Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-12
DAVENPORT WINS
TRI-CITY MEET
IN EASY FASHION
Iowa Athletes Have Little Trou-
BILE in Capturing the Annual
Event Saturday.
MANY RECORDS BROKEN
Moline Is Second and Rock Island
Third-compIete Summary of
the Affair.

After having broken records for
both the mile and half mile runs, the
local high school team won but third
place in the annual Tri-City meet held
at the Exposition park last Saturday.
The final count gave a large lead 10
the Davenport athletes. b6 points be-
ing the tally Moline was a poor sec
ond with "a points while Rock Island
brought up the rear with 81 The
fight for second place was far more
interesting than for the meet, IL be-
ing evident from the very first, when
Davenport took all three places in the
sprints, that the Iowans had tine best
of II. Up 10 the next TO the last event,
the broad jump, the locals had the
better Of Moline, but at the end of
that event, the Pillow City athletes had
lead of four points over the locals,
which lead they increased.
MANY RECORDS BROKEN.
The meet as a whole proved to be
a record breaker A larger attend
ance than usual was present and ath-
letes from all three cities broke for
mer records. Roche OF Davenport, in
the second event, equaled the record
for the 100 yard dash made by Rich
ards of Moline in 1906. The time
made was 10 3-5 seconds. In the next
event on the program. Chalk of the
local school. as was expected, broke
the tape just 10 seconds sooner
than f. West of Moline did in 1911
Ia 4 mi,
utes Sc 40 seconds. The local lad
did not run hard race, there being
no one in his class entered. Chalk
also proceeded to break the record for
the half mile run, cutting ! 3-5 sec
onds off the time made by Bordhert
in 1911. Carter, also of the local
school, winning second in both the
mile and half mile, crossed the finish
line also in record breaking time The
time OF the half mile run made by
Chalk was 2 minutes seconds. Stowe
Of Moline proved to be the next to
break q record He specialized IN
the broad jump, covering a distance
of 20 feet Ga inches, adding ga inch
es TO the jump made by CLAIR of Mo
line in 1910.
LAST EVENT EXCITING.
The relay race. the last on the pro
gram, proved TO be a hair-raiser. From
the start, 1; was one of the most ex.
citing ever run off in the tri-city
meets. Drawing Tor place, Rock Is.
land secured the outside. Davenport
the pole. and Moline the next best.
Handicapped from the very start. the
a
I'll the very finish. won bu. third place
In the relay, although the prediction
that the local team would prove fast
was we'll founded. for all three teams
proved 20 be swifter than those of
previous years. The Davenport team
composed of Rhodes, Borchert, bort
and Roche lessened the record AS
seconds, running the race in l min
ute SO seconds. \ Davenport team al
ready held the record for this event.
THE POINTS.
In the so yard dash. ingalls,, a local
man. finished in the front row, and
many of the spectators had already
congratulated him on winning the
dash. when the announcement of the
decision Of the judges gave all three
lsces TO Davenport men. In the mile
run, Carter and Chalk gained S points
for the locals, and in the half mile run
they repeated the occurrence. Thorn
as. local freshman, won fourth place
in both races. The surprise OF the
afternoon was the hurdle race. Robb,
Schuck and Barker we're entered as
local runners in this race for the eX-
perienCe. and none were expected to
win a place Barker and Schuck,
however. both won second in the
trials, and Robb finished third. In
the final, Schuck won the third place,
running a good race. adding one more
point TO the local score. In the 440
yard dash. the Davenport men resort
ed 10 a trick, two men boxing kipp
in. while Borchert gained a large
lead Kipp, having freed himself. was
unable TO make up the lost ground.
and won but second place. Wilson
won third, totaling points morc. In
the relay race. the locals got one
point. Glass was the only local man
TO win any points for r, !. H. s. on the
field He took second in the discuss,
and third in the shot put and running
broad jump. He totaled points for
the locals.
THE RESULTS.
The results Of all the events were
as follows:
80 yard dash-First. Rhodes, Daven-
port; second, bort, Davenport: third,
Roche. Davenport. Time: 5 as sec
onds.
100 yard dash-First. Roche, Dav-
export; second, Rhodes Davenport;