The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Libby High
Is State
Champ
Lbs Track Team Has
Highest Aggregate Score
Ever Made by Class B.
GENE NELSON WAS
SECOND HIGH MAN

Coach huS WaSley'S versatile ana
powerful Libby High School Ter
riers romped away from the field
TO capture the State Class B Track
and Field Championship on Dorm
blaser Field, Missoula, last Satur-
day, with the highest aggregate
score ever collected by the victor
in that division. Libby scored so IT
points In 10 events, and also de-
cisively won the Glass B relay race.
Terriers scored in IL. of the IA
events.
Second place was taken by Fort
Benton with 81 points, third place
was captured by Columbus with
"a 2-7 points; Poison won fourth
with "a points, and Hamilton with
"a IT points. Other contesting
schools which placed were Plains,
Cutbank, Whitefish, Bainville, Red
Lodge, Corvallis, Twin Bridges,
Sheridan, Dixon, Laurel, Medicine
Lake, and Conrad
Gene Nelson, Libby high fresh
man, was second high man in the
meet, msking 10 points by placing
in five events. Ray Munro, junior,
and team captain, collected IA II
points, Bob Chapman, junior, 13,
and Dave Klehm, junior, S IT
points. Libby took two firsts with
Captain Ray Munro hurting the jaw
elm 167 IT. 4 in. to win the state
championship in that event, mark
better than made by the Class A
champion, although 10 feet less
than his record at the county meet
at Eureka a week earlier, and Chap
man took first in the 440 in the ex
ceptionally fast time of 52.8 sec
onds. John Solem, senior, lead-off
man in the relay, also qualified IN
middle distance, along with Don
Madison. sophomore, and Jim Raft,
sophomore. Other members OF the
Terrier team included Don Mar
tin, junior, who competed in the
pole vault and $50. Accompanying
the team was Manager Harry Moe,
and Ralph SWimley.
Details of the meet follow:
100 yd dash--K. Scott, Fort Ben
I ton; Chapman, Libby; Maus, Ham
ilton, Boyers, Twin Bridges; Mid
dlemist, Dixon Time, 10l seconds.
22O yd.. dash-K. Scott, Fort Ben
ton; Chapman, Libby; Maus, Ham
ilton: Boyers, Twin Bridges; Whit
son, Laurel. Time, % seconds
440 yd dash-Chapman, Libby,
Keller, Poison. Patzer, Hamilton,
Lear, Corvallis; Klehm, Libby
Time, 52.8 seconds.
Halt mile-Small, Fort Benton
Scott, Columbus, Harbine, Plains,
Hart, Poison; Stromberg, Medicine
Lake. Time, 2:07.5.
Broad jump-K. Scott, Fort Ben
ton; j. Graham, Columbus, Nelson
Libby; r. Graham, Plains; B. Scott
Columbus. 20.5A
High hurdles = j. Graham, Co
lumbus; Munro, Libby; Klehm
Libby; Hupp, Cut Bank; Gagner
Poison. Time, 1866 seconds.
Low hurdles-Maus, Hamilton
Munro, Libby, Gagner, Poison
j. Graham, Columbus; Klehn
Libby Time, 24.5 seconds.
Shot put-K. Scott, Fort Benton
Nelson, Libby: Ridnour, Poison
Cook, Cut Bank; Munro, Libby
AS 7-8.
Javelin throw-Munro, Libby
Nelson, Libby; Cook, Cutbank
Duus, Hamilton; Sears, Columbus
1874
Relay race-Libby, first, Poison
second; Twin Bridges, third. Time
1894
Pole Vault-Van Artsdale, White
fish; Ward, Carbon; Sears, Column
bus; Johnson, Corvallis; Mckenzie
Sheridan. HIT. 10 it, 10 in.
Discus-Duus, Hamilton; Nelson
Libby; Scott, Fort Benton; Smith
Poison; Ridnour, Poison. Distance
1917.
High Jump-Grindland, Balm
vile; Matthias and Ridnour, Pol
son, and Nelson, Libby, tied sec
ond; Munro and Klehm, Libby, tiet
fifth. Ht #. 10 in.
Mile Run-Scott, Columbus; Har
bine, Plains; Small, FIT. Benton
Hart, Poison; Peterson, Hamilton
Time ASH.