Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-06-04
SKATER RECORDS
AT SCHOOL MEET
A. c. L. BOYS SHOW FINE PER-
TORRANCE IN ANNUAL A1H-
LET1c EVENTS At PARK.

A. c. L. BOYS SHOW FINE PER-
FoRMANcE IN ANNUAL A1H-
LET1c EVENTS At PARK.
The second annual A. c. l. athletic
meet was pulled of last Saturday
afternoon at the ball park. Fully 500
persons attended the contest and it
was more successful than last year by
far in the way Of records. The events
we're run off quickly 80 that the whole
meet, including thirty-three events,
took but two hours.
A number Of good records were
made. Perhaps the most outstanding
was the board jump. In the 10 pound
class, Johnston of the Ffankiyn made
a distance Of II feet, 10 inches. In
the eighth grade, O,Brien Of the Doug
las, made the record of is feet inch.
This is unusually hne for grade
school meet. Tho best time in the 40
yard relay was made by the 10 pound
Agassis team, IS seconds.
In the high Jump Won schrader
cleared the pole for 4 feet, s inches.
A fine record for . Junior meet Good
heights were made in oil the classes
except tho 10 pound division which
fell down to feet, 10 inches.
Weber and Cation were the leaders
In tho IS pound class. Both helped to
bring their school up to first place.
LADo MAKE GOOD SHOWING.
The two real rivals of the meet
were Renfro Of the Emergency and
Whefan of the Stuart eighth grade. In
the so yard dash each made the dis
lance in 6 seconds and in the 100
yard they tied With . time at ~
Renfro, the colored lad, had the bet
Ter as he took first IN the broad Jump
and second in the high Jump for his
class A race between these two
young athletes would surely prove in
The meet was sensational In the fact
that so many ties resulted. Int the
seventh grade division there were
four places which were contested by
two schools and in the eighth grade
first place was tied. The pennants
and cup were ALREADY to be given out
to the winners but some arrange
ments will haveaso be made for more
CUBS and ey pennants in order to
satisfy the rs.
The tabulsted results follow:
ooPoUND CLASS.
5oyard dash-Fted Whelan, Irving:
wetterhey, Stuart; l. Rogers, Stuart
time, :07.
1oo-yard dash Cotman. Hedrick;
wetterhey, Stuart: Brodie, Jefferson.
Time 10.
Running broad Jump Johnston,
Franklin: Bradley, Franklin; Kreiner,
Iancoln. Distance, IA feet, 10 inches.
Running high jump-Kefer, Jeffer-
son: L. Rogers. Stuart: Cofman, He'd
rick. Height, 4 feet, inches.
40 relay race-e6erson, Stuart
Franklin. Time, 81.
Is POUND CLASS.
80 yard dash-Webber, Lincoln;
Cation. Lincoln; Anderson, Irving.
Time, o6 3-5.
100 yard dash Cation. Lincoln;
Weber, Lincoln; TresnOr. Franklin.
Time, :13 Is.
Running broad jump Cation, Lin
coin; spiker. Stuart; Anderson. Irving.
Distance, II feet, s inches.
Raining broad jump - Spiker.
Stuart; Anderson, Irving; Cation, LIN
coin Heighth. 1 feet, 4 inches.
40 relay-Franklin. Lincoln, Agas-
sisz. Time, :56.
ITO POUND CLASS.
80 yard dash-C. LogaA. Hedrick:
Stiles, Stuart; Knots, Adams. Time.
:06 rs.
100 yard dashI1san, Douglas;
Stiles, Stuart; Knots. Adams. Time,
rs.
Running broad jump-Losan, Doug
las; Hockexsmith, Adams; Knots,
Adams. Distance, IL feet, 10 inches.
Running high jump Proctor. Agas-
siz: Hockersmith, Adams; Scott, He'd
rick. Heighth. 3 feet, 10 inches.
40 relay-Agassiz, Adams. Lincoln.
Time, :55.
EIGHTH GRADE.
80 yard dash - Whelan, Stuart:
o'Brien. Douglas; Pickett Adams.
100 yard dash whelan, Stuart;
Warren, Stuart; Case. Adams. Time,
~.
running broad Jump = o'Brien,
Douglas; Btvens, Stuart; Case, Adams.
Distance, 16 feet inch.
Running high jump-OBrien, Doug
las; Clexuk. Adams: Hoskinson,
Stuart. Heishth, 4 feet, s inches.
40 relay-StuArt Douglas. Adams.
Time, 80 rs.
EMERGENCY HIGH SCHOOL
T 80 yard dash-Renfro, Emergency;
Merner, Emergency; Gorrin, Stuart.
Time, :06.
100 yard dash-Renfro. Emergency:
Merner, Emergency. Time, 10.
Running broad jump Renfro,
Emergency; Streeter, Stuart; Thomp-
son, Emergency. Distance, IA feet. 6
inches.
Running high jump. Won Shrad'