The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-24
ROSWELL LEADS IN
FIRST EVENTS OF
MEETING
Pecos Valley School Has Three
Point Lead over Albuquer-
que This Afternoon When
Visitors and Rain Interrupt

Visitors and Rain Interrupt
After the third event IN the finals
~ the in%terschoiastlc track meet ut
the university this afternoon Roswell
lei With the scores OF the ars. ,hrao
teens as follows. =
Roswell. ifi Albuquerque. IL; Ar,
tesla, ..
In the i00-yard dash, Mann OF Al
buquerque fnieiscd hrst; Settler u
Artcsia. second, ana Aydelotte. Rox-
we'll. third. Time. lex seconds.
In the fa-pound shot putt. HlgsIns.
Roswell. was nrst, with a putt OF AZ.
fee, 7-to inches; clifford. AlbuIuer-
que, second. 40 feet 7-f0 inches: Me-
Kinney. RoEweil. third. % feet T-t0
inches.
Rain put a damper on the meet.
Congressman Cannon end the rest.
OF the congressional party were given
q great reception from the athletes
and crowd. UnrIe doe declined 10
speak. but he was rouadly cheered
just the same.
ALBUQUERQUE LEADS IN
THE TRIAL EVENTS.
Though Albuquerque had things All
her own way Ia the preliminary trials
for the first three or four events on
the progfam OF the university's third
annual interscholaatic rack meet
yesterday afternoon, later rents
went other ways. and when the fig
uu.a $500. r.faIl.I -. 10 -. 49,
Roswell had qualified men In every
event, as had the local school. but
thar Roswell had % men qualified
Tor the finals whore Albuquerque had
but 10. In addition. Roswcli'a run
ming orders were TO place only. not
10 try to show first In any event. Al
buqueraue ran on the other principle.
that Of putting out all she had every
time.
Demins qualified five men. one
each In the half. the pole vault. high
jump. low hurdles and mile run. Tu-
cumcari qualified three. two in the
half and one In the quarter. santa
Re qualified a man In the hundred
and M In the mue.f Artesia was the
strongest contender outside Of the
schools that had fon teams entered.
49, ITO ~ "a ANN|NA |0NAN "a III NAAN
hundred. pole vault high hurdles. low
hurdles and ego. wth two eligible FOR
the finals In the hikh jump.
The hundred will likely be divided.
Mann being slated Tor first place and
the Roswell entries being conceded
second and third AfIn the hall the
local school N likely 10 get somewhat
the better OF n. In the pole vault
Albuquerque IN sure OF second place
at least, probably of first. The Ar
tesla entry will be a strong contend
er for first place and Steed of Dem
ing and the two Roswell entries will
make good runners-up. Mann Of Al
%buquerque probably viii not place
here. II indeed he h. not scratched 10
Have him for the cvents on the flat.
In the high hurdles Albuquerque
~ likely again to score the five that
goes for a first place but Roswell
has two good men In this event n
the total VIII very probably be divided
between thees two schools.
The high Jump Is anybody's 80 far.
In the quarter Thackeray ought 20
have a good show al first. but the
time IN which he won his neat yes
terday was bettered by one man from
Roswell. In is heat. Also, Thackeray
had little competition 90 make him
put out his best efforts. At that, ne
made u In 81 Is, @hle the Roswell
man, who looked like he had plenty
OF steam for a last sprint at the end,
did II fully as Of "A second better
aud Is Gaid 90 have Travelled the one
lap route eve faster.
Aydelott Of soswelI showed well
In the low hurdles and IL he does not
make first In this win undoubtedly
place. There h q large field in this.
however, and Il may he that II Alhu-
querque can take first Roswell viii
get only econd's three points. thus
giving the locals a slight advantage.
In the 220-yard dash Albuquerque
should get Second and third at least.
and possibly first and third.
Wilson of Albuquerque, apparently
had the mile In his pocket until Il
developed that there were but tout
starters yesterday in the second heat.
al Of whom would qualify u they
finished. and the four consequently
trotted leisurely around tho track 10
he tune O fsome six minutes odd for
the four laps. II was impossible 10
get "a line on what these entrants
do Ia competition In conse
quence.
Herbert Hickey, son OF tho local
attorney of the same name. helped
Wilson much by running %squarely at
shoulder for the fun mile. liter
ally running himself off his fees
The finish. n was one OF the earnest
ever seen In a track meet
ms the race was one OF the
prettiest events at lts sort ever wit
messed. Not two yards separated
wilson and Hickey. who came In sec
ond, at any place in the distance.
Th"ugh the prelimlnaries brought
put a good crowd the finals are being
witnessed today bv a far larger one,
The Held and track are In splendid
shape and the meet Is being pulled
OF without a hitch. The judges
however, had 10 caution coaches who
insisted on coaching their n
from the field several times ana