The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28
TIED At TRACK MEET
MANKAT0 AND WINDOW SCORE
TWENTY EIGHT POINTS.
Both to Receive Banners; Rober,
Hughes Is the Boy That Brought
the Local Team UP in the List
of Events; Pole Vault Excited the
Enthusiasm of Crowd; Record is
Broken in This Contest.
From Mondays Daily.

Saturdays interscholastic field NEE
of Southern Minnesota was a good one
with excitement and enthusiasm com
ing in spots. The attendance was poor
even considering the threatening clouds
the gate receipts being less than $50
which was rather hard on the visiting
teams. The best of feeling, however
prevailed and everyone went nome feel
ing that each event was absolutely cor
rect in every detail of decision.
Up to the time of the hurdle event
the score looked somewhat gloomy fol
NIankato. who was weak in the dashes
owing To the fact that Ray Hughes
one of the fastest men was out of con-
dition. Until the hurdle event Worth
ington had Is points, Window IL, and
AIankato !. but the splendid victory
in the 22O hurdles, when Robert Hughes
did some fine work winning first place
with Henry Lee as a close second. jumped
the score for Mankato points in the
one event. and started the ball rolling
in the right direction. Both Hughes
and Lee made a fine showing.
One Record Broken.
1t was in the pole vault. the big
event of the day. that the only record
was broken, the one of last year. which
was the record of this field held by
Ernest Jones at o feet. 6 inches. was
raised ! inches. Jones did some Won
derfully good vaulting and came in
for a close second with 10 feet to his
credit. A. Heiertz of st. James as
winner, showed especially good form
during the whole event and is entitled
TO especial notice. Excitement was at
its point during this event. and rounds
of applause coming thick and fast
from the enthusiastic crowd. The rec.
ord for this event was one inch higher
than was made at the University High
school meet held on the same date.
Hughes Created Enthusiasm
The 440 dash was another especially
interesting and exciting event that
brought the crowd to their feet and
called for a goodly amount of cheering
when Robert Hughes made a great run,
winning easily with about ten yards
to spare. Hughes run i'm this event
is deserving of special mention, it be-
ing one of the best victories of the
meet and was won with very little
effort. The track was unusually heavy
on account of the rain. thus making
the running more difficult and the rec
ords some slower.
kleinschmidt, a sophomore of the
Mankato high school, did some very
consistent work in the discus. ham
mer throw and shot put. winning two
seconds and one third, and taking a
place in every event in which he was
entered.
The result of the meet was not de-
cided until the nalf mile relay came
off, the score standing at this time,
Mankato p, Window % and Worthing-
ton 22. In this Mankato made one
point making the final decision a tie of
2S points between Mankato and Win
dom. The MankatO relay team con-
sisted of Hughes, Sanborn, Lloyd and
Hayward.
Largest Point Winner.
The largest point winner for Man.
katO was Robert Hughes, who won IL
points, including two firsts, the hurdles
and 40 dash. Robert Kleinschmidt won
points, Ernest Jones 6 points and
Henry Lee 3 points.
In View of the tie between Mankato
and Window it was voted to give
a first place banner, one each to Man
kato and Window, second to WOrthing-
ton and third to st. James.
At the meeting of the representatives
of the schools held at the Saulpaugn
on Saturday evening, it was voted to
hold the meet at Mankato next year
and Superintendent H. L. Brown of st.
James was reelected president. and SUI
perintendent j. VI. Mcconnell of this
city was reelected secretary.
The official result of events is as
follows:
Worthington; second. Severson, Win
dom; third, elliot, st. James. Time,
10 So seconds.
Discus, first, Pitman. Window. second,
Kleinschmidt, Mankato; third, R. Cum
mings, Luverne. Distance. SO feet, one
inch.
High jump. first, Hildyard, Worthing-
ton; second, Kennicott, Luverne; third,
Hughes, Mankato. Height, five feet,
four inches.
Two hundred and twenty yard dash,
first, Roberts, Worthington; second,
Severson, Window; third, Van Nest,
Window. Time, twenty-three seconds.
Broad jump, first, A. Hertz, st.
James; second, Jones, Mankato; third,
Severson. Window. Distance, 10 feet,
2I% inches.
Half mile. first, Ventioner, Worthing-
ton; second, Frost, Window; third,
Johnson. Luverne. Time, 2 minutes,
l6 % seconds.
Pole vault, first, A. Heiertz, st.
James; second, Jones, Mankato; third,
Voak, Worthington. Height, 10 feet,
] inch.
Hammer throw, first, R. Cummings,
Luverne; second, Ptman, Window !;
third. Kleinschmidt, Mankato. Distance,
los feet.
Two hundred twenty hurdles, first,
Hughes, Mankato: second Lee. Man.
katO: third. Hildyard, WOrthinotOn