The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-31
.ELK0 VICTORIOUS
IN TRACK MEETING
Elko High School Lads Won Nevada
Track and Field Championship,
With Sparks Second and
Winnemucca Third

Winnemucca's high school track
and field team, last years state
champions, had to be satisfied with
third place in the state interscholas-
tic track and field meet which took
place in this city last Friday and
Saturday, while Elko and Sparks
took first and second respectively,
Elko gathering 80 1-3 points, Sparks
81 and Winnemucca %.
The meet was very closely con-
tested from start to finish between
the three high schools, with Sparks
taking the lead at the start by
winning the first event on the pro-
gram, the fifty-yard dash, and hold
ing it until the finish of the relay
in which Elko took second place and
the state championship.
The most exciting event of the
day was the mile race between Lee
garza of Winnemucca and Baker of
Sparks. Legarza had already run
the half mile, in which he had
emerged winner with the time of
two minutes and eleven seconds,
and had taken part in the 44O, in
which he had made a gallant effort
to recover lost ground resulting
from a poor start, while Baker had
been saved for the mile exclusively.
Legarza drew the pole at the start
while Baker had to take the out
side. At the gun Baker sprinted
into the lead and took the pole, set
ting fast pace which it was never
thought he would be able to main
tain throughout the entire race.
Legarza contented himself with
fourth or fifth place until the Sec
ond lap when he went into second
place about ten feet behind Baker.
At the finish Of the third lap Baker
and Legarza were leading the field
by several yards. When not quite
half way around the fourth lap, Le-
garza began to close up on Baker
and when 220 yards from the finish
was abreast Of him. At this point
both runners started their final
sprint, Legarza losing ground a
little on the bend, but when they
came into the straightaway he picked
this loss up and led the way to the
tape by good six feet. 1t was a
big event for Winemucca and even
though she did not win the meet,
she can still boast that she has the
best miller and half-miler in the
state in Legarza. Baker made a
splendid effort to keep the lead to
the very finish but the 22O yard
sprint at the final was just a little
too much for him. He is second
only to Legarza and there is not an
other that can touch him.
In the 220 yard hurdles Jack Fur
long of Elko was leading the field by
a most convincing distance when he
stumbled on a hurdle and lost out,
Furlong is in class by himself in
this event and it is admitted BY
everybody who saw him go over
the sticks, that except for the un-
fortunate accident he would have
placed first by a wide margin.
Robinson of Sparks was the indi-
vidual high point man with Is points
to his credit plus his share of the
points in the relay in which Sparks
took third, making his total Is 1-3.
Legarza Of Winnemucca and Fur
long Of Elko tied for second with
ten points each. Total scores fol-
each team as follows:
Elko 80 1-3, Sparks 81, Winnie
mucca %, Carson 16, Fallon IL,
Reno 6 1-3, Battle Mountain 6 1-3,
Yerington 8, Lovelock 2, Metropo-
lis, 1.
Summary of events are as fol-
lows:
50-yard dash: Robinson (S) first
Backus (E) second; Brown (W)
third. Time 6 seconds.
Pole Vault. Furlong (E) first /;
Murphy( w second; Rutherford
(E) third. Height 10 feet 6 Ia
inches.
Half mile run: Legarza (W) first;
Peters (S) second; Rochon (C)
third. Time minutes IL seconds.
Shot put: Balastegui (B.M.) first;
Heimer (E) second; Watson (S)
third. Distance 80 feet.
100-yard dash: Robinson (S) first (;
Thompson (C) second; Brown (W)
third. Time IL rs seconds.
High jump: Buerer (F) first; Sc
coy (R), Smith (B.M.) and Thomp-
son (E) tied for second and third.
Height feet 6 inches.
220-yard hurdles: Holloway (W)
first; Sally Co second; Lyons (W)
third. Time 20 AS seconds.
Discus throw: Watson (S) first;
Keenan, (F) second; Evans U)