The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-05-05
RELAY RACE VERY
EXCITING EVENT
RCN FROM FLAXTON TO BOW.
BEIlLS SLOW ON ACCOUNT p
OF HIGH WIND

The second annual North Star
Cross Country Relay Race took
place last Saturday afternoon, the
run being made over the 1914 miles
of state highway from F!axton to
Bowbells. The start was made
promptly at 2:45 as announced
from the Seibert Hotel at Flax,on,
and the finisk was made one hour,
twenty-three minutes and forty sec
onds later at the court house cross
ing in the county seat. A disap-
pointing feature Of the race was
that Lignite and Portal schools
''fiunked" at the last minute and
did not show up with their teams,
leaving three schools to participate,
namely Bowbells, Flaxton and Ken
mare.
The Kenmare team was looked
upon as the dark horse" in the
race. and friends Of the strong Bow
bells aggregation felt that their
team might have to go the limit of
their skill and endurance to nose
out win over the big-town team
from the Gooseneck. However,
their apprehensions in this regard
were put to rest before the first
few miles of the run had been COM
pleted, but another formidable rival
was found to be on the track-Flax-
ton took the lead after the first
mile, and held it for five miles,
causing tremendous fiutter OF ex-
element through the ranks Of spec
tators strung out along the highway.
The road was in perfect condi-
ton, but a strong wind, which the
runners had to face large part OF
the way, made the ro:aI elapsed
time appear rather slow, being $3.50
minutes slower than last years
time. However, this should not
detract from the individual per-
formance of the runners, which in
many cases was superb, consider
ing the conditions.
Philo Schultz started the first
mile and one-eighth for Bowbells,
running the distance in 6:40, but
was closely followed by the Flax
ton performer, who picked up the
puck" only about 20 feet behind
Schultz. From this point on, Flax
ton took the lead and held it by
varying distances Of from 440 to
200 yards, until Ray Edwards took
up the race ON tn. seventh mile,
starting out 200 yards behind his
op.onent and finishing about zoo
yards ahead -of. him, making the
mile In the record time Of 5:15,
which was also the best time made
In this race. From that point on,
Bowbells held the lead by constant
ly increasing distances until the
last mile and a quarter, when Ber-
telson for Kenmare and freshman
from Flaxton practically held their
own with our crack runner, Jessen
that is they did not cut down our
big lead, but ran the distance in
practically the same time as Jessen,
which was 7:10. .
The individual score of each
Bowbells runner as far as we were
able to time them, was as follows:
Schultz, High school, GAO Il l-S
mile); Neve, 9Th grade, 5:45 being
the fastest time made by any grade
boy in the race: Arthur Willyard,
High school, 6:15; Albert Miller,
l7th grade, 6:1O; Jack Bryan, 9Th
grade, $3.50; willard GadDow, High
school, sos; Ray Edwards, High
SCAOOl O.lO, 0AfCA <AOUOtS, AAAoA
school, 600. We did not sue
ceed in getting the running time
OF Omer Larsen, High school, Carl
Briggs and Burke Wineman, from
the grades, Burke Bair and G. Jes-
sen from the High school, who fol-
lowed Edwards in the order named,
making the average time for. each
about Z minutes for the IA miles.
The following prizes were given by
BOwbells and Flaxton business
men: 1st, $4,000; End, $1,000;
third, $500.
It is not in the 1east detracting
from the plucky performance of the
Kenmare runners when we say that
many Of them showed deplorable
lack OF training and "form." For
instance, the first runner for Ken
mare ran his mile and quarter
with corked shoes, and it was not
long before he had to pick out
the soft spots on the edge of the
road to save his feet. He also did
q great part OF his running up and
down. y Another Kenmare lad
sprinted about so yards to throw
his cap into the auto just before
VlCh1uE uV IAC RANh sAOA AAAo AAAA1S'
not realizing how much energy hel
was throwing away. Many Of the
BOYS also made the mistake Of
sprinting at the start to cut down
the lead Of their opponents, which
was about the worst thing they
could have done.
The performance OF the BOW
bells and Flaxton teams on this oc-
casion proves that the boys and
their trainers in both schools have
learned the secrets Of the long-dis-
tance running game, and each will
be worthy contender for hon0rs
in this interesting event.
The little roll Of manuscript
passed along by the runners con-
tanned the following message from
the mayor OF Flaxton to the mayor
OF Bowbells:
Flaxton. N. B., April 2s, 1922.
Mayor Geo. Hansen,
Bowbells, N. D.
Dear Sir:
il. is with particular pleasure
that take this opportunity OF