The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-17
FIRST HONORS
IN INDOOR TO
ISLANDER HIGH
Locals ROmp Away With Event Ia
Which Davenport Fails to
Participate.
By KENNETH CONREY.

| Rock Island high school ran aWay,
with honors in the sixth annual
/ Quad-city indoor track meet-ouad-
city minus Dayenport-held in An.
gustana college gym Saturday night
collecting So points out OF a pos
! sible SO. Moline came second with
SIS points, and East Moline chalked,
| up 10 points TO its credit Th@
meet was on the whole slow and
uninteresting. few events being
! closely contested and no new rec.
ords being set. Schmidt's heaving
of the 12-pound shot for a distance
of AZ feet inches came the nearest
of tying the record, which was set
by MitLen of Davenport at 43 feet
Although defeated by II points.
Moline Representatives won more
first places in the events than did
the Rock Island track men
Schmidt of Moline took first place
in the two events which he entered.
namely, the 25-yard dash and the
shot-put, and helped Moline's re,
lay team to win that event. Rim.
quist COPIED the half-mile run.
Parsons took the 40 in easy time.
and Moline's relay team won its
race, nosing the Rock Island team
out of first place by one-tenLh Of
second.
| The Islanders COPIED four FIRST
! places and tied for first in one
event Searle took first in the mil,
run in slow time, $50. 1t was
claimed that he ran 10 Is laps in
! stead of the required Is 2-3, the ref.
eree's pistol failing to report on the
last lap. hjelstrand took the stand
ing high jump at ST., and Birch
placed first in the pole vault Birch
was given three attempts to break
/ the record of 90" but failed in each
| try. kjelstrand and Burning, Rock
Islands entries in the running high
jump, tied for first place at ST.
Whitfield and Taxman for Rock Is.
land, and Lee of East Moline all
made the century in i'll. Three
! points were given to each OF the
| three contestants.
The only event which furnished
any excitement was the running Of
| the half mile. At the start Rim
| Quist of Moline took the lead and
kept it throughout the race. Free
man, also of Moline, closely fol-
! lowed his running mate and it APP
| peared that the Pillow city boys
would cop first and second places
! in the run. On the last lap, how
ever, Burning of Rock Island treat
ed the few spectators to ine
j sprinting finish. finishing the run
at top speed and evidently as fresh
as at the start. Burning passed
Freeman 20 feet from the tape and
| Rinquist just nosed him out at the
| finish by foot. Had he started his
spectacular sprint just little soon
sr it is probable that he would have
COPIED first place. I
Events and results:
25-yard dash-Schmidt Moline,
/ first; Taxmar. Rock Islnad, second;
Brenstrom, Moline, third. Time:
3 seconds.
Mile run-Searle, Rock Island,
first; Schillinger, Moline, second;
Domar, Rock Island, third. Tine.
500.
10O-yard da5h-Whitfeld Rock
Island; Taxman, Rock Island Lee,
East Moline. all tied for first place :
points each. Time: Ill.
One-half mile run-RinqUist. No
line, first; Burning, Rock Island
second; Freeman, Moline, Third
Time: 2:17 lis.
220-yard dash-Taxman. Rock Is
land, and Lee, East Moline, tied
for first place; points each Brun-
strom, Moline, third. Time: 2h:2.
440yard dash-Parsons, Moline,
first; Beam, Moline, second; Hol-
lingsworth, Rock Island, third
| Time: 57:3.
Relay race, two laps per man
Won by Moline, Rock Island, sec
ond; East Moline, third. Time;
t1:58.
Relay teams represented by (Mo.
line) BrenstrOm, Schmidt. Wood
and Esterdahl Crock Island
Kone, Whitfield, VanTuyl and Hus-
ton; east Molinel, Nelson, Nc
/ Neal. Sarginson and Lee.
Field events:
Standing high jump-Kjelstrand.
Rock Island. first; Schetter, Rock
/ Island. second; Mumma, East No
line, third. Height: 44k"
Shot-put-Schmidt. Moline, first;
Biner, Rock Island. second; Hol'
mer. Moline, third. Distance
42'2".
Running high jump-Kjelstrant
and Burning of Rock Island tied
for first place; points each
Erickson, Moline, third. Height:
ST..
Pole vault-Birch. Rock Island.
Schetter. Rock Island. second
tKouns, z. Moline, third. Height, SO