Show Scholastic Track Meets l in Utah Had Beginning Thirty Years Ago Many l Records Have Fallen Since Original Group of 60 Boys Competed ed in 1904 By TOMMIE PORTER It Is a far cry from from Utah's first scholastic track meet on Cummings field in May 1904 to the modern edition in Utah stadIum this week Only sixty boys oos representing but three schools Salt Lake Ogden and and Park were City recruited by high school officials and the athletic coun coun- cli or of the university for the meet 30 years ago at which the forerunners Q f present day records were established Ogden took an early lead md and was was' 35 ahead until the final event the hall hail mile reloy rellY Salt Lakes Lake's team ran on evenT even terms wIth the boys from irom the Junction Cit City until the last lap when Richmond spurted to win Time was 1 minute 40 seconds Track Was Vas Heavy The track was heavy but Cross of at Ogden sprinted the century in 11 seconds flat beating Richmond by six inches Greenwald of at Ogden won the yard yord dash in 58 seconds with Cross Crass close on his heels In the y yard rd dash clash nosed out Dean ot of Ogden by Q a few steps in 26 seconds and the Salt Laker won the broad jump with a 1 leap of at 20 feet 5 5 4 inches Cral Craig of Ogden was best in the pole vault clearing the bar with witha a great Jump of nine feet Today the boys are arc going three feet higher The went to Greenwald with a toss of 37 feet 72 inches Meyers of Ogden beat Horns of Salt Lake In the being timed at seconds Richmond was first in the high jump at 5 feet 2 inches The team was awarded a silk banS ban ncr ner by Mrs Byron Cummings and the of officials voted to continue the event for public school students The time for the yard lOG dash was reduced to 10 second in 1913 by Creed Haymond of who also set the existing yard mark of after aUer it had been twice broken from the 1904 time irs In 1921 Oscar Smith of East established the present century record of 98 seconds Meyers ot of Ogden cut a minute end and tenths six seconds from hIs time in 1906 md and Kirby of Salt Loke high brought broucht the time to seconds in 1909 Fuller of Ogden ran the dis- dis in 53 seconds in 1914 and after Wells of DixIe had set a mark of seconds in 1921 John J Jack ck Burton of Davis hun hung up the present record of seconds in 1925 The mark was cut on eight separate before Burton turned in his time of two minutes flat Before that Wood or of Salt Lake had covered the mile half in 2188 at atthe atthe the 1906 meet Korrick another Salt L Laker k r had trimmed three seconds I from the time Deason of Park City had marked up a and Wheeling or of Salt Lake hod astounded the thes s schooLs with the record of in 1910 1921 Record Stands The mile run which Karrick won in 1907 at was beaten by Rhodes also of Salt Lake jn in 1908 with the time of Wheeling reduced reduced re- re the time to in 1910 and after Lymn Brown of B. B Y high had chalked up in 1919 1910 Melvin Burke or of Box Elder set the present record of at In 1924 Richardson of Salt Lake high tossed the shot 43 feet teet 7 Inches In 1905 but DanIel Cox of Ogden did nearly three feet snore more In 1923 and Ross Cox hun hung up the mark of 47 feet teet 8 8 78 Inches In 1926 which Eddie Peterson of Prove Pro shattered last year for the present record ot of 48 feet teet 4 in Inches Scott Morris of at Salt Lake belt beat the orIginal pole record b by a foot in 1905 and Allen Alien ot of Ogden n added six inches in 1910 Durham of Murdock I acad-I emy boosted the mark to 11 feet 9 inches ire in 1911 Carl Call Belliston of Nephi added an Inch and a in 1928 and George GOurley sailed over at 12 feet in 1932 for the existing record Cox Holds Jump Mark 1 Cleat Larson of Dixie was the first to high jump over six feet setting the record at G 6 feet 2 inches In 1914 i Lorraine Cox of the some school went one hat Inch higher m in 1928 for the present mark Hansen of 11 A. A C. C started the discus competition with a throw of feet teet 8 Inches In 1916 liar liar- old Nation of East raised the record rec- rec ord to feet 9 Inches In 1921 and George Corbett or of Provo tossed the platter feet 3 Inches In 1925 only to have have Ross Cox of Ogden Oden establish the pres ent record of let 9 Inches In I The javelin throw ot of feet 7 inches made by Hall of West jn in 1918 was raised 13 f feet t by Hunter of B. B A C. C three years later Inter Adolph Wull Wull- stein of East threw the spear feet 6 inches in 1923 Melvin Griffith of Tooele had a toss of 65 feet in 1929 and Russell Alley of North Rich set the present record of in 1931 Hurdle Mark Fell FeU Aldo ot of West Vest did the high hurdles in at the 1929 meet the first time this event was run but Burnell Lewis of Spanish Fork cut the time to s seconds in 1930 and Raleigh Judd of trimmed I two tenths of a second from that time In 1932 for the present n record ord The low barrier mork was a set at 29 seconds by Hyde of Salt Sale Lake in 1906 Hopkins of Murdock was two seconds faster in 1911 Gunn also of Murdock was clocked at 25 8 seconds see sec in 1914 Glenn Worthington of Nephi established the present mark of seconds in 1925 I. I |