Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

Battling every inch of the way in
every event of the annual track and
field meet of the southern Arizona
schools, the Douglas Bulldogs returned
last evening from Patagonia, where
they carried off the majority of honors
and tied Tucson, 70h to 7012, in the
most thrilling finish of a great classic
The two leading schools We'd with one
another all afternoon, first one team
would take the lead and then another
but never was either team in COM
manding lead. Douglas held three
point lead after the fourth event, but
Tucson evened the count at the close
of the sixth event. Douglas took the
lead by annexing the low hurdles, but
Tucson gained again in the discus
event as a Nogales entry forged into
second place to drop Douglas to third
place in this event. Douglas rallied In
the high jump and 220-yard run and
went into a four-point lead, with three
events to run off. The javelin event
gave Tucson first and second, but
Douglas got third and fourth places
the score being tied again with only
the broad jump and relay to be run off
The Douglas relay team upset the
dope of the afternoon and won han
dily over the Tucson relay team, which
had done nothing in any of the other
events, being saved for a fitting climax
to close meet, but the Tucson team
was not equal to the stamina that was
required in this run and Hohstadt hit
the tape 20 feet in front of the Tucson
boy, Tucson's relay team last week
broke the state record at Greenway
meet in the half mile event but failed
to show their class in the mile event,
The Douglas team, composed of
Wright, Burton, Maloney and Hohstadt,
functioned as a team, and although the
first two runners were outclassed, Ma
loney brought up the distance by COM
pletely outrunning Caid and gave the
baton to Hohstadt a few yards ahead
of his last man. Hohstadt, once in
the lead, ran the race of his life and
outstepped his opponent completely,
running easily at the finish. The time
of the relay was not fast, but Hohstadt
eased up as he had run several other
hard runs during the day. Wright,
running first man, had won both the
mile and half mile events, and Ma
loney had been figuring in five events
during the day. Taking into considera-
tion that the entire relay team had
helped pile up points for Douglas all
afternoon, the race was all the more
thrilling as they were running against
a fresh team, none Of the entrants be-
ing entered in other events.
Douglas led by 4 points with the
broad jump event as the final field
event of the day to count.
Caid and Williams, of Tucson; Cau-
sey, of Douglas, and Vega, of Nogales.
all qualified for the finals in the broad
jump. Caid jumped 10 feet 10 inches
for first place. Causey, entering the
event late after the finish of the 220-
yard run, entered the breach and
placed second with a jump of 19 feet
8A inches. Williams, of Tucson, who
tied for first in this event at Greenway,
was given third place, and Vega took
fourth. Tucson gained four points on
Douglas in this event and tied the
meet at 7O1a to 701S.
Principal r. H. Zimmerman, of the
school, and director of the
meet, officially announced the meet a
tie between the schools. There was
some contention as to whether the sec
ond place relay team should count
points In some meets the winning
relay team is awarded points and a
cup, but no points are awarded to
second, third and fourth place relay
teams
1t was agreed to award two cups, one
to each school. The cup was awarded
to Douglas yesterday and the second
cup will be sent to Tucson later.
Joe Causey, by taking 20 points, was
awarded the individual trophy cup for
being high point man of the meet.
Causey carved his name in the athletic
hall of fame yesterday by his remark
able performances. He took first place
in the 100-yard dash, the 22Oyard dash
and the pole vault for a total of IS
points He also added second place in.
the broad jump and third place in the
high jump. Causey is an all-around
athlete and his performances yesterday
at the annual southern Arizona meet
proclaimed him the greatest athlete
ever to win honors for the Douglas
high school. Causey has been point
since his freshman year, when
he broke the state pole vault record
held by Gardner, of Wilcox. Causeyy1
has held this record during his entire
high school career and each year has
added a few inches to this record.
His last chance to establish an even
greater record for himself and his alma
mater will come next Friday and Sat-
lrday, when he enters the state track
meet at Tucson in which all the schools
Of the state will be entered.
Causey has consistently won the pole
vault and 10O-yard dash in all track
meets this season and yesterday added
he 22O-yard run to his list. Causey
ooked better in the furlong event than
n any and was not crowded by theI
'leet-footed Murphy, who has been
this race in all meets this
year Murphy trailed after the first
ew yards as Causey was set back for
first false start.
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