Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-04

70 record-breaking finish In the fast
uIne or l minute and 40 seconds.
The PIuckiest Finish


frankie Miller. who surprised the
students of the high school In the an.
nual cross-country run, showed that he
was grit from top to bottom. and
light was his middle name, when he
nnished the mile run IN the Quickest
showing OF the meet, thereby coping
second place, finishing a fraction of a
second after Chalk broke the tape
ana winning silver medal and his
hrst X. L. Miller, who is a junior. is
small OF stature. His finish was one
which brought the spectators to their
IeeI Tor he passed two men in the last
20 yards by squirt which was run on
nerve alone. He took second place by
two feet.
kipp. too. finished his race in the
$40 yard dash by a gritty squirt and
COPIED second place. At the begin
ming OF the last 100 yards he was
fourth in the running. but by some
speedy work and hard running, he
passed all but one of the leaders. and
took the silver medal by an easy sec.
ond. Moline won its only point in this
race. Kane. another Islander, crossed
the line a close fourth.
Stock Goes Up.
Clark and ingalls, won their heats in
the so and the islander stock went I'D.
For the first time in three years the
school placed in the sprints. Clark tax
ing second in the so yard dash, ingalls,
winning third place in the 100. Chalk
took first in the mile and half mile.
with Miller second in the mtie and
Thomas third in the half Hoffman
and James ran in the 22O yard hur-
dies, and the former took second place
in his heat, but by the unfair method
OF elimination OF the second men in
the slowest heats, was not permitted
TO run in the finals. Kipp took second
in the 40, with Kane fourth. Hippler,
by the same unfair method of elimina-
ton by chance. lost a. second chance
to win a place in the 220 yard dash.
Greve won third in the discus throw,
Hendrickson fourth in the high jump,
and Captain Glass took second place
in the broad jump.
Earl Chalk, who took two first
places with gold medals attached, won
the individual honors of the meet and
the pair Of track shoes presented each
year by a merchant OF Galesburg to
the athlete winning the highest indi-
vidual standing. Chalk made 10 points.
TabuIated Results.
The results on the track were as fol-
lows:
so yard dash-Hamblin, Galesburg,
first; Clark, Rock Island, second; Tom
son. Davenport, third. Time-5 As
seconds.
100 yard dash-Tomson, Davenport,
first; Hamblin, Galesburg, second; In
gals, Rock Island, third. Time-10 2-5
seconds.
Mile run-Chalk, Rock Island. first;
Miller, Rock Island. second; Hull, Dav-
export. third. Time minutes So As
seconds.
22O yard hurdles-Applegren. Gales
burg, first; Havermale, Canton, sec
ond; Anderson. Kewanee, third. Time
-27 % seconds.
40 yard dash-Washburn, Kewanee,
first; Kpp. Rock Island, second;
Wharton, Moline, third. Time-65 3-5
seconds.
$50 yard run Chalk, Rock Island,
first; Washburn, Kewanee, second;
Thomas. Rock Island, third. Time
2 minutes 2-5 seconds.
22O yard dash-Jasper, Davenport,
first; Havermale, Canton, second;
bin, Galesburg. third Time-24 3-5
seconds.
$50 yard relay-won by Rock Is
land; Davenport, second; Kewanee,
third. Time minute 40 seconds.
Results in the field events were:
Pole vault-Wylie, Galesburg, first;
Marsh, Davenport, second; Con. Dav-
export, Kinney, Galesburg, and Pickett,
Kewanee, tied for third; points were
divided, and on toss-up, Con- won the
medal. Height-10 feet 5H inches.
Discus throw - Jacobsen, Geneseo,
first: Enord, Kewanee. second; Greve,
Rock Island, third. Distance-10S feet
10 inches.
High jump-Allen, Davenport, first;
Kaufman, Davenport, second; Boyer,
Princeton, third. Heights feet
inches.
Shot put - Boyer, Princeton, first;
Phillips, Galesburg. second; Tomson.
Davenport, third. Distance-44 feet 1
inch.
Broad jump-Perkins, Canton. first;
Glass, Rock Island, second; Jacobsen,