Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-23

ton is the only man in the state that
could win place against them in the
hammer throw, their best event. Dow
and Smith are good men on bicycles
and they got first and second respect
lively in the two mile race, Dow get
ting a good third in the half.
Oskaloosa and Harlan.
Oskaloosa and Harlan tied in the
pole vault. Bennett, of the former
place and BRIGHAM, of the latter, did
excellent work in the pole vault, going
over the bar at 10 feet three inches,
breaking the previous high school
state record by nine inches and COM
ing within three inches of the college
mark. They tipped for the medals
which are given for first and second
place and Bennett won the toss and
the gold medal for first, BRIGHAM TAX
ing the silver medal and dividing the
points on first and second place. Both
these men are good all around ath-
letes and much may be expected of
them in the future if they remain in
| school.
The Preliminaries.
The preliminary or trial heats were
run in the morning in the following
events: One hundred and 220 yard
dashes, 100 and 220 yard hurdles, half
mile and two mile bicycle races. OF
tumwa had Laid and Birney in the
sprints, Birney in the hurdles and
George Morrissey in the bicycle
events. Ladd and Birney finished
fourth in their respective heats in the
dashes, Ladd being beaten by only a
hairs breadth for third in the 200
yard race. However, they did not
qualify for the finals in these races, &C
cording to the decision of the judges,
which was protested in the case of
Laid, but without avail.
In the hurdle races, Birney made
good time. There were three prelim-
inaries in these events, and the first
two qualified for the finals. Birney
was third in his heat in the 100 yard
race, and did not qualify, but in the
220 yard race he simply walked away
from all the rest of the hurdlers as
if they were tied, and won by about
| fifteen feet. His time was % seconds,
the fastest heat during the whole day.
In the bicycle races Morrissey fail
ed to qualify, However, he rode ex-
cellently especially in the half mile,
where he finished fourth, according to
the decision of the judges, but this
was also accepted under protest, for
! he was SO close to the man who was
| given third that tie was the least
that was to be expected by Ottumwa,
and many outsiders said that he
should have had third.
The Final Heats.
In the afternoon an exceedingly
large crowd was in attendance, and
much enthusiasm was displayed.
Longshore was favorite in the dash,
es, and won the hundred with ease,
4 Byers of Harlan, and White of Correc-
tionville tying for second. The Grin,
4 nell man had harder run in the 22O
yards dash however, being closely
pressed by Riordan, of Correctionville
who captured second. third place going
to Coyle, of Humboldt.
The 100 yard hurdle was a pretty
race, Griffith of West Des Moines and
!. Jaeger of Dubuque, running close
race for first, with Terrell of West
, Des Moines good third. Griffith wor
i out at the finish, Jaeger taking sec
, ond.
Birney in the Hurdle.
The interest of the Ottumwans cen
} tered in the 220 hurdle for this was
the only event in which an Ottumws
man had qualified during the morning
Birney started out we'll and cleared
his hurdles like an old timer. 1t wa.
quickly seen, however, that Cole, o
; Ames, was sure to give good account
} of himself and on the sprint he wor
! out by about an inch. Birney getting
second by a margin of about six feet
! Jaeger, of Dubuque, took third. Thi.
heat was run one fifth of SECOND
slower than was Birney's preliminar,
3 heat
! Half Mile Run.
The half mile run was very prett,
race from start to finish. Morris Chris
tie, of Ottumwa, got good position
J following Cave, of Correctionville,w VIII,
was well UP in the bunch. These tw,
ran together most of the way, drawing
j, a little away from the remainder o
l the runners until about 220 yard
from the finish, when Kiesel of Grin
t nell, began to come up, with Cole, O
l Ames, close behind. Cave tackled on
I. but Christie had been somewhat weak
l ened by the pace and could not sta
4 with them. He ran plucky sprint
e however, and beat several in the race
: finishing fifth. Kiesel took first, Cav
i, second and Cole third.
: Linton Placed in Hammer Throw.
The hammer throw was an event Q
! much interest. 1t was virtually cor
? ceded to Rollins, of West Des Moines
E who holds the state record, and Lone
y of Davenport, who has a high mari
8 AS mentioned before, these two me
! are in class by themselves, bein
$ larger and stronger than the averag
$ high school boy. However, nearly eN
cry school in the association counte
on landing third place in this even
, but Lester Linton, of this city, prove
: the best man for this position. an
! won it with throw of 106 feet, 6 incl
: es, Rollins first and Long second. l
i this event man who created a col
= siderable amount of comment by hi
7 system of throwing, was Perry, of o.
! kaloosa, who handles the hamme
= with one hand only. He fell short i
the real event, but in an exhibition a
!, forwards made throw of 1T feet
! inches.
;. New Pole Vault Record.
). A new pole vault record was mad