Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-23

hamilton holding third with 14A
points. Lowell OF Fargo was the hero
Of the meet when he Crossed the tape
in the nnal event a short distance be-
hind the leader, Larson or Eemond.
LovelFs placing second gave Fargo
the necessary 3 points that put their
total up to ri, giving them the meet.
Briggs. Grand Forks miller, finished
NTH. He struggled hard to beat. the
fourth man to the tape but ne was
not strong enough, the pace being too
furious.
Thacker Of Hamilton was the An
dividual star Of the meet. winning FIRST
place in all three of his events He
won the honors in the running high
the pole vault giving him a total of
Is points. This was .Thacker's Sec
rond appearance in the interscholastic
competitions of North dakota and the
younEster certainly bids fair to be
n of The hest track men ever devel-
oped in this state.
New Record.
Burnett Of Fargo and Hanson of
Esmond tied for the second individual
honors with ten points each. Burnett
won third in the half-milc, second
in the running broad jump and first
in the 44o-yard dash. Hanson COW
cred himself with glory when he
broke the state interscholastic record.
in the half mile run. He made the
distance in 2 minutes 6 AS seconds.
mile made by Brandeis Of LAAoure
in 1872 Hanson is a strong runner
when a very good stride. His finish
was exceptional. Hanson won the
one mile run. cfrcling the oval tour
times in 4 minutes 81 as seconds.
Read Of Grand Forks was the
fourth high, point getter. He made
second place in the 1oo-yard dash,
first in the 220-yard dash and fourth
In the running broad jump. Nc
Cracker of Grand Forks had hard
luck In The 22o-yArd low hurdles. He
was leading the field down the fnal
h next to last hurdle and he was
thrown heavily on the ground. He
,,Kat UP hut finished fifth. The Grand
Forks fans were greatly disappointed
but conceded thai 1t was just a bit
OF hard LUCK that is bound to follow
any team in any. branch Of sports.
But the local men did not finish
the meet without carrying off a good
part of the silver trophies: In the
final event of the afternoon. the big
event of the day-the' one-half mile
1 I'll" vi lin Urn UOyS -Idn llNe
they neverran before and captured
this event with a good safe margin.
Their time was / minute. SO As sec
onds, but 1,1-5 seconds sbehind the
state rccord set up by the Grand
Forks relay team Of 1915 when Dug
gar, Flynn. Elton and Collins retgned.
The Grand Forks team was com
nnsed Of Davies. Munro. Sandlie and
Read. and each one Of the boys de-
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school like Grand Forks high is
capable OF. giving. Much credit is due
George Bass, who coached the men,
as they certainly showed they were
trained by a man who understands
the game to perfection.
Immediately after the meet wa
completed Thomas r. Kane, presi-
dent Of the University Of Worth :Da-
Ekota, presented the successful ath-
letes with their medals and trophies
and extended them his heartiest con.
CALCULATIONS.
The summary:
220-yd. low hurdles
Iareon, Fargo. first; IAngton. Penn.
bina- second; O'Keefe. Cavalier, third
Wetstein. Deaf School. fourth. Time
20 seconds.
Pole Vault :,
Thacker, Hamilton, first; Elliott
Devils Lake, second; Park. Hamilton
and Gilmore, Wilton. tied for thirt
and fourth. Height. 10 feet ~ in.
Shot; put, "a pound II T.,
Paulson. Pembina, first: Watkins
Fargo, second; Strand, st.. Thomas
third; Gilmore. Wilton, fourth. Dis
lance, 40 feet 4 inch.
foo-yd. dash
Harmson. Deaf School, frn: Read
Grand Forks. second; Russell, Penn
bina~ third; Davies. Grand Forke
fourth. Time, 10 SIS seconds.
Discus throw
Zeerb. st. Thomas, frst: Nelson
Grafton, second: Smith, Grand Forks
third: Ecklund, Devils Lake. fourth
Distance 1926 feet ~ inches.
one.half mile run.
Hanson. Edmond, first; Fox, Leeda
second; Burnett, Fargo, third; Thar
Alison. Grafton, fourth. Time, 2 min
utes s As seconds New interschol
asic record.)
Running high Jump
Thacker. Hamilton. frst; Mocrack
en-. Grand Forks, second: Anderson
Hamilton. third; Trotter, Crane
Forkk fourth. Height. S feet s in
12o.yd. high hurdles
O'Keefe Cavalier, first; Paulson
Pemhina, second: LanEton, Pembina
third; McCracken. Grand Forks
fourt. Time, rs Us seconds.
Javelin throw
Mauston. IAngdon. first; Popowski