The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-02-20
KenOsha Y. M. C. A. Athletes Win
the State Championship at Meet
at Racine Saturday.
THEY WON FOUR IN FIVE EVENTS
Kenosna Team Outclasses Teams From
Milwaukee, MarinetGe, Oshkosh, and
Racine Gives UP Before the Start.

The red and black of Kenosha now
| G. A. as a token of the splendid vic
tory won on last Saturday evening by
| the Kenosha athletes when they out
classed the strong teams from Mi1wau-
kee, Marinette and Oshkosh and won
the State athletic championship. The
| Kenosha team which consisted of
James Charles, Otto Scholer and Frank
Isermann, set a new record for Y. M.
G. A. athletes in Wisconsin, winning
three out of the FIVE scheduled events.
Seventy-fve rooters who went up from
Kenosha to attend the meet Cheered
themselves hoarse and urged the Ke-
nosha boys on to their glorious victory.
This is the first State meet in which
the Kenosha team has contested and
in opposition to them were the strong
est teams in the State Y, M. G. A. cir
cles. The Kenosha team had been
considered good proposition for third
honors, but their opponents were great
1y chagrined at the fine showing made
by the locals.
In the match Milwaukee was repre-
scented by team consisting of Conk-
lin, Langley and Ha1se, three of the
strongest athletes in Milwaukee. Mari
nette was represented by John and
Adams, and Oshkosh by fitzpatrick and
Bacon. Racine had promised to put a
team in the match, but the yellow
streak appeared and at the last moment
it was announced that one of the RAJ
cine men had the mumps and the team
was withdrawn from the contest.
In order not to give any grounds for
protest from the other competing
teams, Robert Allen was not allowed
to enter the contest as a member of
the Kenosha team and an inferior ath-
lete was substituted for him. Had
Allen been allowed to compete Keno
sha's score would have been many
points higher.
In the three first events the Kenosha
team took either first or tied. In the
forty-yard dash Isermann, Charles and
Scholer all finished first in their class
and the event went to Kenosha by a
large margin. In the potato race the
Kenosha boys duplicated this record,
Scho1er finishing first in 1:41, and
Charles and Isermann following close
1y with records of 1:44 and las. Mem
bers of the other teams were far be-
hind, some finishing ten seconds later.
Tn the high jump Kenosha, represented
by Scho1er, tied for first honors, and
the event was won by Kenosha on
points. In the shot put Kenosha also
scored a creditab1e number of points.
The pole vault was the only event that
The Kenosha boys did not win and in
this they had no practice. The pole
vault went to Adams, of Marinette,
with a record of feet ten inches.
The work of the Kenosha boys
speaks volumes for the work of Mr..
Morris, the genial athletic director of
the association in this city, and he is
receiving high praise from the athletic
directors in all parts of the State for
the splendid showing made by his
team.
The Kenosha Y. M. G. A. boys are
arranging for big blowout and jolli-
fcation, which will probably take
place Saturday night, when the beau
tiful silk banner donated by H. w.
Starkweather, of Milwaukee, will be
presented.
The scores of the different cities en-
tered in the meet follow:
kenosha. ......... 1890. 800
Milwaukee. .......... ......'.o|Z
Marinette. .ol|
Oshkosh AIS