Iowa H.-S.A.A. Games, Cedar Rapids, May 22, 1896.

Event.Winner.
100-yard dashJackson, Cedar Rapids.10-3/5sec.
220-yard dashJackson, Cedar Rapids.23"
Quarter-mile runCarmichael, Clinton.51-1/5"
Half-mile runBrown, Sioux City.2m.6"
One-mile runBrown, Sioux City.5"8-3/5"
120-yard hurdlesHorton, Muscatine.
No time taken.
220-yard hurdlesConger, Clinton.29-1/5"
One-mile walkDavis, Clinton.8"6-3/5"
Running high jumpFlournoy, Clinton.5ft.8in.
Running broad jumpJackson, Cedar Rapids.20"¼"
Pole vaultWalsh, Clinton.9"2"
Throwing 16-lb. hammerLeo, Cedar Rapids.89"5"
Putting 16-lb. shotHartung, Des Moines.32"11¾"
Two-mile bicycleCherry, Cedar Rapids.5m.59sec.
Half-mile bicycleCherry, Cedar Rapids.1"14-2/5"

When the Iowa State H.-S.A.A. held its first field meeting last year this Department criticised the schedule of events, which contained a number of acrobatic feats not usually recognized as track or field events. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that I notice a change this year. The Iowans are certainly a progressive set of athletes, as has certainly been proved by their sending a team to the National games of last Saturday.

Clinton High-School is the leading institution in athletics there at present. Clinton won the championship among the Iowa schools, and also, in a dual meet, defeated Rockford H.-S., whose team won the Illinois championship.

The Clinton High-School team also challenged the Milwaukee team, but their invitation for a dual contest was not accepted. The Iowa Association is the only one, I believe, of the Western interscholastic leagues that has joined the National I.S.A.A., and for this they deserve great credit. Their action and enterprise will no doubt be of the greatest benefit to sport in that region, and will serve to place the Iowa schools in the front rank of scholastic athletics.

The Graduate.