The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-05-19
bLACKFOOT HIGH
SCHOOL WINS
TAKING A TOTAL OF SEVENTY.
FIVE AND ONE-HALF POINTS
OUT OF POSSIBLE 14s.
WIN EIGHTEEN OF THE MEDALS
POCATELLO WON SECOND PLACE
WITH II POINTS, IDAHO
FALLS 3RD, DOWNEY 4TH.

FALLS sRD, DOWNEY 4TH.
Blackfoot High School again dem
onstrated her superiority over the
various high schools of Southeast
ern Idaho by capturing first place
in the big invitation track and field
meet held in Blackfoot Friday of
last week.
Blackfoot's runners and field men
easily distanced their rivals by TAX
ing a total of 75h points out of
possible total of 143, winning II
gold medals, 6 silver medals, 2
bronze medals and tying for third.
The records made, while not state
records, will compare favorably with
those of the average district meet.
Pocatello, Idaho Falls and Down
ey, who came doped to win large
number Of points, had to be satisfied
with what they could get. Poca-
tello won second place with II
points; Idaho Falls third, with 16;
Downey fourth, with Ii. The Black
foot boys showed their mettle as
we'll as their heels to the other
teams from the start of pistol in the
first event when Hickenlooper and
Packham won first and second places
respectively in, the 50-yard dash.
This feat was duplicated by Ander-
son and Johnson in the high hur-
dies, while Taylor and Halverson
almost duplicated it in the half-mile
run, winning first and third respec-
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the day was that Of the half-mile
in which Taylor of Blackfoot, ran
fifth for the first three-eighths of a
mile, and then by q fine exhibition
of sprinting stepped out and passed
every man and led to the tape by a
margin Of ten yards, in the fast time
of two minutes eleven seconds. This
is all the more remarkable in the
fact that it is Taylor's first year in
track. He will make an excellent
man in this event as we'll as the 440
in any college that he may attend.
The most spectacular finish during
the day was in the mile run, when
Pierce, of Idaho Falls, barely nosed
out Halverson of Blackfoot at the
tape, and had not the Idaho Falls
runner fallen in front of Halverson
at the finish, it would have been a
dead race.
Anderson of Blackfoot, proved to
be the star of the meet by winning
four first places, or a total of TWEEN
ty points. He easily won the pole
vault, high jump and broad jump
but barely won from his team mate
Johnson, in the high hurdles. Nc
doubt had Johnson not been afraid
of knocking down a third hurdle
and thereby being disqualified, he
would have won this event from
Anderson. 1t was certainly beau.
tiful sight to see Anderson sailing
over the bar in the pole vault al
the remarkable height of II fee
~ inches, which no doubt he would
have bettered had his pole beer
longer.
Blackfoot showed its well-balanc
ed team by the fact that IL men o,
13 entered in the meet, succeeded
by winning points and medals il
the meet. Considering that this i,
the second year that Blackfoot ha,
had track team, it speaks we'll fol
them to take a meet in such easy
style. 1t also is fitting climax tt
successful school year, not only
in athletics, but in debating, de
clamatory, commercial and othel
school work as WE'LL
Blackfoot will lose such pOin
.. winners as Packham, Anderson, Tay
lor, Stephens, but will retain Hick
enloOper, Johnson, France, Halver
son. Chaplin, Miller, and Hammond
around whom the next team will b,
built, thus insuring Blackfoot of
good team in 1928.
Possibly the most exciting race
during the day were the half mil
and mile relays, both OF which wer
won by Blackfoot, but not withou
fight. In the half mile relay
Hfckenlooper, who ran the first la]
for Blackfoot, gave his baton to tn
second man in third place, but Cha
pin. who ran the second lap To-
Blackfoot, displayed his real figh
by not only picking up the distance
lost by Hickenlooper, but gave tn
baton to France his team mate,
full five yards in the lead Of tn.
next competitor. France not onl,
increased this iive yards. but Pack
ham, running last for Blackfoot, di,
likewise, and came in at the tame
full fifteen yards abreast of Idah,
Falls. who won second. In the mil
relay. Taylor running the nrst la]
FOR Biackfoot, ran third until th
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