The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-31
Captured First Place From Smith
and Western Military Acad-
envy Teams.
SCORED TOTAL OF al POINTS.
Supremacy Was Not Decided Tn.
til Last Event Had Been Run
tray Ran Il Sensa-
tiOnal Race.

High School athletes won the scholasti
championship yesterday in a hotly-contest
ed meet. AT various stages OF the contest
each of the three competing schools seemed
to have strong chances for first place. I'm
til the running of the last event. victor.
was not assured to any institution and thu
final heat of the relay race. which wa
captured by Ben Gray. settled the NEE
decisively in Highs favor.
With the programme OF the meet com
pleted except for the relay race. the tota
Of points stood Sc for High School, SO fol
Smith Academy and 80 for the Western
Military Academy. Five points were scored
for a win, three points for second and ont
point for third place, so a victory for Smith
| Academy in the relay would have won fol
that institution, provided the Western team
| finished in second place. A sensational
squirt W Ben Gray In the final lap of the
relay, however, won first place in the event
for High School and gave them a total OF
Al points. Smith Academy finished with a
total of "a points. Western was close be-
hind with 50 points
Advantage in the matter of points fuc-
tuated as the meet progressed. Western
obtained a commanding lead in the first
High School. with Smith showing poorly
in comparison. Smith Academy boys took
a sudden squirt midway. through the meet,
however. and toward the close seemed to
have the event well within their grasp.
Had they been able to win the hammer
throw. a different story might be told OF
the result. but Lamb of High won in rather
easy style.
Pole Vault Closely Contested.
Probably the most closely contested event
Of the day was the pole vault, in which
Smith Academy boys finished first and sec
ond. Lambert and Bauman of Smith and
Mousse of High, an evenly matched trio.
struggled to best one another in trial after
trial over the bar; the height Of which
with a vault of Ito inches. His performance
showed good style and he gives great prom
Use In this event.
stannard Of Smith probably had his COM
p~etitors in the hammer throw beaten in
point Of strength. but Lamb of High had
the style Of the party. After a close con-
the event with a throw of 102 feet 4 inches.
Smith getting second place from Sacks Of
the High School.
Hodgen Of Smith won the 12oLyard hurdle
rather easily. Lawrence of the same school
proved a surprise in the 22O-yard event over
the sticks. winning from Hodgen with
closing fast at the finish and was but a
was third.
Holland Of the Western Military Academy
was the chief point winner for his school.
capturing first place in the 100. 200 and 40
yard dashes. He finished second in the re-
race on the last lap. He was all out at
the close of this last event. his exertions
In the previous races having evidently tired
him. At that. he had such a commanding
Lead at the commencement of the quarter
Ben Gray's sprint was one Of the
most sensational incidents Of the day.
The relay race was for one mile, each
of a school team running a quarter
Of a mile. Hodsen for Smith and Messing
for High alternated In the lead for the nrst
Hodgen touched his relay man
slightly in advance and sent him off will
I lead over Braun, Highs second relay.
made up the distance. however, and
sent Minges off with an equal start in the
third relay.
Gray Make His Sprint.
Western representatives had been trailing |
to this point. but here they moved up. On
the final lap High and Western were
abreast. with Smith Academy trailing. and |
the last quarter Holland was sent off
for Western with Il lead of at least fifteen |
yards over Ben Gray. who got off absolute
last. Holland easily shook Off the Smith
representative. and turned into
the stretch still ten yards in advance of
Tray. who had worked up to second place.
It looked all over Westerns race, but a
terrific sprint by Gray in the last 100 yards
won the event for his school. He fell! over
he tape exhausted. and beat Holland by
yards. The effort wore Gray complete
> out, and he had to be carried to his
Rather n pretty contest was witnessed In
academy won with a jump of 5 feet Ia
nches. Allison of Western was second and
iodgen WAS third.
Weather conditions kept down the crowd
vas tight.
The damp and chilly air clearly affected
he performances of the boys. as did the