Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-16
CALESBURC WINS
BIG EIGHT MEET
Lift, Rock Island, Sets a New
Mark for the High
Jump.
SIX POINTS FOR LOCALS
Moline Does Little Better, While
Monmouth Finishes in Second
Place.

second annual field and track meet of
the Big Eight high school conference
held Saturday on Willard field at
Galesburg under auspices OF Knox col
lege. Galesburg repeated it's perform
ance of last year, winning the meet
with 80 points to its credit. Mon
mouth was second with "a points and
Princeton third with 81 points. Mo
line, the school that pressed Galesburg
so hard last year for first place honors,
scored Is points. Kewanee totaled IL
and Rock Island had to be content
with six.
/ Lift of Rock Island set a new mark
! for the high jump, crossing the bar at
feet inches, after stubborn fight
with CLAIR. The Moline boy set the
mark at feet inches last year.
Though Moline was forced to take
back seat in the totals, CLAIR, cap
tain of the track team, had the honor
of being among those who established
new records. CLAIR hurled the discus
104 feet and no one else touched this
mark by three feet. The former rec
ord was 100 feet s inches, held by
Hoy of Monmouth.
Yates of Galesburg clipped off Sec
onds from the $50 yard run record,
covering the distance in 2:02. G.
Skinner of Princeton was the former
holder, doing the distance in 2:O7.
Kewanee athletes reduced two rec
ords. Spears put the shot AZ feet, the
the record from Wyland, Al feet 4
inches. DTesselhouse pole vaulted 10
feet Az inches. Cain held the former
record of 10 feet. Matson of Prince
ton took the 220 yard hurdles in 81 SIS
seconds, lowering the record of % sec
oDds hung up by Wood of Galesburg at
the initial meet. Williams, Monmouth's
colored athlete, broad jumped 20 feet,
setting a mark that probably will
stand for years. Hill of Kewanee was
the former record holder at 10 feet
inches,
TinI<ham Star of Meet.
Tinkham of Galesburg was the star
performer of the meet and it was
largely through his individual efforts
that his team landed in first place. He
started in three events. the so, 100 and
22O yard dashes, and finished first in
every one. scoring Is of the 80 points
made by the team.
Yates of Galesburg was an easy win
ner in the $50 yard run and could have
captured the 40. but he laid back and |
let Jordan, a schoolmate, take vrst. |
Yates time in the half-mile event will |
stand for years. It is thought he could |
have covered the distance in fiat time /
had he been forced to extend himself |
Payton performed we'll in the pole |
vault over the bar at 10 feet 1 inch. |
He was easily the winner of second |
place CLAIR was set back in the finals |
of the so yard dash and then got
bad start, bur he made a game finish. |
Summary of Events.
The winners of the events are as
follows, the contestants being named |
in the order in which they finished:
so yard dash-Tinkham, Galesburg; |
Williams, Monmouth; CLAIR, Moline.
Time 3-5 seconds.
100 yard dash-Tinkham. Galesburg;
Hoy, Monmouth; Williams, Mon
mouth Time 10 3-5 seconds.
220 yard dash - Tinkham, Gales
burg; Paschen, Princeton; Matson,
PRINCETON. Time % As seconds,
440 yard run - Jordan, Galesburg;
Yates, GaIesburg; Drips, Rock Island.
Time 81 As seconds.
$50 yard run - Yates, Galesburg;
Hickman, Princeton, Warner. Kewa-
nee. Time 2:O2.
Mile run-Hickman, Princeton;
Mockey, Monmouth; Schwartzenburg.
Moline. Time Asa
220 yard hurdles-Matson. Prince
ton; Williams, Monmouth; Coyle, Mo-
line. Time % 3-5 seconds.
Discus throw-Claar, Moline; Hoy,
Spears, Kewanee. Dis
lance 104 feet.
Shot put = Spears, Kewanee; Hoy,
Roderich, Galesburg Dis
lance AZ feet,
Pole -Dresselhouse, Kewanee;
Payton, Ainsworth, Moline. Height
10 feet Az inches.
Running broad jump Williams,
Monmouth. Wood, Princeton; Chase,
Princeton. Distance 20 feet.
High jump-Liitt, Rock Island;
CLAIR, Moline; Gentry, GaIesburg
Height feet inches.
Three More Schools Added.
Three more schools were added to
the conference at the business session
in the morning. They are Davenport,
and Sterling Galesburg,
Monmouth and Princeton announced
their intention of dropping out of the
Military Tract association. They may
not make this move till after the meet
next year. This will mean much to
he Big Eight, as at present the money
IS divided between the two associa-
ions, the Military Tract meet being
week before the Big Eight
officers of the Big Eight were elect ;
ed as follows: !
President-E. P, Nutting. Moline. {
Vice president-H. S. McGill. Prince
on.
retary-treasurer-A W. Willis, {
{
VIII Hold Debates.
The subject of debating contests be-