For the third straight year the Midvale Blue Devils stand atop the county's Class A track teams. They took the coveted title last night at Crater Stadium with a total of 66 1/2 points. Tuscarawas Valley was a surprise second placer with 53 1/2 points, while Gnadenhutten was the only other team in contention for the top honors when it scored 47 1/2 points. Tuscarawas copped the grade school boys championship with a total of 33 points, while Strasburg was crowned champs of the high school girls with 19 markers and Gnadenhutten won the grade school girls crown on 13 points, edging out Garaway, which had 11. During the meet, which started with the preliminaries in the afternoon, a total of seven records were set, while another two were tied. Midvale's sensational speedster, Lonnie Fulp, personally accounted for three of the new records and tied another. In the prelims he ran the 100-year dash in 10.1 seconds, eclipsing the old mark of 10.2 set by Ed Smith of Garaway in 1940. He also set a new standard in the 180-yard low hurdles on a time of 21.2 to top the previous mark of 21.5 held jointly by Midvale's Dick Tolotti in 1953 and Dick Leggett of Midvale last year. His 220-yard dash on a clocking of 22.9 topped an 18-year-old record of 23.1 held by Dave Booth of Midvale. In the finals Fulp tied the old 220-yard mark. Strasburg's George Gessner, short on height, but long on wind, also came in for his share of the record breaking. He set new marks in both the mile and half-mile runs. He ran the mile in 4:46.75 to top a six-year record held by Lewis Frees, also of Strasburg, the old mark being 6:54.4. In the half-mile he topped the 21-year-old record held by former Midvale ace and major leaguer Frankie Baumholtz. The former time was 2:11.3, but George ran it in 2:00.4 last night. Midvale continued to reap the honors as Bill Housel of the Blue Devils crossed the pole vault bar at 10 feet, nine and one-half inches to better the old mark of 10 feet, 9 1/4 inches set by Dick Yurich of Strasburg in 1955. The Blue Devil mile relay squad, comprised of Russ Hobart, Jim Wonosik, Larry McCarty and Tom Krocker broke a record set by a team from their own school last year. This year's timing was 3:47.9, while last year's 3:50.9. The other record which was tied was by Jim Swinderman of Midvale, who won the Grade Boy's 75-year dash in 9.6 to tie a record set by Stauffer of Garaway in 1940. Fulp was far and away the top runner of the night, taking first in the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes and low hurdles and also coming in second in the broad jump for a total of 19 of the Devils' points. Wth the exception of Gessner, the only other double winner in the high school boys division was Tom Roth of Gnadenhutten who won the shotput with a heave of 41 feet 11 2/6 inches and the discus with a toss of 112 feet, nine inches. Ron Bradley of the Tribe garnered a first in the 120-yard high hurdles, while Chuck Locker of Tuscarawas Valley won the broad jump. The Trojan 880-yard relay team of Locker, Dick Cochran, Clarence Cantrill and Walt Deubner also was a winner.*
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS FINAL RESULTS
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1. Midvale Blue Devils 66 1/2
2. Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 53 1/2
3. Gnadenhutten Indians 47 1/2
4. Garaway Pirates 29 1/2
5. Strasburg Tigers 16
6. Port Washington Purple Riders 3
7. Tuscarawas Broncos 2
8. Baltic Eagles 1
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John Landon of Port Washington placed 4th in the mile run.
Port Washington placed 5th in the mile relay.
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GRADE SCHOOL BOYS FINAL RESULTS
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1. Tuscarawas Broncos 33
2. Strasburg Tigers 11 1/2
3. Garaway Pirates 7 1/2
4. Tuscarawas Valley Trojans
5. Baltic Eagles 6 1/2
6. Port Washington Puple Riders 5
7. Midvale Blue Devils 4
8. Gnadenhutten 3
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Robert Glazer of Port Washington placed 2nd in the 75-yard dash.
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Saturday, May 10, 1958
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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