IOWA STATE HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GAMES, MUSCATINE, MAY 25, 1895.
| Event. | Winner—5 points. | 2d—3 points. | 3d—1 point. | ||||
| 50-yard dash | Horsburgh, T. | 5-3/5 | sec. | Bannister, C. | Holbrook, T. | ||
| 100-yard dash | Holbrook, T. | 11 | " | Booth, I. C. | Dean, M. | ||
| 120-yard hurdle | Holbrook, T. | 20-1/3 | " | C. Hanley, M. | J. Hanley, M. | ||
| Mile run | Morland, T. | 5 | m. | 18 | " | Horsburgh, T. | |
| Half-mile bicycle | Cole, C. | 1 | " | 16 | " | Riggs, I. C. | Mahin, M. |
| Half-mile run | Demorest, M. | 2 | " | 19 | " | Swisher, I. C. | Morland, T. |
| Half-mile walk | Brunn, M. | 4 | " | 12 | " | Reed, T. | |
| 220-yard hurdle | Holbrook, T. | 28-4/5 | " | Conger, C. | Freeman, I. C. | ||
| 440-yard dash | Demorest, M. | 55-2/5 | " | Hertz, I. C. | Bannister, C. | ||
| 220-yard dash | Holbrook, T. | 24-4/5 | " | Dean, M. | Bannister, C. | ||
| Standing high kick | Flournoy, C. | 7 | ft. | 6 | in. | Brunn, M. | Leefers, T. |
| Running high jump | Flournoy, C. | 5 | " | 3 | " | Booth, I. C. | Horton, M. |
| Running hop, step, and jump | Booth, I. C. | 39 | " | 3 | " | Freeman, I. C. | Horton, M. |
| Baseball throw | Halinan, C. | 314 | " | Conger, C. | Dean, M. | ||
| Putting 12-lb. shot | Keister, C. | 38 | " | 3 | " | Holmes, C. | Holbrook, T. |
| Standing broad jump | Flournoy, C. | 9 | " | 9-3/4 | " | Holbrook, T. | Lackmond, C. |
| Pole-vault | Flournoy, C. | 9 | " | 3 | " | Booth, I. C. | Freeman, I. C. |
Points Made.
| Clinton | 50 |
| Tipton | 43 |
| Muscatine | 30 |
| Iowa City | 28 |
| —- | |
| Total | 151 |
Tipton, T. Clinton, C. Muscatine, M. Iowa City, I. C.
A very good example of what might justly be called a "freak" programme is that of the Iowa State High-School Athletic Association. Their field day was held at Muscatine on May 25th last, and I insert a table showing the results of the games more as an interesting curiosity than as a valuable contribution toward athletic records. Of the seventeen events on the card, only nine appear on the I.C.A.A.A. schedule, and one of these—the 12-lb. shot—ought to be left out. If the hurdles are undersized, then the Iowans have really only six numbers on their list that would admit them to competition with the Interscholastic Association of the United States, which we hope to see in full-fledged running order next spring. Iowa has a claim to recognition in athletics, her university having sent to the Mott Haven games this year the fastest sprinter that has entered for many a year. Let me therefore urge the younger athletes to train themselves for events that they can achieve renown in rather than to waste their time in high kicking. Crum would have received scant attention at Mott Haven even if he could have hopped, stepped, and jumped from one end of the Oval to the other.
CLINTON HIGH-SCHOOL TRACK-ATHLETIC TEAM.
Champions of the Iowa State High-School Athletic Association.
Four schools were represented on the Fair Grounds at Muscatine, and Clinton H.-S. took the cup with 50 points. The Clinton team consisted of fourteen boys only, and as they have trained themselves without any assistance from older athletes, their performances are creditable. While it is true that none of them as yet threaten the Interscholastic records, it must be remembered that our Eastern schools have been in athletics many years longer than the Iowans, and enjoy far greater advantages from trainers and coaches than can be had in the West. In a very few years, however, matters will no longer be thus, and I confidently look to see several of these records held beyond the Mississippi. My young friends on the Pacific coast are going to raise a few of the marks too. Look out for them!
If the plan now proposed in the middle West can be carried out, we shall see next year an Interscholastic Association composed of the principal schools of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This organization will be a powerful one, and its meetings, where the entries will be restricted to the firsts and seconds of the State contests, ought to be productive of good records. Such competition cannot fail to elevate sport in that section, and then the East will have to look to its laurels.