The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-02
HIGH HURDLES, shot
AND DISCUS APPEAR
CERTAIN TO TOPPLE
Pole Vault, High Jump, Low
/. Sticks and Javelin Marks
Are lettering
MANY UPSETS ARE EXPECTED
Potter, liIIibridge, Meinhover,
AkIand, Harris, Spriggs
Ambitious
MANY UPSETSARE EXPECTED

At least seven of the IA records
were jeopardized as 166 athletes rep
resenting 10 high schools in western
North Dakota this afternoon began
participation in the two-day seventh
annual Capital City track and field
! meet here.
The marks which seemed the least
! secure as the first Of the prelimina-
l ries approached were those for the
200 yard low and 120 yard high hur-
! 6les, pole vault, shot put, discus, high
jump, and javelin.
The mark in the low sticks is %
seconds flat. Frank TOD" Potter,
Bismarck, clipped the low sticks in
28.7 in his first high school meet at
Fessenden last weekend. Then there
is Fred Swanson, Mandan, who also
has shown great form in the event.
Either may crack the record this aft
ernoon or tomorrow, officials believe.
LiIlibridge Is Determined
Wilferd Lillibridge, Mandan, last
spring ran the high barriers In 178
seconds to win first at the state meet.
The Capital City record is 1872 Sec
onds and the Brave will make a de-
termined effort to lower 1t consider
ably. Though Lillibridge appears the
winner in the event, dark horses may
make It tough for him and eve de-
feat him.
In 1928, Borreson, Mandan, pole
vaulted 10 feet tx inches here to es-
tablish q record. Last week at Fes-
sender. A. Akland, Denhoff young
ster, cleared the bar with ease at 10
feet 6 inches. He will be pressed by
Lloyd Murphy, Bismarck. and Lil1i-
bridge and things do not look so rosy
for the old mark.
Ted Meinhover, Demon giant, ex-
poets to crack the 1924 shot put mark
of 40 feet liz inches. Last week he
heaved the iron ball A. feet 8 inches.
He also expects to better his own dis:
Gus record of lis feet S inches. Al
ready this season he has thrown the
platter better than 1923 feet.
Harris, New Rockford, may displace
Gus Schwartz, former Demon, as the
high Jump pace setter for athletes In
the western section Of North Dakota.
Schwartz set up q mark Of S feet Z
inches last spring but Harris went 5
feet 6 inches last weekend and ap-
peared to have a couple more inches
of stretch in his system.
Meinhover's javelin mark Of 141
feet II inches seems toctering already
with the giant and his team
mate Johnny Spriggs, both sending
the spear to better distances this
spring, Spriggs has beaten Mem
hover twice this year and once sent
it out we'll e 143 feet. He may do
it Saturday, II he completes. The
slight Demon athlete may not partici-
pate. however, the injury he received
In the automobile accident near
Steele while returning home from
Fessenden last Saturday night having
proved o sever than it seemed
the early part Of the week.
Anything May Happen
The other eight marks seem secure,
but anything car happen when 16s
rugged athletes begin shooting the
fireworks as 1t Is expected they will
do here.
Preliminaries in the track events
were being run off this afternoon at
Hughes Field while semi-finals on
the track and preliminaries in the
field events are or the program for
tomorrow morning. beginning at 10
o'clock. The finals begin at 100
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Association Of Commerce will
entertain all contestants, visiting
judges, superintendent, principals.
and coaches at q banquet at $50
O'Clock tomorrow evening. Cups and
medals will be awarded at this ban
quet.