Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
TRACK MEET Won
BY La JUNTA
Rocky Ford Boys Break Three
League Records
WIN RELAY RACE
IN FAST TIME
and Our Team Victorious In
Spelling Contest

Also Capture Three Tennis Pennants
and Our Team Victorious In
Spelling Contest
Tho the number of contestants
at the. track and field meet of the
Southern Colorado Northern New
Mexico Interscholastic league in
this city Saturday was not so large
as usual-thru the non-appearance
of the Lamar and Trinidad teams
because of illness and weather
conditions-the meet was never
theless one of the most satisfactory
that has been held here.
The crowd in attendance was
exceptionally large and good-nat-
ured, giving unstinted praise to
the star actors when due. The
track and field we're in ideal con-
dition and in consequence some
very fast time was made, notably
in the relay race-the most spec
tacular event of the day-which
was run by our boys in 1877, tie
ing the record made in 1911, when
"Spook" G line was on the team.
Three league records were brok-
en- by our boys.-the high and
broad jumps by "Doc" Maier and
the pole vault by Ray Farris-
but despite this good work La
Junta won the meet with the fol-
lowing score: La Junta, 74b;
Rocky Ford, 40; Las ,Animas,
l0a points.
This was the first year for the
javelin throw, and altho our boys
only succeeded in capturing second
and third places they demonstrate
ed that they were some experts
in the art of tossing the ancient
weapon of war.
In the tennis tournament our
players captured three of the four
pennants, the Rocky Ford boys
winning both singles and doubles
and the girls winning the doubles.
In the spelling contest, which
was also feature of the meet, our
contestants were also victorious
over La Junta, the following being
the score by points: Rocky Ford
Ted Chapman, 81; Louise Flet-
cher, SS. La Junta-Seeley, 30;
Worden, Sc.
Following are the results in the
track and field meet:
SO Yard Dash-Andrews. La Junta.
first; Dobbins. Las Animas. second;
Cook, La Junta, third. Time 5.3.
100 Yard Dash-Andrews. first: Roo-
bins. Rocky Ford. second; Maier. Rocky
Ford. third. Time 1914.
22o Yard Dash-Andrews, first: Dob
bins. second; Green. Rocky Ford. third.
Time % 2.
44o Yard Dash-Andrews. first; Kelly.
Rocky Ford. second. Time SIS seconds.
$50 Yard Dash-Rigg. La Junta, first:
jenkins, La Junta. second: Black. Rocky
Ford, third. Time 2 minutes. a seconds.
Mile Run-Austin. La Juata. first:
Burrows. La Junta. second; Herzer. Las
Animas. third. Time minutes, lzR
seconds.
l2o Yard Hurdes-Shields. La Junta
first; Cook. second; Robbins. third. Time
| z seconds.
22o Yard Hurdles-Robbins. first:
Cook. second; Shields, third. Time 2z.
High Jump-Maier. FIRST: Cover. Rocky
Ford and Edwards La Junta. tied for
second. Height feet. sj2 inches.
Broad Jump-Maer, first; Shields, sec
ond; Cook, third. Distance 81 feet. in.
Shot Put-Rapp. La Junta. first;
Crompton. Las Animas. second: Hall. La
Junta, third. Distance 40 feet. in.
Javelin Throw-Edwards. first; Call
Rocky Ford, second. Babcock. Rocky
Ford, third. Distance 1923 feet. IN.
Pole Vault Farris. Rocky Ford. first;
Kelly, second; Cook Dobbins, tied for
third. Height % feet. 8 inches.
Discus Throw-Hall. first; Rapp, sec
ond: Chambers. Rocky Ford, third. Dis
tanee SO feet. 8 in.