Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
OTTAWA FOURTH IN
|. Y. TOURNEY; LIP.
TAKES FIRST MONEY
LOCAL LADS SCORE FIFTEEN
POlNTS-TRACk SLOW AS RE.
SUIT OF HEAVY RAiNS-LARGE
CROWD VIEWS MEET.


/ Of the Illinois VALLEY High school A,
/ sociation was held in the afternoon
in which Ii Sale High emerged wit
/ tAe stellar houors with 45}2 points
Ottawa managed to finish fourth viii
Il points.
Although the gTandstaud AT Rccrea
| ton field was damned, the dtteudauc,
was very small in comparison TO th,
| crowds that Witnessed former county
/ meets. The track was slow. bur this
did not prevent the valley stars from
making some very good marks The
meet was started promptly at p. NJ
and was handled in an excellent man
ner by the officers o. the association
Woodward. Reid ana Brand were the
only local boys who shared in he
point making honors, Woodward lead
ing the trio with s. Reid second with
> and Brand third with points.
La Sale. the winner captured first
and second in the pole vault and broad
jump. first and tie for third and
fourth in the high jump. first and
fourth in the 120-yard low hurdles
besides three second, three third anf
two fourth places Streator won the
sterling silver trophy donated by the
Neustadt & Sons Clothing Company,
La Sale by winning the half mile
relay. The shield presented by the
association goes to the winner of the
meet La Sane Streator enjoys the
honor OF capturing the greater NUM-
Der of tirsts with a total Of five Mar,
settles, who formerly possessed teams
of championship caliber, failed to
even place in the meet The individ-
ual star hOnors 90 to Fink of Lock
port with a toca lof - points consist
ing Of two tirsts and second. kohin
Of La Sale followed with H. two
tirsts and fourth. Lee Of La Sale
was third with 10.
Summary Of events;
Fifty-yard dash-Three heats were
run. Finals-Dunn t3D Of Streator,
first; Fink go, Lockport, second;
Jackson (S0l, De Pue. third; Lee 90.
La Salle-Peru, fourth-time 0:e6.
Pole vault-Lee, La Salle-Peru. cap
tured first place with the height of
10 feet Kehoe, Lockport, dropped out
at feet inches, and Reid Ottawa
at feet inches. Reid, considering
the practice he has had, did remark
ably we'll The final results gave Les
90, La Salle-Peru, first place; Heath
go, La Salle-Peru, second; Raid (43)
Ottawa, third; Cox t&D, S.reator
fourth. Lee then tried to smash the
valley record, but failed in three at
tempts.
One hundred yard dash-Three
heats run. Finals-F1nk go, Lock
port, first; Wagner ~, La Salle-Peru
second; Warnock O6), Hall, third
Woodward (4G), Ottawa. fouth-time
l:10 4-5.
One mile-Eight entries started in
the mile, and this proved to be the !
most exciting race OF the meet 1t |
was a neck and neck race from the |
start and kept the excited onloOkers |
N their toes until the finish Mitchell |
.ockport, set the pace, but fell bach |
m the second lap when Spillane Of |
Ottawa pushed ahead, but only TO lose |
he lead on the third lap when O'Don |
oell $40 OF Streator gained the pole
md sprinted down the home stretch |
o the tape ahead of the rest of the |
ield Cox $50 of Streator finished |
second, with Reeve 90, La lSalle-Peru |
bird, and Grand (50). Ottawa. fourth |
High jump-There were eight Ell |
ries in the running high jump Konin |
y, La Salle-Peru, gaining first place. |
clearing the bar at feet 3 inches |
dcKeever and Palmer, Marseilles; |
datusevitch. La Salle-Peru, and Moss |
Ottawa, failed TO qualify in the pre-
iminaries Moss, ottawa, dropped out
It feet Second to Kohin was Pat
erson (40), Streator. with , feet 2
inches. followed by Vohs tl3), LIE
'alle-Peru, and Sopher (42), Streator,
Who were tied for third, in which case
he points were split, each man re
ewing y points.
Two hundred and twenty yard dast
Three heats were also run in the
2G the finals being won by F1inf
60, Lockport, who finished yards
head of the field in he fast time OF
: "A -. N'arnock (l6), Hail. wa
econd; Wagner W, La Salle-Peru
bird and Brix 900. Streator, fourth
Discus-Eleven men participated il
eaving the discus. Kasper CD
.ockport, earned first place with
lrow that measured 103 feet ~
lches; Fitzgerald (70), Lockport, 81
eet l112 inches. second; WOODWARD
46). Ottawa, 80 feet Az inches, third
zee 90, La Sale Peru, 81 feet liz
lches. fourth.
Broad jump-1Seven men took par
4 the running broad. Moss, Ottawa
allied to qualify in this event. anf
he places were awarded to Kohin
q, | a SallePeru, with a leap of IS
Get 10A inches for high honors. Lee
-, also of La Salle-Peru, was second
nth Is feet liz inches. Matuse
itch t20), Hail. third with Is feet
y inches, and Singer (23), Tonica'sl