Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
LEMON DEfEAIs ORANGE.

| A SpErt at The Finish Captures Most
r Sensational Meet for The Varsity.
The Orange suffered its first
defeat of the season, Saturday,
when the track and field team
from U of o scored II points to
the farmers 55. The weather
was ideal and a large crowd. in
cluding visitors from Eugene,
Albany, McMinnville and other
towns, enjoy ed the best meet ever
held on Agricultural field,
It was generally conceded that
The odds favored the visitors for
the winner, especially with Cath
ey, hufdler and broad jnmperI
Swan, vaulter, and Horton, mile
runner, the collegians' best ti1en
in these events, out of the con-
test. The IS points in the mile
and half mile were virtually
given to the varsity, but all
other events were hotly contested.
Williams, of o A c, surprised
the visitors and more than met
the expectations of those familiar
with his powe as sprinter.
H. was the st-I ! ( the day, tax
isg first place in the So, 100,
22o and 44o-yard sprints il fast
time, and defeating Captain
Payne, of the VARSITY easily i'll
the two latter events. His per
formances were remarkable, con-
sidering the fact that the 22o
and 44o yard dashes were finished
in the tace of a strong wind, on
circular track, in time nearly
equally the Northwest records.
jackson, also, did excellent work,
while Moores was suffering from
a bad knee and did not make his
usual splendid showing.
For the visitors Thayer, Nc
Kinney and Policy had their
! events best in hand. Mckinney
! handles the weights in fne form,
and Policy performs beautifully
; in the distances. The farmers
held the lead until the last two
events, the mile and broad jump,
gave the varsity II points.
Following is summary of the
events:
5o.yard dash-Williams, O A
c, first; Henderson, U of Q, sec.
:, ond; Moores, third; time S As
sec.
! 1oo-yard dash-Wiiliam, Q
!, A G, first, Henderson, . of 0,
t second; Moores, Q A G, third /,
: time, 10 2-5 sec.
t Half-mile run-Perkins, first;
4 Penland, second; Policy, third,
all of U of o; time, 200.
High jump-A ] Burnough,
e first; Moores, second; L Bur
# nough, third, allof Q A c; height
! S # S in.
! Shot putting-Iackson, Q A
c, first, Mckinney, 2 of Q, sec,
ond; Pilkington, O A c.. third;
distance, 38 # iuch.
I2o-yard hurdle-Thayer. {
5 of o, first; Belden, 0 A c, sec
q q ond; Sargent, U of O, third
: time, IS sec.
Il 44o-yard run-Williams, 0 4
q c, first; Payne, U of o, second
Perkins, U of o, third; time
# So As.
!. Discus throwing-McKinney
,e u of o, first; L Burnough, O 4
IT c, second; Abraham, 0 A c
r third; distance, Io2 # 7 in.
[e Pole vaulting-Sargent, U o
ID O, first; Gellatly, O A c, second
= Johnson, U of O, third; height
~ 10 feet.
Hammer throw-Jackson, o
ie c, first; Mckinney, U. of 0.
is second; Pilkington, o A c, third
:. distance, 1o2 #.
10 22o. yard hurdle-Thayer, U {
nf o, first; Sargent, U of Q, second
3. s. Howard, o A G third; time
ID Fl As sec.
IN 22o-yard dash-Williams,
US A c, first. Payne, U of o, So
ns ond; Henderson, q of O, thire
Id time, 23 rs.
Mile run-Poley, Merchant
IS, Perkins, all of U of o; time
g, 5:II.
al Broad jump-Thayer, U of {
RS Henderson, q of 0, second; Blu,
s1' nough, o A c; loft 9 in.
=; ~ BY mutual agreement the re
- - lay race was omitted from the O
tb der of events.
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