The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-28
TRACK RECORDS
HARD TO BREAK
Marks Established in 1907
and 1908 Still Remain
Unsurpassed.
MISSOULA MEN SHINE
Four Records Are Held by
Former Garden City High
School Athletes.

Though no less than nine records set
by athletes or former years were
equaled or surpassed by competitors in
the last three track meets held under
the auspices Of the State University
on Montana field, three marks estab-
lished many years ago still remain. the
best efforts Of the later generation OF
high school athletes having fallen short
of tho performances. Of the earlier days
of the meet
In 1907 Sam Dinsmore, representing
the Missoula county high school. raced
12o yards over the high hurdles in
IL 2-5 seconds. a record that has not
been equaled during the nine meets
that have been staged since. Covert
of Billings, an athlete well known for
his prowess on the track and the grid
iron. who later was n star at the state
college. crossed the tape in u seconds
three years ago in the high hurdles.
his performance being the nearest to
equalng the record that has been made.
Gish's Record Stands.
In 1908. Gish, yet considered tho
greatest track athlete Missoula has
ever had. dived horizontally through
the air 81 feet sig inches establishing
new record for the broad jump. Five
years later. in 1913. krcss. the all
around athletic star from Sweetgrass
county high school OF Big Timber
jumped II feet az inches, two inches
short Of Gish's record.
In 1909 young Crum. the great Hell
ena track star. who was the sensa-
ton of two successive meets. logged
around the university track four times,
making the mile in four minutes II rs
seconds, a mark that has been safe
from all long distance runners during
successive meets.
Jimmy Brown. a few years ago the
State University's stellar performer in
the sprints and hurdles. but then run
ming in the colors of Granite county
high school of Philipsburg. set the rec
ord for the 220-yard hurdles in 1910.
icaping over the barriers in the time Of
1925 seconds. n performance consid-
dered remarkable for even college hur-
dlers.
Honors for Phelps.
Two men have equal claim.to honors
In the 50-yard dash, they being Bud
die" Phelps, the colored conner who
wore the purple and white OF Butte
high school for several years. and
Denney OF kalispel. Each ran the
distance in S 2-5 seconds. Phelps in
1914. Denney in 1907.
'Buddie" Phelps twice ran the 100
yard dash in 10 9-5 seconds, in 1914
and again in 1915. the last meet In
which ne was a competitor. But he
cannot lay unrivaled claim to the hon
ors as Belden OF Fergus county high
sprinted the distance in the same time
in 1907.
Phelps. sharing honors with rnn-
ners who came long before his time in
the two short dashes. stands out SUI
preme in the 220-yard dash. In the
last interscholastic race in which
.Ruddie" ever competed, on muddy
track. one rainy Friday in May. 1915,
the greatest little athlete that has ever
represented Butte high on the track set
new record for the 220-yard event
by covering the distance in % sec
onds.
Dutch" Molthen of Butte and the
renowned Hauser OF Anaconda share
HCnOTS IN the S4o-SaTn O3Sn. hOltnen
made the quarter mile in 534-5 sec
onds Hauser crossed the tape in the
same time in 1912. when he won in
dividual honors.
Jones Best in HALT Mile.
Willard t"Webb') Jones. the crack
Missouia distance man. broke Crum's
record on the half-miIe in 1913. run
ming the $50 yards in two minutes six
seconds. Crnms record. which had
withstood the efforts OF various crack
runners for three years, was two min
utes s 3-5 seconds.
O'Brlen holds premier honors in the
discus hurl. having tossed the disc
lis feet and s inches in the 1915 meet.
while wearing a Hamilton high school
suit
McAuliffe. the crack Butte high
school athlete. who later performed
well for the State School of Mines. set
. the high water mark for the pole vau1,
In 1914, going over the bar at height
of II feet 31 inches.
Court Howard OF Gallatin smashed
the high jump record in 1914. crossing
the stick at feet ia inches.
Honors in the shotput belong to Nc.