The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-20
--LATEST SEASON IN
STORY Of CAPITAL
l7Y SPORTS CLOSES
ok and Field Title Added to
Glory on Gridir0n and Bias.
ketbaII Court
NDAN AND FARGO TIED
marck Contenders AMass
4 is Points; Braves and
Midgets Each Score 10

inning first place III the 9th an
North Dakota high school track
field meet at the University OF
Ii Dakota Saturday. Bismarck
school athletes closed the most
essful year in the history OF
ION athletics.
ter winning eight consecutive
ball games last fall without a set
:, the Demons laid claim to the
> championship. The Demon
.etball squad this year lost one
Z iii 10. and with it the state
npionship in the final game OF
state tournament to Valley City
Am which they had whipped twice
fe during the season. Winning
he track and field championship
forth Dakota was a great climax
he season for the local athletes
Their mentor, Roy =. Mcleod.
raad Forks, N. D.. May 20.-Bis-
:k's Demons ran. lcapcd and toss
heir way into the North Dakota
rscholastic track and field cham
ship here Saturday.
&c capital city athletes amasscd
tal OF "a l-5 points while Fargo
Mandan pulled up in a tie for
nd position With 10 points each at
conclusion Of as interesting and
try fought meet as has ever been
ed anywhere.
was the 9th running Of North
ota's high school classic and was
last scheduled to be staged on the
athletic field, and now it is a mat
of record that the official close
successful. Meets have been de-
d by closer margins. but never
c the performances of tho ath-
5 been SO consistently good.
Horner's Work Bright
ne highlights of the day was the
urmancc of Little Jack Horner of
,all In establishing a new state
.rd for the 44O yard dash. Homer
the quarter mile in 81 2-5 seconds.
tly one second faster than the
established by Newhall Rind-
frFergo on a bright May day
LEX Horner is his name, but
ing Irish youth from the
! the northern corner Of
one of, the finest looking
athletes exhibiting ware
Dakota III many a moon
e,epped away from the field
TART and drove his spikes into
last cinders with all his might
y step Of the way.
reen, Bismarck, an Indian youth
has been Horner's rival on three
r occasions this season. tore aft
ls flying Celt from tho start and
travelling 200 yards, he made a
int bid for the lead. Horner
to his man killing pace and he
h down the stretch fully six
LIN advance Of the determined
kin.
E Has Year Left
brner has ~ more year OF high
pol competition under the dircc-
Of johnny Mach. former Agrl-
klral college athlete. and he prom
to be back another year for a
fmpionship bid. liorner's record
b was the only history making
- nance Of the day but Robert
u. Devils Lake. crashed into
INT with Ralph H. Pierce
lop to share high individual
opps.
slll. ran the best half mile
.illANueller of the Devils Lake
Viz he deaf set the state rec
anu inutes. 4 As seconds II
GAG lad with the Satanic en-
fUn his jersey let Paul Airtear,
sArgo set the pace until 900 yards
a the finish. then Goodman made
bid, and he dashed over the las,
yards with the speed of a sprint
pulling up in ? minutes and 5 sec
orae-fifth Of a second slower
the state record. Less than d
III later Goodman came back K
- great mile run. Lindgren ol
81 set the pace for the first half
TIE Midget athlete times his race
sAaI1 was passed shortly after
eond lap was completed. Schaf.
poleon. challenged for the leac
fcGurran Of Cavalier close or
elA
II ran in this order until 22t
d remained and then Goodman
11p from the rear with a charg,
{ II but broke the hearts OF thu
Akers, Goodman needed only !;
rides to get out in front, aus
cut loose with an additions
o{ bed to finish in 4 minutes
8 oeconds. This mark did no
Dacn the record set by 70,
&kotbank, Fargo. in 1910, but j
noeable performance.
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