Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-11
CENTRAL. ROMPS
AWAY WITH MEET
FL Centre High School Makes as
Many Points as All the Other
Schools Combined in the Eighth
Track Meet-Baker the Individual
Star Of the Meet.

quar- OI tne Meet.
Breaking three of the Valley in
terscholastic records, tying another,
and coming with a quarter of an inch
Of another-the high jump-Coach
HolWay's Central Union High School
athletes won the eighth Valley track
championship by large margin The
Central team duplicated their victory
Of last year by coming within one
point Of amasSing total of points
equal to that of the other four schools
combined. The scores were: Cen
tral, 50; Holtville, 20; Imperial, 16;
CaleXico, 13, and Brawley, 10.
Johnny Baker was the individual
star and grabbed off more points
than any other athlete of the day,
but he was closely followed by his
Holtville rival, Perry, and by his
teammate, Arthur Carey.
Baker broke the Valley record for
the high hurdles, tied the Valley rec
ord in the running broad jump, and
came within a quarter of an inch of
equaling the Valley record in the
running high jump. Besides this, he
won the low hurdles and took third
place in the 1OO-yard dash.
Perry won second place in six of
the seven events he entered for the
Holtville team, and garnered 18 of
the 20 points made by his team.
Carey made 13 points for Central
by taking first place in the 1OO-yard
and 22O-yard dashes and second place
in the 440-yard dash. He lost because
he was forced to run directly after
he had won the 22O-yard dash.
Following is the summary of the
High School events:
100-yard dash-Garey, Ell Centre,
first; Perry, Holtville, second; Baker,
El Centre, third Time-:11 Is.
22O-yard dash-Garey, Ell Centre,
first; Berry, Holtville, second; Hen
derson, Brawley, third. Time-:24 Is.
440-yard dash-Leffner, Brawley,
first; Carey, Ell Centro, second; Glib
son, Holtville, third. Time-:55 As.
880-yard runs-McGhee, Calexico,
first; Young, Ell Centre, second; John
son, Holtville, third. Time-2:12.
Mile run-McGhee, Calexico, first;
Swanson, Ell eCntro, second; Young,
FL eCntro, third. Time-5:O5.
12O-yard high hurdles-Baker, El
Centre, first; Perry, Holtville, second;
Carr, Calexico, third. Time-:17.
22O-yard low hurdles-Baker, Ell
Centro, first; Perry, Holtville, sec
ond; Byles, Brawley, third. Time
:28 2-5.
Broad jump-Baker, Ell Centre,
first, 20 feet 5 inches; Perry, Holt
vile, second, 10 feet IL inches; Buck
ley, FL Centro, third, II feet 21a
inches.
High jump-Baker, Ell Centro, first,
5 feet IA inches; Smith, Imperial,
second, feet inches; Carr, Calex-
leo, and Perry, Holtville, tied for third
at 5 feet 3 inches. Carr won the
toss.
Pole vaule-Rehkopf, Ell Centro
first, 10 feet 3 inches; Cox, Brawley
second, 9 feet 6 inches; Mccall, I'm
perial, third, 8 feet 8 inches.
Shot put-Lyall, Imperial, first, 4C
feet 8 inches; Perry, Holtville, sec.
ond, 81 feet ~ inches; Nichols, El
Centro, third, SO feet II inches.
Discus throw-Douglas, Ell Centre
first, "a feet w inches; Lyall, Impe.
rial, second, 81 feet 6 inches; CARR.
gus, Imperial, third, SO feet 8 in.
ches.
Relay race-El Centre Baker
Swanson, Buckley, Garey), first; I'm
perial (Banta, Mackey, Mccall, Var
ney) second; CaleXico (Emert, Hora
casitas, Carr, McGhee), third.
One of the interesting events of tn,
day was the handicap 1OO-yard dasl
by the grammar school boys of f
Centre. Walter Wakefield, Harr,
Roach and Roland hSepard won first
second and third.