Morrison High School - Morrisonian Yearbook (Morrison, IL)

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he beat his opponent by almost a foot, making a new record for him- self of 19 feet GM inches. The medal for first place was of gold, and that for second of silver, both very fine medals. Edwin Boyd fea- tured well in the half-mile, but was unable to place, although he came in fourth. Burr did well in the running high jump, making a height of 5 feet 2 inches, while the winners of the event tied at 5 feet 4 inches. J. Boyd and Hollinshead did their best in the sprints, but were unable to qualify. Green, Austin and Cook were also entered in some of the hurdles and runs, but were unable to qualify. But if one consider the material with which Morrison had to compete, we can congratulate the boys on what they did do. On the following Wednesday, May 10, the Savanna team came to Morrison, and a dual meet took place. The result was favorable to Morrison by a score of 56 to 48. The day was not good in the least for a meet, as there was a strong north wind blowing continu- ously, which interferred with the jumping and running. Neverthe- less, the record for the pole vault was broken by Rick, who made a height of 9 feet 5 inches. Burr also broke the record for standing broad jump by a jump of 8 feet 8M inches. John Boyd won the 440-yard dash in 58 seconds, which broke the former record of the High School. There will probably be other meets this year, as one is now scheduled with Clinton for May 27, but the Annual goes to press too early to receive the reports. It is expected that more of the records will be broken.

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ON TRACK AND FIELD This year M. H. S. is doing more in track and field work than she has ever done before. The season started early in April, and on April 7 was held the annual Inter-class Meet. In this, many of the events were won by new men, and although it was bitterly cold, some records were made. Little more attention was paid to track events until about the last of April or the first of May, when the manager of the team received an entry blank from Cornell College, requesting the presence of a team at the Interscholastic at Mount Vernon, Iowa, May 6, 1915. Different members of the team became interested, and a number finally made up their minds to attend. On May 5 sixteen of our boys left for Cornell, some as contestants, and some merely as support. At Cornell the boys were given fine treatment. In the morning, immediately after the preliminaries, there was an exciting ball game between Cornell College and Iowa City, resulting in a score of 3 to 1 in favor of Cornell. After the luncheon at the gym, the boys pre- pared for the final meet. At 5:30 they attended the banquet given by the C Club, and in the evening enjoyed the play, Milestones But the results of the meet are what interest us most. Rick proved himself the best of our representatives by bringing home two medals, one first and one second. In the half-mile he finished sec- ond by a fine sprint at the last. In the running broad jump he tied with Bentley of Polo for first place, but when the tie was jumped off

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OUR TRACK TEAM BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT Rastede, Weights Smith, Weights, High Jump Torrence, Manager Burr, High Jump, Running Broad, Standing Broad, Pole Vault Peterson, 440-yard Dash, High Jump Boyd, 50-yard Dash, 100-yard Dash, 220-yard Dash FRONT ROW, LEFT T0 RIGHT Wentz, Half-mile, 440-yard Dash, 220-yard Dash Kidd, High Jump, 220-yard Dash, 440-yard Dash, 100-yard Dash Rick, 50-yard Dash, 440-yard Dash, 880-yard Run, Mile, Pole Vault, Running Broad, Weights Hollinshead, 50-yard Dash, 100-yard Dash, 220-yard Dash Ritchie, Weights, Running Broad, Standing Broad