The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-06-05
INVITATION
+. ATHLETIC MEET
Morristown School Held its
Fourth Annual Field Day
on Saturday Last
MUCH ENTHUSIASM EXHIBITED

On Decoration Day, in the morning
the Morristown School held it's fourth
annual field day and invitation dual
meet with Newark Academy on the
Morristown School oval
Although there was drilling rain
when the opening events were run off,
the sun came out, and the day was a
/ favorable one after all.
There was good crowd of several
| hundred when the games began, and
there was much enthusiasm over the
results of the different contests.
Each school was limited to two
entries in each event, the contestants
having been selected in preliminary
games held the week before. To the
winner in each event was given cup,
and for the point trophy, given by the
local school, only senior events counted
on the basis of five for first, and three
for second place. Newark was repre-
sented in the first event, the l00-yard
dash senior, by Kalish, who had lately
run the distance in 1925 seconds,
several times, and holds the record of
/ IL.
excited when the pistol was fired, to
see Kobbe leave him behind from the
start to the finish, gaining at every
stride and beating him about feet.
The time 10 2-5 seconds, breaks the
former record of Max Behr, 10 As Sec
onds made year ago.
In the furlong dash, the same pair
met again. Kalisch was set back two
yards for getting off ahead of the
pistol, but would otherwise have stood
little chance of winning. Kobbe
4 headed him from start to finish and
outran him easily, winning by Is
yards. The time, % seconds, is a new
record, the old one of % Is seconds
having been made by B. G. Weekes in
| 1902.
4 The 120 yard low hurdles was one of
the best races of the day, Coulon and
| Kobbe running abreast until the 9th
hurdle, when the latter gained slightly.
AT the last flight Coulon fell and
i Knauth passed him, finishing second
I to Kobbe.
In the quarter-mile run, Pritchett
set fast pace for about three hun
dred yards, drawing out Hay, who
/ winded himself in getting the lead,
about one hundred yards from the
! finish, on entering the stretch, Kobbe
easily ran past Hay, beating him by 10
yards. The generalship shown by both
Prchett and Kobbe in this race was
excellent, and the race fast one.
The time So 3-5 seconds, is a new
record, the old one being 5S seconds,
done by G. Richardson in 1902.
The mile run was an easy one for
/ Hansell, of Newark, who drew away
! from the Others about the middle of
the third lap, and won by large lead
over Hubbard. Newark easily won
both places in high jump, Watts had
no trouble in winning the shot put.
4 Morristown won both places in the
hammer throw. Johnson making a
new record of 10S feet 6 inches, break
ing the previous record by feet.
The Newark boys had things all
their own way in the high jump, easily
winning both places. They also won
the mile and half mile runs handily,
and Hubbard for Morristown secured
SecOnu place IN DOUn.
Conklin, of Newark, had virtually
won the running broad jump until
Kobbe, in his sixth and last trial, beat
him by few inches. Kobbe's record
as an all-round performer, was a re-
markable one, seldom equaled by a
school boy, or even by college athlete.
In five entries he won first prize in
aacb and cot now racordc II, fba 100
yard dash, 22O yard dash, and quarter
mile run.
Newark easily won all places in the
junior events, except first in the broad
jump, which was won by Francis, who
made new junior record of II feet
inches
The events and winners were as
follows
100 Yards-Senior 1st -Kobhe, M. s.
100 Yards-Junior LIST -Prout, n A
s1d-Turner N A Time 1l2 8 seconds.
$50 Yards-Senior. l-t Curtis. n A.
End Hubbard, NJ 5 Time minutes 10
seconds
geo Yards-Senior. 1st.-Kobbe. M. S.
end --Kalisch n A. Time 80 seconds,
220 Yards-.Iuntor lst.-Prout. N. A.
end Turner. N A Time 26 seconds.
High Jump-Junior. 1st -Prout. N.
A. End Turner. N. A Tie at 4 feet z
inches
1870 Low Hurdles-Senior. 1st.--Kobbe.
/ VI 5. end. -Knauth, M S. 10 As seconds.
Putting 10 ID Shot-Senior. lst.-Wat's
n. A Distance SO feet 8 inches 2nd,--
/ Sieglin0 NJ s. Distance 33 feet inches.
440 Yards--Senior lst.-Kobbe, M. s.
End. Hay N A. Time 55 So seconds.
High Jump-Senior. 1st.-Hay, N. A.
Height feet II 81 inches end. -McEuen,
! N. A. Height 4 feet 10 inches.
Broad Jump--Junior. 1st.-Francis, M.
s. Distance II feet z inches. 2nd.--Mc-