Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-31
TRACK MEET IS
WON BY use.
POLY LOSES FIRST ANNUAL
EVENT BY 10 POINTS
TRoTTER EXCEEDS RECORD IN
SHOT PUT
L. A. High School Will Compete Next
Saturday at Bovard Field with
Winners Of Contests Held
Yesterday

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University of Southern California de-
feated Polytechnic high school yester-
day afternoon at Bovard field in their
first annual track meet of the season.
On account Of the chilly weather, the
attendance was not large.
Trotter, who placed the shotput for
U. s. c., threw farther than the South
ern California intercollegiate record, his
distance being Al feet inches The
college record for this event is 80 feet
s inches, held by Charles Richardson,
former athlete at U. S. G., who met
with a tragic death While swimming at
Santa Paula last year.
Throop for Polytechnic, who won the
220-yard dash, showed a world of speed
and won easily in this event. Throop
also won the 100-yard dash for his
team and has the. making of a star
runner.
The tWo-mile race was exciting to the
finish. Capt. Chamberlain, for Poly
technic, entered this race, and after
the second lap gave out. Bowser, for
u. S. c., went around in quick time
until the seventh lap, when he slowed
Up. Egley, for Polytechnic, kept close
behind Bowser. and while in the stretch
he forged ahead, winning by five yards
Bill Haney, who entered the race, al
though not running inside of the point
winners, showed his grit by finishing,
and with a little more practice will de
velop into a crack two-miler.
The hammer throw, as was antici-
plated went to Rickerhauser of Poly
technic, the distance being 142 feet 2
inches.
The pole vault event was a feature
of the afternoon. This fell to Pete
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Ben Ward Of Poly won the high jump
by a, leap in the air of feets7 inches.
Ward also won the broad jump by
springing a distance of 10 feet Az
inches.
The relay race went to U. S. c. Time,
3:41
Next Saturday the Los Angeles high school
track team will meet the U. S. G. squad on
the Bovard field.
Following are the results of yesterdays
meet:
12O-yard hurdles-Lennox u. S. c., won;
Burek u. S. G., second; Slaughter, Polytech-
mic third. Time, 1916 seconds.
Trotter. u. S c. second; P Richardson. U.
S. c. third. Time, 10 AS seconds.
One mile run-Scott, won; Chamberlain,
Poly, second; Seccombe, U. S. e., third. Time,
4io-yard dash-Lennox, u S. G., won; Yerg,
Polytechnic, second; Yerkes, U. S. c., third.
Time, 81 seconds
220-yard hurdles-Burek, U. S. c., won; Wha-
Ien Polytechnic, second; H. Gillett, Polytech-
mic, third. Time, q 20.
SSO-yard dash-Newmire, U. S. c., won;
Kirkhoffer, Poly, second; H. Cover, U. S. c.,
third. Time, 2:41.
Two-mile run-Egley, Poly, won; Bowser,
u. S. G., second; Slaughter, Poly, third
Time, II 81 3-5.
Hammer throw-Frank Rickerhauser, Poly,
won, distance 142 feet inches; G. Olmstead,
Poly, second distance 127 feet; Haigler U. S.
c.. third, distance 100 feet inches.
Shot put-C. Olmstead, Poly, won; Trotter,
U. S. c., second CTrotter threw farther than
the distance in the Southern California inter
collegiate record; ]. Myers, Poly, third Dis
lance AZ feet 4 inches. Trotter's throw
Al feet inches. Students of Poly used the
12-pound shot, while U. S. G. used the 16-
pound shot.
Pole vault-P. Richardson won; Wirsching,
Poly, second; Ward, U. S. c.. third Height,
10 feet 10 inches.
High jump-Ben Ward, Poly, won; Trotter.
u. S. c., second Wolberg, Poly, third. Dis
lance, feet inches.
Broad jump-Ward, u. S. C., won; Goodsell,
u. S. c., second; Franklin, Poly, third. Dis
| lance, 10 feet inches.
Relay won by U. S. G.
! Starter-Kinter Hamilton Harvard Military.
Cierk-RaIph Crossman, U. S. c. Rereree-W.
A Reynolds, Y. M. c. A. Timers-Warren
Bovard and Edwin Cooper.