The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-06
HORNER BEATEN BY
GREEN IN THRILLER;
ME|NHOVER IS HIGH
Six Meet Records Fall Despite
Cold; Bismarck Men
Crack Four
MAMDAN PLACES SECOND
Only II Of % Teams Entered
Succeed in Gathering
in Points
MANDAN PLACES SECOND

10 events to pile up % polntS, Coacn
Roy .. McLeod's Bismarck high
school athletes Saturday won the
sixth annual Capital City track and
field meet here.
Despite a cold, piercing wind which
blew all day. six records fell Satur-
day. Big Ted Meinhover. Demon.
tossed the javclin l4l feet II inches
for a new mark. Wally Green. De-
mon captain. cracked the quarter
mile mark when he covered the dis
lance in 54.4 seconds. After tying
with his team-matc. Eddie Sprlggs,
at 5 feet 5 aches in the high Jump.
Gus Schwartz. also Of Bismar *. went
ovcr the bamboo bar at > ieet Z
inches for a third new mark. FRANK
Wall. Bismarck, al a beautiful mile
run despite the fact that he had nc
serious competition and set up a new
mark of 5 minutes 30 seconds.
Mckcndry Is Fast
Norman Mickey Mckendry, Man.
dan star, clicked off the furlonE IN
PA seconds for a fifth new mark. and
Mohalls Ycllowjacket relay team
trimmed the 880-yard relay mark to
] minute 400 seconds.
Placing first in the shot put. discus.
and javelin. Meinhover gathered IN
Is points for individual honors. NC
Kendry scored 10 points with firsts
in both the 220-yard low hurdles and
220-yard dash. Mickey might have
placed in the l2O-yard high hurdles
also had he not kicked over three OF
the barriers to disQualify himself Fri
day afternoon.
Mandan. with 80 points. finished
second. Other team scores we're:
Fessenden 10, Denhoff IL. Napoleon
lO,:, McClusky 8. Mohall s. Garrison
5k. Washburn 3, Carson 2, and
Underwood /.
Contestants. coaches. and meet Of
ficials were banqueted by the Asso-
citation of Commerce Saturday night.
Green, state champion quarter
miller, figured in the most thrilling
win of the day when he defeated
Little Jack Horner. Mohall giant. in
a beautiful 44O-yard dash. Horner
had defeated Green at Fessenden a
week earlier. Green took the lead at
the outset and maintained his open
ing pace until he crossed the line.
Horner started out slowly and gath
cred speed OH the way. But Green's
lead was too much for the fighting
Ye~lloWjacket, who had run two heats
III. the furlong that day. to overcome.
Thornton. Fessenden'5 pretty runner.
finished third.
Horncr Nice Performer
Hornes. who o only a second and a
third in his dash events, might have
Jared better in the 220-yard dash had
not Ellingson. a teammate. strayed
from his lane to block Horner's path.
Ellingson finished second and -iorncr
fourth bu. Ellingson was disqualified.
giving McKendry and Collins. Man.
dan pair. the first two places. Nc
Kendry had beaten Horner by an
cyelasll in the semifinals OF the FUR
long. $.
Thornton, who won the 880-yard
dash, c.cond in the low sticks event.
and third in the quarter mile. proved
that his ability will be profitable IN
future meets for his team.
Eddie Spriggs, Demon jumpe.:. tied
for first place in the high jump and
won the broad jump and gave prom
Use OF improving for future meets.
Gus Schwartz. after breaking the
meet record in the high jump. will
force competitors to 90 up IN the air
at the state meet.
Collins. Mandan. who also placed
second in the 220-yard dash, won the
century in 10.4 seconds. after running
it in 1913 seconds in the senifinals.
Earl Golden, Garrison, also showed
versatility when he placed second in
the century, fourth in the furlong.
and tied for third in the high jump.
Kiesz, McClusky, who won seconds IN
both the broad jump and 880-yard
dash, was another neat performer.
Demons Lack Dash Men
Bismarck this year boasts OF nice
performers in all events but the two
short dashcs and the low hurdles
event.
The summary:
220-yard low hurdles. Won by Nc
Kendry, Mandan: Thornton. Fessen-
den, second; Mcdonald, M4ndan,
third: Brown. Bismarck, fourth.
Time-28.l seconds.
12O-yard high hurdles. Won by
Lilnbridge, Mandan: Jacobson. Bis
marck, second: Hoffman. Bismarck,
third; Bauer, McClusky, fourth.
Time-lo.5 seconds.
22O-yard dash. Won by McKendry,
Mandan: Collins. Mandan. second:
Horner. Mohall. third: Golden, Garri-
son. fourth. Timc-23.4 seconds NEW
meet record.
l0o-yard dash. Won by Collins. |
Mandan; Golden. Garrison, second;
third: Wade. Mohall.
fourth. Timc-l0.4 seconds.
44O-yard dash. Won by Green. Bis
marck: Horncr, Mohall. second:
Thornton, Fesscnden. third: Booth.
McClusky, fourth. Time-54.4 Sec
onds new meet record.
000-yard cash. Won BY Thornton.
Kiesz. McClusky. second;
Carson. third; shafer, Napo-
leon, fourth. T1me-2 minutes 10 Sec
ondS.
Nile run. Won by Wall. Bismarck:
Skater. Napoleon, second: A. Aklard,
DenhofY, third: Hunkele. Napoleon;
Tines minutes So seconds
(noW meet record).
Oo-yayd relay. Won b. Mohsll
Homer, Wade. and Filing
M: naudan collins, F9eck, Nc
6Dnald, and Mckendryi) second: Hes-
n211on Neeuenschuander. People,
llIor. aqd 1hornton) third: Bis
otGk G. opgiGgA J. 6priggs. Brown.
0soen) disqualified. Time-l
nto ~ ss6onds (uew mest roc
ponl Jump. Won b. Z. epriggs,
oeck: X1oeS 1CeCluGky, second;
hWortg. Bismarck. third: Meier.
Gloon. fourth. Distenoe-le feet
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