The Snowflake herald., 1914-03-14
Contract, Rules and Regula-
tions Governing the Meet

shot-put and hammer-throw must be
from circle just seven feet in diameter.
WEIGHTS
The shot and hammer must be the
regulation I2-pound weights.
The Discus must be the Olympic
Championship Discus.
HURDLES
The hurdles must be the regulation
size and be placed the regulation distance
apart.
220 RACES
The 220-yard dash and the 22O-yard
low hurdles shall start in or near the
curve, and finish on the straight track.
Each man must run 220 yards.
100 YARD RACE
Shall be run on a straight track.
JUMPS AND WEIGHTS
Each contestant in the broad Jump,
shot, hammer and discus, is to have
three try-out trials. The four who
make the best records in the try-outs
shall each have three more trials. The
greatest distance shall count, whether
made in the try-outs or finals.
In the vault and high jump, each con-
testant has just three trials at a GER
tain height, unless there is a tie, in
which case one more trial shall be Civ
en-, and then if neither succeeds, the
points shall be divided. The contes-
tant succeeding in jumping or vaulting
the highest, second highest and third
highest, shall have those respective
positions, that is, first, second and third
places, provided they have not failed
three times at any certain height, in
which case the contestants who succeeds
at that height shall be awarded the
places accordingly.
Group 'E' of the judges shall decide
on the fouls. First, 1t shall be consid-
cred foul for any contestant to take a
competitor track unless he be at least
six feet ahead of him. Second, In the
220-yard race, it shall be foul if any
contestant take another's track before
they reach the straight track. Third,
In the Hurdle races, more than three
hurdles knocked down by one contestant
shall be foul. Fourth, In the weights,
lit shall be a foul for a contestant to
step outside of the seven-foot ring while
throwing or as a result of the throw.
~ ( eig, III the quarter mile race and all
the shorter races, it shall be a foul fo1
man to leave mahis rk before the gun
is fired. Sixth, Blocking shall be con-
out of ones track and into another in
order to stop his progress. Seventh,
Putting men in any event who are not
real competitors, that is, there to run a
sham race, shall be considered a foul.
Eighth, it shall be f. ul on the home
team if the spectators are allowed to
interfere with any of the contestants
while contesting.
PENALTIES
For fouls, l, and three, the parties
at fault shall be disqualified and no points
scored to their credit. For foul four,
that trial shall not be scored, yet it
shall constitute one trial. For foul 5,
those at fault shall be set back ft. for
100 yards and six ft. for each of other
violation. For fouls 6, and 8, the
other side shall be entitled to all the
points of the events.
OTHER OFFICIALS
Each side shall furnish one or more
men to take tickets.
Starter The starter shall be COM
petent and impartial person who has not
been starting for either side during the
practices. He shall be selected by the
two coaches the day of the meet.
Starting and Timing. All races shall
start by the shot of gun and be timed
by two stop-watches.
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start fair, that is. that no one leave his
mark before the shot. If this regulation
is VIOLATED he shall fire second shot, if
not, one shot is fired and in that case it
is fair race. The average time of the
two timers shall be official.
Scorers. The official scores shall be
kept by two scorers, one for each side.
The score shall be announced from time
to time to the audience.
Manager of the Meet. The manager
of the meet shall be selected by the
coaches. He shall call the events of
the meet, in their order, in the following
manner: First call must be made be-
fore the preceding event is over. Sec
ond or last call must be made not more
than five minutes after the preceding
event.
Other officials. In case any other
officials in addition to those above spe-
CITED are required, the same may be
chosen by mutual consent
JOSEPH w. SMITH
President of the Snowflake Stake
Y. M. M. |. A.
JOHN H. UDALL
President of the st. Johns Stake
Y. M. M. |. A.
The time for speeches in debate may
be shortened if need be.
Accepted with pen corrections, pro-
vided that for questions not covered
herein, the general rules for such sports
shall be accepted.
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