Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-22
FUN FOR THE BOYS
HIGH SCHOOL FIELD DAY


The sixth senni- annual field day Of the
High schol Athletic club held yester-
day wss one Of the most sDecsssful
events ever given By that club About
80 boys and giriS with most IL their
teachers. gave tho class yell and sp-
plssded the efforts
Leslie Frsnch. Mr.. Holms and Mr..
Crittendcn occupied the Judges stand
and Fritx Hyde snncpncsd their deci.
sionA Lucns Hodge acted ~ marshal
OF the track and Edward Groesbeck a.
clerk. Program;
Ono- mlls bicycle race. sac. first. $3.50
bicycle lamp--Perkins 4 Richmond; sec
ond, Cycling" ~ Palmer. Mech & Co
Standing broad jump. whlsk broom
Scribner A Aidworth.
Running high jump. bath brush
Peck Brothers.
Ons-hundred- yard dash. first. sweater
Giant Clothing company; second. cane
Born tho Halter.
Potato race, first, umbrella Houseman.
Donneliy a. Jones; second. 2pound
box candy-E j. Herrick-
One mile run. first. gold medal--A.
Preusser; second. cane--J. G. Reynolds.
cigar store.
30 yard hopping race, first. Quacken-
bush rife -kutk Hamilton Hardware
company; second. 2-pound box candy
Elliott 4 Co.; third. set drawing requis-
ites-wykesI a Burns.
One mile walk. first, -voigt.
Herpolsheinser& Co; second. flesh brush
White & White; third. cane--Gardi-
ner K Baxter.
Foot ball game. 27-inch Rugby foot
ball-Studlsiy a Barclay.
Lewis Howard easily won the bicycle
race in 3:16 and Harry Watson second.
The standing broad was won by Char
lie Bradfield, who broke the school rec
ord. jumping feet 8 inches
Howard easily won the standing high
by feet \ inch.
The hundred yard dash was very ex-
citing. Head came In first anu Brad.
field came in very close second.
Heads time was III seconds.
In tie potato race Howard came In
first and Watkins second.
The mile run was tho most exciting
and interesting. Apted won In 3 min
utes % seconds and Gaikma crossed the
wire seconds later.
The mile walk was exceedingly funny
and had large number OF contestants.
Robert White crossed the wire in 0 min
utes Is seconds and closely followed by
Bartlett anol Ben Metheany.
football Game.
Atl1:l5 the football game was called
on and the seniors and Juniors stepped
on the field. Many Of the boys were
tired, having taken part in the above
contests. The ball was given to the
juniors, and after fifteen minutes Of
hard lighting Watkins OF the Juniors
made touch down, but keisel failed 10
kick a goal.
After i've minutes hard playing the
seniors secured the ball and Captain
Newell, playing full back, made pretty
kick. and Howard. the half back.
downed the ball. making touch down.
Powers, the senior quarter. failed to kick
a goal.
The ball now belonged to the Juniors.
and il was passed back to Keisel, who
played full back. He kicked il, but
Newell. a senior, kicked II towards the
juniors goal. but il was downed by
Shirts. senior.
The ball now belonged to the Juniors,
and it was passed to covcll. who made
brilliant run. but was tackled by Head.
who downed him and the ball. The ball
was passed TO Newell. who kicked IL.
The ball wan dowaed by Keisel Mathe-
con. Junior. made good run and sue
ceeded In making touchdown. but
when keisel kicked the ball he missed
the goal. The score ut the end Of the
first-s TO IL in favor IL the Juniors
The second Half
The second half was hotly contested.
The Seniors had changed all their sig.
nails. The Seniors had the ball and
Newell kicked IL. Watkins caught IT,
Both side lined up. Watkins kicked il
and Newell caught. He kicked e back
and French caught IL but made foul
and the Seniors got the ball After fif-
teen minutes hard fighting Howard
made a touchdown. In ten minutes
Howard made another touchdown but
Powers fouled on a goal.
The game ended with q score OF IL
10 in favor OF the Juniors. Remarka-
bile tackling was done on both sides and
very few fouls were made Prof. Clinton
S. Osborn acted as umpire and Allen
Phillips waa referee. The team IL as
follows:
SENIORS JUNIORS
Meyer. Ccrter White