The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
WON BY MINNEAPOLIS CENTRAL.
st. Paul Central Loses InterschoI-
nstic Meet After Two Victories.

st. Paul Central Loses InterschoI-
nstic Meet After Two Victories.
Minneapolis Central high won the cup
in the interscholastic high school meet,
held at the university armory yesterday.
1t wa the most enthusiastic and hotly
contested event eyer held around
the university for many a day. Eight
preparatory schools were entered, the
four high schools, Minneapolis; the Mill
neapolis academy, Central hig1l and Me-
chanic Arts, of ST Paul, and the Still
water high. All the schools had strong
delegations to cheer ON their champions
The galleries were a mass of waving
banners, and the cheers of the various
schools were banded back and forth
until the meet begun. It was q foregone
conclusion that the championship Law be-
tween the Central highs of the two cit
les 20 y
The Mechanic Arts made an unex-
pectedly strong showing. ST. Paul has
held the indoor championship for two
years and the outdoor record for three
and the Minneapolis boys were in the
games with the determination to wipe out
past defeats.
Eight events were run off, with total
score of rs points for Minneapolis Cen
trail high, Il for ST. Paul Central; Me-
chanic Arts, II; South Side high, 4, and
Saltwater, g.
In the preliminary f1fty-yard dash
Smith and Morrell, both Minneapolis Cen
trail boys. won first place, with Bohland
and Walbrom, of the Mechanic Arts, sec
ond. But in the finals Morrel lost
through bad start, giving Smith first,
Bohland second and WaIbrom third
Time, seconds
The shot-put was one of the strongest
events OF the meet Vrooman, Mime
apolis Central high, won easily from ST.
Pauls man, O'Brien, throwing the shot
IS feet s inches, whole foot better
than the previous high schools record
Vrooman made a remarkable throw of
Al feet, but it was ruled out for touching
the mat.
The high jump was the poorest event
Harholdt, Mechanic Arts, won easily at
feet liz inches, with F. Shabel. Still
water, second, and Stringer, ST. Paul
third. When the pole was still down
pretty low, Nolan, one Of the Mechanic
Arts best men, slipped on the waxed
t1oor just as he reached the mat He fell
backwards and, catching himself with his
arm, broke his wrist and stretched the
Agaments of the arm. DR.. Cooke. ply
steal director at the university, set the
wrist.
In the ], 000-yard run, Central, of Min
neapolts, scored six of the nine points,
Jones winning first place and oCrutney
third, with Craig, Mechanical Arst sec
ond. Jones fell twice and Courtney three
times on the course. n
|. st. Paul Central entirely outclassed the
other teams in the broad jump, winning
both first and second places. Stringer
was first, O'Brien second and Bolhard,
Mechanic Arts, tlHrd; distance, 10 feet 10
inches.
In the f1fty-yard hurdles, O'Brien. of st.
Paul Central came out first, with
Honey, Saltwater, second, and Sanborn.
st. Paul. third Shabel of Saltwater,
| made a fine showing in the preliminary
| and held first place in the finals, but
lost his chances by falling.
The prettiest event of the meet was
| the pole vault. The poor vaulters went
| out early in the deal and left the fight
| between Griffith, of Minneapolis, and
Peabody and Sanborn, of ST. Paul San
| body were tied for first, clearing the
pole at feet inches, but both failing on
feet 5 inches. After several attempts
| the two schools divided points and tossed
up for the medal, which Griffith won.
The record was very high for prepara-
tory school, the varsity only going feet
inches in the meet of a week ago.
! The relay race was won by Central
high, Minneapolis, with Mechanic Arts
second. Central was the only one that
finished
Officials in the meet were as follows:
! Starter. E. F. Burns; judges, Swetzer
Sudheimer and Bird; clerk of course, r.
Ayres and Mcpherson; timers, McCoul
| w. Mccarthy.