Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-21

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| The seventh graded meet Of the
Marshalltown schools was held at the
| fair grounds Wednesday afternoon un-
! der the auspices Of the Y. NJ. c. A.. and
proved one of the closest and pretuest
| meetings ever held in the city.
The Abbott school, which Won Sec
ond place in last years meeting, scored
| a decisive victory, taking the Times
Woodbury. school, which has Won the
| cup two years, and which would have
become permanent owner Of the tro-
ply had its team won the meeting this
year, was fifth. The First ward team,
which had been considered a possible
| winner on the showing made in the
preliminary trials, was third. the Click
school proving the dark horse Of the
| meeting by capturing second place, and
giving the winning team close compe-
! tition.
Holiday For Little Ones.
The schools Of the city were dis
missed for the afternoon and hundreds
Of little ones, gaily bedecked with
colors and Haunting the remnants OF
their respective schools, crowded the
amphitheater and cheered Justify for
their favorites. The discipline Of the
Marshalltown schools was never bet
ter shown, the track officials and the
officers having no difficulty in preserv-
ing perfect order and in keeping the
track and field clear turnout the meet
ing.
Partisan spirit was keen owing 10
the fact that in the preliminary trials
it had been shown that there would be
two or three real contenders for the
cup, with the First ward and Abbott
athletes favorites.
Abbott's Showing Consistent.
The showing of the Abbott team was
most consistent, the youthful athletes
in all the classes represented holding
up their end. and the finals showing
that the points were won by the boys
Of all classes winning points. Class
b made the best showing for the win
ners, and Class c, won the fewest
points. On the other hand the Glass c
ana Glass D boys Of the Click school
proved the strongest of that school
and were able to bring up their total
close to the winners
Gilmore Individual Star.
The individual star OF the meeting
was E. Gilmore, a little colored boy Of
the Abbott. who won II points for his
school. Gilmore competing in Glass A.
won first place in the broad jump, and
second place in the so and 100-yard
dashes.
Three tied for second individual hon.
ors. They were Hopkins. Of the Click;
Bartlett. Of the Arson, and Bowman
Of the First ward. Hellend, of the Alb
bolt, was also among the high hoys
winning first in the 50-yard dash for
Glass B, and finishing ahead for his
school In tho 22o-yard relay and the
shuttle race.
New Records Are Established.
While stih breeze blowing in the
faces Of the runners prevented fast
time in some Of the races. especially
in the long distance events, new marks
were established in several events.
The first mark to fall was in the
440-yard dash. when Bartlett. of the
Arson, ran the distance in 1908 As.
The old record. made by H. Swab. Of
the Woodbury., was 1908.
The Click Glass D relay team for
the half mile lowered the mark or
1853 s-5, held by the Rogers, by rum
ming the distance in 1855 is. The
winning team was made up of Blake,
Hopkins, Hills, and Hamiel.
W. Cross. OF the Click. set a new
mark in the high jump. going over the
bar at feet, 8 inches. The old rec
ord was 1 feet 6 inches, held by Kirk
patrick, of the Abbott.
The broad jump record was also bet
tered, when Gilmore, of the Abbott, set
mark Of II feet. inches The pre-
vious record was IL feet, 3 rs inches,
held by Frazer, of the Woodbury..
Bartlett, Of the Arson, tied the rec
ord Of IL 3-5 seconds, held by himself,
in the Class c 100-yard dash. The
First ward tied the mark in the Glass
A 100yard relay, running the race in
Is AS, a mark established previously
by the Rogers school.
The Results.
The summary of the events follows:
50-yard dash, Class Ar. Bowman,
First ward, first; Gilmore, Abbott,
second: Wildman, Rogers, third. Time,
:07 is.
5o-yard dash, Glass B-Hellend, Alb
bolt, first; Dixon. Woodbury., second;
Fuller, Arson, third. Time, :07 1-5.
10O-yard dash. Glass = Bartlett,
Arson first: Cross Click, second: Ad-
land. Abbott, third. Time, ~ 3-5.s
10O-yard dash, Class D-Nichols,
First ward, first; Watson. Abbott, sec
ond; Batesole. First ward, third. Time,
~ is.
440-yard dash. Glass C-Bartlett,
Arson. first: Brown, Click. second;
Arnold, third. Time. 1905 as.
sS0-yard run, Glass D-HopkinsI
Click, first; Watson, Abbott second;
Reese. Abbott, third. Time. 2:32 2.6.
100-yard dash, Glass A-Bowman,
First ward. first; Gilmore, Abbott, Sec.
ond; Rasmussen, First ward, third.
Time, IA LIS.
220-yard dash, Glass B = Dixon,
first; McClelland,s Rogers.
second; Lutter. Abbott, third. Time,
:32 Us.
l40-yard relay, Glass C-Glick, first:
Abbott, second; First ward, third.
Time, 1:01.
ss0-yard relay, Class CLICK, first:
Abbott, second; Arnold, third. Time |
1865 is.
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