Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-27
The Olympian Games


field Road, carried off our Washington,
Pa. correspondent on Saturday, before
the close of the Olympian Games, and
we complete the report by the following
extract from the Reporter OF yesterday:
The judges appointed to see fair play
and TO decide the comparative merits OF
the contestants, were John Mckennan,
f. f. Acheson and Ralph Mcconnell,
Esars. The cOntending parties were
the Junior and Sophomore classes OF the
college.
The first exercise was the smoking Of
the pipe of peace by the whole com
pany. This must have been a very
solemn and impressive ceremony, sym
bolical perhaps of the religious cere-
monies which always prefaced the
Greek entertainments.
The next was a rope pull by all Of the
Juniors against an equal number OF
SophOmOres. When Greek joins Greek
then comes the tug of war. This trial
was decided in favor of the Sophomore,
whereat there was great rejoicing by the
Sophomores, and their lady friends who
wore the blue as a token Of their sym
pathy.
The third was a 800 yards race. Sam.
Mccormick VS.. Will. Hertzler The race
was spirited but unequal, as Mr.. Nc
Cormick was not the original runner
who was chosen. Hertzler of the Soph-
ignores was the winner.
The fourth was a hundred yard race
between Ed. Haziett and Harry Cham
bers. The latter scored another for the
Sophomore whereat the Sophomore
became noisy.
The "Indian Wrestle" between y. S.
Hoev and George Hickman was fraud.
Both parties were afraid to make an
issue, so there was no wrcstle. Upon a
technecality the point was awarded TO
Mr. Hoey, of the Juniors.
The throwing of the cannon ball be-
tween Taylor and Alexander, was
gained by Taylor of the Juniors.
The "sack race" was run by Hazlett
and Richie, vs.. Power and Walker. 1t
was closely contested and was won by
Hazlett of the Juniors.
Curiosity was aroused to know what
a three legged race meant. 1t meant
that Beacon and Richie OF the Juniors,
were strapped together by the legs so
that when they ran the two inside legs
must move as one, and making practi-
| callv but three legs for the two. Cham
bers and Bassell represented the other
three legs, which on this occasion
proved rather too slow to win.
The run and grapple wrestle,' like a
rough and tumble fight, excited good
| deal of interest 1t was exciting. Quail
and Boyce were the wrestlers. The
weight and wind were in favor OF the
latter, which made great rejoicing
among the Sophomore.
The square draft" between Bell and
| Shields was slow and uninteresting, not
enough action-Bell OF the Juniors took
| the honor.
The Scratch" was a nondescript kind
of pull or wrestle to obtain possession
of a stick. Hunter and Quail VS.. Alex
ander and Stream. The latter OF the
! Sophomores, took the stick.
The Hurdle race elected the most
interest The hurdles, fifteen in num-
Der, were placed 80 feet apart, and were
81 feet from the ground. y. =. HOey
and Brown Ewing made the first race.
II was beautiful contest and very
evenly matched. Ewing of the SOpho-
mores, barely won the race. David
McKennan and Harry Chambers ran
the second race, which was won by
Chambers, OF the Sophs.
Considerable strength and skill were
shown by Z. Stewart and Al. Braden in
throwing the base ball, but Braden, OF
the SOphs, eXCelled
Eleven of each class were chosen to
play loot ball, and the game, two out of
three, was in favor of the SOphomOres.
Thus ended the Olympics, nobody
was hurt, nobody was in bad humor,
except those who were tired waiting be-
tween the acts. When a show is given
and people pay for the fun, they should
have it in such way as to keep up the
interest. With the experience OF the
present, next years games may be made
much more entertaining.