Show academy boys easy victors at the contest last saturday on the uintah stale stake aladen academy y campus the academy boys were easy victors of the day the contest was between seven of tho the boys from the city and the academy track team the boys from the city issued the challenge in which eleven events were named the following are the events yd dash yd dash yard run 12 1 2 mile race yard relay race yard hurdle race pole vault hammer throw shot put high jump and broad jump in each event there are feight eight points given five points for first place and three points for second place making 88 points in all out of these 88 points the academy boys won 63 12 1 2 and the city boys 24 12 1 2 the A academy c d phy 1 ast gt fiert A place in ali all eleven events except one and that was the yd hurdle milton white taking first in that event avent in some of the events the academy team took both first and second places the contest started at one p m with the yd dash in which mentser menter calder of the IL U S A won first place and milton white second the race was a very close one and consequently was very exciting some good records were made by the academy boys calder ran the yd dash in 23 seconds while the state record is 22 seconds in the running broad lump jump calder beat the city bos boa best man about one foot seven inches hia jump p 20 ft t whilo tho tha state record is fa but alt 22 ai ft it in agthe all the events tho ithe academy boya had practically no competitors 0 11 saturday was a very exciting day and many people from all overs over the valley were olt oat to enjoy and all seemed well for coming out athletic sports are but just being introduced into uintah county aind nd tha people seem to talce take it as very great sport several new events were contested saturday that have not been heretofore such as hammer throw pole vault and relay race were introduced and proved to be about the events eventa of the day when the meet was out another challenge was given to the academy warren colton and ray reader bearg at the head of the list this meet will be much more exciting than the last one as aa some of uintah countes Coun tys best beat athletes will contest con teat the time for this event to take place was set bet for may aray 1906 KARL A A PACK |