The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-13

Beneath a smiling sky and "A warm
sun which made the day perfect for ath-
letic work and made "a: enormous crowd
Ia grandstand and bleachers cheering
and encouraging the competing ath-
letes. the seventh annual interscholas-
tic track meet opened on Montana
field yesterday afternoon. 4 better
day could not have been imagined.
nor "A more enthusiastic crowd. and
the prelimnaries and heats went off
with snap and "A vim which was as
unusual as II was gratifying.
The afternoon was devoted for the
most part To preliminary races for the
finals tomorrow. but the mile. the
shotput and the discus throw were all
decided As result Gallatin leads
today with nine points and has a good
start toward the victory which, judg-
ing from the results In the prelim-
indries yesterday looks possible. Teton
county and Helena are tied for sec
ond place with six points each and
Flathead and Powell counties are each
credited with three points.
These five teams seem 10 have the
best chances for victory today. In
Crlfm, Helena has probably the win
ner of the half mile and the quarter
mile. and, judging from the heats
Of the Ieo-yard dash yesterday after
noon, Il point-winner In one of the
shorter dashes. Crum win be handi-
capped today. however. by the fact
that the finals in the l00-yard dash,
for which he has qualified. comes inn
mediately after the half mile. Even
at that. Helena is going Ia make a
hard fight for the meet and seems to
have chance Ia win II.
Granite county has a likely man In
Brown. who beat the interscholastlc
record In the IO0-yard dash In a pre-
iminary yesterday and is qualified
for the finals In the 50-yard dash. the
lOO-yard dash and the low hurdles
He is almost certainly the winner Of
1he I00-yard dash. according TO ex-
perts who watched him yesterday
and his performances In the low hur-
dies were the best In the prelimi-
naries His chances In the 50-yard
dash are not so strong. however as
he Is rather slow on the start.
Jarvis of Granite county Is also
qualified for the finals In the low
hurdles and may bring In point or
so for his school
In Jolly--who seems billed for
strong showing in the 5O-yard dash
and the low hurdles-and In Border
The lanky high jumper and huTdler
Gallatin county has pair of ath-
letes who will undoubtedly show up
well today. Border Is IA star per-
former IN the high jump and will prob
ably win that event and he Is as wei
qualified for the high and low hurdles
Two Gallatin county men will enter
ihe pole vault finals today and should
make a creditable showing
These are the men who seem to be
the best In the meet and II their ef-
forts today result as we'll as they did
Yesterday one of these schools should
win the meet
Meet Begins.
Starter Cary fired his pistol for the
first heat of the high hurdles shortly
after 2 O'Clock. and from that time on
everything ran with wonderful
smoothness and precision. The high
hurdle races were all interesting and.
while no record breaking heats were
run, the races We're all close and there
Is going TO be a warm fight for the
places today The fastest heat was the
one taken by Duncan of Butte In
II 4-5 seconds after very pretty
race.
House of Park county tied the state
,nt3rscholastic record IN the first heat
of the 5O-yard dash Immediately after
O'Brien of Helena ran the same race
In AZ and 3-5 In following heats
Crum Performs.
Richard Crum of Helena, record
breaker and twice winner IN the mile
and half-mlle, walked off with the
mile run yesterday afternoon. He took
the lead at the start and kept II un-
iii he had breasted the tape at the
finish, 4 minutes and SO seconds after
the crack of the pistol. Matteson OF
Powell put up pretty race with the
champion a.nd dogged his steps In
fine shape. finishing In 4i6. Matteson
ran the last 22O yards on pure nerve
aad deserves credit for his perform
ances. Bnko. one of crum's team
mates, took the third place easily
In the l00-ynrd dash a number Of
sensations were sprung. Brown OF
Granite county ran his heat In 10 10.
or a fifth of a second better than the
state record and II he can repeat his
performance this afternoon he win