The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-05-20
BIG ATHLETIC meet
Pendleton Wins Cup Athena Easily
Takes Second Place, With Grade
Entries Showing Well.

track meet nelG 10 this city Saturday
afternoon, the Pendleton school was
victorious and when the special train
left after the oratorical contest in the
evening. she carried home with her
"a spoils of her victory, the splendid
..thena CUP, given by the Commercial
Association. Athena schools were
second in the big meet. with record
of 10 Ia points the other points being
divided Eetween the contestants of
Weston, Vincent Milton and Columb mbia
college.
The early morning trains brought
crowds of representatives from the
schools of the county and Athena was
RECALLED with class yells and other
jubilations of school spirit. The
Athena band met the visitors at the
railway station and discoursed inspir-
ing music.
AT 10 a. m. ball game was played
on the new Park grounds between Co.
lumbia college and the Pendleton
Academy mixed team the result being
defeat to the academy by score of
s to /.
1t took three and one half hours to
finish the meet. Promptly at p. m.
Announcer Rice OF Pendleton called
for the mile run and the carnival Of
athletics was on. The grand stand
was filled to it's capacity with enthus-
iastio spectators and the side lines
surged hack and forth with excited
humanity.
The afternoon broke clear and warm
after a morning of disagreeableness
which was featured with a character
istio dust storm. The events came
in quick order aud the spectators were
not annoyed with long waits. Pen
dleton had her stars on hand and they
punotured Division A for first place
| in oil events except the broad jump
and high jump. McEwen for Athena
was the star in the broad jump. skim
ming the ground for Is feet, 8 4
inches. This young athlete took third
in the 100 yard dash, second in low
hurdles aud third in the 22O yard dash.
Floyd Payne showed up we'll with
the Pendleton runners in the mile aud
finished in third place. One OF the
most thrilling races was tbe relay in
Division B. Pendleton had been tout
ed as for an easy winner. but the Ath-
ena team. composed of Citizens. Wor-
thington, Smith and Payne simply ran
Minnis and the other thiee off their
feet and won.
It was in B and @ divisions where
Athena showed her hand and served
notice of her intentions fol the future.
She scored in every event, taking II
firsts. four seconds and two thirds.
One of the most exciting races in these
two divisions came with the $50 yard
dash in division B. Minis of PEN
dleton took the lead and set a swift
pace. In the stretch be was over
hauled by Tompkins, who in beau
tiful burst of speed landed the race by
a close margin. Worthington, Gith-
ems and Grant did some splendid work
and the PAYNE boys and John Wall
were winners aud delivered the goods
to the joy Of their friends.
Summary Of Events.
Mile run, Div. A.--Boylen, Pendle.
ton; Haw, Pendleton; Payne. Ath-
ena. Time, 5:15.
100-yard dash. Div. A.--GordoD,
Pendleton; Kim ball, Pendleton; Mo
Even, Athena. Time. 1914.
100-yard dash. Div. B.--Githens,
Athena; Smith, Athena; Knight, Pen
-dleton. Time, 1l.4.
100-yard dash. Div. C.-Grant,
Athena; Gully, Milton; Sietert. Pen
dleton. Time, 1873.
Pole vault, Div. A--Fee, Pendleton; ;
Finnell, Peldleton; Slower, Columbia; (;
Height, feet 5 inches.
Shot put, Div. A--Devine, Pendle-
ton: y. Jordan. Pendleton; Wright.
Milton. Distance, 38 feet 8 inches.
Low hurdles, Div. A--Kimball, Pen
dleton; MoEwen, Athena: A. Jordan,
Pendleton. Time 1871.
880-yard run, Div. A-Boylen, Pen
dleton; Haw, Pendleton; Lieuallen,
Weston. Time, 2:30.
880.yard run. Div. B-Tompkins,
Athena; MINIS, Pendleton; Everett,
Milton. Time, 2:31 2-5.
Broad jump, Div A-McEwen, Ath-
ena; Fee, Pendleton; Bean, Pendleton.
Distance, is feet "a inches.
Broad jump, Div. B--Johnson; Mil
ton Straughn, Pendleton; Smith, ,Ath-
sDa. Distance 10 feet 10 1-2.
Broad jump, Div. C--Pambrun,
Athena; Siebert, PeDdleton; Minnis,
Pendleton. Distance, IS feet inches.
22O yard dash, Div. A-Kimball,
Pendleton; Gordon, Pendleton; Nc
Even, Athena. Time, 50.
220 yard dash, Div. B--Worthing-
ton, Athena; Smith, Athena; knight.
Pendleton. Time, 26 1-5.
220 yard dash, Div O.--Grant, Ath-
ena; Sieberf, Pendleton; Gully. Mil
ton. Time. 80 2-5.
High hurdles, Div A--Fee, Pendle-
ton: 9. Jordan, Psndleton; Kelley,
Milton. Time, 20.
440-yard DASH Div A--Boylen, Pen
dleton; A. Jordan, Pendleton; Martin,
Columbia. Time, go 4-5.
440 yard dash, Div B-Smith, Ath-