim and much of our
chances rested in him. The other
home boys did what they could in this
race, but they could not close the gap
between them and the leaders and thus
had to let the points go to others, win
ming safe fourth place in the days
contests, third place going to Milwau-
kee East Side.
In the discus contest Clark, of Wau-
sau, made a poor throw at the start,
but the other two throws, though
strong, were not measured because he
stepped out of bounds He expects to
master the throw by next year.
After the meet Il was difficult to tell
who was the more pleased, Milwaukee
West Side for winning the cup, or Wau-
sau for making the records which have
raised her much in the estimation of
the schools of the state JoIlification
meetings were held by our boys at
Madison on Saturday evening, and
enough ice cream soda was secured
and disposed of to sink Third street.
A large crowd of high school students
were at the ST. Paul depot last evening
to welcome the team home, and there is
danger Of the boys becoming spoiled
from so much patting on the back and
smiles from their young lady friends.
But they deserve it all.
After the German play which is to be
given this evening at the high school,
there viii be AN indoor celebration Of
Wausau's victory, at which .lme there
win be speeches from the boys and