The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-01
GlRIH|T nail ON THE
HEAD AND WON PRIZE

st. Paul, October 29-For the first
time in agricultural history plow-
ing of the soil was made the sub
ject of competitive contest in skill,
and a senior of the university farm
school yesterday guided a shining
plowshare through the resistant earth
so successfully that he won a $45
sulky pillow and enough points to give
his class the winning place in the
annual field day meet. G. Jones of
LIE Sueur, was the champion at
breaking up the ground, and was
awarded the honors by five judges
after completing the tract with
percentage score of 81.
Straightness of furrow, evenness of
crown, mechanical skill with the
gang, sulky and walking plows and
resistance to the temptation to pro-
family when the plowshare struck a
stone and Jared the anatomy OF the
contestants, formed the basis of COM
piling the score. E. Larson, a junior
was second in the contest with
mark of 81 and A. Boraas, a fresh
man, was third. First place for as
sembling or setting up pillow was
won by A. G.. Storvick, a senior; f.
NJ. Johnson, a junior, was second,
and E. N. ZanX, freshman, third.
! Storvick set up the pillow in one hour
and eight and half minutes.
Girl Hit Nail Straight.
While the masculine element of
the class was gathering honors in
the farmers most ancient of pas
times, Miss Florence Wilcox of st.
Anthony Park, a senior coed took
the first honors in the girls nail
driving contest, welding the ham
mer on the ten-penny nails with the
dexterity of veteran carpenter.
Miss Wilcox, who won first place
last year, imbedded the twelve
nails in the pine timber in just one
minute and ten seconds, far in the
lead of her competitors. Ida Chap
man, a junior, was second, and
Olga Bolstad, freshman, was third
A spectator offered to sign an affi-
davit that one coed, on the eleventh
nail, struck thirteen times at the
elusive and battered head, and then
gave it up and started driving on
the twelfth nail
The seniors won the field day
"A
F. Woods from the freshmen by a
score Of 60 to 81. The juniors
scored 81 points William Larson
starred for the seniors in the track
events, winning four firsts and TWEEN
ty-three points for his class. The
freshman girls won the relay race,
the junior goods took the honors
in the medicine ball contest, and
the senior men won the tug of war,
each event totaling five points.
The Winners and Scores.
The results in the events follow,
the winners named in the order of
finish with the record or time indi-
Gated:
100-yard dash = Larson, senior;
Smith, freshman; Boyer, senior;
time II seconds
220-yard dash = Larson, senior;
Smith,, freshman; Mingaye, junior;
"a and is seconds.
Half-mile = Magnusson, freshman );
H. Johnson, senior; w. E. Dibble,
junior, 2 minutes Is rs seconds.
Mile run-W. E. Dibble junior; S.
Hanson, freshman; Magnusson, fresh
man; 5 minutes 16 As seconds.
Shot-put-Larson, senior; Winkjer,
} freshman; Borgeson, freshman; 43
feet 91a inches.
Pole vault-Borgeson, freshman;
York, freshman; Vancura, senior; 8
feet 9 inches.
Running broad jump-Larson, SEN
ior; York, freshman; Brookless,
junior; distance, 20 feet 1912 inches.
High jump-Mingaye, junior; Lar
son, senior; York, freshman.
One-half mile relay-Seniors, jun
iOrs, freshmen.
i Prizes for the first three winners
in each event were offered by twin
city firms. w. l.. Oswald was start
er, e. G. Stakman, scorer; w. Quist,
announcer; III. b. White, ID. J. Lane,
and DR.. W. L.. Boyd, field judges,
and c. H. Mathews, J. S. Montgom-
cry and X. Warner, timers