The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-24
HAMMOND
TSF|FTH
RANKING
High School Athletes Win
Two Seconds and Two
Thirds at Lafayette Meet,
Where Five State Records
Were Broken.

Hammond was the only Lake county
city represented at the Indiana state
meet which was held Saturday at La
fayette, and the representatives from
that city gave a good account of them
selves even If they were pushd down
to fifth place in the meet.
Hammond won two seconds and two
thirds. The point winners for Ham
mond We're Summers, who won second
in the 220-yard hurdles, Atwood, who
won second in the shot put; Kennedy
who won third In the 22O-yard hurdles.
and Ebert, who won third in the ham
mer throw, an event he was expected
to in.
The Hammond boys are not com
planning. however, and believe the trip
was well worth while after all.
Five state records were broken and
one tied at the annual track meet of
the Indiana Athletic association on
Stuart field Saturday afternoon. Manu-
al Training school of indianapolis won
the meet with % points, landing the
silver cup. Manual also won the re-
lay and state banner. The result is
as follows:
Manual, %; Shortridge High school
of indianapolis, 10 1-3; Monticello, Il;
Richmond, 10; Hammond, s; Van Bur
en-. g. Fairmount academy. s. Salem,
3. Gas City, 3; Swauzee, 8; Culver, 4 Is;
Linton, A. Kokomo, 8; Walton, 8;
Sheridan, 8; Wolcott, l; West Lafay
cite, 1-3 points.
Allison of Richmond broke the 800
yard hurdle record by As seconds and
also lowered the mark for the 220 low
hurdles by one second. Newlin of Man
ual smashed the mile mark by seven
seconds and Marchal reduced the half
mile record by 1 1-5 seconds. Win
slow of Paramount academy went 10
feet So inches in the pole vault, beat
ing the previous record by three
fourths inches. King of Manual tied
the mark in the 220-yard dash. Sum
maries:
1Oo-yard dash-Won by King, Manual
Training; Moss. Linton, second; Schom-
berg, Shortridge, third. Time--:1o 2-5
| Mile run-Won by Newlin, Manual
Training; Hinshaw, Monticello, second
OIiphant. Linton, third. Time-4:45 Is
22O-yard dash-Won by King, Manua
Training; Stages. Walton, second; Jar
Wis. shortridge, third. Time-;23.
44o-yard dash-Won by Hamilton
Manual Training; Apologize, Kokomo
second; Grassland, Culver, third. Time
-:54 3-5.
12o-yard hurdles-won by Allison
Richmond Fauber. MonuceIo, second
| Williams, Sheridan road, third. Tim
lie is.
22O-yard hurdles-Won by Allison o
| Richmond; Summers, Hammond, sec
ond; Kennedy, Hammond, third. Tim
l-:26 As.
S8o-yard run-won by Marchal. Ga
city; Grassland, Culver, second; Ellis
Shortridge, third. T1me-2:O7
Running high jump-Won by Morri
son. Shortridge, height, feet ~
inches; Scott. Shortridge. second, 5 fee
5h inches; Little, Paramount, third,
feet 4 inches.
Discus-Won by Dobbins. Monticello
los feet 10 inches; Conwell, Van Bur
en-, second, 100 feet inches; Kerlin
Wolcott third, 95 feet ? inches.
Running broad jump-Won by Morri
son, Shortridge, 81 feet 33e inches
King. Manual Training, second. 20 fee
l71h inches; Davis, Sheridan, third, /
feet inches.
Pole vault-Won by Winslow, Fair
mount. 10 feet 81 inches; Scott. Short
ridge second, 10 feet Az inches
Griggs. West Lafayette; Ditton, Culver
and Morrison. Shortridge, tied for thir
at feet 10A inches.
Hammer throw-Won by Davis. Sa
lem, 40 feet inches; Conwell, Va
Buren,. second, 135 feet IL inches
Ebert, Hammond. third, 1873 feet
inches.
Relay race-won by Manual Train
ing; Hammond, second; Carmel, third
Monticello. fourth Time-4:4s