The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23
II IT HAPPENS
IT'S HERE
SALT LAKE HIGH
WINS STATE MEET
Atkins, the West Side Phenom,
Was Easily Star of the
Days Sport.

The Salt Lake high school won sweep
Ing victory in the state high school meet
held on Crmmings field yesterday after
noon The meet was the most sensational
and largest high school meet that has
been held In the state and the keen com
petition between twenty schools resulted
III seven new state nigh school records.
one hundred and five athletes competed
in yesterdays meet
The Salt Lake high school completely
9utclassed the other teams and wen
eight firsts in twelve eveiis. The west
siderS scored a points, having 81 points
the better OF the branch normal, IN
nearest competitor. on the track salt
Lake was invincible and the red and black
runners took everything, breaking records
in All the events except the relay.
Atkins. the athletic phenom Of the high
school. was the star Of the meet winning
four firsts. the hundred. two twenty,
high and broad jumps. he alone scored
% points. or enough to defeat any OF the
tied the state record and in the two
twenty set a new mark of 2 So seconds
in the high jump he beat the old record
OF feet IA inches. clearing the bar az
3 feet 81 inches. which is just 4 inches
above his head. Counting the trial heats,
Atkins finished first in five races
Wheeling stood next 70 Atkins among
the heroes of the day He won ghe mile
and half mile for Salt Lake. which
showed him to be one Of the greatest
middle distance runners that has been
mile in POI 20 which beats the old rec
ORD in the event. and In the mile he fin
ished with a wonderful squirt and estab-
Iished a new record Of 5;4 TO
Atkins Wins at Finish.
The sprints were closely contested. At
kins winning out in the last twenty yards
In each event In the hundred all Of the
which equals the state high school rec
ord The quarter mile was the surprise
OF the day. when Kirby fought his way
from fourth place in the last twenty yards
and finished two yards ahead Of Holm
stead, who had led throughout the race
The quarter was run in "a 20 SECONDS,
which is one second better than the old
In the half mile. forty-three men start
ed but after the first lap, the real contest
narrowed to Wheeling, Meyers and NC
Abe. with Meyers IN the iead- s,WheenIhe
gradually closed in and with fine sprint
took the lead in the homestreteh. The
mile had 50 entries and on the last lap
Clark had a good lead. Here Wheeling
home stretch he made up his back dis
lance and finished eight yards ahead of
Clark.
Record Goes in Hammer Throw.
The field events were long and drawn
out because of the large number or en-
tries T.. HOMESTEAD did some good work
in the shot put, but the real surprise
came in the hammer. Here Groesbeck of
Snringville, who had been unheard OF be
fore. tossed the weight l56 feet inches'
establishing a new high school record
Atkins was not pushed 20 his limit IN the
broad but in the high Fife and Burton
pressed him hard and he set new state
record at 5 feet ga inches TO win the
event.
Gallagher took the relay on the last two
twenty. both Lehi and the branch normal
were ahead Of the high school; This
j. v.fTv lnHr in nd IN
home stretch passed his man and won
by a safe margin.
The weather conditions were ideal and
q large enthusiastic crowd witnessed the
meet The visiting athletes were the
guests of the university, under whose aus
pices the meet was given Last evening
at Wandamere medals were given the
winners and a trophy cup TO the salt
Lake team.
The summary:
Trial Heats.
f0a-vard dash: First heat-Fife, branch
normal won: Belnap, Ogden. second.
Time. 10 IS seconds. Second heat-Atkins,
Salt Lake. first; Stooney, Brigham City,
second; Sutherland. Granite, third. Time,
10 60 seconds. Third heat-Leggroan,
Granite. first: G. HOimstead, Lehi. sec
ond. Gallagher. Salt Lake, third Time,
10 3-5 seconds. Fourth heat-Love, Gran
tie first. Carmichael, Salt Lake. second;
Mover Ogden, third Time, 10 So sec
onds Semi-finals: First heat-Atkins,
Salt Lake. first: Leggroan. Granite, sec.
end: HOMESTEAD. Lehi, third. Time, 10 So
seconds Second heat-Galiagher, salt
Lake, first: Fife branch normal, second;
Belnap Ogden. third. Time. 10 3-5 seconds.
19O-yard dash: First heat-AtSins, salt
Lake first; Fife. branch normal. second
Time . As seconds. Second heat
Holden. American Fork. first; Clarke, Og-
den. second. Time, . seconds. Third
heat-Holmstead Lehi. first: Done, Pay
SON second. Time. p seconds.
440-yard dash: First heat-E. Holmstead-