Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-04
RI r. HIGH SCHOOL
BIC EIGHT CHAMP
Track and Field Team Surprises
by Winning the Meet at
Galesburg.
DAVENPORT is NoSED OUT
-,yo..hIrds Of a Point Margin Of Vic
tory-Relay Race Is Feature
Of the Events.

r. the most closely contested Big
--sght conference meet of the last few
-.srs the Rock Island high school
.-,ck and field athletes defeated the
ravenport team by two-thirds CT a
no,nt. and COPIED the championship of
ths league and the Big Eight banner.
The locals capped the climax Of the
nee. BY winning a record-breaking
b.Is mile relay, lowering the standard
ri minute and Al 4-5 seconds, set by
princeton four years ago, to an even
! minute and 40 seconds. This Is the
second consecutive year that the local
,elav team. composed OF Hippler.
CLARK. Chalk and Kipp. has won the
Big Eight relay pennant, both OF
which NAV soon be seen adjoining the
walls Of the local high gymnasium
The final standing of the meet gave
the locals a lead of two-thirds OF a
polnt, with q total Of 25- Davenport
took q close second with count OF
"a Is, and the fight for second place
was as close as for the meet and Gales
burg pulled third place with a showing
Of % 1-3 points. The fourth place
went TO Kewanee. which scored but
1913 points. Canton, Geneseo, Prince
TN. finished in the order named with
II. 6 and 5 points. respectively. Mo
line got a single point, which entitled
them TO the laurels OF the cellar
championship" Wharton, an unher-
aided hero, made their lone tally, TAX
ing third in 40 dash.
Records Broken.
The meet was a record-breaker In
al particulars Old Sol smiled on the
budding athletes and the track was in
good condition. a good sized crowd
watched the performances, and the
Galesburg rooters were all for Gales
burg first, Rock Island next, and their
fervent hope was to see the Davenport
team defeated.
Wylie OF Galesburg put a slice on
the record for the pole vault, clearing
the bamboo at height of 10 feet 514
inches. adding an inch and a quarter
10 the record set by Dresselhause OF
Kewanee. Chalk was expected by
many 10 negotiate the mile at a speed
that would set a record which would
remain unbroken for years 10 come.
but in neither the mile nor the half
mile runs was he pushed TO any ex-
tent. He played team work in both
races and made the mile IN 1855 4-5,
and the half mile in the slow time of
2:0s 2-5. The only record which was
lowered beside the pole vault was that
Of the relay, which the locals ran in
great fashion.
Clark a Hero.
Hippler is the lucky man of the Is
lander squad. and he maintained his
reputation by drawing the fourth posi-
ton from the pole for tie relay. there
being only four teams entered, Canton
drawing the pole. Kewanee the second
lane. Davenport the third, and Hippler
opened the local race from the fourth.
With the gun. the Davenport runner,
Jasper. took the lead, with Hippler a
close second. They rounded the first
turn in this order, with Canton and
Kewanee fighting for third. At the
second turn OF their 22O dash, Hippler
was Etill On the outside, and had been
unable 20 get the required six feet lead
before crossing TO the pole, and the
Davenport runner had the advantage
OF the second turn. He touched OF
the second relay man for Davenport a
fraction OF a second before Hippler
reached Ulysses Clark. Clark was on
Ike a shot and passed the Davenport
runner before the first turn OF the sec
ond relay had been reached, and he
stretched the distance which lay be-
tween himself and the second runner
until, when he touched Chalk for the
third half lap. he had a lead Of 20
yards On the Davenport man. From
then On the race was cinched. Dayen-
ports fastest man, Tomson. made up
some OF the lost yards. but the lead
was too great. The Islanders pushed