The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-16
BISMARCK wins BY
ten POINT MARGIN
| TODETHRONEF FARGO
captain Lloyd Murphy Vaults II
! Feet, w Inches to Bet
{ ter State Mark
BENZON TAKES DASH EVENT
Wade Green Wins Quarter
! Mile and Lester Oohn
. Captures Hurdles

Bismarck piled up total Of 43
ga points in the 25th annual May
Festival track meet at the Agricul-
aural college at Fargo Saturday to re-
gain title relinquished to the Fargo
Midgets last year.
The defending champions were
second with 33 l-2 points while VAL
ley City was third with % l-2 points,
% of which were won by George Fait,
Ugh point man Of the meet.
It was Lloyd Murphy who provided
the sensation Of the meet to soar Il
feet l 1-2 inches over the bamboo TO
better the state pole vault record by
more than six inches and to establish
himself as one of the outstanding
scholastic vaulters in the country.
Gilbert Benzon, Wade Green, and
Lester Dohn all walked off with first
places in the meet. Benzon won the
320-yard dash, Green won the quar-
ter mile, and Dohn walked off with
the high hurdles.
Green accounted for a new record
in the 440-yard dash when he STEP
ped off the event in SIS seconds.
Benzon was third high point vim
ner in the meet, annexing eight
points while Dohn was fourth with
ga.
John Boelter carried the colors of
the Demons into the field events to
win the shot put. tossing the r.
pound weight A feet five inches.
John Randall of Mandan broke a
long standing record in the mile to
negotiate the distance at 444
Bismarck won the half mile relay
in the surprisingly good time Of
1877 ID.
Perham pulled up in fourth place
in the meet with ga points, fol-
lowed by Mandan. Harvey and
CooperstoWn, with 5 each: Wahpeton
Indians and jamestown. 4 each:
Cakes 3; Detroit Lakes, Crosby and
Walsh County Aggies, each; Maple
ton l, and Moorhead 1-2.
The Summaries:
12O-yard high hurdles-Won by
Dohn, Bismarck; H. Kreutz, Fargo,
second; Jeffrey, Valley City, third
Comrie. Fargo, fourth. Time, l73
seconds
Shot put-Won by Boelter, Bis
marck; Heiser, Bismarck. second; :
Furcht. Fargo. third; LaFountaine,
Wahpeton Indians, fourth. Distance
A feet 5 inches.
1O0-yard dasll-Won by Fait, Valley
City: Benzon. Bismarck, second:
Bauck. Perham third: Miller. James,
town, fourth. Time, l0.5 seconds.
Discus throw-Won by Furcht. Far
go; Heiser. Bismarck. second: Char
bonneau. Fargo. third; Bauck, Per-
ham, fourth. Distance, l09 feet 7
inches.
One mile run-Won by Randall,
Mandan; Bratseg. Fargo, second,
Welliver. Bismarck, third Warner,
Mapleton, fourth. Time. minutes
42.4 seconds. New record. Old rec
ord. 4:49.4 by Allen, Grand Forks,
1925.
440-yard run-Won by Green, Bis
marck: LaFountaine. Wahepton In
dams, second: Ostroot. Crosby. third
Reid, Valley City, fourth. Time. 50 5
seconds. New record. Old record
53.2 by Newhall Rindlaub. Fargo, 1925.
High jump - Beylund. Bismarck,
and Fait. Valley City. tie for first and
second: Gross. Harvey. third: Erick-
son, Moorhead and Feldman. Valley
City, tie for fourth. Height, feet
61a inches
220-yard lod hurdles-Won by Fait,
Valley City; Clements. Fargo, second:
Still. Fargo. third: Johnson. Detroit
Lakes. fourth. Time. 27.9 seconds
Pole vault-Won by Murphy, Bis
marck; Arneson. Fargo, second: Dohn,
Bismarck. Bauck. Perham. and Fisher
and H. Kreutz. Fargo. tie for third
and fourth. Height, IL feet IL inches.
New record Old record. 10 feet 81
inches. by Joe Blakeslee, Fargo. 1926.
220-yard dash-Won by Benzor.
Bismarck: Fait. Valley City. second;
Wood, jamestown. third; Bauck. Per-
ham, fourth. Time. 23.4 seconds.
Javelin throw-Won by H. Kreutz,
Fargo; Dickinson, Cakes, second
Birk, Walsh County Aggies. third !:
Pearson. Detroit Lakes. fourth. Dis
lance, 157 feet 7 inches.
+ 88O-yard run-Won bv Feske. Coop
erstown; Brantseg, Fargo, second;
& Bachleitner Perham. third: Welliver,
Bismarck. fourth. Time, 2 minutes
3 98 seconds.
Broad jump-Won by Fait, Valley
City; Crosse, Harvey. second; Dohn,
Bismarck. third; Metz, jamestown
fourth. Distance. 81 feet ~ inches
New record. Old record. 20 feet 6
inches, by Glenn Jarrett, Grand
i Forks. 1927.
Half mile relay-Won by Bismarck
fBoelter, Green, Beylund, Benzon) ;
Fargo. second; jamestown, third;
Valley City, fourth. Time, minute
37.1 seconds.