Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Last Saturday afternoon over two
thousand people gathered to witness
the first annual northeastern WiScon-
sin interscholastic track and field meet
held at Appleton under the direction OF
Lawrence University A. A.
Oshkosh, Marinette and Kaukauna
were considered as the probable win
ners-nobody thought of being afraid
of Wausau until after the mile run and
mile bicycle had been pulled off. Then
our opponents began to consider us as
dangerous rivals and the spectators
watched with more interest the pro-
gress of the red bonnets'' as one of the
audience irreverently dubbed Wausau.
Wausau took first place easily with 80
points, Oshkosh was second with q
points to her credit; Marinette and Kau-
kauna had a close race for third place,
Marinette with II, scoring half a point
above Kaukauna. The otherten schools
were very far in the rear. And Wau-
sau was the only team on the grounds
that did not win all its tirsts and most
of its seconds and thirds through one
good athlete: Marinette depended
wholly on Adams for everything. Gil
key won 10 of Oshkosh's 81 points. In
the Wausau team every man counted
for something and helped out the score.
Breitkreutz took first place in the mile
and half mile runs; Werlich in mile
bicycle and second in half mile; Elem
ing first in half mile bicycle and second
in the mile; Gillian won the discus;
while in the relay race, Werlich, Men
eel, Lamont and Scholfield each had his
fair share in winning the event. Paul
Zeuhlke deserves much credit in the
winning of the mile and half mile runs.
since he did just what he had been in
structed to do and did it excellently
led the mile race at a good hot pace for
the first three-quarters and the half mile
for the first half, dropping back then
for Breitkreutz to go in and take first
place.
In all events that Wausau entered,
with the exception of the hurdles, our
team had a good strong showing, and
after the first trial heat our boys wisely
kept out of the hurdles altogether. |
Breitkreutz was an easy winner in the
runs; Fleming and Werlich finished the
bicycle races at least seventy yards
ahead of any competitors Gillian |
threw the discus about five feet farther |
than anyone else; in the relay race
Mcneil made the prettiest run, while |
his competitors were evidently the
weakest men on the other teams so that |
he easily gained fifty yards on them. +,
Scholfield is said to have made the best
time, but there was no official record |
taken of the individual time made in
the relay, the whole mile being made
by the Wausau team in 3:52. Werlich
broke the state record in the mile bicy-
Gle, riding it in 2:2S, 335 seconds
better than the former record. Adams,
of Marinette, who was clearly the cham |
pion vaulter tried to break the state
record but through exhaustion from
entering in so many events succeeded
only in equalling it; he was fine
vaulter and will probably break the |
record at the state interscholastic meet |
Manitowoc had the only relay team that |
gave us any trouble at all, and their |
star runner, Jones, gained steadily on |
Scholfield all the time, but Mcneil had |
given SchOlfield such start that he |
won over Jones by few yards. In the
hurdles, Gilkey, of Oshkosh, and Nor
rill, of Kaukauna, were the stars.
In our recent meet with Grand Rap |
ids, if Gilman had not unfortunately |
stepped out of the circle, the score |
would have stood rs to SO in our favor,
as he showed clearly at Appleton what
he was capable of doing.
The silver trophy cup is expected to
arrive as soon as the engraving is fin
ished which will be within a few days. |
The Wausau boys arrived too late to |
see the cup before the meet, and thel
winning team was probably the only |
one that had not seen the prize it was |
lighting for. After the meet, however, |
the boys stopped on the way to the
depot and had the cup brought out for |
their inspection. 1t is beauty and the |
high school hopes to make it her own
by winning it three times before any
other school. Now, if we can get the
gold cup from Madison.
Among the rooters for Wausau were |
Beatrice Zimmerman, Grace Book, and |
Flora Nicolls, of Lawrence University; |
Gertrude Armstrong and Mae Briggs,
of Oshkosh Normal; Miss Grove, an |
instructor at Lawrence; j. Frank Will |
son, from the Appleton fourth ward |
high; Ina Briggs, of Appleton; all have |
been Wausau residents at some time |
and were proud to say so. Helen Geb-
hart, Alfred Zimmerman and Marion |
Ryan went down with the team to help |
root" while Principal Parlin and
coach Schultz spent their time in look
ing out for the team and, toward the |
last, looking exceedingly happy. Supt.
Mathie arrived in Appleton from Madi- !
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