The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-13
COUNTY MEET
GOES TO JOY
HIGH SCHOOL
Keithsburg and AledO Tie for Sec
Ond Place-JOy and AledO
Smash Two Records.
Especial to The Argus,)

AIedo, May 13. - Following are
the results of the annual Mercer
county track meet. held N this city
yesterday afternoon at the William
and Vashti college field. The score
2 is subject to change as there were
several disputes.
Joy, 50; keithsburg, 30; Aledo,
So; Viola, Z; Sherrard, 6; New
Boston, /; New Windsor, 1; Pre-
emption, 0.
A meeting of school officials will
be called in the near future and
the exact score given out. The
above count does not include the
mile run. The day was perfect and
the attendance at the meet large.
Two records were broken and one
tied. Lyman Eckhart, sophomore
of Joy, hurled the discus 100 feet
~ inches, breaking the record
established by Burns of Viola in
1914. Eckhart also tied the 440-
yard dash record of So As seconds
established by Frank Brown of
AIedo in 1915. Vance of Aledo
raised the pole vault record of 10
feet inches, made by Lane Bridge
ford of Joy in 1914, to 10 feet Z
inches. Arguments, as usual in the
county event were plentiful, start
ing with the first event, the 50-yard
dash In the first heat Vance of
Aledo placed first by a margin of
eight feet The official who was
holding the inside end of the tape
was standing in the alley in which
Vance was running and Vance fig
uring the official would not move
back finished in the next alley. This
was barred from the finals. Keiths
was barred from the finals. Keiths-
burg had hard luck in the 50yard
dash. Bloomer, their veteran
sprinter, who easily captured the
100 and 220-yard dashes failed to
get started in the finals.
The greatest argument resulted
over the mile run. Moorhead of
Aledo easily placed first at the end
of the race, but the officials at the
finish line miscounted the laps and
made the contestants run six laps
instead of five. Moor ehead'S
strength was spent as he had
sprinted on the home stretch of the
fifth lap and at the end of the siXtA
lap he was second. The result of
this race will be determined by q
meeting of the school principals in
the near future and is not counted
in the above score. If Aledo is
awarded first place for the mile
they will get second place and
keithsburg third.
Arguments grew heated when
Roth of Joy in the S80-yard run
was defeated by MOorhead of Aledo
by very small distance. Officials
stated that Rooth had cut in on the
Aledo runner and disqualified the
JOY man, giving Viola and KeithS-
burg second and third respectively.
Though the time was slow the race
proved a thriller for the fans in
attendance.
Track and Field Results.
Fifty-yard dash-Searl. Joy: p.
Cade, Sherrard; Weinstein, Viola !;
:06.
One hundred-yard dash-Bloom-
er. Keithsburg; Swanson, JOY; Da-
Wis. Aledo; II.
Discus throw-Eckhar. Joy !;
Gray. Keithsburg; Jens. Viola; 1Oj
log feet 10A inches.
Shot put-Eckhart, JOY; Gray,
Keithsburg; Stephens, Aledo; 40
feet SO inches.
Fourt hundred forty-yard dash
Eckhart, JOY; Stephens. Aledo;
Weddrington. Keithsburg: :55:O4
Pole vault--Vance, Aledo; Scarf,
JOY; Mattson, New Boston, 10 feet
Il inches. .
Standing broad jump-Stanley.
keithsburg; Moorhead, Aledo;
Roberts, New Windsor; feet 1O%
inches.
Running broad jump - Vance.
Aledo: Stanley. Keithsburg; Swan
son. JOY; 10 feet l inch.
Two hundred twenty-yard dash
Boomer, Keithsburg: Swanson
JOY: Burning. Aledo; :25:02
Eight hundred eighty-yard run
Moorhead. Aledo; Edgar, Viola;
Mickey, Keithsburg; 2:31.
Running broad jump - Gray.
Keithsburg; r. Cade, Sherrard;
jerks, Viola; 5 feet 2% inches.
Javelin throw-Vance. Aledo;
Pullen. JOY; Douville, Viola; 134
feet. 512 inches.
Two hundred twenty yard hur-
dles-Eckhart. JOY; Hebel, Aledo:
Dunn. Keithsburg; :29:01.
Half-mile relay Keithsburg;
JOY: Aledo. This was the first time
in many years that Aledo failed to
win the event
Mile run-In this event the Of
flcials refused TO give a decision.