Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-11
University Of Utah Picked as Win
uer but Failed.
L. D. S. U. GETS THIRD PLACE
Close Race Between Provo Athletes
And Those OF the q. OF u Had
Day for Contests"

The result OF the state track meet which
took place ON the L. Of L. grounds satur-
hay afternoon upset the calculations Of
hundreds Of persons in this city. The Il.
X. A. boys Of Provo proved the dark
htSAae the race and carried of the hon
orr nom the University Of Utah by a
narrow margin, Some excellent work
was done BY the contesting teams IN
spite OF the gale that blew dust into
their faces, lilling their eyes ana mouths
with dirt, The competing teams were
the University Of Titan, the l.. ID. 5. uni
verslty the Is. Y. a, aud the high school.
The Provoites landed first place with the
U. Of L. second, The J.. ID. 5. T. thirl
and the high school fourth The main
fight was between the boys from the
Garden city ana those ON the east bench
and when II was all over there was only
point ana hali between them. me
PrVyo boys captured ~ points and the
University team getting 2Ss Inc
j.. d. 3 got 2lls and The Llgu school
~, II Is believed that. had II not been
FOL the dlsagreeable conult0n Of the
weather. some records would nave gone
glmmerlng as each and every event was
very closely contested, and the winner
~
contests
1he deciding event was the pole vault
ing Ii had been generally conceded that
the Provo team would take that event
on account OF Adams record OF 10 feet .
inches, but when It came to the test he
was pushed hard by Russell of the Uni-
Yerslty up TO the 1914 mark. When II
came to deciding the tie Adams proved
the better man and carried on the event
The irst event on the program was the
hammer throw, which many believe was
unfairly taken from the L. ID. 5. u. boys.
Joe Smith for the VARSITY and Paterson
OF the Il. Y. A, outdistanced all others
Paterson made l0l feet and inches but
on his last trial Smith beat 1t by three
feet But simply because he walked to.
ward the hammer before the distance
was measured the Provo boys claimed
foul which was allowed by the officials,
Smiths previous mark was l0l and he was
forced to be content with second place
There was a long drawn out discussion
about the matter and u compromise was
finally made by permitting Jarvis 10 en-
ter the mile race. His entry had been
protested because he IL a teacher. But
the compromise did not go through. Had
II not been changed the victory would
have gone to the University because Jar
Wis failed TO land first place, that position
going to the University. The b. Y. A.
then declared all deals off and matters
were adjusted according TO the rule book
The lO0-yard dash was taken by the
speedy little Moore OF the high school In
10 As, The half-mle run went TO the
Provo boys, Stalings beating Wade OF
the Varsity In the broad jump Lund OF
the l.. ID. S. took first with Richmond of
IN, high school second. The distance was
l9-l0ia.
In the high jump there was u tie be-
tween Stefensen Of the L. OF L. and
Adams OF the b. Y. A. The mark was
feet inches and each man took four
points. The 22)-yard dash went TO Whit
ney OF the L. Of l. with Douglass OF the
j. ID. s. second
Wade of the University surprised them
oil IN the mile run by going past Jarvis
like "A shot Jarvis took the lead and
secured lead Of 10 yards, but the plucky
little Wade overcame the lead AMI dis
tanced his rival The score then stood
University Of Utah, Il; Brigham
Young academy. Is. H. d. S, university, s;
high school &, with six events to come.
Joe Smith added five points TO the
score OF the l.. d. 5. IN the next event
the shot put. and Steffensen Of the uni
versity took second Smiths distance
was 1872.
In pretty hurdle race Christy OF the
j. d. S. ana Roberts Of the east benche1s
tied, each taking 2it points. Provo then
took the ii0-yard DASH The half mile
relay race was taken IN a iighting finish
by the high school boys, Davis, Rich
mond, Trip aad Moore The 220-yar1
but Chrlsty took the event by a close
margin, The final event was the pole
vaultng, which has already been mem
TONED. This event decided the contests
between the east bench crowd and the
Provo aggregation