Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-17
Van CENT LEADS
ALL STATE men
LANkY ATHLETE or THE o. n. 9.
ouTcLAssEs ALL COMPETE
TORS IN MEET.
INDlVID Y Al STAR
ottumwsn Won sixteen Points and
Broke Two Records In Iowa City
interschoIastic Com
petition.
IN DIVE UAL STAR

lHtcTOCuOIAUSIC NOSH.
petition.
Iowa City. May -(SpeciaD. -
Iowa City high school won the third
Interscholastic meet held here Satur-
day with a total score OF 4Oh points.
Davenport taking second with 26.
Eugene Van Gent OF Ottumwa took In.
dividual honors by winning three
f1rsts and fourth. Five new records
We're established.
Van Gents Great Work.
Van Gent was easily tho field cham
pion, and the versatility OF his
achievements stamps him as the more
remarkable athlete. In the morning
preliminaries he took frst place In all
three weight events, breaking the dis
Gus record by over three feet. Having
considerable lead over all competi-
tors in both the hammer and discus,
he did not enter these events in the
afternoon, but let hts preliminary rec
ords stand In the shot put. however.
he entered the finals, and by lettering
his morning put by over two feet he
broke the Interscholastic record, es-
tablished by himself last year, and act
a new mark at 48 feet 91s inches. In
the high Jump he failed to qualify, al
though in previous years he has al
ways succeeded In placing in this
event All who cleared the bar at 5
feet qualified. for the finals, but al.
though he cleared the bar with ease,
he unfortunately scraped 1t of on
three successive trials with his
elbow.
Beat Out In Quarter.
Fourth place in the quarter was also
taken by him in race that broke the
record and left many contestants
struggling far in the rear at the finish.
Van Gent sprinted to the pole at the
crack Of the gun and gained q magnifl-
cent lead before turning into the
straightaway Here, however. Par.
sons of Iowa City began wonderful
sprint, and followed closely by Hasek
Of Cedar Rapids and King Of Keokuk.
the trio squeezed past Van Gent near
the finish.
Owing to the large number Of con.
testants in the quarter, 1t was run as
two races, each counting In full for
Il
dividual honors with IL points, won
the second heat in this event.
The two other Ottumwa entries,
Hansell and Wormhoudt, showed UP
we'll although they failed to place.
Hansell qualified for the high jump
and stayed in until 5Sfeet inches was
reached. The record was shattered in
this event also. so his showing was ex-
cellent considering the fast company
he was with. Wormhoudt just failed
to, qualify in each Of the weight events
| in which he was entered.
The Summary.
Iowa City, 40 IL; Davenport, 20;
North Des Moines, IS Ia; Cedar Rap
ids, 16 10; Ottumwa, 16; MARSHALL
town, 10; Ames, IL; Marion IL 1-3:
Fairfield, 8 Sc; Mechanicsville, 5: Os-
kaloosa, 81; Anamosa, 2 IL; Keokuk.
IL; Council Bluffs. 1.
One hundred yard dash: Van AUX
en-, Ames; Nady, Fairfield; Monroe.
Cedar Rapids; Gabelman, MARSHALL
town. Time, 10 3-5.
One hundred and twenty yard hur-
dle:. Hoerlein, Iowa City; Hunter,
North Des Moines; Doscoe Packer,
Marshalltown; Daily, Cedar Rapids.
Time. IN.
-Four hundred and forty yard dash:
| first race) Parsons, Iowa City; Has
Elk. Cedar Rapids; King, Keokuk;
Van Gent Ottumwa. Time, 80 3-S
(New Record).
-Four hundred and forty yard dash:
(second race) Hoerlein, Iowa City.
smart. Davenport; Monroe, Cedar
Ranids. Dultz. North Des Moines.
Time ,.53 Is.
Two hundred and twenty yard
hurdles: Priester. Davenport; Hun
ter North Dies Moines; Holgate, Fair
AeId: vsnsKostral,d. iowa City. Time
| ~ IS. fT,epEorna1r record).
Mile rum Ferguson, Mechanics
vile; Reed Nal11Uns ClappSr, Amasi
sauer, CuunkdJ Heu1fS. Time. 4 As 3.5.
Half mile. Yu11s Parsons, Iowa City;
Borcherdt, Dussupost. Brownie, DAN
EXPORT FranxnBe, Cedar Rapids. Time
2(7 2.5.
Shot nut: van Gent, Ottumwa:
Carlson. Marshalltown; Mitten. Dav
| export: Valentine, Fairfield and Dali