Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 22, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 April 1949 — DeMotte Wins 4 Team Track, Field Meet [ARTICLE]

DeMotte Wins 4 Team Track, Field Meet

Fair Oaks, Remington, Tefft Lag Far Behind Keener School Athletes DeMotte high school’s track and field squad cantered to an easy victory in a four-team invitational meet held at DeMotte Friday afternoon. The lads from Keener racked up. points. Fair Oaks was the runner-up with 43, followed by Remington with 24*6 and Tefft with 19. The summary follows: High Hurdles Won by DeYoung, DeMotte; Moolenaar, DeMotte, second; Tefft, third; Fair Oaks, fourth. Time :19.2 seconds. 100-yard dash Won by Samara, DeMotte; Fair Oaks, second; Tefft, third; Remington, fourth. Time :11.7 seconds. Mile run Won by Duggins, DeMotte; Wright, DeMotte, second; Remington, third and fourth. Time 5:32 minutes. 440-yard dash Won by Heimlich, DeMotte; Remington, second; Fair Oaks, third; DeMotte, fourth. Time :60.3 seconds. Shot Put Won by Kingma, DeMotte Schultz, Fair Oaks, second; Fair Oaks, third; Peregrine, Tefft, fourth; distance: 39 feet, 10 inches. Pole Vault Heimlich, DeMotte; Mitchell, Remington, tied for first and second; DeYoung, DeMoote, third; Kingma, DeMotte, fourth height: 10 feet 3 inches. 220-yard dash Won by Sumara, DeMotte; Fair Oaks, second; Tefft, third; DeMotte, fourth. Time :25.2 seconds. . Low Hurdles Won by Pettit, Fair Oaks; Remington, second; DeMotte, third and fourth. Time :28.9 seconds. 880-yard run Won by Moolenaar, DeMotte; Fair Oaks, second; Coffer, DeMotte, third; Remington, fourth. Time 2:25.4 minutes. Broad Jump Won by Moolenaar, DeMotte; Peregrine, Tefft, second; Bowman, Remington, third; Ketchum, Tefft, fourth. Distance: 18 feet, 8y 2 inches. High Jump Won by R. Murphys, Fair Oaks; Mitchell, Remington, second; Klip DeMotte, third; Kingma, DeMotte Longfellow, Remington, tied for fourth. Height: 5 feet 5% inches. Mile Relay Won by DeMotte (Heimlich, Lanting, Klip, Sumara); Fair Oaks, second; Remington, third; Tefft, fourth. Time 4:11 minutes. 880-yard relay Won by Fair Oaks (Cox, Pettit, Trump, Flora); Tefft, second; DeMotte, fourth. Time 1:48 minutes.