The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-06-15
R,eker Wins the Medal.

high School field meet held June y
fternooo on lhe Academy campus
,as awarded to Fall Becker, who had
. polnts to Weis' 81. 1t was expected
hat one Of these two would take the
iorors. and the contest between them
was clnse from start to finish. BY
heir work Friday botu proved
themselves to be good all rou
athletes. Becker won the jump nE
vents easily, while Weis took first
place IN every running event In which
he took part.
The program, under the eihcient
management Of Prot. Patterson and
bis assistants, was given without
hltch. Starter Roberts kept things
moving rapidly and the entire time
consumed was not more than two
hours
In the pole vault Becker was given
arst place without vaultlng and the
other Contestants fought it out for
second place.
Wels won the half mile easily, The
gther boys made a plucky race, but
sYeis was never 10 danger Of defeat
y The 22O yard dash was the prettieS9
run Of the meet. Barnett got good
start and forged ahead about ten feet
He made splendid run, but Weis
steadily gained on him and finished
frst.
Ii the high jump Becker won first
place, although he could not come up
to bis previous record,
The mile run was also pretty
race. The runners stayed together
well, Weis finishing strongly with
Wilson a close second.
The shot,put was very closely con-
tested.
The main and most exciting feature
was the relay race, The teams were
evenly matched and it was difficult to
| tell which team would win. The
High School won by narrow margin.
rhe track was in good condition
considering the recent rains, A fan
\ sized crowd witnessed the meet.
The summary:
/. 100 yd dash-First prize, um'
brela, Fredendall s. Wilson; second
prize; pocket knife, G. @. Schawe
won by weis; second, Becker; thirt
Wallace. No time recorded.
2. Pole vault-FiTst prize, hat, II
Sinauer; second prize, bottle toile
water, G. W. LOomis; won by Becker
second, Bush; third, Bour. N
height recorded.
8. One half mile run-Flrst prize
pair shoes, Stier Clothing Co; secon
prize, medallion, E.sG. Looms, wo
10y Weis; second, Wilson; third
Morrison. Time 2:S3.
A. Hammer throw-First prize
nnitary brushes, Crenshaw s. Young
second prize, box candy, W, F. Hines
ley; won by Hausam; second Becker
third, Weis. Distance 1871.
5, 22O yd. dash--Flrst prize, pal
shoes, ]. f. VIM; second prize, DO
candy, ], L Long; won by Weis; sec
ond, Becker; third Barnett. Tim
81 sec.
6. Broad jump-Flrst prize, boo
case, Winkler Furniture Co., secon
prize, fishing rod, H. Gelzer; won b
Becker; second, Wallace; third, Ba
nett. Distance 1906.
I. 220 yd. low hurde-Iir'
prize, scarf pin, Geo. VenaOle
second prize hat, NJ. Ladeson. We
by Weis; second, Becker; third, Bou
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Time:S44 sec.
8. High jump First prize,
shirts Gratz Bros; second prizl
shaving mug Dan Rubel. Won /
Becker; second, Wright; thirc
Hausam. Distance AS.
9. 44O yard dash-Flrst prize, pa
gloves, G H, Schmidt; second priz
box candy, Morris; won by Wei
second, Wilson; third, Bour. Tin
l:e7.
10. discus throw-First priz
pair cuff buttons, A Eagle; secor
\ prize, razor A. Gillen; won by Barnet
second, Becker; third, Morris, Di
tance, 7O-O5s,
IL. One mile run- First prize, s,
gold piece, W. B. Waddell, secor
prize, ball and bat, A. L. Home