The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-21
A ~BENTHUYSEN
BREAKS MILE MARK
MISS MURRAY WINS DEChAMA-
TORY CONTEST AND RUTH
SECOND IN ORATORICAL

Verm1lllOn, 5. D.-Nlltchell high
school won her share OF the honors
in the interscholastic state contests
here yesterday and last evening,
when she took first place in the de-
clamatory contest, second place in
the committed orations event and
third place in the track meet.
Miss Vesta Murray carried off the
honors in the declamatory event with
THE Fiddle Told" The committed
orations contest was Won by Herbert
Matthews of Brookings, with George
Ruth, OF Mitchell, second with his
Grafton on THE New South,' by
Henry w. Grady.
The sensation of the meet was the
wonderful race run by Harry van
Benthuysen in the mile run, when
he broke the record of 4:4S LIS
which has stood for the past four
years, with a mark of 4:41 1-5, clip
ping seven seconds from the time.
He took the lead at the start of the
race and held it to the finish, al
though Lloyd of Huron made a
strong fight at the end.
Sioux Falls high won the meet
with 30 points. Brookings was sec
ond with 10 and Mitchell third with
13. The remainder of the points
were divided as follows: Water
town, 12: Highmore, 10; Parker,
10; Yankton, 10; Clark, s; Huron,
g.. Other Mitchell point winners
were Bernard in the high jump, Fox
in the hundred, Grace in the low
hurles and Salisbury in the dis
Gus. Van Benthuysen was the only
one to win first.
Carpenter, Sioux Falls, lowered
Pettigrew's CFlandreau) half mile
record from 2:S AS to 2:4 As, and
clipped rs of a second off KnoN's
(Huron) quarter record. Fischer
Watertown, stuck out the IL pound
shot 40 feet and ~ inches, a foot
further than his WI state record.
Noel, Clark, put out the hammer
14l feet 8 inches, a foot and an inch
beyond Dickey's (Huron) 1911 rec
ord mark. Yankton high cut 2-5 of
a second from Mitchell highs half
milo relay record, the quartette
CA. Rogers), Wheeler, Hammand
and Milliken) running it in 1877 2-5.
Finals:-
Hammer-Noel. Clark. al it. 9
in; Hoover, Brookings, Fischer, Wa
tertown.
High jump-swenehart. Brook
ings; Kiner, Sioux Falls; Bernard,
Mitchell; 5 it. 5 ga inches.
12-lb. shot-Fischer, Waterfowl;
Noel. Clark; Klatt, Sioux Falls;
42:2 1-2 (Record).
100 hurdles-Kinder, Sioux Falls;
Willard, Sioux Falls; Hoy. Huron;
+, IL 4-5 seconds.
Quarter-Carpenter, Sioux Falls;
Bowers, Yankton; Broe. Huron; sd
2-5 seconds.
100 yard-Schilling, Highmore;
Fox, Mitchell; Nicholson, Brookings;
II seconds.
22O hurdles-Kennard, Brookings;
Willard, Sioux Falls; Grace, Mitch
ell; IS 20 seconds.
Mile-yan Benthuysen. Mitchell;
Lloyd, Huron; Ladd. Brookings;
4:41 2-5.
Discus-Fischer, Watertown; Sails
bury, Mitchell; Hoy, Huron; 1913 it.
2 1-2 inches.
220 dash-schilling, Highmore;
Michaelson, BOOKINGS; Milliken.
Yankton; % 2-5 seconds.
Half Mile-Carpenter, Sioux Falls;
F.. Rogers. Yankton; Schooley, Wa
tertown; 2:04 As (Record.)
Half Mile Relay-Yankton "a.
Rogers, Wheeler; Hammond, Mill
ken); Brookings; Sioux Falls; 1877
rs (Record).
Broad Jmmr-Frvin. Parker; Kin
er. Sioux Falls; Milliken, Yankton;
20 tt. 6 ga inches.
Vault-Ervin, Parker; F. Rogers,
Yankton; Schopf. Sioux Falls; 8 fl.
10 inches.