Rock Island Argus., 1914-05-18
ISLANDERS MAKE
A FAIR SHOWING
Finish in Third Place at Iowa
City While Davenport
Takes First.
CHALK LOSES HALF MILE
Rock Island Relay Teams Finish in
Second Place in Two Events
kipp Runs Well in 44o.
By P. A. ID.

With a total of 43 points Davenport
high school Saturday at Iowa City won
the Iowa Interscholastic track meet
by 11a points, West High of Dc
Moines being close contender in all
the events The local team of seven
men took third place with total of
16. Other schools finished in the fol-
lowing order: Hampton, IA; Cedar
Rapids, 10; North Des Moines, 8; Iowa
City, s; Algona and Mason City, 6;
Columbus Junction, 4; Burlington and
Marion, 8; Moline, 1. Moline, for the
third time this season, took the low
honors in meets where Davenport,
Rock Island and the Plow City team
contended. The lone tally was made,
as in the Big Eight, by Earl Harrah,
who throughout the past season has
been running under the name of Whar-
ton.
Hun Rhodes of Davenport, who
made a new record for the running
broad jump in the tri-city meet, re-
peated in the meet Saturday, smashing
the Iowa interscholastic record with
a leap of q feet q inch, which bet
tered the mark he made in this city
by q of an inch. No other records
though it was almost a perfect day
with but slight breeze, the track was
slow, and no speed could be made.
The cinders were loose and even the
spikes of the sprinters' shoes would
take no hold in the unfirm footing.
Relays Exciting.
The last events on the program we're
the two relays, the mile and half-mile
races, and the result of the meet piv
oted on the results of the relays. Dav-
export, West High and Rock Island
were the strong teams entered, and it
was fight to the finish in each.
In the mile race Glass led off, and
finished a tie for second. with the
West High man in advance: Kane ate
up part of the lead on the first run
ner. and touched off Kipp for the third
quarter. and the star quarter-miler of
the Islander squad lit out after the
feeting Des Moines man. passed him,
and gave Chalk the cue with lead of
z yards. Chalk had the hardest race
of all, aginst Purmort, the star of the
West High team, who had won the
fastest heat of the 440 in the time of
SO 2-5 seconds. 1t was a hard fight,
Dul iIltH Og luCu the Les MONIES man
crept up, and at the last turn, he
passed Chalk and lit out for the tape
which he broke in the time OF 3:4S 3-5,
As of a second shy of the record,
which stands at 3:42 As. Chalk fin
ished an easy second, and the relay
counted three points to the total.
With the mile quartet race over the
points stood in favor of West High,
score 40 1-2 to 3S. The meet rested in
the result of the final event, the half
mile relay. Davenport. West High,
Rock Island. and Iowa City were the
strongest teams entered, and the fight
for the laurels was harder than ever.
With the opening of the race, Hun"
Rhodes lead of with a pace that left
the other contenders In the rear He
touched off his man at the end of the
e20 with a lead of 10 yards. Hippler.
opening for Rock Island. was close
third. Clark took up the battle for
the locals and swept past the second
runner. the Iowa City man. and opened
pursuit of the Davenporter. The lead