The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-07
EVERY TRESTAIE RECORD WAS BROKEN,
IOWA CITY REPEATS ITS 1910 VICTORY

athlete in the field events, Won the
jump by clearing the bar at feet
rs IL inches. Sphinx of Jacksonville
was second, and Motter of Knoxville
was third
! Berry, the weight thrower. who
| later in the meet sprang into promi-
hence by his work with the hammer,
captured the discus with toss Of 107
feet, 2A inches. Berry has set Illinois
high school athletic circles afire by
his work with the weights, and is
probably one of the best men in the
middle west, especially with the
hammer. He does not excel with
the discus, however. Hawkes.. the
KeokulS boy, cracked the old tri-state
record in his first heave, but was sur
passed by the other two men, and
had to be content with third place.
$40 to Parsons.
Parsons the Iowa City athlete who
took the go repeated his trick in the
440, winning the race in pretty style
1t was necessary to run this race in
three heats. and in the second Fulton
of keokuk placed second. He was Civ
en- third in the event.
Spears, husky weight tosser from
over at Kewanee, ILL.,, was in class
by himself in throwing the lib shot.
He almost lost the heavy missile and
cracked the old record by more than
seven feet. Spears has the weight
and is possessed of wide girth
measurement. This impeded him not
belief in his work.
Pole Vault Spectacular
The pole vault brought out great
coterie of stars and all of the men
were capable performers. This event
was the longest on the card and for a
half hour spectators watched the last
few men ascend over the ten-foos
mark in an attempt to win the event
Hascom of Pittsfeld, vaulting in pref
ty form, won the event at 10 feet 9
inches. Cannon of Jacksonville and
Shrader of Iowa City tied at low
er height and the points were divided,
= and 2. Pease, Keokuk's hopeful, was
kept out of this event by an injured
foot
The mark Of Sallender, the Fort
Madison star, which has stood in the
half-mile since the first tr-state meet
was held. was shot to pieces by two
squads of half-mile runners during
the afternoon. Merrill of Chillicothe
won his heat in the time of 2:1O Is
and Yetter of Iowa City won his heat
in less than half second slower. Third
place went TO Pringle of Pittsfeld.
Both races were fast, but not more
than two men had chance in eth
er heat
Tebeau Lands in Broad Jump.
Tebeau, the Keokuk athlete. gave
promise of winning the running.
broad jump, but fell back on his best
effort, which is said to have been
over q feet. The event was won by
Young, the colored athlete from
Jacksonville, with Tebeau second and
Nady of Fairfield third. The distance
was 20 feet II inches, which is less
than 2 inches better than the old
mark. This was the only event in
which the old record threatened to
stand during the meet.
Berry again came to the front in the
hammer throw giving one of the
prettiest exhibitions ever seen at an
Iowa meet. He tossed the weight
out over the 40 mark with ease. and
it is believed not only established
new tri-state mark, but also shattered
the state record
Relay Race to Fairfield.
The relay race for the King loving
cup was won by Fairfield with Iowa
City second and Jacksonville, third.
This race was run in three squads.
keokuk had a team entered. but the
men could not keep up with the 9th
er fast auartets The time OF this
event was L: 40 2-5, which is nearly
four seconds faster than the old rec
ord
Summary.
100 Yard Dash-Tinkham. Gales
burg, first; Williams, Monmouth sec
ond: Marriott, Galesburg, third Time,
0:10 Is.
22o Yard Dash-Pa Parsons, Iowa City,
first; Burch, Fairfield. second: Young,
Jacksonville, third. Time, o:233-5.
Mile Run-Young, Jacksonville.
first; Merrill. Chillicothe. second; Nc
Donald, Kewanee, third Time. 4.48.
High Jump-Shrader. Iowa City,
first; Sphinx, Jacksonville, second:
Motter Knoxville, third. Height, 5
feet ~ inches.
Discus Berry, Beardstown, first;
Johnson, Joy. H., second Hawkes., |
Keokuk. third. Distance, 107 feet "a
inches
440 Yard Dash-Parsons, Iowa City, !
first Nady, Fairfield, second; Fulton,
Keok,k, third Time, :53.
- Pound Shot Put-Spears. Ke-
vance, first; Johnson, Joy. III, second;
Clark. Carthage, third Distance, AZ
feet 1912 inches.
Pole Vault-Hasrom Pittsfeid. !