The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-04
MIDGET CREW HAS
25-PO|NT LEAD TO
WIN ANNUALEVENT
Capital City Crew Is Runner Up
With 25T2 Counters as
Six Marks Fall
SPRIGGS BREAKS RECORD
Demon Star Leaps 20 Feet q
inches in Broad Jump; Ben
ION Gets 10 Points

F~essenden, N. d.. May 4.-H)-Bls-
marck high schools Demon athletes
placed second to Fargo in the annual
central North Dakota track and field
meet sponsored by the Fessenden
Lions cub here Saturday.
The Midgets amassed 50l2 points
to lead Bismarck, defending state
champion. by 25 points. Bismarck
collected 2512 points, well ahead OF
F~essenden, in third place with 10.
Devils Lake, Napoleon and Darcy tled
for fourth with 10 points each.
All of Dazey's points were picked
up by Peterson who tied with LLOYD
Loberg of Fargo and Gilbert Benzon
of Bismarck for high point honors'
each accounting for 10 points.
Six Records Go
Six records fell in the carnival
Fargo athletes accounting for four OIL
the marks. Loberg ran the half mile
in 2:O8 for a new standard In that
event. Leo Gerteis clamberad oVer
the low hurdles in q seconds Tor a
second record. and Frank Meyer
pulled himself over the bar at 10 feet
II inches for a new pole vault mark
Alvin Langseth Of Fessenden account
ed for the fourth mark, surprising
the state record when he threw the
1avelin 1853 feet, 74 inches.
Johnny Spriggs Of Bismarck a a
lear 20 feet. 4 inches in the broad
UNI for another record. while Far
COS half-mile relay quartet shattered
the sixth mark of the day.
Other schools which participated
included Harvey, Darlington. Ne"
Rockford. Maddox. Cando, Heaton
Steele, Denhoff and Minot.
Four Beat Record
Lyle Fisher of Fargo, Spr.gss OF
Bismarck, and Scott Of HeatOn bet
tered the meet record of 1877 feet I
inches in the javelin throw and
pushed Langseth for first place.
Ideal weather prevailed for the
meet. j. w. Thornton of Fessender
was manager, and H. P. Ide and w
H. Payne Of Bismarck, judges.
The summary:
1OO-yard dash-Won by Benzon
Bismarck; Peterson, Darcy, second
Christensen, Fargo, third; Weaver
-T)eViG Lake, fourth. Time, 1e.f SEE
22o-ysrd dash-Won by Benzon
Bismarck: Christensen, Fargo. second
Weaver, Devils Lake, third; PRESCOTT
steele, fourth. Time, 23.s seconds:
440-yard run-Won by Loberg' Trair !,
go; Leitner, Fessenden. second: Ialt
Bismarck, third; Nicholson, Fargo
fourth. Time, Sc seconds:
c2O-yard low hurdles-Won by Ger
tets, Fargo: ST. Jacque, Fessenden
second; Miller, Fessenden, third; An
derson, Fargo, fourth. Time % sec
sSO-yard run-won by Loberg. Far
go; Hunkel, Napoleon, second; olson
Darlington, third; Gross, Harvey
fourth. Time; 2 minutes ;seco naSi,.
Lake: Brantseg, Fargo, second; sun
Fargo, third; n Il, Napoleon
fourth. Time, 4 minutes 56.4 seconds.
Shot put-Won by, Thoreson, Napo'
tianson, Devils Lake, third; Peterson
Darcy, fourth. Distance. Al feet +.
Discus-won by Peterson. Darcy
Olson, Fargo, o d;%n Ger5elS' fourth saItR
1 nistance Th iSs feet 10 Sa lnehes. i''''
Jayelin-Won by Langseth, Fessen'
den; Fisher, Fargo, second Sprlggs
Bismarck, third; Scot, Heaton, fourth
Distance, 16s feet ~ inches.
uarris. New Rockford, tied for first
Tait, Bismarck, third; Arneson, Fargo
fourth. Height, 5 feet 5 inches.
BROAD jump-Won by Spriggs, Bis
marck; Bason, Cando, second; 81
Jacuue, Fessenden, third; Peterson
darcy, fourth. Distance, 70 feet
inches. ~
pole vault-Won by Meyers, Fargo
Murphy. Bismarck, Arneson n Ger
tets, Fargo, tied for second.
Half-mile relay-Won by Farg'
christensen, Bennett, Anderson, Ger
teis); Bismarck, second; Carrlngton
third; Harvey, fourth.