The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
JUDS0N PUTS CRIMP IN
HUNDRED-YARD DASH
Meyer of Ogden Lowers the
Mark for Quarter-Mile
Dash.

Il Recollcctons of drizzlng rain and
sticky mud Will linScr In the minds of
the 1900 enthusiasts who saw the State
High school track meet at Cummings
field yesterday afternoon, Old Jupiter
FPIuvius tried his best to stop the meet,
but he might have known that the en-
tthusIasm OF high school boys and girls
Us invtnciblc,
Students Feeling "Spunky."
The downpour OF rain during the night
before lust made the students feel spunky
and so IN gala coors that should nave IN
Slted sunshine rather than ram 'ney
turned out en- masse to the contest A.Iu
when they had all gathered there In hut.ll
bers that filled the grand stand anu
bleachers TO overlooking, and were Wait
Ing anxlously for the sport TO begin there
came % Instead ,6, so% HIopP fbeT increased
in size and number. The flags ana pan
ners that a moment before waved over
the bleaencrS disappeared under a sea
OF umbrellas 1t was raining. and IL Kept
raining through the entire meet.
The meet resulted In a glorious victory
well-trSined athletes. for the fourth con-
secutive time demonstrated their just
claim to the State High school champion
pared pared With 1S made by their inyeteTate
rivals, the Ogdenites, American foLk
and Payson each scored one point nut the
gle place Perhaps the outcome might
have been different had not the held
events been entirely dispensed with, This
proved keen disappointment TO many OF
the visitors. who assert that they inquired
primarily on these events Tor making
showing But to call them of was the
flooded with water. and where lt was not
lake the mud was deep enough to sink
coal wagon.
Remarkable Time Made.
The startling thing about the meet is
the remarkable time made Few or none
record time on such track. and no one
dared TO suggest the establishment OF
new records But the fact Is that excel
lent time was made In nearly every event
of the contest, whether preliminary or
final Moreover. two State records wore
smashed. In the l0o-yard dash Judson,
off the State High school record. former
ly held by Fuzzy" Moore. His time was
10 S-5. Meyer of ogden placed new
record for the quaTter-mile dash His
time OF 81 seconds clips one second on tho
State High school record formerly held
State Records Broken.
The quarter-mile dash was a ,splendidly
conceded the place to Roberts, the Salt
Lake boy and until the last stretch was
reached II looked easy for him g, Meyer.
tho ogden runner, loated along In thlrd
place until about l0O yards from the tape.
Roberts and Hall were in the lead and,
as the Ogden boy did not show fight on
tho curve, they apparently counted him
out, The home stretch reached he bound
cd forward and In an instant was abreast
OF Hall Another burst of speed and then
followed fearful struggle with Roberts.
The Ogden boy was fresh and holding
his killing pace forged slowly ahead and
won out at the tape by a safe margin,
IN winning he lowered Roberts's old rec
ord by onc-flfth of a second
The 100-yard dash showed Judson at his
best. Winning his trial without even a
contest, he came back for the final and
won out handlly Tavey OF Ogden fought
nobly and held close on the trail Of the
Salt Lake boy for the first fifty yards
After that Judson increased his lead with
every stride and crossed the tape a safe
winner Anderson won third and thereby
saved American Fork from q complete
shutout.
Twenty youngsters left their marks at
the crack OF the gun in the half-mIlc
the boys were pretty we'll scattered In
the lead was an Ogden boy, who was
breaking the wind nicely for Wood and
Harris OF the local aggregation On the
back stretch OF the last lap all three men
Kicked up the mud in lively style. Bar-
rs passed Meyer Wood slowly pulled up
from third place to second and was fight
ing Harris hard for first when the stretch
was reached. Although teammates they
plugged on as doggedly and tcnaciously
as though representatives OF rival schools
Around the curve. onto the stretch. they
came. straining every nerve and muscle,
Slowly but surely Woods long. steady
stride began 40 tell and he forged ahead
But Harris held on and although Wood
led him across the tape, Harris followed,
still lghting The time wGs 2:1s As
Hyde Wins Low Hurdles.
Hyde of Salt Lake won out In the low