The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-20

schools sat huddled in the grandstand
on Montana field yesterday and
watched Missoula's scholastic athletes
win from Hamilton a slow meet on a
muddy field. The rain that started
falling just before noon poured down
on the track during most of the meet,
making the turns slippery and stiffer-
ing legs and arms that would ave
threatened records under more favor
Ole conditions.
The visitors didn't have a chance.
Missoula took first place in 10 of the
10 event and gathered a final total of
so points against the score of 81 made
by the Bitter Roof team. Hamilton
men took firsts in the shot put, the
discus hurl and the low hurdles. In
dividual honors We're divided between
Murphy and Denny, both of Missoula.
Murphy ran true to form yesterday,
winning the three shorter sprints and
Denny won firsts in the high jump and
the high hurdles and seconds in the
shot put and the discus hurl. BY re-
fusing to jump off his tie with Ander-
son in the high jump, Denny lost a
point and the individual championship,
Despite the rain and cold the meet
'eo y "ol~I1iiS. bohh oii
showed some good men who ought to
be point-winners in the interscholastic
meet, Coach McGough's team did even
better han had been expected and
showed no little improvement over the
work in the meet with the varsity
freshmen earlier in the week.
There were few exciting races in
the meet. The local runners had no
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outran the Hamilton %sprinters by yards
n Mohr and Stitch won the mile and
half mile in a walk. Jones, as was
expected, ran away with the quarter
mile, but Stone, running his first quar-
ter, surprised the Missoula tooters by
taking second place.
Hamilton Wins Hurdles.
In one race, though, Missoula was
outclassed. Hamilton has two low
hurdlers who are better than any in
the local team. Gray won the race
in a close finish, but he should have
u second to MARI, who lost a good
lead when he stumbled on the last
hurdle. Hamilton should have taken
first and second places in this race.
Hamilton had no relay team, but the
M~issoula runners ran against time.
The men were tired and cold after a
hard afternoon, though, and failed to
come within several seconds of the
state record. Jones, Murphy, Stone
n Anderson ran the half-mile relay
covering the distance in 1:44 2-5. The
state record, made by the 1908 Mis-
,soula team, is 1894.
Missoula has a right to feel pleased
over the meet, for he purple and
gold athletes looked like strong con-
tenders for the state championship.
Murphy is an unusually good Splinter
who ought at least to place in the uni
versity's meet. Mohr and Stitch are
strong distance men. They walked
away with the races yesterday, and
though they ran easily at. the finish,
made good time. Mohr is the better
of the two, though he let Stitch lead
him across the finish mark yesterday
in the half-mile. These two men,
running without competition and with
out trying to break any records, COW
cred a mile of muddy track in 5:03 2-5
and went two laps in 2:254-5. At the
university meet they will clip more
than a second or two off these marks.
n will be a strong contender, too.
He is a remarkable quarter miller and
will run a strong race in the 220-yard
dash.
Missoula won't make much of a
showing in the weight events, but with
Prescott and Duquette back will be
winners in the jumps.
Yesterdays meet summarizes as fol-
lows:
Summary.
50-yard dash-Murphy (Missoula),
first; Peterson (Hamilton), second;
Anderson (Missoula), third. Time, 6
seconds.
440-yard dash Jones (Missoula),
first; Stone (M%issoula), second; Muir
ray (Hamilton). third. Time, s2-5
seconds.
Shot put-Marr (Hamilton). first;
Denny (Missoula), second; Anderson
(Missoula), third.
Low hurdles-Gray (Hamilton), first;