Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
OMAHA HIGH TAKES MEET
Indoor Athletic Contest Captured
After Sharp Conflict.
LOCAL "YD IN SECOND PLACE
University of Nebraska Freshmen
Win Third, with Only Point DIFF
ference--ThriIIing Features
at Auditorium.
summary Of Points.

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Note-rlrst place counts i've points;
eeo"u' pnee poih's' iniru' one poih''
onia,a iiisn sehoo' won 'ns annual m
uooi a'''eue meet al tne Auditorluih sat
uiues VII" .o'ai oi twenty-five points'
oniaha iouhs men .nrisuan association
came III second with nineteen points ana
the unNersity Oh Neorsska freshmen
"oou, iormeriy' OF 'he onaha Hgh
schooi' running unattached, ana Reese OF
the University Oh Neoraska freshmen tied
LOT INDIVIDUAL nonors eaeh getting. ten
points
Inc meet was success from the firing
Oh the nrst shot, ana 5000 sized crowd
Witnessed the athleuc carnival. The boxes
on the tirst iioor were packed with
friends OF the runners and CLUBS which
were represented on the floor. The events
were run OF on scheduled time and the
meet was ilnished at h''o' which Is good
time considering that over 500 athletes
took part
Result IL Close.
w uhHi Nne iaSt event "es 'ne winner
OF the meet decided. me pole vault was
the last event to be finished Prior to that
the meet belonged to the Omaha Young
mems Chrisuan association, win total
oi hihe'eeh points Inc Neprashs iresh-
men were second win eish.een ana the
n n spnuo' ,niru win seventeen poin.s'
"e e'eaie " "'l,'''ns 'ie meet ior .ne
us. s'"uV' " % sNe" '" Nsn
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49," so"s ~ 'ne", m'ms Nv
sos ~, "e "e" 'No' "'' '"us va"
80 ~.
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,,'Sa 80 ,an.a - 80 49, ~ =.
,na runners ami inns rn,vsd matter nm
~ ~, ,h.,, "a - -, ,oaa,,,.- 80 a.
"a. On = n,,,n.r ,or re No., rhI. ua,
,,,a IN The frs, evsn, ,hs torty-vard
dash when Jobr prexeI crossed the tape
al least a foot in front Of the nearest
man. The Judge who was supposed to
nick the first man watched The third,
and Drexel instead Of getting the Mace
he deserved was given third place after
much dispute.
Kp.cLo,, I'm Bexi...
The feature Of the evening was a clean
knockout in the middlewelght boxing con
test when Dennis Ryan landed on the
law Of Joe Wharton In the. third round.
Dennis landed 80 effectively that whar-
ton was lifted three feet off the ground
and sent from the center OF the ring TO
his corner where he Law cold from the
effects of the terrific swing. The crowd
went wild with excitement and eagerly
awaited m. next bouts hut a ouIetus
was nut ON the heavy blows
In the lightweight class All sbonouis,
won The decision over W. Young In thre4
rounds. Kari Long won the decision over
Fred Albee In ,he wel,srxaisht class In
the bantamwelaht II w McDonaIa won
8 nopular decision over w Van
Druska. ]. p. P,txenberg bested ]. sulu-
van In the heavyweight clas.
Five wrestling matches were pul,ea
off hut were not very nopular and r,,is
attention was Mad 10 theu, In the sn.c,al
even,s Il 1 paxanowsk, rsnressn,trs ~.
noliee force WINS defeated nv 7. Adars
n the fire departuan, IN a ,h-s.. roup1 |
hoxlng event The po,Ica 20, chs ures,-
ling event be,ween r 7. Mech. ana
Captain Greenman by default.
cxmr..s. on. No.,
The big affair opened with a massed
dumbben drill in which $50 ''Yr gym |
nasts. under the direction of ]. T. May
well. physical director. went through |
a series Of intrlcate nover,sn,. xt,,,ou,
q hitch. The group was rarbed In the |
o1,r,na .s,,r, al, - -.,a |
from the sr.as school vo,,nv.,sr - ~
sturdy business man Tne Arm on.ned |
with n snakelike wirs aho,, ,hs 49,
and was foI,ovsa INV a,y,.,or wh,cs
-,rs,cned me s,h,.,ss 49,, $50. ~. ~
tire floor nina ahrsas, i
The .orty-ysrd dash wa. one a. ne