Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-05-21
STRONG
IN INTERSCHOLAST|C
Coach Breckner's Proteges Win Two
of Three Cups In Big High
School Meet-Squires Estab-
fishes New 40 Record

Taking four first places In the
big interscholastic track meet held
last Friday on Rogers field, In
which 20 high schools with q total
of 100 athletes competed, Pullman
High school athletes won two of
the three cups offered as grand
prizes and pressed the two Spokane
schools close for high point winner.
The meet was won by Lewis and
Clark high school OF Spokane, large
ly through the efforts of Carl john
son, sprinter, jumper and hurdler,
who alone took three firsts and one
second for total of 1S points, and
proving himself the best all-round
athlete In the meet. Lewis and
Clark secured 20 points to 23 for
North Central of Spokane, whose
star performer was Ivan Pearson,
Splinter, Pullman high, with prob
ably one-tenth the number of men
to pick from as either of these two
schools, was close third In the en-
tire meet with a total of 81 points,
gained by virtue of four first places
and one third. Pat" Squires, the
lank Pullman middle distance man,
was the surprise of the meet, and
the fleet Pullman boy brought the
spectators to their feet when he ran
away from field of 25 of the best
sprinters the Northwest affords In
the 440-yard dash and hung up a
new interscholastic record in that
event, so flat. Squires ran with
all the confidence Of veteran, and
was never once In danger of being
passed.
Another happy surprise came In
the 220-yard hurdles when Norman
who has been out of condition all
spring on account of illness, took the
lead in the last 20 feet and added
another five points to Pullman's
sum total. Melcher was expected to
raise the record In the pole vault
held by Turk" Monroe at 1913 IL,
but the best the Pullman vaulter
could do was 1876, tying for first
place with Barrett of Walla Walla,
and winning the gold medal on the
toss.
1t remained for the final event,
the relay, to prove to the hundreds
of spectators and contestants beyond
the question of doubt that Pull
man has track team that will COM
pare favorably with the best high
school teams Fin the Northwest.
With only six men entered In the
meet, while the two Spokane schools
had IA men each, four of these were
pressed into service In the relay.
Ten teams we're entered In this
event and the first heat was won by
Davenport In 1877 1-5, with Colfax
close behind. This looked like rec
ord hard to beat, and Pullman, In
the second heat, was up against the
two teams "doped" to be the strong
est in the field, Lewis and Clark and
North Central. Martini ran the first
lap for the local school and gave
Squires a substantial lead, which
was still further increased by the
record breaker. Miller, compare
lively inexperienced man, ran the
third lap and lost none of the lead
which his teamm ates had given him,
although pitted against some of the
fastest men in the meet. 1t re-
NAMED for Norman to continue the
good work and he finished the race
with a burst of speed that carried
him safely across the tape, yards
ahead of his rivals. The timers an
nounced the time OF the race as
1895 As, and another interscholastic
record was hung up for high school
quartets to shoot at in years to
come.
Oldtime track men expressed great
surprise that 80 small school could
muster quartet of sprinters who
could win from so strong field.
and much credit was given to Coach
Elmer Breckner for turning out c
record breaking relay team in the
face of overwhelming odds.
While Pullman failed to win the
meet, her athletes kept at home two
of the three cups offered as grand
prizes. The handsome Western
Union Life Insurance company cup
was a fitting trophy for the almost
phenomenal showing Of the relay
team, while the Students Book Store
cup was won by virtue Of having the
highest point winning six-man team.
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