March 30, 1917, Friday
The Bay City Times Tribune, Bay City, Michigan
Sports
BAY CITY SWIMMERS WIN FROM SAGINAW
Junior Members of Y. M. C. A. Victorious in One Event.
Bay City junior members of the Y. M. C. A. won one event in the swimming contests with the Saginaw juniors, that being the plunge for distance in which the locals averaged 34.1 feet to Saginaw’s 31.28 feet. Stotu also made the best time in the 20-yard swim, covering the distance in 11 2-5 seconds, but the average time of the other men on the team pulled the Bay City boys down.
In the athletic meet between the Junior II classes of the two cities, Saginaw won all four events. The locals were somewhat handicapped by having but twelve men from which to choose the ten whose figures were used in the averages. The results:
High jump—Saginaw, first, 4 feet 9 inches; average for 10 men, 4 feet, 4 1/2 inches. Bay City, first, Foss, 4 feet, 8 inches; average 4 feet 3 1/2 inches.
Pull up—Saginaw, first 17 times; average, 14.7 times. Bay City, first, Walker, 16 times; average 7.9 times.
Standing broad jump—Saginaw, first, 8 feet, 7 inches; average, 8 feet 1 1/2 inches. Bay City, first, North, 8 feet, 9 inches; average 7 feet, 8 1/2 inches.
Potato race—Saginaw, first, 44 1-5 seconds; average 45 1/2 seconds. Bay City, first, Foss, 45 4-5 seconds; average, 48.9 seconds.
Bay City, Michigan: The Way It Was 