The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-05-09

Tae college track team went down to
defeat for the first time in six years
before the Morning Side college team
at Sioux City last Friday. The Brook
ings boys were in no shape for hard
meet on account OF the cold, backward
spring in this section, and were
obliged to do without the services OF
Fred Collier, the star short distance
man, who was kept at home with
sprained ankle. From the Sioux City
Journal we get the following account
of the meet:
II an interesting but not especially
fast track meet on the Morning Side
athletic field yesterday afternoon.
Morning Side won 68 points to Brook
ings' 49. In spite Of the chilly weather
crowd OF 500 students and track
enthusiasts cheered themselves voice.
less in the excitement OF the close
events.
As a special feature of the meet and
upon the request of several admirers
big Ed Perry, the star weight man OF
Chicago, the holder OF the intercolle-
giase records in the discus and
hammer and the present track coach
of Vermillion, threw out the discus
and hammer Just to show the crowd
Whist a good throw looked like. Pull
ling off his coat, this giant shot the
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twenty-three feet farther than the
throw Of the best athlete on the field.
In the hammer he covered a distance
Of i35 feet. The crowd showed its
appreciation OF his exhibition by pro-
longed applause.
During the afternoon the weather
warmed up to an almost respectable
temperature, and the men in the
various events got some real track
spirit into their stunts. Brookings
was sadly handicapped by having to
compete without Collar, its star
Splinter and broad jumper. For two
years Collier has beaten everyone that
he has gone up against in these three
events, and probably would have
repeated his performances yesterday
AS i. was Wendell won the hundred
with ease in the slow time OF II
seconds, with Brown, of Morning Side,
bare second.
Perhaps the best and hardest fought
run OF the meet was the half mile
between Rorem, of Morning Side, and
Huntimer, OF Brookings. These two
men, both stars for their respective
schools, hit q hot pace from the very
start and kept it till the last squirt.
Here Rorem, who had been a few feet
in the rear, got up sprint and came
even with his man, and the two fought
it out from the hundred-yard mark.
Rorem breasting the tape but six
inches ahead OF his opponent. Con-
sidering the condition of the track the
time, minutes and IL seconds, was
not at all bad,
The result Of the low hurdles was
one of rhe surprises OF the day.
Dowdy, who had been considered a
sure winner, struck a hurdle at his
third Jump and was thrown completely
out Of his stride, coming in for third
place at the finish.
Ia the quarter Brookings sprung
surprise by winning both places.
Last year Morning Side took second
place, and this spring the Brookings
man who woa was not in school and
it was generally thought that Heilman
and Carkufi would be able TO land
some points. Coughin and Hunti-
mer, however, nit up pace from the
scratch that killed off every other
runner and enabled them to land first
and second with ease.
IL the discus Dowdy showed up in
his old form by hurling the weight
out to distance OF 102 feet, winning
the only place that Morning Side got
out Of the weights. McCordic and
Rich had things their own way in the
shot and hammer, Rich winning first
in the shot with put OF 81 feet and 5
inches, and in the hammer with a
mark of'li5 feet and inches ahead of
h, team mate.
Berkstresser and 2. Brown sur
prised Morning Siders in the mile by
taxing both places, beating Sperb,
wao had starred in this event for four
years. Berkstresser again proved his
ability in the distances by making up
distance OF twenty-five yards in the