The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

four RECORDS FALL BEFORE
School ATHLETES IN Big MEET

Before a crowd of 1900 enthusiast
Beaver won the annual state High scho
field yesterday afternoon by score o
Lake High school. its nearest competit
The meet was q record meet, FRO
When Referee Joe Maddox blew his W
heats of the 44e-yard dash, the first e
from rs high schools Of the state ans
The weather conditions for the meet
were anything but ideal. During the
greater part of the meet the wind blew
clouds of dust down the track into the
eyes of the athletes. Despite the
weather conditions. however. Wheeling
of the Salt Lake High school, lowered
mile and one for the mile events. The
most surprising feat of the day was a
broad jump of 80 feet inches by
Cooper Of Branch Normal, breaking all
state records.
The meet of yesterday was perhaps
the most successful one ever held at the
university, from the fact that this year
has shown that the schools OF the
southern part of the state are yearly
coming up in their athletic strength.
The losing of the meet by the Salt
Lake High school will not have any
effect upon the track conditions at that
school. but the winning Of the meet by
the boys fthe Murdoch academy viii
be the greatest possible stimulus for
athletic work in the small southern
towns and will probably be the means
for producing a greater number of high
rate athletes for Utah
Looked Like sheep.
The most interesting events Of the
day were the half-mile and mile runs
In these events there was from so to
100 men entered. Lined up in an al
most solid mass on the track, they
started out like bunch OF sheep and
for the first lap they remained bunched
As the distance increased, however, the
weaker runners dropped out until at
the finish there were only half dozen
lists NJ
Coach Richardson o. the university was
kept busy dragging the fallen heroes
from the west side of the track to keep
them from being trampled upon by the
ones still left In the race.
Coach Joe Maddox who had charge
of the affair. kept the events moving
lively, so that from the beginning 10
the end the long meet was kept inter
esting-
The records broken were: Half-mile,
Wheeling, Salt Lake High school; mile
Wheeling. Salt Lake High school; ham
mer throw. Snow of the Murdoch ecad-
envy; broad jump, Cooper Branch Nor
NAL
The officials were: Referee and
starter, Joe Maddox; clerk of course
V L. Olsen; judges of finish. Sam Brin-
ton, G. Roskelly, H. G. Richardson: tim
ers. D A Callahan. E. o. Gingritch. DR..
Plummer; field judges, w. 5 Hedges,
NJ Swapp. S. Young, J. Walker, S. Ole
son. B. II. Grant; track Judges, W. Cole.
c. G. Cutting, A Belknap, r, Carmicle;
scorer. d. A. RaybOuld; announcer,
Isle Smith.
After the events OF the day were
over the athletes met on the field in
front of the grand stand. where they
were presented with their medals. Sill
yer medals were given for first place,
bronze for second piece and ribbon
for third place In the evening the stu
dent body of the university gave a
dance in honor of the athletes at Salt
air.
The Summary:
Preliminary and final events in the
order held.
44O-yard dash-Ffrst heat-Kirby Is.
L H s., Howe a. D. So. Time
minute. Second heat-KessIer IL
D. s. u, Wilson Is L H. 81.
Tfrne-:59. Third heat-Wingan pay
SOM, Smith (Murdock academy Time
-:5s:2 Fourth heat-Thornton (Mur-