Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-08
First Prize Of Annual Inter
scholastic Meet Won Second
Time By Rogers School
WcToRs HAVE EASY TIME
Winning Team Scores Fifty-eisht
Points - Woodbury. School Gets Sec
ond Place - Rogers Takes at Least
Ono Place in Every Event But One
Summary Of Results.

AoOo8t -
Click ...................
Arson ...................
First Ward NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
For the second time in three years
the boys of the Rogers school cap
stured the T.-R. trophy cup. the first
prize of the annual field meet Of the
graded schools of the city. Before an
audience Of close to 1000 ribbon be-
decked and shrieking children the Rog-
ers captured the cup, and fairly out
classed all OF the other schools. The
school has but to win it once more
when it will become its individual
property.
Approximately 100 boys, clad in all
sorts Of home made track toys, fash
toned Of undertaking and like gar
ments, started in the fifteen events that
made up the program. There were lit
tie boys, some Of them tiny fellows in
the classes open to only the smaller
lads. Then there were fat boys, and
lean boys Of all kinds, some bare
footed and some shod with track shoes.
Two Tie for First.
Leland Mcfarland. of the Rogers,
and Willie Guthrie, OF the Woodbury.
school, tied for Individual honors for
first place.. Each of the boys scored
10A points for his team. Mcfarland won
first in the 440-yard run. and second
in the 100-yard dash for Glass c boys.
He also was a member Of the team
that won first In the 440-yard relay
race for Glass G boys, and he won
third in the high jump Of the same
class.
Guthrie won first in the 220-yard
dash and the potato race for Class B
boys, and was q member Of the Wood
bury team that won the 220-yard re-
lay race for Glass B boys.
Frank Cook, Of the Rogers, was Sec
ond, with total Of ten points; taking
first place in the 100-yard dash for
Glass d boys, also the half mile run for
the same class.
Arthur Kopp, Of the Abbott school,
was third with nine points. He won
the broad jump, got second in the 100
yard dash for Glass d boys. and was
one Of three from his school that got
second place in the half-mile relay.
John Hedlund, Of the Rogers, was
fourth, with eight points and Ralph
Meyer, Of the same school, was next
with six.
Woodbury's Small Boys Fast.
The smaller boys Of the woodbury.
school made an excellent showing. OF
the seven events, open to the two
smaller classes Of boys, the Woodbury.
team won four f1rsts, and three sec
onds, which were the only events they
scored in.
The Rogers school kept winning
and every event but the run
ming broad Jump added points to their
total. It was apparent that the Rog-
ers would win before more than half
Of the events had been run. Altogether
the Rogers team won eighteen places
out of possible total OF forty-five. They
were eight f1rsts, four seconds and SIX
thirds The Arnold won two firsts,
three seconds and four thirds. The
Abbott won one first, four seconds and
two thirds, and the Click won one
second and three thirds. Neither the
Anson nor First ward scored. e
Summary Of Results.
/, The following Is a summary Of the
results according to the classes:
Glass a.
Fifty yard dash-Ralph Meyer, Rog-
ers first; Jennings Heng, Click, sec
ond; Give Peer, Click, third. Time,
LOT rs.
1o0-yard dash EIarry Gabelman,
first; Sanford Thompson.
second; Ralph Meyer, Rog-
ers, third. Time, IA 1-5.
100-yard relay-Rogers. first; Wood
bury second: Click, third. Time,
rs 4-5.
Class B.
Fifty yard dash-Gail Stewart, Ar
mold, first; Carl Jones, Woodbury.. sec
ond: Roy Barber. Rogers, third. Time,
:os l-!.
e2o-yard dast-willie Guthrie,
first; Roy Barber, Rogers,
second; Leslie Burkholder, Rogers,
third. Time, 81 2-5.
220-yard relay-Woodbu first: Ar
mold, second; Rogers. third. Time,
81 2-5.
Potato race-willie Guthrie. Wood
bury, first; Irwin F'reiensenhner. Alb
bolt, second; Roy Barber, Rogers,
third. Time, :37.
Class c.
100-yard dash-John Hedlund. Rog-
ers. first: Leland Mcfarland, Rogers
second: Melvin Wilson, Arnold, third.
Time. :13.
440-yard run--Leland Mcfarland,
Rogers, first; John Hedlund. Rogers,
Melvin Wilson, Arnold. third.
Time, 1908 As.
440-yard relay-Rogers first; Arnold,
second Abbott, third. Time, 80 is.
Running high jump-Melvin Wilson,