Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-22
EELLOM WINS SCHOOL MEET
Brilliant Indoor Athletic Carnival
at the Auditorium.
COMEN1Us TAKES THE RELAY
Farnam aud COmenIus Crowd KeIlom
for First HOnors-PRrents watch
Their Sons I'm Friendly
strife.

ComeniuS ...s....s. ID LeavenWorth $3.50. b
FarnRm ...,........ II Saratoga ........,.. 3
Long .....,......... 81 Walnut Hill.,,...... 2
Central ...,......... II Howard Kennedy. D
Kellom won first place in the public
school athletic meet held at the Auditorium
Friday night. Comenius was second and
Farnam third. one hundred young athletes
took part in the meet and showed up wen
in the events. The prelimlnaries had been
held during the week at the Young Mems
Christian association gymnasium. cutting
down the number Of contestants.
More than 5000 enthusiastic rooters
mostly children from the grade schools,
cheered until they were hoarse for their
teams. Each school had been allotted
section OF the balcony and the rooters had
organized themselves, each appointing Yell
masters to lead them in the roofing.
How They YelleA.
And they rooted. Hardly was there
silent moment from the time the crowd
arrived at the building until 1t left. A
signal from any one of the numerous yell
masters would bring forth a school yell
or a song composed to cheer the contest
ants. The big hall rang with song, laughter
and cheers. So thoroughly had the young
sters copied after their older brothers and
sisters of the varsity that It was easy to
imagine that a big collegiate meet was
being held.
Along the balcony rails pennants which
HAD been won in past athletic meets were
Haunted. Thousands of streamers of all
colors, now waved slowly during a mll,
again dashed frantlcally through the air
as a favorite was on the way to victory,
made an animated scene which would be
hard to describe.
Around the edge of the arena clean
limbed, muscular youths in their teens sat
cross-legged awaiting the call to win glory
and honor for their schoolE.
In the boxes sat the mothers, fathers,
big sisters and brothers of the contestants,
who cheered as madly as the most en-
thusiastic rooter when "son" or che
brother won.
There was no turmoil in the arena, which
might be expected when 100 boys OF the
ages of the contestants get together under
the exciting conditions OF a meet. Every
thing went smoothly and each one won or
lost as gameIy as would the big brothers
who had had more experience. The high
school band was in attendance and fur
nshed music before the meet.
The first events to be held were the
broad and high jumps. These events were
divided in classes, inasmuch as the num-
yard dashes were also run in classes three
heats to q class. with final heat.
In the Glass A standing broad jump,
Rouner Of Leavenworth won, clearing nine
feet, four inches. Wells of Farnam was
second. landing an inch and one-half be-
hind the high mark. Roth of Central was
third with nine feet, one inch. In the high
jump In this class. Jenkins Of Long was
first. He cleared the bar at height of
five feet, three inches. The real fight in
this event was between the two men tied
for second place at the conclusion of
Jenkins effort. Blackman of Kellom and
Chesney of Park tied with each other In
an attempt to win and after several ex-
citing trials, Blackman won.
The standing broad jump in Glass b was
won by Flint of Farnam, who cleared at
eight feet, eight and one-half inches.
Rountree, the little colored lad from the
Kellom school was first in tho high dump.
He easily went over the bar at four feet.
ten inches and 1t appeared that he could
have gone higher. Flint OF Farnam and
Sanderson of Park tied for second at q
distance OF four feet, nine inches
Rountree won the fifty-yard dash In
Glass A after a hard fight with Flint
and Suter. Kuncl was an easy winner in
the Class b. dash. He was much the
speediest of his class.
Relay Race Excites,
The relay race was the most exciting of
the meet. After the preliminary heats.
Walnut Hill, Long and Comenius fought II
out The first runner for Walnut Hi
started out like a winner, but when the
Con4enlus runners got their stride. thew
walked away. Long was second and Wal
nut Hill finished last The winning team
was composed OF Kuncl Guse, Brunson
and Kovaric.
Rountree got the jump ON the other
starters in the 22o-yard run ana led ali
the way, Guse of Comenius ran a strong
race and at times crowded the colored boy
closely. Vernon of Central tagged Guse
to the tape.
Kellom walked away with the tuR~of-
war. The members of that team scanned
to be much stronger than any of their
opponents and dragged them across the
floor almost as soon as the pistol cracked
the starting signal Park had the next
best tuggers, while Walnut Hin was the
| third best.
The winners.
Summary of events:
| CLASS A.
WORTH won with fest four Inches Wsils
| (FArnam) second with 3 feet "a inches.
Roth (CentraD third with feet Inch
High jump: Jenkins Q4onR) won with
\ 8 feet inches Blaokman (Kellom) second
with feet inches, Chesney (Park) third
| with feet inch.
F1fty-yard dash. first heat: Suter (Cen-
| trad first, Flint lFarnam) second.
Fifty-yard dash, second heat: Roun-
| tree (kellom) won, Kline (CentraD second
| Fifty-yRrd dash, third heat: Compton.
| UoavOnworth) won, Dixon Farnam) sec
/ ond.
Fifty-yard dash, final heat; Rountree
CkellOm( won, suter Central second.
| Flint (Farnam) third.
| CLASS b
Standing broad jump; Flint Parnam)
| won with 8 feet 81 Inches, SAnderhOlm,
| (Kellom) second with feet inches, Suter
| (CentraD third with feet IA inches.
| High jump: Rountree (Kellom) first
| with 4 feet 10 inches, Flint CFarnam) and
Sanderson park tied for second with 4
| feet inches.
Fifty-yard dash. first heat: KuncI Com
| enius won, Norgard (HoWard) second
| Fifty-yard dash, second heat: GuBs
| (Comenius) won, Rigby CSaratOsa) second.
| Fifty-yard dash, third heat; Roth Cen
trad won, Lauriston (Kellom) third.
1 Fifty-yard dash, final heat: Kuncl Com
enius) won, Rlgby CSaratoga) second. Roth
| Central third