The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-21
AN INTERsCHOLAsTIC MEET.
Athletic Event at Lawrence Well At
tended and Interesting.

Lawrence, Kan. April 21.-Central
high school of Kansas City won the
third annual interscholastic track meet
held by the University Of Kansas Fri
Manual training high school was sec
ond with 81 points. Lawrence high
school finished third with "A points and
won the championship of Kansas
Central won through its sprinters and
hurdlers- Tabor for Manual scored 10
points in the weights but it did no
good Talbot broke two K L. inter
scholastic records, the shot put and
discus throw He was in poor form in
throwing the heavy pie and did not
make the record he expected to- His
shot distance was A feet, 2 inches and
his discus throw was los feet, six inch
es. Talbot won the cup given to the
man making the most points.
Central won the relay race easily,
Douglass making a great finish and de-
feating the Fort Scott runner by 100
yards.
There was some trouble about scoring
the relay race. It was understood by
Manual that the relay was not to count
in the total score Had this been the
case Central would have won by only
two points.
A crowd of 200 yelling high school
boys and girls from the Kansas City
manual and central, Kansas City, Kan,
Rosedale, Lawrence, Fort Scott, lola,
Marysville, Leavenworth, Garrett, To-
peka, Usage City and SaIina high
schools cheered on their contestants
during the meet which did not begin
until nearly 2 o'clock.
Central jumped to the fore at the
first when Douglas Won the dash and
Minton won the low hurdle. Bodman,
Manual. won the quarter mile, but the
blue and white took second and third
places.
The mile run was pretty race. Cool
ey, Kansas City. Kan, Won in close
Cen 81 in,
the record time of four minutes and
Il seconds. Cooley is 8 one armed boy
captain of the Kansas City, Kan, track
team, and he ran remarkable race.
The record was five minutes 2-5 Sec
Minton. Central broke the K. u.
interschOlastic record IN the low hur-
dies, which he held, by a fifth of
second when he ran the 220 Jumps in
:27 4-5 He won the high hurdles in
slow time.
The high jump record of five feet,
four inches, was equaled by Boright of
Manual, Ruggles of Marysville and
tied for first place and the points were
divided. The tie was jumped off and
Boright won at five feet. four inches
Douglass, Central, won the go yard
dash and equalled the K. U. interschol-
astic record of "a seconds.
The summaries:
Howard dash. 16 entries-Douglass,
/ Central won; Babb, Lawrence, second;
Conway. Fort Scott, third. Time
/ 10 3-5.
22O-yard dash, II Douglass,
! Central won: Catron, Central. second;
Babb Lawrence. third. Time, "a
440-yard dash, 10 entries-Rodman,
/ Sutherland, Central. third. Time,
Ss0-yard run, entries-B ungardt,
/ Central, won; Bodman, Manual, second;
+ Carson, Lawrence, third. Time, Z:Of 10.
Mile race, 10 entries-Cooley, Kansas
+ City, Kan, won; Kaynor, Central, sec
ond; Craig, Manual. third. Time, AL.
120 yard hurdles, entries-Minton,
I Central, won; McLain. Lawrence, sec
end: Mehornay, Central third. Time,
220-yard hurdles s entries-Minton.
! Central. won; Martin, Lawrence, sec
ond; McLain, Lawrence, third. Time,
Pole vault. 8 entries-Mayberr Man
ual won; Orme, Manual. second; Fer
ris. Usage City, third Distance, 10 feet
2 inches
Running high jump, entries-Bo-
right Manual; Ruggles, Marysville, and
I Woodbury., Central, tied for first place.
Height 5 feet 4 inches.
Running broad jump. 10 entries
/ Young Salina, won; Braekney, Burlin-
game, second; Bodman, Manual third
/ Distance, 10 feet 71z inches.
Hammer throw, II entries-Talbot,
/ Manual, won; Ferris Usage City, sec
ond; Jackson. Lawrence, third. Dis
| lance. 15S feet 1 inch.
Shot put. u entries-Talbot Manual,
won: Young, Leavenworth. second;
Darrell. Lawrence. third. Distance, "A
feet inches
discus throw, 10 entries-Talbot
Manual. won: Heller, Usage City, sec
ond; DOdd, Manual, third Distance,
los feet inches
Relay race, I'VE teams entered-Cen-
trail team (Bungardt, Flynn, Parker and
Douglass), won; Fort Scott. second;
Toneka. third Time, 3:17 2-5
Points seored-Central a. Miami 81
Lawrence IA, Usage City Z Kansas