The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-05-27
Her High School Athletes Win in the
Field Meet at SibIey.
Mankato Boys Follow Up as Close
Seconds in the Contest.
An Enthusiastic Crowd Witnesses the
Many Exciting Events.
Program Carried Out Without Hitch.
Very Successful Affair.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Marshall carried off the palm at Sib-
ley park Saturday afternoon and eve
ming; Mankato followed as close Sec
ond; Redwood Falls was not a great
way behind Mankato; but the other
towns, Fairmont, New Ulm, st. James,
ST. Peter, Winnebago City, Renville and
Blue Earth, whose high school athletes
participated in the contest were left
away in the rear. st. Peter and Winnie
bago City scored no points at all. Such
is the summary of the results of second
annual field meet of the high schools of
Southern Minnesota.
All Saturday morning visitors kept ar
irving in the city to attend the grand
athletic event. Fairmont's five athletes
came on Friday and all that afternoon
and the next morning their red and
white ribbons made them conspicuous
on the city streets. When the partici-
pants assembled at Sibley park early
in the afternoon it was found that
ten high schools were to be represented.
Faribault, Sleepy Eye, Springfield and
Fulda disappointed the other towns and
sent no, teams. Mankato had track
team of seven: Albert Moore, Morse
Gates, Edw. Conughlan, Harry Reid, Ben
Howard, Henry Gerlich and Edw. Noun
tain. Marshall sent seven; New Ulm
eleven; st. Peter six; Winnebago City
six; Renville four, and Blue Earth three.
Several of the teams had with them
tents, which were pitched on the field
near the judges tower. Ribbons sym
bolic of the various high schools were
much in evidence. Mankato's maroon and
cream were to be seen on all sides, not
only upon the young men and boys, that
thronged the roadway, the race track.
the fences and the field, in the vicinity
of the tents and the tower, but also on
the Whitehead young ladies and girls
who almost filled the grandstand. New
Ulm's lavender and cream, the scarlet
of Redwood Falls, the black and blue
of st. Peter and the red and black Of
st. James, Winnebago City and Renville
were more or less in evidence.
Certainly not less than twelve hun
dred people went out to the park tt
attend the meet. The weather was pro
pitious, though larger crowd would
probably have gathered had it been 6
little cooler and looked less like rain
The dull sky kept threatening shower
all the afternoon, yet the day would
probably have been uncomfortably warn
had not the canopy of clouds given pro
lection from the direct rays of the sun
The program was rather a long one
and, as no provision had been made fol
the carrying out of more than one event
at time, the interest of the spectators
was not so well sustained as it might
have been, and most of the ladies grew
weary at times with waiting the an
nomcement of results. Yet there were
frequent bursts of the widest enthu
siasm, especially at the close of eaci
and every race.
By the time the sixteen contests haG
all been fought out, it was long past
supper time, and most of the spectators
had gone home without knowing the
final result Twilight was blackening
into darkness and the long threatened
rainstorm was commencing.
1t was after two o'clock when came
the call for the first event, the 5O-yard
dash. In this Albert Moore of Man.
kato came out first; William Galbraith
of Marshall, second; and Morse Gates OF
-Iankato, third. Moore's time was 5 3-5
seconds. Certainly the local high school
was making an suspicious beginning, and
long shout of exultation, mingled with
the blowing of numberless horns, arose
from the great mass of the spectators.
Next came the preliminary l2O yard
hurdle race. The first heat was won by
Mark Freer of Blue Earth, time 10 Is;
while Orion Kiel of Marshall came in sec.
ond. Albert Moore of Mankato won the
second heat, time Is rs; William Swee-
ney of Fairmont coming in second. In
this race Gilbert McDougall of Red.
wood Falls had the misfortune of twist
ing his ankle, and was disabled for the
rest of the meet. His injury was Sc
we're blow to the prospects of Redwood
Falls. His comrades had expected great
things of him in the broad and high
jumps.
1t was some time later in the af-
ternoon that the final l20 yard hurdle
race was run, the contestants being
those who came out first and second in
the two heats of the preliminary. Moore
of Mankato won; Freer of Blue Earth
was second; and Sweeney of Fairmont
was third. Moore's time was II As Sec
onds.
This was high hurdle and in it an
other accident occurred. Orion Kie of
Marshall caught his foot on one of the
hurdles, and, losing his equipoise, came
down in such way as to drive one of
the spikes of his left shoe into his
right foot just above the heel. 1t was
thought that Marshall had lost the ser