The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-27

, AggieS' football team, but the board
in 1907 was obdurate. The local peo-
pie Were indignant and Fen Dorman's
father went so far as to get out an
injunction against the meet. Fol a
while it locke as if the contests would
not be held, but cleve engineering on
the part of the university officials
nullified the injunction.
With Dorman unable to compete
MisSoula dropped to second place and
the meet was Won by Flathead county.
Lloyd Denny, IL star from kalispell,
was the big figure of the meet. To the
surprise of the whole state he and Bel
den of Fergus crowded Joe Horn of
Anaconda, twice Winne Of the indy
idual championship, n the discard.
The Copper city star made a heart-
breaking effort to retain his precious
~laurels, but he was outclassed. The
MAJ who had stood head and shout
ders above the other athletes of the
state during two years of COMPETE
ton, won only a single point and
passed forgotten from the calcium
light. Denny won the individual prize
with Dinsmore of Missoula second.
Teton county was another strong
dark horse" Big Emmett Ryan and
a giant named Halliday walked away
with the weight event and placed
their team ahead of the state at the
end of the first days competition. On
the evening of the first day a great
| parade of contestants was held on
Higgins avenue, and it is doubtful if
the meet has ever furnished q, more
stirring sight than that of the two Te-
ton county giants, bearing the great
! red and white banner of their school
at the head of the cheering line of ath-
letes. This meet saw five new rec
ords, none of them equalled since, es-
tablished. Better marks were estab-
lished in 1907 than have ever been
made since. Ryan put the shot 4S feet,
IL inches; Denny ran the 50-yard
dash in 5 2-5 seconds, and the 220-yard
dash in 90 10 seconds; Belden covered
the century in 10 2-5 seconds and Dins-
more ran the 12O-yard high hurdles in
16 2-5 seconds. None of these records
have been equaled since. No other
meet can show such q collection Of
stellar performances.
1t is only with bated breath and
tongue-ticing admiration that a sup
porter of Missoula's purple and gold
thinks of the 1908 meet, last of the first
five-year series. So complete was Mis-
Soula'S victory that the other schools
of the state barred her from COMPETE
ton for two years thereafter. The week
began with a Missoula victory in the
final high school debate. Miss Ruth
Wilson, Missoula's representative, took
second place in the declamatory con-
test, adding materially to the laurels
that the athletic team was to win the
next day.
Gish, Trainor and Conrad-these
three names will never be forgotten
by Missoula high school people, for
their Wearers won the fifth interschol-
astic meet by an overwhelming score,
and brought to Missoula the f~ive-year
trophy. Denny, %conqueror of Horn,
saw his glories fade. Gfsh beat him
in every race and carried away the
honors Denny had considered his own
The big toW-haired Muscular won the
5O-yard, the 100-yard, the 2OO-yard and
the 440-yard dashes, the broad jump
and the shot put. and took second
place in the discus hurl. Right behind
him We're Conrad and Trainor, while
Vealey and Minnerly added to the
score. Gish ran under protest, but it