Arizona republican., 1909-12-05
SPL|NTERED
 THE RECORDS Six Brand New Territorial
 Ones Are Established |NTERSCH0lAST|C MEET A Fine Day and a Hard Track Contributed to the Smashing of Records By Track Teams of Valley Schools Yesterday
|NTERSCHOLAST|C MEET

Six new interscholastic territorial records were established and three equaled at the annual meet of the val ley schools held at the Indian school grounds yesterday afternoon. No such slaughter of records has ever been wit messed on track day before. ana some of the records established yesterday will last one might almost say. for all time. Some of the records at least will not be easily broken.
 The meet was won easily by Tempe normal with v points. The United States Indian school was second with 3l points. Tempe high next with l9 and Mesa 9. \ very fair record for school that has been established but three years was made by Tempt high. which for a while pressed the Indians for second place The Indians as usual were strong on the run. but met with two distinct misfortunes They were second in the relay but were dis qualified as it was alleged that one of their men did not touch the other in the relay. and they lost the two-milc running event because Shewawa. who was to continue for q five-mile effort to break McLain's record. did not sprint when Swigget did. There was some question as to whether Shewawa could have won from Swigget. the fleet Normal man, in q straight two-mile race
 The meet went off like clock worlls l.. J. Holzwarth of the Indian school had general charge and proved an able manager. The wonderful time made in tho running events may be laid to some extent, on the day. which was just cold enough to put every contest ant in fine letter. The track was bet ter and harder than ever before on ac- count of recent rains.
 The greatest excitement was caused by the relay race. It is always bone of contention between the schools The event was fiercely contested. the runners eNerting their utmost strength so that they usually fell in a heap at the finish line and some had to be carried from the track. The normal runner got away in the first lap and made fine gain on the Indian who came next. In the second lap by ter rife squirt the Indian runner made up the lost distance. The Indians and normals were almost neck and neck at the finish. The Indians were' dis qualified and Tempe high given sec ond place. The time was 3:33. which clips several seconds from all prcvi- ous races.
 one of the pretty events was the pole vault one after another dropped out as the bar was raised higher and higher Finally Allison and Jackson of the Indian school and Dimes of the Tempe high were the only ones left after the nine foot mark had been passed. At nine feet four Allison dropped out and then the bar was placed at the very top of the poles at nine feet six and a half inches. Both Dimes and Jackson cleared it and the event Was declared tie. A new record was established by the feat.
 one of the delights of the meet was the two-mile run. There were four en- tries Swigget and Craig of the normal and Shewawa and Dick Lomahoug youma of the Indian school. Craig and Shewawa led for several laps with Swigget way back Then the two In- dians led and Swigget passed Craig, who began to fall behind. They trotted side by side till the last quarter. when Swigget suddenly sprinted and passed them. winning handily. His time was 1O:42. new record. Swigget showed , true running quality and shows great promise Shewawa continued the run for five miles in the hope of beating Harry McLain's record of 26: IA made last spring. He failed by thirty-one seconds.
 In the mile run the record for the territory of 4:40 was equaled. It was made by Harris, an Indian. Curly, an other Indian. was second and SwiGget. of the normal. was third. He was the only white man who seemed able to keep within sight of the Indians.
 The 12O- yard hurdles was a pretty event In two heats the territorial rec ord was broken each time. Halbert, of the normal. won the event and gets the record of Y seconds, as against the old record of 17 3-5 seconds. Blake. of the normal who came second, was also under the old record. It was un- fortunate that the two men did not run against each other
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