Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-28
AHEAD
Obtain a Safe Lead in High
School IntercIass Meet Yes.
terday Afternoon.
TOOK PLACE AT OLD FAIR GROUNDS
SOuders First in Individual Records
With Total of 23
Points.

The first part of the high school
interclass meet was held last night.
As a result the freshmen have to their
credit 80 points, the juniors 10 points,
the seniors s, and the sophomores ..
OF the 30 points captured by the
freshmen, Souders made %. He is
easily the best individual athlete in
school. In him the school has first
class man for four years. The re-
suits of the various events are as fol-
lows:
Fifty-yard dash-Souders, 'O6, first !;
Hoffman. 'O4, second; Clark, 'O3, third.
Time-six seconds.
High jump-Marquis, '05, first, i
feet IL inches; Souders, ''Q6, second, 4
feet 10 inches; third place to be decid-
ed between Krell, 'O5, and Schroeder,
'O3
One hundred yard dash-Souders,
'O6, first; Hoffman, 'O4. second; Clark.
'03, third. Time-11 seconds.
Shot put-Souders. '06, first: Hart.
'O4. second; Lift. 'O6, third. Distances:
first, SO feet 81 inches; second. 50
feet 6H inches; third, 80 feet inches.
Preliminary in 22O hurdles won by
Clark, Hoffman and Hart.
Half-mle run - Souders. 'O6, first;
Sears, 'O3, second; Sullivan. '04, third.
Time-two minutes IS 3-5 seconds.
Pole vault - Ehrhorn. 'O6. first;
Schroeder. 'O3. second; Ortman, 'O6,
third. Height: first, feet s inches;
second, z feet inches; third, feet
inches.
Races Close.
In the 5O-yard dash the result was
SO close that each of the Judges had
SOuders for a different place Mr..
Yates. judge of first place, gave him
first; Mr.. Thomas, Judging second,
had Souders second. but gave the
place to Hoffman when. Mr.. Yates de
cision was announced. Mr.. Churchill
also had Souders for the third place
He gave the decision to Clark when
the other decisions were announced.
The 100-yard was also close, all of
the men finishing in a bunch. Krell
and Schroeder will have To jump off a
tie for third place in the high jump.
Only the preliminaries for the hurdle
race were run. Clark, Hoffman and
Hart won their respective heats, and
will be given chance in the finals
today. Souders was surprise 10
many in the shot put. Up to his last
throw his best mark was nine inches
behind that of Hart
The pole vault was a long and close
contest. 1t was n long time before
the places could be given owing to
the contest between Ortman and
Franck for third place
The contest first MI in no
half-mile run was very close between
Souders and Sears. For the first
quarter mile all of the boys kept
close together, Sullivan and Souders
leading. Here Sears pulled up and
took a somewhat faster pace. He
kept a slight lead to the 5O-yard mark
when Souders came up even with him.
For the last so yards first -Souders
then Sears would lead, Souders, at the
finish, throwing himself forward and
taking first by scant yard. The
first quarter was with the wind, the
boys making it in 60 seconds. Soon
after passing the quarter-mile mark
the wind was full against the course,
the result being that it took II sec
Dnds more for the last quarter than
the first.
Looks Safe for Freshmen.
The freshmen now seem to have the |
meet assured. The juniors. however,
have yet to run most of their strong
events and it may be that they will |
overcome the large lead of the young |
ar class. The senior boys did not |
make nearly SO good a showing as
was expected. This was partly due
to the arrangement of the program |
and the poor track their runners
lrew. They claim some important
places in the events to be run today.
out can not hope to take the cup. The |
so far have experienced |