The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-24
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 THIRD IN FIELD OF FOUR Weather lnauspicious; Gold Wind Not Coadatre to Record
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Amid the cheers iof Che great crowd. which packed the grandstand to its full capacity, with pennanss waving, the well trained athletes of Auburn won the. annual, athletic meet at. vandiver Park yesterday afternoon. With a total of fifty five points from all the. events. the members of the college track team walked off the. field vfcto-s rious, bearing the solid silver cup, which the Fair Association awarded to the winning team, .. @a.
 1t was great field meet and marked the fourth annual athletic meet given under the auspices. of the Alabama Az. riculfural Association. Although Au- burn won. even tQtaling up more points in finals than fhe other three entries together. yet all the events were closey iy contested, makips the day great success. =
 The Birmin sham Y: N. C.. Az which was the collegtahs clpsest rival. came second in totals with the local Y. M. c. A. third The Birmingham Athletic Club with Jones as their only. repre- sentative on. the. field. came last. He won first. 2 second and q third place in the three events he entered.
 The weather was anything but aus picious for a track, meet. A cold. swift wind blew across the field, chilling. the scantily clad athletes who wrapped tl6THHGtVeAs In -Ufdnketb t-6tfu b9u8uL shelter at every possible. moment The wind also interfered in the racing as running against the breeze naturally was difficult and Heightened the time on some of the longer runs.
 When the mile run was pulled of and the athletes circled the entire track, 1t was great picture. Ftrst one was ahead then another. Everyone strained their eyes across the track at the half mile.
 Far down the last quarter came the runners with. Biilingsley. of. Auburn. who had set the pace almost from the start, leading. The others came string ing along one by one. Nearer and nearer they came to the tape, Knabe, of the local Y. M.' c. A. crawfed up and climbed. into, second amid .the cheers of the Montgomerians. In. Ave minutes and two seconds after the start Billingsley crossed Sthe tape. closely followed by Knabe. Greene of Auburn. pulled In third and sank into the arms of his awaiting team mates.
 The finish of this run was exciting. tape and had to be carried from the field. Carlisle, of Auburn. who came second in the. half mile. run. coilapsed just after crossing the line. recovered his, breath and was assisted of the track. .s ,ses.f
 George E, Stock, physieal. :. dirseter Ire or, of f of the. Athletic Committed. of the Fair Association, refereed the events. ". J. Hall, Secretary of the Athletic Commit ssrssr na hs Mas s pSpsr sSs With s hs sh letes. Major J. Hagood Paterson, of the Signal Corps. was the official an- nouneer calling of the events and the He was a second Rube Shields. as. some The other ofieials were: Clerk of snd s H Gorarsg 5Gep'9q W sia csSbon Sudsssd ssnd Frame Hood; Judges of the Finish. A. [. Ni Hackett iasesfs and 2. q V. V ciapp' coa' 'f
 ,s The order of the events were; seeondsMPase. cone hape aS AnSurn ns fs. Ksszty. ky Aubsrn; sFnA ssc9ne sS,ea Pratt BirHnhlnnshafa aish bsa5angs 5;Smg h seishtSc e 2 ,ss sss' s Auburn. second, ana, Greene, Ausarn.
 shot-put; distance. ys2 feet and ' A. first; Jones. Birmingham A. C., sec ond; .Hutcheson. Auburn. third.
 Four hundred and forty yard dash: ham fms Y. So NJ. c. A.. first:. Greene % Auburn. second: and Carlisle. Auburn. third.
 Eight hundred and eighty yards run; time, 2:1o s,5aplatOwskyy, Birmingham second; and Greene. Auburn, third. Two hundred and twenty. yard low hurdles; time. 27 4-5 seconds-pudley. NJ. c. A., second;s and Elsberry Mont gomery Y. M. c. A, third:
 Broad jump; distance. IS feet 3 inches burn, second; Jones. Birmingham X. c.
 Two hundred and twenty yard dasn;