The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-05-14
TRACK MEET
TO SIOUX FALLS
QUEEN CITY BOYS CARRY OFF
HONORS AT HIGH SCHOOL
MEET FRIDAY
THE RELAY RACE DECIDES THE MEET
Bookings High School Makes a Great
ShoWing-Meet is Best One Eve
Held at the College

The difference between a f~lat-chested
and a broad-chested athlete decided
the Northwestern high school meet at
the college last Friday afternoon. in
the relay race, the last and deciding
event, Mikkelson of Bookings, and
Carpenter of Sioux Falls, were the
representatives of their schools on the
final 22O yards. Mikkelson had a
slight advantage given him by his
teammates, but Carpenter gained
steadily and they came up to the wire
practically even. Here the advantage
of a broad chest was apparent, as the
husky Sioux Falls boy touched the
tape just about three inches ahead of
the Brookings star.
The meet was the closest and best
one ever held under the direction of
the college, and will outclass any other
high school meet held in the state.
The final standing of the teams were
as follows: Sioux Falls, 27; Brook
ings, %; Huron, %; Watertown, IS;
Aberdeen, 16; Highmore, 10; Parker,
10; Clark, 8; Flandreau, /. The other
schools failed to register a point.
The meet was close from the start
and kept the spectators keyed up to
the final event. When the relay, the
last race, was called four schools had
a chance to win or tie. Brookings and
Huron had % points each, and Sioux
Falls %, and a victory for either of
these three meant the championship
cup. Watertown with IS points could
have by winning the relay made a
triple tie between themselves and
Brookings and Huron. The relay was
a hard fought race, every man doing
his level best, and the finish, as above
mentioned, gave the judges some diff
Guilty in deciding the winner. They
were however, unanimous in deciding
that the Sioux Falls boy had won.
Sioux Falls has a very good team,
and deserved the high honors they
The meet was handled in fine shape
by the college and was run off in quick
time, a feature that the spectators ap-
preciated. The visiting athletes, and
our boys as we'll, are a fine bunch of
young men, and there was the best of
feeling and not a complaint of any
kind during the day.
The weather was almost perfect, as
we had had a week of bad weather,
and a good crowd was out to witness
the sport. The local high school stu
dents were there in numbers to root
for their favorites, and most of the
other schools had good delegations.
The college students and city people
remained strictly neutral and cheered
every good performance alike.
Three records were broken. Bosley
of Aberdeen, cleared the bar in the
high jump at 5 it. s inches; Fisher of
WATERFOWL, heaved the shot AZ TT. A
inches; while Erwin of Parker, vault
ed IL #. 5 inches, two inches better
than his record of last year. The day
was ideal and the track was fast, al
though no records were made in any
of the runs. The highest point win
ners were Fisher of Watertown, IL
points, and Bosley of Aberdeen, IL
points. Other high men were R. Lloyd
of Huron, 10 points; Shilling of High
more, 10 points; Erwin of Parker, 9
points; Swancutt of Sioux Falls, 8
points; Kiner of Sioux Falls, 6 points;
Hoover of Bookings, 6 points.
Visiting high school students were
entertained in the evening at a ball
in the armory, by a band concert on
the campus, and a ball game between
the School of Mines and State College
on Saturday. The Y. M. C.. A. also
gave a reception in their new quarters.
In the evening before the ball all col
lege departments were formally open
for inspection. The Engineering build
ing with all it's electrical and other
equipment was running full blast. The
Agronomy department with its excel
lent new laboratory equipment was
carrying on various experiments in
soil analysis. The Dairy Husbandry
department, the barns and other fea-
lures were inspected. The CONNER
cial Club rooms down town were open
ed to the visitors.
The order of events and the win
ners were as follows: