The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-19
PLAY BALL! BISMARCK AND MANDAN CLASH TOMORROW
MEINHOVER HAS
PLACE IN SHOT
PUT AND DISCUS

Ham SimOns, Fargo, Sets New
Record in 22O Yard Dash;
Sell Wins Heat.
SIMONS NOSES OUT GREEN
!, Demons Have Two Men in
Half Mile Finals and Three
in 44O Yard Finals
Grand Forks, May 19.-Running
true to predictions, Fargo high
school qualified IL men in 10
events in the preliminaries of the
26th annual state inter-scholastic
track meet at the university Of
North Dakota Friday. Placing in
everything except the shot put and
jayelin, the Midgets seem sure to
replace Grand Forks as state cham
pions. One state record fell in the
course of Fargo's onslaught.
Contesting Fargos bid for honors,
however, are Bismarck and Ellen
dale, each placing eight men in the
finals which will be run off Satur-
day afternoon.
Ham Simons led the Midgcts with
some stellar performances in the
dashes. After knocking 10 second
off the state 22O-yard dash record,
which he ran in 1915, he turned in
the most sensational upset of the
day by nosing out Green of Bis
marck, the favorite, in the 44O yard
dash. Simons gave further proof
that he plans to make determined
bid for individual honors today,
when he Outdistanced the field in
the first 100 yard dash heat, which
he finished in 1O.4 seconds.
Meinhover Comes Through
Meinhover, gigantic Bism:--a.,
performer, led the Capital City con-
tingent. He showed out the shot 40
feet, 10 inches to grab fifth place
among the qualifiers. Then he threw
the discus 1913 feet, z inches to
cinch third place among the final
lists.
Benser and York gave Bismarck
two men in the half mile finals.
Benser was fourth in the third heat
while York was third in the second
heat.
Hank Brown, red-thatched young
ster, will be contender in the high
hurdles. He ran the sticks into
third place in the first heat which
was won by DuChene in the fast
time Of ia seconds.
Sell Looks Good
Sell will challenge Ham Simons'
new state record. The lanky Bis
marchian nosed out first place in
the second heat. His time was "a
seconds and observers believe that
he can knock fractions off.
In the 40 yard dash as was ex-
pected, Bismarck placed three men.
Davis and Benser placed in the first
heat. Davis finished second while
Benser tagged him in. Green, the
Bismarck crack, finished second to
the flying Simons in the big upset
Of the meet so far. The first heat
was run in 56.6 while Simons gal
| loped around the hook in $751;.
Bismarck's May Festival cham
pionship relay team will have COM
petition in the finals despite an
easy win in the prcliminaries. The
Demon quarter won first place in
the first heat in the good time OF
1889. However, Cavalier, in the
second heat, beat out Fargo, dash.
ing around the oval in 1882.
The summary:
220 yard low hurdles-First heat,
won by Davey, Cavalier; Gregory,
Fargo, second; time-27.4 seconds.
Second heat-Won by Duchene,
Grand Forks; Newman, Glendale,
second; time-27.4 seconds.
Third heat-Won by Miller, Far
go; Polonsky, Wilton, second; time
l-27.7 seconds.
Fourth heat-Won by Acker, Ell
lendale; Weiser, Valley City, second;
time-28.2 seconds.
Semifinals Won by Polonsky
Wilton; Gregory, Fargo, second
time-28.2 seconds.
Shot put-The following quail
fled: Schroeder, University high,
(43 feet " inch); Mcmillan, Hamil-
ton. (42 feet 8 inches); Bjornstad,
Bottineau, al feet 9 inches); Crit
fin, Devils Lake, al feet 6 inches) (;
Meinhover, Bismarck, (4O feet 10
inches); Neville, University high,
(38 feet 8h inches).
100 yard dash-First heat, won by
Simons, Fargo; Nelson, Washburn,
second; time-1O.4 seconds.
Second heat-Won by Pierce, La
Moure; Thomasson, Park River A.
c., second; time-10.4 seconds.
Third heat-Won by Schiemer,
Glendale; Ellingson, Mohall, Sec
ond; time-1O.8 seconds.
Fourth heat-Won by Presnell,
Bordulac; Kearcher, Cavalier, sec
ond; time-1O.6 seconds. All qualify.
Half mile run-First heat won by
Airheart, Fargo; Hill, Glendale,
second; Malonev, Fargo, third; Ben
ser, Bismarck, fourth; time-2 min
utes IL seconds.
Second heat-Won by Hall, Stark
weather; Friestad, Valley City, Sec
ond; York, Bismarck, third; Sons
terud, Hoople, fourth; tircc-2 min
utes IA seconds. All qualify.
Discus throw - The following
qualified: Enders, Fargo (112 feet
10 inches); Bjornstad, Bottineau,
(l06 feet, s inches); Meinhover, Bis
marck. (1O3 feet, z inches); Peter
son, Marion, Goo feet, 2 inches) !;
Miller, Fargo, (98 feet, 9 inches) !;
Lee, Grand Forks, (96 feet. 6
inches).
120 yard high hurdles-First heat
won by Duchene, Grand Forks;
Gregory, Fargo, second; Brown,
| Bismarck, third: Time-17.4 Sec
onds.
Second heat-Won by Olson, Far
60; Thomas, Glendale, second; or
ten, Grand Forks, third; time = 10
seconds. All qualify.