Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-05-07
Libby Again
Wins County
Track Meet
Captures Mental Contests.
II. S. Athletic Events and
Junior Relays.
WILLIAMS BREAKS
8 COUNTY RECORDS
(Reported for the Tamarack)

Under the new plan of separating
the annual county meet into sections
the local school won both mental con.
tests, the high school track meet ano
the Junior relays. Roosevelt school Of
Eureka carried off the honors in the
grade track meet while Lincoln Coun-
ty High won the senior relay in: record
time. With the best weather conditions
IN years and fast track, the meet was
one of outstanding performances.
William Williams, for four years q
mainstay on the football and track
team was high point man Of the track
meet He took four first places and a
tie for first which gave him twenty
four points. Besides this he broke three
county records by large margins. the
shot put by almost feet, the discuss
by II feet and the javelin by ID feet
3 inches.
Peterson, also Of Libby, broke his
high hurdle record by liz seconds,
It is now Is seconds fiat
Clarke of Eureka, broke the mile
record by second To an outsider it
looked as if he could have run it
faster
The Eureka relay team with the Lib
by team stepping right on their heels
clipped 5 seconds off the former re-
lay record
In the 100 yard dash. c. Elliot stepped
it off fast enough to tie the county
record of 1913.
All the rest of the events were IS
close to being broke that there wasn't
any fun" about it.
This was the closest track meet that
Libby has ever won and the athletes
should be congratulated.
There were many good things dur
ing the meet but about the best was
the efficient way it was run off. Our
visitors remarked on this. At 2 o'clock
sharp the meet started and from then
OH everybody was kept on the Jump.
Following is the official score sheet
and how the men placed
Shot put-Williams (L) As feet 1OA
inches; Patrick (El IS feet 1924 inches;
English (T) IS feet Ia inches New
record.
Pole Vault Williams (L) and
Murphy IT tied for 1st-1O feet S
inches four tied for third McAdarn
McCracken, Darrell, Burge
100 yd dash--C. Elliot (E) 10 feet
8 inches; D. Elliot (E), c. Brown (L)
Tiled old record.
Mile Run--Clarke (E) 5:12; Larson
(L), Taylor (T) new record.
High Jump-Berg (E) 5 feet 6i5
inches; McCracken and Hammond
(E) tied for second and third.
High Hurdles-R. Peterson (L) IS
seconds flat; barrow (E), Boyer u)
tnew record).
Discus-Williams IL liz feet
inches. Larson I'D SO feet 5 inches;
Ross (E) SO feet 6 inches (new record).
44O yd. dash--C. Elliot (E) $50;
Boyer (L), McRae (E) 56.6 seconds.
Low Hurdles-R.. Peterson ~ 294,
]. Woodwork (L) C. Elliot 29.4 sec.
observation-disclosures (L) 159 feet 3
inches; Smith (E) 131 feet I inches;
Murphy (T) 124 feet 5 inches NEW rec
ord).
22o yd dash--C. Elliot (E) 24.S sec;
McCracken (T) Brown and McAdam,
tie for 3rd
$50 yd dash--Clarke (E) minutes
1871 seconds; McRae (E) Rowland
minutes 1871 seconds.
Broad Jump-Williams IL is feet
5s4 inches; "A Peterson CD feet ga
inches; McCracken (T).
One half mile Relay-Won by Eu-
reka. D. Elliot, Gehre, Clarke, c. Ell
liot Time l minute AIS sec. NEW rec
.ord).
The track meet officials were as fol-
lows.
Starter-Dirks Boomers Ferry
Clerk of Course and Official Scorer
Harold Miller.
eights-George Hayes.
Jumps-Lloyd Burpee, Assistants:
Borg, Ramlo, Schuyler.
Timers-Hughes, Boyes, Eureka,
Troy.
Judges of Finish--Baney, Eureka,
Troy
Measures-W. Davidson, p Pival
Hurdle Setters-W. Bowen, H. Ka-
tarzy, W. Katarzy, B. Phillips, NJ.
Decker, c. Shanahan, c. LaLonde, e.
Youngs, S. hampton, H. Youngs
Announcer-M Cormier.