The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-12
THE SCORE

BY winning the first annual triangu-
lar intercollegiate meet from the agri-
cultural team by the score OF 65 to ~
the track team of the University OF
Montana upset all Of the dope" and
surprised Coach Mcintosh and his men.
who had come over to Mssoula her
aided by lurid press notices and won
derful reports regarding their prowess
The Montana boys swept the visitors
off their feet. The school of mines.
with a total score of II, had no chance
of victory from the start. but the
miners fought well and did better by
Ear than they ever expected.
The university. represented by n
team OF green men. had not hoped to
win against the much touted Bozeman
aggregation. but the coaches had ,been
keeping things pretty quiet and when
II came to a showdown the local team
took almost everything Bozeman had
one or two first class men-Pool and
Amin. Pool took first In the 100 and
22O-yard dashes and tied for first In
tne quarter mile while Amin won the
individual championship by pulling
down first IN the high jump. second
In the high and low hurdles and first
In the .shotput. Aside from the work
Of these two men. however. Bozeman
showed no particular class and the
rest of the team failed To fill out the
score made by 'helr leaders. Montana,
on the other hand. won the meet with
its seconds and thirds. Buck. Ryan.
Maclay, Bullerdick. Cameron and
Hughes did good work. but II was the
support given by the rest Of the team
In the way of scattering points that
won the championship
The Meet.
A sudden fall OF rain marked the
start of the meet. Until 2 o'clock the
sky was bright and warm. with low
black clouds hanging In the west. and,
as soon az the entries for the high
hurdle got to the start, the rain began
10 pour down. II lasted for only a
minute. however. and after the start
the day was beautiful, save for one
more brief shower The weather
prophets had been predicting bad
weather for the meet. but the track
was Just wet enough to make 1t fast
and more ideal conditions could not
have been imagined. Toward the END
of the meet the sky cleared entirely
and the sun set In blaze of glory
which gave evidence Of clear weather
today
Aside from the score and one or two
exceptional races. the meet was devoid
ha N
ego yard dashes In a walk. Reid had
no trouble IN the two hurdle races
Cameron had the half mile almost nj
10 himself and Bullerdick had abso'
lutely no competition In the mile o'
two mile The only element of excite
ment was the rivalry OF the universit.
and agricultural college over th'
closeness of the score. The races wer'
interesting, however. and several pret
ty fights for second and third place,
were made at times.
Pretty Quarter.
one OF the exceptions was the quar-
ter mile. Seldom has a prettier race
been seen on Montana field than yes
= terday's A4O. Pool, touted by Mcln
tosh as the fastest quarter miller ives
of the Mississippi" was entered
against Cameron and Buck OF Mon
tana. with several Of his team mate
and a Butte man. The dope" favore'
Pool, with Cameron next and Bucl
third. Buck took the pole at the star
and followed close to Pools heels
Cameron was thrown behind. As tn
men entered the stretch Cameron be
gan to pull up from the rear and Buc
took the lead from Pool Pool an
Buck rac.d down the stretch togethe
with Buck slightly in the lead and
looked as II the Montana lad had wo
his race. but the judges called II
dead heat Gamer on, meanwhile ma
passed the field In Il wonderful ours
OF speed and crossed the line third.
Another wonderful performance wa
that OF Hughes against McCool OF tn
school OF mines. McCool was chalke
for first place by the dopesters. on sc