Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
SEYMOUR WINS
7R|-sTATE MEET
TOTAL OF TWENTY-EiGHT POINTS
TO THEIR CREDIT-STRoNG.
HURST SECOND.
OTTUMWA is SIXTH

| OTTUMWA is SIXTH
Lodwick 10 Second In 40 Yard Dash,
and Garvin Third In Mile Run
Many Records Of Previous
| Meets Are Broken.
Fairfield, May 1.-The sixth annual
tri-state field and track meet Is now q
matter of history and new records
have been made to stand until they
are broken. The sixth annual meeting
of this association was held Saturday
on Alumni field in this city, with the
members of the Parsons college letter
club as hosts. The Seymour high
school lads won the meet with total
lowed by the Stronghurst, ILL.,, team,
which secured q total of q points to
their credit.
The Seymour boys and the Strong
hurst lads had evenly matched their
strength against each other practical
ly all afternoon and their totals were
tie when the last event, the half mile
relay race was entered. Both teams
seemed to feel that this was their
chance and it was one of the most SEN
sational features Of the meet, the Sey-
! mour representative winning by a
close margin in l 39, thus breaking the
1911 record made at Keokuk by 1925.
The day was perfect and the Parsons
college letter club members had the
most delightful accommodations for
visiting teams. It Is estimated that
about eight hundred people witnessed
the events and over one hundred teams
from the various high schools in three
states competed The letter club was
enthusiastic over the great success
which attended their efforts.
Records Are Broken.
Several records were broken but it
is conceded that this field is one of the
very best that meets of this kind have
ever been held on. The first new rec
ord made was by E. Boyd of Biggsville,
ILL.,, who made high jump of feet
inches, which Is one and half
inches higher than the recorder made
by Schrader of Iowa City in 1911 at
Keokuk.
Kimer of Burlington, broke the rec
ord in the mile run in the remarkable
time Of minutes and 40 seconds. The
previous record was minutes and 48
seconds and was held by Young of
Jacksonville, Ill.
Burns of Viola, ILL.,, secured a new
record for the discus throw, making
113 feet, breaking the former record
made by Berry of Beardstown, Ill.
The afternoon sport was greatly
marred by serious accident in which
Carter Of Charlottesville, fractured his
,, right leg above the knee when he was
| jumping the hurdles. In some manner
he hit the last hurdle and the contact
was so strong that his leg was broken
He was taken at once to the Jefferson
county hospital where he is resting
very well.
Events and Finals.
The events were as follows:
100 yard dash-First heat, Strong
hurst. first; Seymour, second Second
heat, Seymour, first; Wapello, second
Third heat. Lone Tree. first; Ottumwa,
second. Finals-H. Link, Stronghurst,
and E. Bragg, Seymour, tied for first.
Armstrong, Seymour, third. Time
10 2-5.
220 yard dash-First heat, E. Bragg,
Seymour, first; r. Wright, Wapello,
second. Second heat Lodwick, Ottum.
wa, first; R. Hoffmeister, FIT. Madison,
second. Third heat, H. Links, Strong
hurst first; Lodwick, Ottumwa, Sec
! ond. Fourth heat, Winkler, Burling-
| ton, first; Kirchner, Lone Tree, second.
] Semi Lone Tree,
first. Finals-Link, Stronghurst, first;
Winkler, Burlington, second; Bragg,
Seymour, third. Time "a Is.
120 yard high hurdles-First heat
Yeager, Seymour, first; Carter Craw-
louisville, second Second heat, Hayes,
Seymour, first; r. Barr, Viola, ILL.,, Sec
I ond. Finals-Hayes, Seymour, first;
Barr, Viola, second; Yeager, Seymour,
third Time 10 seconds.
| 22O low hurdles-First heat, Gibbs,
Biggville, first: Cowles, Burlington,
second. Second heat - Hartquist,
stronghurst, first; Carter, Crawfords-
Vile. second. Third heat, Hayes, Sey.
mour, first: Jamison, Biggsville, sec
ond. semi-fnals-Co wles, Burlington,
first Finals Cowles. Burlington,
first Gibbs, Biggsville, second; Hart
quist, Stronghurst, third. Time 30 rs.
4 f1lSu JUL u uOSC wiz AlloOC lCSOA 40
of over five feet eight inches for finals
were: Huiskamp, Keokuk; jenkins,
/ Keokuk; Tedford, Columbus City;
Hammer, Burlington; Brooks, Wash
ington: Dodds, Stronghurst; Yunkin.
Lone Tree; Jamison, Biggsville, Yeag-
er, Seymour: Hayes, Seymour, Bissel,
Viola: Mann, Burlington.
F'inals-Boyd, Biggsville, first; Jen.
kins, Keokuk, and Bissel, Viola, tied
for second. Height tt 8 in.
Pole vault-Those qualifying, nine
feet for finals were as follows:
V Husikamp, Keokuk; Sedwick, Al.
exis: Dunlap, FIT. Madison; Cowles
Burlington; Doak. Stronghurst; Slime,
Stronghurst; Gibbs, Biggsville;
Wright, Seymour; Bissel, Viola; Rich.
mond, Charlton. Finals Slime
Stronghurst, first; Doak, Stronghurst
second; Sherrick, Alexis, third. Height