Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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I Track Team SENIOR HIGH TRACK TEAM Standing: Franklin Keller, Charles Martin, Max Sandusky. James Murphy, Bill Gentry, Wilbur Shepherd, Ed Zlph, Vaughan Linnell, Charles Lott, John Karrle, Judson Phipps, Marcus Caton, Bob Lindensmith, .lack Savlln, Alex Carrlllo. Second: Vernon James, Bud Olmsted, Francis Keen, Jack Brinton, Charles Martin, Joe Rosenauer, George Otten, Enoch Shepherd, Donald James. First: Norman Loyd, William Wheeler, Richard Jones, Paul Boswell, Cecil Burnett, Elmer Barton, Floyd Reno, Wllbur Meier. 1938 TRACK AND FIELD REVIEW Looking back at last year's accomplishments, one realizes that Benton had the combination that it takes to spell victory for the season: Captain Elmer Barton, a consistent performer, George Otten, high point man of almost every meet, Reno, record-buster de luxe, and a supporting cast of regular guys. Leavenworth, April 2-Benton nosed out Argentine in the Leavenworth Triangular, to take first place with 67 points. Elmer Barton lowered the record in the 220 to 22:53 Joe Rosenauer raised the distance of the shot put to 42 feet, and Floyd Reno went 11 feet in the pole vault. Liberty, April 15-The Cardinals took Class A hon- ors at William Jewellg a total of 62 points. George Otten was high point man of the Class A division. Reno tied the meet record in the pole vault, 11 feet 6 inches. Chillicothe, April 16-In the Business College Relays the Cards beat their Central rivals by winning the meet with 2315 points. Captain Barton won the 2205 Reno took the pole vault, and the relay team placed second in the 880. Maryville, April 22-Northwest Missouri athletes saw the Benton team victors in Class A with 625 points and two new records. Reno broke the pole vault record at 11 feet 753 inches, and the 880 relay team, Barton, Reno, Otten and Burnett, ran their half mile in 1:35. Trenton, April 29-In the annual invitational, Ben- ton outdistanced the field with 705 points. Otten smashed the 120 high hurdle record to win in 15.6 sec- onds, the half mile relay team ran the event in 1:35.15 Barton did record time in the 220 yard dash, 23.1 sec- onds. Other firsts were Reno and Rosenauer. Hiawatha, April 30fThe Cards entering only a few events of the meet in which 30 schools participated, won those competed in. Reno set a new pole vault rec- ord of 11 feet 6 inches. City Meet, May 6-7-In the first day of competition Benton led by taking firsts in the jumping events. Dur- ing the second day with more of the same they piled up a total of 75279 points. Both Rosenauer and Jack Brinton broke the existing shot put record, Rosenauer's toss being 46 feet 9 inches for first. In the novice division, Meier, Olmsted, Linnell and Richard Jones took their events to win the competition with 71 points. Columbia, May 14-Only sure point winners were entered in the state meet, but the Cards took fourth place with 12 points. Reno won the pole vault, and Rosenauer, Brinton, Otten and Barton were in the money. This closed one of Benton's most successful track seasons. Richard Jones and Charles Martin were chosen co-captains of this year's team. City Junior High Meet, May 14-The younger Car- dinals came home with the Junior High School Track and Field Meet championship for the second straight year. They totaled 87 points, while Bliss and Roosevelt tied for second at 83 points. Cooper set up a new rec- ord in the high jump while Shipman, Davis and Hurst won their events. QPage Twenty-five!

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