Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-07
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Norman, Okla, May 6.-The Uni.
versity Preparatory School of Tonka'
wa won the seventh annual high
school field and track meet held on
Boyd Field Aprll 20. The historic
oval has been the scene OF many
memorable gatherings Of the scholas-
tic athletic clans in year past, but all
these We're easily eclpsed by the mon.
ster meet of last week Eight thous-
and people gathered from every cor
ner Of Oklahoma. sat in the great
| bleachers recently erected on the field
and crowded every available foot OF
space around the quarter track
to witness the spectacular and eNclt-
ing revival of the olympic games of
ancient Greece. Thirty-four high
schools covering the broad state Of
! Oklahoma from east to west and north
to south sent wen trained lads to
enter the battle for supremacy on the
cinder path and greensward. The
struggle for points was close until the
very finish and the last event might
have changed the result by half n
point had the Tonkawa lads failed to
score instead OF taking first place As
II was Tonkawa won the event and
the meet by the goodly margin Of nine
points The scores were all exceeding
~ low. Tonkawa, the winner, had
but "a points, Ardmore 14ia, Logan
County II, Purcell II, Chandler 1Oib,
oklahoma City .. Lawton Q, Pryor 3,
Creek County G, saltwater 6, Sapulpa
6, Bartlesyille 8, Pawnee 8, Shaw
nee I.
Claude Nelson Of Ardmore won
the all-round championship with l3
points to his credit Max Chambers
of Purcell scored 10, John white Of
Lawton 3, and a number Of others s
and 9. II was NEE, which viii be
long remembered because Of its many
sensational features, Four records
were broken and one was tied Cham
hers OF Purcell set new mark I'm the
discus throw, Caudill Of Z. =. S. broke
his own record in the high jump. Lee
McCuan Of Chandler an unknown lad,
ran a spectacular race in the mile and
ord despite the fact that he clung to
the outer rim OF the broad track all
the way. The other record was
broken by Bradshaw Of Chandler. He
raised his own mark made two years
ago in the hammer throw by 10 feet
far outclassing all other contestants
in the event The great crowd that
n hn
strange sight when the bleachers rose
as one man as the white clad sprint
ers strained down the track and
roared wildly through hundreds Of
The baseball basket ball and tennis
matches held in connection with the
inter scholastic meet were second
only to the track and field events in
popular favor and drew large crowds
of interested spectators. The girls
basket ball contests were in particu
lar favored by the visitors and uni
versity gymnasium, where they were
held, was filled TO overnowlng both
Friday afternoon and Saturday morn
ing. Teams were entered from New
kirk. Cherokee, Purcell. Pauls Val
ley, Kinghshor Shawnee and Norman.
In the finals the race narrowed down
to Pauls Valley and Cherokee The
former school captured the cham
ponship by n to score In the
game replete with exciting incidents
and brilliant playing. Norman won
the baseball championship, upsetting
all predictions as It was generally sup
posed that the battle would be be- |
tween the championship Anadarko !
team and the fast aggregation from
Frederick anil NARROW. Norman
Anadarko in the prelim-
lnaries and Frederick took the tag |
off NARROW In the semi-fnals, only to /.
lose the title to Norman in the finals /.
The teams entered were Norman, |
Fredericw. MARROW. Anadarko and /
Tecumseh. VIII Darrough of Hugo |
won the tennis championship in |
singles Emery Cook OF Norman being |
the runner-up. Fehey and Olsen |
schmidt OF Logan County captured |
the doubles from Laing and Lindsay ,
Of Kingfsher. There was a big list |
Of entries in the tennis tournament |
and much interest was displayed in .
he meet.
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Oklahoma City high had the best |
md most noisy delegation Of rooters .
II the meet The Metropolitans came .
lown on an early morning train Sat
lrday about 600 strong and immedi-
ltely started things by paradIng up
md down the main street OF Nor