Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-03
SOPHONORES WIN HOyORS
Land First Place in High School Meet
by a Wide Margin.
BURD1CK IS BIG POINT WINNER
juniors Take second Place and
the seniors Third--eOod-siEed
Crowd witnesses the
Events.

The sophomores won first honors in the
high schools annual field day athletic con-
tests. held Friday afternoon at Dietz park.
Out Of the i25 points made. 81 were credited
to athletes representing the class OF 1910.
Ed Burdick. captain Of the sophomore team
won additional honor for his class by cap
turing the gold medal for the best indi-
vidual record, with six first places and
one third to his credit.
The meet was a success in spite OF the
strong wind and disagreeable dust TOT
about 400 enthusiasts turned out to cheer
for their favorites no exceptional records
were made, except the performance OF the
hundred-yard dash IN 0:1O% on track
partly grass.
1t is understood that the seniors, as
class, who have led in athletics since their
sophomore year, failed to deliver the goods
this time as a result Of losing George
Brown at the last minute. Brown promised
to take first medals in several events, but
was not allowed to enter because OF tenn
porary heart trouble recently discovered.
Several other prominent senior athletes
were out Of the running as a result Of a
new athletic board ruling, which required
meet as is demanded Of those who represent
Omaha High against rival schools
Glass Rivalry Keen.
Throughout the contests both class ano
individual rivalry was keen, and until the
latter part Of the meet no one was sure
whether the sophs or juniors would WIN
Burdick and Weirick also had friendlS
battle for the gold medal, both lads prov
ing themselves experts.
The 1OO-yard dash was the first event e
be run, two prelimlnarles and finei oast
being necessary to pick the best man. Int
SENIORS got their first setback here' az
Merle Howard, last years crack sprinter
failed to get into the finals, as a result o.
recent sickness. Harley Deems, sopho
more, did the race in o:1o%.
Ralph Welrick won the high jump without
half trying. The height was feet 10 inches
although his best record In practice ap
proaches feet inches.
weirick lost out in the high hurdles afte
practically cinching them, by failure to rul
10 the string after clearing the last one
The event went to the juniors. by Mchln
ney's record of O;19M. Q2O yards.)
Cool work and excellent form gave Bur
dick the pole vault at feet 8 inches. Weir
icIk beat Mills In the run off for secon'
place after a tie.
Unintentional crowding by one OF the run
ners lost Merle Howard place in the zSe
which went to Burdick with a record o
0:27M.
Burdick easily took the hammer throw D.
sending the weight "a feet inches.
| Both the half-rnile and mile runs wer
won by Captain Neavlss OF the Junior team
with records of 2:3S and 5:SS, respectively
| BuPdick wins shot Put.
Tie shot put went to Burdick. who woi
first in the indoor event last March. II
put the lead 36 feet 6 inches, coming With
foot of his best record.
The quarter-mie run was one OF tn
most exciting events of the meet. Al
AycriRg, a former Omaha High school la
who has Just returned from a year a
Berkeley. came near coming In first, !
snite OF a spiked foot, but was passe
within fifty yards OF the finish by Deemi
whose sprinting ability came in handy
The broad jump proved a surprise I
everyone, even to Burdick. the winner. h
entered to fill the entries from his clss'
having never broad Jumped before an
beat Merle Howard, who was picked as IN
winner, by about four inches.
The freshmen scored their only points b
winning second place in the discus throw
wilson being their representative. Thi
was another Of Burdlck's first place car
lures.
The sophomores had the winning rela
team which was made up OF four goo
sprinters, Deems. Payne, Nelson and Bur
dick, each OF whom ran 22O yards. Tn
seniors came In second. Their team wa
Arnstein. Merle Howard and Wodwortf
Howard running twice.
After most of the crowd had left tn
park the low hurdles were run. They ha
been dropped from the regular order q
events on account Of the high wind whlc
blew the light wooden horses over. Fac
murder ran alone against time, Weiric
winning in SS7S seconds (29o yards).
summary OF Events.
Jnn1dS Tnu1nered yard dash: First heat, Weiricl
@chinney. Junior. third. Time; o.ios
sd,e esvon,e neat. Deems, Sophomore. firs,
third. Time soPnTmore S,Snal seconds Arnsteii
RvrS;,i, IR1orS; points; Weirick. Junior, 3 point,
oHPr1Ick, P, sophomore, l point. Time: S:ics
Doinas in9Rx Mlis ihlss soDSSorS SS%R wsricE Junior
ine6s:. mem: Senior point; Height, ! feet It
High hurdles, I'D yards; McKinn.v r.,
i9r. 2 points; Scare. Junior, 5 points; y
howard, sophomore, / point Time. n,fat
Pole vault; Burdick, Sophomore & noin,,,
MsiTick, Junior, points; Mills. soph.
more. point; Height feet six inches.
Mile run: NeaVles, Junior. s poInt
Kennedy, Sophomore, points: VVoodyors
senior point Time: 5:ssN
Shot put: Burdick. Sophomore point
Weirtck, Junior, points; RI KeivTitf e.,
lot, l point. Distance. 36 feet 6 inches.
yuarter mile: Deems, Sophomore.
points; Aycrigg, Junior. points; Mex,
hey, Junior, l point. Time; 1:0S.
running broad jump; Burdick, sopb
more points; NJ Howard Senioyrp
points; Meirick, Junior, point. Distaho
IL feet 6h inches.
HAN mile run; NesSles. Junior, S point
~. Howard, Sophomore, 3 points; Snit
Senior, l point Time: 2:sS
Discus throw: Burdick, Sophomara