The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-12
ATHLETES hike
; RECORDS AT
RACE CARNIVAL
Webster Groves Wins May
Meet in Walk-Charles-
ton 10 Second.
POPLAR BLUFF GIRL
WINS IN DEFAMATION
Medals and Prizes Announced
and Awarded at Normal
Last Night.

With high wind blowing across the
athletic field at Fairgrounds park yes
terday afternoon, the high school ath-
letes from Southeast Missouri smash
ed three records and pushed other
marks closely for records. The meet
was attended by crowd larger by
several hundred than ever before. 1t
is estimated that more than 1000 filled
the grandstands.
More than $50 athletes from many
high schools in this Normal School dis
trict took part in the competition.
Seventeen events were nun in the aft
ernoon.
The meet was won easily by the
Webster Groves team with 68 points.
Charleston was second with 30 points.
The Charleston athletes were encour-
aged to do their utmost against the
St. Louis County boys by a large ag-
gregation of high school students and
townspeople VINO motcred and rode by
train to the Cape for the meet.
The other pOint-winning teams were
as follows: Perryville, third with q
points; Sikeston, fourth, with 16;
jackson, fifth, with 3; Greenville, 3;
Wellston, 3; Hayti, 2; Ironton, 2; Nal
den, ,; Sullivan, 2; Williamsville, l.
In the individual competition for
points, Booth. of Webster Groves, won
the honors with u points 10 his credit;
Hudson Of Perryville was second with
IL; Island of Webster Groves was
third with 10; and Kraemer of Web
ster Groves was fourth with s.
The winning team last night was
awarded possession for one year of a
large silver trophy cup and the Cape
Commercial Club banner. Charleston
vas awarded silk banner.
Webster Groves, the victors in the
half-miIe relay race, was awarded
possession for one year Of the Asso-
citation silver trophy cup. This will
Re presented to the team later.
The winners in the quarter-nile re-
lay race, Webster Groves. was given
permanent possession of a silk ban
ner, and New Madrid was awarded
possession for one year the Gregg sill
yer trophy cup fer the best shorthand
record.
The winners of the first, second
third, fourth and fifth places in the
athletic events last night were award,
ed medals or badges, and the winners
of first, second and third places in the
defamation, essay, debate, typewrit,
ing and shorthand contests were
awarded medals Or badges.
The three records that we're broker
were in the 120-yard high hurdle race
running broad Jump and the 440-yarC
relay.
When Booth, of Webster Groves
made the high hurdles in is % sec
Onds he broke a record that was made
in 1914 by Lee Of Charleston, his time
being II 10 seconds.
Hequembourg of Charleston broke {
relatives record in the running broad
jump when he raised the mark from
20 feet inches to q feet inches
The former record was made by {
Charleston boy in 1913.
Sikeston's quarter-mile relay record
of 40 seconds, made in 1915, was low.
cred by Webster Groves to AZ 3-5 sec
onds. All the record-breakers were
awarded the official gold medals of the
association.
The award Of the medals and othe:
prizes was made last night in the Nor.
nal auditorium after the completion
of the girls defamation contest.
The result OF the girls defamation
contest was: Ruth Keener, of Poplar
Bluff, first; Oral Cleaver of Sikeston
second; Floy Hammersley of Camp.
bell, third.
Several musical selections were Civ.
en- last night by the Sikeston high
school girls glee club.
The summary of the results in the
athletic meet is as follows:
100-yard dash-Island (of Webster
Groves first; Rountree (Webster
Groves) second; Wigdo (Charleston)
third; Holt (Sullivan) fourth. Time:
1885 seconds.
12-pound acknowledgements Sike
lib. shot-put-Kornegger (Sikes-
toni, first; Kraemer (Webster Groves)
second; Hibbitts (Charleston), third;
Wilkey (Sikeston), fourth. Distance:
43 feet, inches.
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