St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-06-14
ST. PAUL'S COLORs ON TOP OF
EVERYTHING IN THE
FIELD JUNE 6.
THE COLLEGE BOYS
DO HONOR TO CONVICTION
Heavy Track Prevents Record Break
ing, But. Work Shows st. Paul
to be Reckoned With.

The Birmingham Age-Herald give,
the following report of the athleti,
meet in that city June and Z
! The st. Paul college boys carried tht
day in junior events and made a yer,
creditable showing in the senior
coming out second. Covington hal
been we'll represented, and may look
forward to future 4yents of this kint
with confidence she is on the list tt
win honor:
Birmingham. Ala, June Z, 1913
Under ideal weather conditions
but ON rather a heavy track and field
the third annual Southern Amateur
Athletic Union junior track met was
held at the f:ir grounds yesterday
afternoon, under the auspices of the
Birmingham Athletic club. This
meet eclipsed all Of its predecessors
in point of success in every way.
~ The % events weie run on IN a
little less than four hours and while
NO southern records were eQualled
or broken, nevertheless some good
records were msde. Everything work.
ed like clockwork and these who
were In charge Of the meet deserve
q great amount Of credit for the
thorough way in which hey handled
the large group Of athletes who COM
peted yesterday
ss st. Pail Wins Meet.
! The meet wss won by the ST. Paul
Akblakiet..AAsadtatien. Z Of CoxingtQR.
Birmingham Athletic club w9t friUss
second with ~ points, while the Birs
mingham Young Mems Christian AS
sociation was a distant third with
23 points. The Boys High School
with IL points, Birmingham High
School with IL points, the Young
Mems Gymnastic Club of New OF
leans with. 10 points and the Atlant
Athletic Club with points While
the Columbus Young Mems Christi3r
Association and St. Bernard Colle1e
of Cullman failed to score.
Gar1ner's Individual Points.
NJ s. Gardner of the BIRMINGHAM
club scored first honor in TIL
matter OF individual points with /
.otal OF IL. He won second in The |
2O-yard high hurdles, third in til |
szO-yard low hurdles, third in tie |
running broad jump. third in tie |
6-pound shot put, second in tie
l6-pound hammer. second in the iaE-
IN, second In the discus and fins.
n the 56-pound weight event. I
Il. II McGregor, also of the Birh.
ngham Athletic club, was a distant
econd. winning second place in he
1O-yard low hurdles and first in the |
avlin.
From the first the fight resolted
tself into a contest between The
Athletic Club and the
I. Paul Athletic Association, and It
'as not until near the close of the
leet that the st. Paul boys were
bic to forge ahead.
Surprise of Meet. & T.
The surprises of the meet were
le running of Vivian Jones, the star
thlete of the Birminghamf High
chool, who walked away with the
alf-mile run, and of Douglas STREET.. I
the Birmingham Athletic Club.
no easily won the quarter-niile run
hile both the youthful contestants
ere conceded the places in these
'ents. 1t was not expected that they
lould have such an easy triumpf
'er the older athletes. Jones in
e half-mile came within one second \
the southern record for TINT dis. i
nee and looms up as a formidable
ntestant in today's meet. 4
Pelican Boys Win.
The Boys High School of New Or.
ms entered three men, Oakes,
eust and Bott, and each OF these /
rec won the events in which they \
ltered. Forest Oakes won the 100 n
rd high hurdles in the good time
10 4-5 seconds; Edward Faus.
me first in the mile, running the
stance In minutes and 81 As o
;onds, while Bott won the pole
ut with jump of 10 feet 4 inches tt
me closest race Of the meet was c
22O-yard low hurdles, H. H. Nc tt
egor OF the Birmingham Athletic ! g
ub led the field over every hurdle al
I was nosed out by less than a til
It on the 1O-yard straight away by at
). Gossen of the St. Paul Ath- H
c Association. to
Gallant's Three-Mile Run. th
Another hot fight developed in the I'll
ee mile run. Gallant and Beatty sc
n Of the Birmingham Young d.
MS Christian Association ran neck
l neck for over two miles and LIZ
n Gallant forged alowly ahead and ra
q the race by nearly 100 yards.
IN the running high jump Joe tn
lslom Of the Y. NJ. c. A. and r. L Ia.
tell of the B. A. C. tied for dryt q
ce. In the Jump on Chislom won sc,
. topping the bar at feet Z inch
Bentell was seriously handicap 90
by having badly sprained ankle A.
this inteefered with him placins
eveFal ~ 49,