The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-09
FARCO-MIDCETS IN
RUNNER-UP BERTH
With TOTAL OF 46
Three Records Are Broken as
Contestants Run on Soggy
Track at Field Here
DOHN BREAKS HURDLE MARK
Benzon is Star in Dash Events;
Takes 100 and 22O-
Yard Events Handiiy

Bismarck piled up 81 IL points in
the ninth annual Capital City Track
and Field meet here Saturday to de-
throne the defending champions. the
Fargo Midgets, who were runners-up
with total of 46 points.
The Demons earned their victory
through outstanding strength in the
dash events.
Ashley captured third place hon.
orS with IL points while Mandan was
fourth with 1-2 points, Hazelton
was fifth with six. Turtle Lake sixth
with five, and Coleharbor seventh
with 10. Other teams winning
points were Garrison with three.
Menoken with ! 1-2. and Fessenden
with one.
Bismarck won eight first places.
taking all the running events except
the mile and half mile. Fargo took
three firsts, the broad jump, discus
and javelin. Other first places went
to Mandan in the mile run, Hazelton
the half mile, and Turtle Lake high
jump.
Lester Dohn of Bismarck led the
field by wide margin to set the first
new record of 17.3 seconds in the 100
yard high hurdles, lettering the old
mark by nine-tenths of second.
Randall. Mandan. ran the mile in
four minutes 48 seconds to exceed by
four seconds the previous record, and
Murphy of Bismarck tied Arneson,
Fargo, in vaulting IL feet IL inches
to new record. The height in the
pole vault was two inches higher than
the previous record.
Dohn and Benzon captured indivi-
dual scoring honors in the tourna-
ment, each contributing 10 points to
the Bismarck total. BenzOn paced
the field in the 100 and 220-yard
dashes while Dohn picked up first
in the hurdles. third in the pole vault
and second in the broad jump.
kruetz of Fargo was next high man
gathering seven points for the Cass
county delegation.
The highlight of the meet was
reached in the mile race when Ran
dali of Mandan ran the event in 4:4S
for a new record which was IA Sec
ends lower than the previous mark
Pushed all the way by Brantzig of
Fargo, the Mandan boy staged a
fighting finish to win by inches at
the tape.
Captain Lloyd Murphy of the De-
mons and Arneson of Fargo staged a
great battle in the pole vault to
break the record for the event. Both
cleared the bar at II feet, 10 inches
for a tie.
Berg of Turtle Lake and Kafer of
HaEelton proved to be dark horses
in winning first places. Berg won the
high jump while Kafer ran a great
half mile to outdistance the rest of
the field.
The summaries:
100 yard dash-Won by Benzon,
Bismarck; Kransler. Ashley, second;
Owens, Bismarck, third; Chase CARR
son, fourth. Time 1915.
120 high hurdles-Won by Dohn,
Bismarck; Kruetz, Fargo, second;
Percy, Mandan. third. Time 1913.
Shot Put-Won by Boelter. Bis
marck; Les Johnston, Ashley. second;
Furcht, Fargo, third; Heller, Bismarck
fourth. Distance As feet, 22-8i in.
High jump-Won by Berg, Turtle
Lake; Beylund, Bismarck; Saldin,
Coleharbor; Percy, Mandan, and HUI
bert, Menoken, tied for second. Height
5 #. 6A in.
Broad jump-Won by Clemants,
Fargo: Dohn, Bismarck, second; Said
in, Coleharbor, third; Comrie, Fargo,
fourth. Distance, 10 it. 3ia in.
DiscuS-Won by Charbonneau. Far
go; HeiSer, Bismarck. second; Boelter,
Bismarck, third: Johnston, Ashley,
fourth. Distance, 100 it. lie in.
Javelin-Won by KreutZ, Fargo;
johnson. Fargo, second; Agre, Bis
marck, third; Scott, Fessenden, fourth.
Distance, 159 It. in.
Pole vault-Murphy. Bismarck, and
Arnson, Fargo, tied for first; Dohn,
Bismarck, third; Parsons, Hazelton,
fourth. Height, II #. AZ in. (record) (.
Half mile relay-Won by Bismarck
Potter, Shepard. Welliver, Benzon) !;
Fargo, second. Time, 1:4O.2.
22O yard dash-Won by Benzon, Bis
marck; Kransler, Ashley, second;
Chase, Garrison. third: Owens, Bis
marck, fourth. Time, :244.
40 yard dash-Won by Green, Bis
marck; Matson, Fargo. second; Com
RE, Fargo, third; Rittenmiller, Ash
ley, fourth. Time, 1894.
22O yard low hurdles-Won by Pot
ter, Bismarck; Frederickson, Fargo,
second; Still, Fargo. third; Beylund,
Bismarck, fourth. Time, :29.4.
Half mile-Won by Kafer, Hazel
ton; Brantseg, Fargo, second: Welli-
yer, Bismarck, third; Matson, Fargo,
fourth.
Mile run-Won by Randall, Man
dan; Brantseg, Fargo, second; Welli-
yer, Bismarck, third; Peterson, Far
60, fourth. Time, 4.48 new record.
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