Inter Scholastics 1907

 

The sports of 1907 were contested by 12 schools but there were some notable absentees.   First, the notice that appeared in the papers begore the meeting. 

Unlike the previous year, the weather was forecast to be good but this preview in the ‘Scottish Referee’ was a bit on the gloomy side.   Talk about ‘faint praise’?

There was a brief review of the sports with interesting notes on some of the participants before the actual results were printed.

But what of the schools championship?   Not printed in either the ‘Glasgow Herald’ or ‘Scotsman’ nor even in the ‘Referee’.   A bried view of the individual champions is below.

OPEN EVENTS

EVENT WINNER SCHOOL TIME
100 Yards G Balsillie Stewart’s College 11.2 seconds
440 Yards G Balsillie Stewart’s College 57.4 seconds
One Mile J Tait Edinburgh Institution 5 min 12.4 sec
120 Yards Hurdles N Mackay Allan Glen’s High School 18.8 seconds
High Jump W Weir Allan Glen’s High School 4′  11 1/4″
Broad Jump F Klinger Stewart’s College 18′ 0″
Cricket Ball Throw JH Wallace Stewart’s College 87 Yards 0 feet 10 inches
Putting the Weight T Hotchkiss Glasgow High School 30′ 1 1/2″

UNDER 16

EVENT WINNER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
100 Yards W Jamieson Dollar Institute 11.4 seconds
880 Yards W Jamieson Dollar Institute 2 min 21 sec
120 Yards Hurdles W Jamieson Dollar Institute 19.4 seconds
High Jump W Jamieson Dollar Institute 4′ 11 1/2″
Broad Jump W Jamieson Dollar Institute 17′ 10″

UNDER 13

EVENT WINNER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
100 Yards W Lyle Glasgow High School 13.4 seconds
300 Yards W Lyle Glasgow High School 44.2 seconds
High Jump A Gilbert Allan Glen’s High School 4′ 0 1/2″
Broad Jump A Gilbert Allan Glen’s High School 13′ 3 1/2″

In the absence of definite results at school level, we can note that Allan Glen’s won four events, Stewart’s College won 4, Dollar Institute won four, Glasgow High School won three and Edinburgh Institution won two.   Glasgow High also had 10 second places, Allan Glen’s had seven and Dollar Institute had two.