ATHLETICS.
HE Second Annual Field Day was
held at the A. & id. College Sat
urday, April 21, 1900, with much suc
cess. There seemed such little interest
taken in athletics up to the time that it
was feared it would be a failure. But
as the old saying is, “It is the unex
pected which always happens.” So it
was, under the able management Of
Mr. Boettcher, that the programme was
carried out so successfully on the 21st.
The day opened brightly with a
gentle south breeze stirring. It- was
a typical spring morning. The con
testants, arrayed in their loose cos
tumes, appeared upon the field at
about the hour of 9. Inspired by the
loveliness of the day and by the many
pretty smiling faces of the young
lady visitors, each contestant was de
termined to make a ^cord for him
self not easily beaten.
The first event was tennis tourna
ment, single, closely contested by Har
rison and Foster, Foster winning.
Both men, however, showed lack of
power to handle the racket.
Next came to tennis tournament,
double, by Foster, McGinnis, Harrison
and Duhrsen, Foster and McGinnis
winning the championship. The game
was rather an extended one; however,
quite interesting on account of being
so well matched.
The high kick, standing, was won
by the long and lengthy Kendall, with
Hackney second. If Hackney would
just stretch himself a little by next
year he would push Kendall hard. Tay
lor did well, considering his height.
Passing on to the next event, put
ting the twelve and sixteen-pound
shots, Winkler came out victorious in
both these events.- Kloss and Hyde
second and third respectively. Sev
eral others entered this contest, but
for the lack of a little more wing
were not successful.
Carswell, Markham and Brown were’
the stars in the next event—the 100-
yards dash—and a 100-yards dash it
was, too, for before you hardly had
time to turn around after the signal
“go,” Carswell made the last leap of
the race, followed closely by Mark
ham and Brown.
Throwing the discus was won by
Hurst, Johnson and Winkler being sec
ond and third.
After the discus, a 220-yard dash,
and then throwing twelve and sixteen-
pound hammer. The 220-yard dash
was won by the same three men who
figured in the 100-yard dash, except
that in this case Carswell takes Mark
ham’s place, and Markham takes
Brown’s, making Brown the center of
attraction. Boettcher wins both ham
mers, Winkler second on twelve-pound
and Hyde third, Hyde second on six-
teen-pound and Ridenhower third.
Next dash was the 440 yards, won by
Taylor and McGinnis, followed by
Clements and Foster, and Hyde throw
ing the base ball.
Then came some of the events in
which our college athlete, Garrett, was
the principal feature. Vaulting, stand-
ing broad jumps, running, hop, step
and jump and hurdle race. Not only
first in these four, but he also came
in second on running broad jump. Mc
Neill made some splendid records, con
sidering his size, in the vaulting and