La Junta tribune., 1916-05-13
HIGH SCHOOL COLUMN.
by l'erIey VI. Lewis.
League Track Meet

held at ROCKY = ora on SdtuIuay' NAY
9Th. The meet was one OF the fast
est and closest on record. fve League
records being smashed and the win
ming school nosine out with a lead
OF only ~. points. The schools par
ticipating and the points gained by
each are as follows: Rocky Ford.
47s; Trinidad. i0h Las Animas.
3ia: Lamar. 8; La Junta. 2. The
relay race was won by Rocky Ford,
witR Trinidad close second and La
Junta third
The Tennis Tournament was held
in Rocky Ford on the morning OF the
same day. Rocky Ford won in both
singles and doubles in the boys and
girls matches. La Junta ran the
Rocky Ford boys team clos. race
In the doubles. being beaten SO. La
Junta had not entered girls team.
In the singles Culp. OF Rocky Ford,
was easily the winner over the La
Junta and Lamar contestant. In the
spelling contest. in which Rocky
Ford. La Junta. Lamar, Trinidad aud
Las Animas We're represented. Rocky
Ford took first place. the La Junta
contestant. Florence Yant and Trim
idad's representative tying for sec
ond place
In this years track and field meet,
although some of the races were run
in faster time than ever before. the
races as whole were not as close as
In last years meet The winner al
ways brok the tape with a consider
able distauc" betweca hirl .pi the
remaining contestants. Trinidad
was exceptionally strong In the dash
es, Las Animas was the leader in
field events. but Rocky Ford man
aged to take places regularly in both
the hsld and track events.
La Junta's delegation was COM
posed entirely Of inexperienced men.
not a one OF last years team being
with us As result not much
could be- expected from them. How
ever. IN the preliminaries. Jay Nc
Cauloy had hard luck In the low
hurdles or he would have qualified
with nrsf place and probably won
out In the FINALS. In the broad jump.
Max Mobrrly. although he jumped
over a foo' farther than any Of the
participants, was disqualified for not
hittinE the take on. lie succeeded
in reaching the finals In the Jayelin
throw. but was there disqualified for
the same reason.
Thos. La Iunta men who succeed
ed in qualifying for the finals were:
Paul McCauley. 80 ward dash; Hen
~ Ridd.ring. 10 yard dash. Max
Moberly. Gayclin throw. Jay McCau-
ley, l2o yard high hurdles. and dis
Gus throw
Harry lr'lan ran the go and the
half-milc, Theodore Crawford ran
the mile
The i've records broken were
shot Put. by Crompton OF Las Ami
mas. distance ~ feet. inches: l2O
yard. hizh hurdles. by Farris OF
Rocky Ford, time U:l6 2-5: go
yard dash Buchanan OF Trinidad:
tine OBS IS. 22O yard dash. by
roliak Of TriniG9di time O:22 i-5.
$50 yard run. by nuchannan OF Trim
idad. time 2.Os l-5.
La Junta's two points were mad.
by Jay Mriaul.y aud Harry Ir-lan-
Jay r"tting third In IN. l20 yard
high hurdles land being only about
six Inches behind the man who came
In second. and Harry coming in
third in the half-mil. run.
In the following races fourth plac.
- were secured by p Mccauley. so
yard dash Riddering. 100 yard
dash; irelnn. go yard dash; Craw-
ford. mile run: Jay Mecaulcy. dis
Gus throw
Although our boys did not accom-
plish much. they put up a good nght
In every race and showed spirit. In
stead OF laying down and not having
a track team this year our boys
showed spirit enough to 70 up TO
Rocky Ford and try when they knew
tina, they could not possibly win. La
Junta might have auii and not en-
tered team In the meet: but II i-
Ia the credit OF tn. school that they
stayed In IL. game and took defeat
as u came. ". had won the meet
for the two years previous TO this
one-won I, by large number OF
points each time. and let us not look
upon this years defeat and get dis.
couraged. No school can win ever,
year.