Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-06
BELONG SCHOOLS
WIN COUNTY TRACK
meet THREE TO ONE
BAG SEyENTY-NINE POINTS AS
AGAINST IONIA 19, THE NEAR
EST COMPETITOR
ALTENBURG is STAR
ATHLETE OF CONTEST
Jersey Takes Second Place AS Star
Individual Point Winner. Trop-
hies Come Here


In spite of the threatening wealth
ler, the Belding athletes with loyal
crowd of rooters went to lonia last
Saturday and won the county track
meet, with a score over four times
that of the nearest competitor. Be-
sides the honor Of such a decisive vic
tory Belding receives two beautiful
silver trophies for winning the meet
retained permanently by the school
which wins them three successive
years. Keep this in mind Beldingl
Now, all together, hats off to the
"all-round athelete," Clarence Alien
burg, with total of 251s points, and
to Lester Jersey, who won second
place in the individual scores with a
total of 1914 points. And in passing
we might state that Belding High will
lose one of its most consistent point
winners in all forms of athletics,
when Jersey graduates this year.
Captain Forman lived up to the
good reputation which he had estab-
lished in his distance runs, the mile
and half-mile. Merrill Peterson dem
onstrated the fact that he is a COM
er who will do his share to keep the
trophies two years more for Belding.
Thane Lambertson sprang a surprise
when he won second in the half-mile
and first in the pole-vault.
Kelley and Green were the point
winners for Saranac, and Simmons
and Higbee for Ionia. Chick of Hub
bardston shattered the shot-put re-
cord, but it was not recognized as a
new record, because his form was
about halfway between a put and a
throw. Altenburg smashed the re-
cord in the running broad jump, GO
ing a distance of 10 feet 10 inches.
The former record of 10 feet, 5 inches
was held by George Swindt of Pewa-
mo, 1914.
Total Scores.-Belding 70; Ionia,
10; Saranac, 18; Hubbarston, s.; Port,
land, A.
Half-Mile Run-Forman, Belding,
first: Lambertson, Belding, second +;
Thomas, Ionia, third. Time, two
minutes, IA seconds.
100-Yard Dash-Altenburg, Beld-
ing, first; Jersey, Belding, second (;
Lowrey, Portland, third. Time, 10
and 4-5 seconds.
12-Pound Shot Put-Chick, Hub
bardston, first; Simmons, Ionia, sec
ond: Kelley, Saranac, third. Distance,
80 feet, 10 inches.
22O-Yard Notwithstanding, Beld-
ing, first; Jersey, Belding, second
Higbee, Ionia, third. Time, % and
As seconds.
Running High Jump-Kelley, Sara
nae, first; Peterson, Belding, second
Forman, Beldine, third. Height, 5
feet, Az inches.
120-Yard Hurdle-Green, Saranac,
first; Lowrey, Portland, second; Hig-
bee, Ionia, third. Time, 20 and 2-5
seconds.
One-Mile Run-Forman, Belding,
first; Peterson, Belding, second; Ding
man, Ionia, third. Time, 5 minutes,
z seconds.
220-Yard Dash-Altenburg Beld-
ing, first; Jersey, Belding, second;
Kelley, Saranac, third. Time, "a
seconds.
Running Broad Jump-Altenburg
Belding, first; Jersey, Belding second
Higbee, Ionia, third. Distance, 19
feet, 10 inches.
440-Yard Dash-Thane Lambert
son, Belding, first; Peterson, Belding
second; Higbee, Ionia, third. Time
/ minute.
Pole-Vault-Greenop, Belding,
first; Green, Saranac, second; Jersey,
Belding, third. Height, 8 feet, 4
inches.
Discus-Simmons, Ionia, first; AL
tenburg, Belding, second Chick, Hub
bardston, third. Distance, 78 feet,
inches.
Haif-Mile Relay-kBelding, Ionia
Saranac. Time, minute, AZ seconds