Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
LINCOLN TAKES
FIRST PLACE IN
HIGH TRACK meet
Run Up Score Of 43 Points
Against 0maha's So in An
nual State Tournament;
GiSh Is Star.

Lincoln, May 4.-(SpeciaL)-- )--Lin-
coin High school won the. state title
at the annual high school state track
meet held at the Nebraska held this
afternoon by trouncing the delegation
from Omaha Central High to the tune
of 43 to Sc. Gothenburg High was
placed third, with tally OF 20 points,
Three records were shattered and one
equaled.
Nichols, Coach Bob Hager's dusky
wonder, fractured the record for the
mile. Nelson of Omaha Central also
finished in less time than Graf of Te-
cumseh, who held the record for the
long run. Fitzsimmons of Fremont
lowered the record for the 440-yard
run BY fifth of a second. Gish de-
molished the record in the l20-yard
hurdles, lowering it by three-hfths
of second. Dave Noble of Omaha
equaled the low time of 10 Is seconds
in the 100-yard dash, which is the
state record for that event.
Individual honors went to Glsh ot
Lincoln, who compiled Is marks for
his school. Dave Noble of Omaha led
the Purple and White team with IS
points. Noble was first in the high
jump and l00-yard dash, second in the
220-yard dash and third in the shot
put. Although his body cleared the
pole at S feet 1917 inches in an at
tempt to beat another state high mark,
his hand dislocated the pole. Hard
luck for the big Omaha school came
again when Carson and Maxwell were
disqualified in the l20-yard hurdles for
| failing to clear three Of the hurdles.
Omaha lost three points by this, Max
we'll finished second in the 220-yard
hurdles and Carson fourth. Turk
Logan placed second in the 440-yard
run and the broad jump. Nelson came
second in the mile, after hard run
with the dusky Nichols, in which both
sprinters shattered the state record
of 4 minutes 452 seconds. by COM
pleting the 100 yards in minutes
and Al seconds.
Nichols Wins Half.
The dusky wonder again finished
first in the half-mile run, in which
Paynter finished third and Swoboda
fourth. Carson won third in singing
the discus and in the running broad
lump, and fourth in the l1-yard hur-
dies.
Layton of Gothenburg gave Noble
some hard runs and compiled IL
points by winning the 220-yard dash
and placing second in the century and
/ the l20-yard hurdles. Thompson was
Cambridge's strong man, who took
first in the shotput and pole vault
and fourth in the discus throw. 44O-
yard run and high jump. Thompson
made all IS of Cambridges points. AL
bion's three points were made by
Walters, who lost the flip for the win
ner of the pole vault to the luckier
Thompson. Nutter prevented Falls
City from returning scoreless by fin
ishing second in the half-mile run.
Fremont made s points, 5 of which
were due to Fitzsimmons' first in the
440-yard run.
The summaries:
12-pound shot put: Thompson Cam
bridge first; Mum, Lincoln, second; Noble,
Omaha, third; Malm, Gothenburg, fourth.
Distance, Al feet three inches
Discus throw: Perry, Stanton, first;
IJungmeyer. Lincoln, second; Carson, Omaha,
third: Thompson, Cambridge, fourth Dis
tance, 100 feet inch.
Pole vault: Thompson, Cambridge, first;
Walters, Albion, second; Lants and Krum'
mock, both Of Ravenna, tied for third
Height, 10 feet inch.
Broad jump: Gish. Lincoln, first: T.
Logan. Omaha, second: Carson, Omaha
third; Perry, Stanton, fourth. Distance. %
feet IA inches
High jump: Noble, Omaha, first Gish
Lincoln second: D. Mac Meekin, third
Thompson, Cambridge, fourth. Height five
feet inches,
| Track events:
ssO-yard run; Nichols, Lincoln, first
Nutter, Falls City, second; Paynter. Omaha
third; Swoboda, Omaha, fourth. Time
2:o41-5.
!. Half mile relay: Gothenburg. first
Ravenna second: Fremont, third; Lincoln
fourth. Time, 1;40.
100-yard dash: Noble Omaha, first; Lay
ton, Gothenburg. second Mac Meekin, Lin
. coin, third; McConney, Omaha, fourth. Time
} o:1O1-5.
12O-yard hurdles: Gish, Lincoln. first
Layton, Gothenburg, second; Maxwell
, Omaha, third Carson, Omaha, fourth. Time
, 0:16 as.
, 22O-yard hurdles: Gish, Lincoln, first