Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-26
SENIORS WIN IH[
HIGH SCHOOL MEET
Perry and Others Capture Pen
nant and Cups For the
Graduating Class
NINTH GRADE Is SECOND
NINTH GRADE IS SECOND
Tenth Grade Third-Boys of Eighth
Grade, Atho Handicapped by Size
and Years Made Most Plucky Fight
and Win Fourth-Perry Scores
Highest Number of Points.

Seniors ............'..... 10
Tenth Grade I'Ia
Eighth Grade .................. ~
The senior class at F'inkle's Park this
morning won the first annual meet OF
the high school and with 1t, the PEN
nant, the first honor for the event. two
silver cups for the relay races, and
gold medal for the individual winning
the largest number Of points The
ninth grade won second, the tenth
third, and the eighth grade fourth.
Perry won the meet for the seniors,
and the gold medal for himself. He
captured all of the sprints and runs,
and helped the senior team greatly III
winning the two relay races.
The seniors captured eighth tirsts.
four of which We're won by Perry, three
seconds and two thirds. The ninth
grade won four firsts, six seconds and
six thirds; the tenth secured two tirsts.
three seconds and six thirds, and the
eight two dirsts, four seconds and one
third.
The seniors won the fifty, and 100
yard dashes, the 440 and 220 yard runs.
the snot put, broad jump and the half
ut, I.N
won the one-half mile run, the potato
race. pole vault and high jump; the
tenth got the sack race, and mile
bicycle race, and the eighth grade cap
tured first in the three-legged race and
the half-mile bicycle race.
The Events and Winners.
Following are the events in the Or
der in which they We're run, and the
winners and the classes to which they
belong:
Fifty yard dash-Earl Perry, senior,
first; Charles Moore, senior, second;
Henry Shove, tenth, third. Time. 40
seconds.
Potato race-Max Smith, ninth, first;
Herbert Wilcox. senior, second; John
Ball, tenth, third. Time. 81 seconds.
Shot put-Otis Johnson, senior, first;
George Herschel, ninth, second; Walter
Richards. tenth, third. Distance, sc
feet 10 inches.
rs Broad jump-Earl Perry. senior.
first Roy McCord, ninth, second; Hen
ry Shove, tenth, third. Distance, 16
feet, 6 inches.
Four hundred and forty yard run
Walter Ayres. senior, first; Harold
woodward, tenth, second; George
Hockridge, ninth, third. Time, 1902 3-5.
One hundred dash--Earl Perry, SEN
Tor, first; Andrew Bowman, eighth,
second; Charles Moore, senior, third.
Time, III LIS.
Half 5. mile bicycle race-Robert
Booth, eighth, first; Mallory Huls,
ninth, second; Max Smith, ninth, third.
Time, 1885.
Sack race-Phin Shearer, tenth,
first Roy McCord, ninth. third. Her
bert Wilcox, senior, who won this
race, was disqualified for using sack
with a hole in it.
One half mile relay-Senior team,
Burke Lyon. Walter Ayres, Abbott Click
and Earl Perry, first; eighth grade
team, Lee Fetters. Herman Gabelman,
Robert Booth and Andrew Bowman,
second; ninth grade team, Durwin
Roy Good, Harry Middle
ton and Max Smith, third. Time, I: 81.
Mile bicycle race - Walter Rich
ards, tenth, first; Robert Booth,
eighth, second; George Hockridge.
ninth, third. Time, 1926.
Pole vault-Frank Hull, ninth, first;
Lee Fetters, eighth, second; Charles
Moore, senior, third. Height, feet,
inch.
One half mile run-George Herschel,
ninth, first; Harold Woodward, tenth
second; Roy Good, ninth, third. Time,
2:21 LIS.
Two hundred twenty yard dash ~
Earl Perry, senior, first; Abbott
Click, senior. second; Andrew Bowman,
eighth, third. Time, :27.
High jump - Roy McCord. ninth.
first; Henry Shove, tenth, second;
Durwin Blatherwick, ninth, third
Height, feet II inches.
Mile relay-Senior team, Burke Lyon.
Albert Hull, Abbott Click and Earl
Perry, first; ninth grade team, Roy
McCord, Harry Middleton. George Her
schel and Roy Good. second; tenth
grade team, Harold Woodward, John
Ball, Phin Shearer and Walter Rich
ards, third. Time. 4:19.
Perry Easy Winner.
As was expected Perry was an easy
winner of the three dashes. He merely
.rotted ahead of the bunch and sprint
ed to the tape. He was not pushed in
any of these events, which accounts
for the time. altho the track was both
slow and heavy. Perry runs in beau
.iful form. He, with his teammates.
1ad an easy time Of it in relay races.
Eighth Grades Good Showing.
One Of the features of the meet was
he most excellent showing of the
eighth grade boys who, altho handi-
capped by size and age, put up a
olucky fight. In the sprints Bowman
vas always in the running for second
md third place. This team can be
ooked on to win next year, provided
is membership remains intact. Most
If the events Were Won with compar-
tive ease, but there was usually in
Zach a hot fight for second and third
places. The high jump was holly
contested, as was also the pole vault. |
Winners of Individual Points.
With four firsts Perry won first
,lace for individual points. Roy Nc
,ord, by winning one first and two
was second, and Robert
eaot], with ono first one second and |