The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
GIRLS AND BOYS
ON THE TRACK.
Grammar School Field Day
at the Berkeley
Oval.
SMALL BLOOMER GIRLS.
Young Athletes in Spirits, High
and Broad Jumps and the
Shot-Put.
BUSY DAY FOR PAUL nth.
All the Grammar Schools of Oakland
in the Contest-Prizes 10 Be
Awarded.

seven lower grades or the Oakland gram
mar schools took prominent part in the
grammar-school field day held this after
noon at the Q. c. cinder-track.
The contests of the day were witnessed
by one of the largest crowds that ever gath
cred at the Berkeley oval, all the grammar
schools of Oakland being represented by
school children and their parents.
On the west side of the cinder-track a
| ffty-yard course was measured off, and the
crowd gathered round to watch the girls
races. There were seven series, one of each
grade from the first to the seventh. The
girls of the eighth grade did not race.
Presumably they regarded such pastimes
as beneath the dignity of young ladies of
| almost high-school standing.
There was large number of entries
from the other grades. The small girls of
| the first grade were the beginners of the
| infant co-eds' contest. Some of them wore
boomers, and the crowd cheered when
the smallest bloomer girls on record toed
the starting line and sprinted for the finish.
The boys had 70, 100 and 44U yard races,
high jumps, broad Jumps and shotputs.
| The number OF entries was record break
ing, and if no other record was broken it
| was because none have been established,
no regular series of grammar school con-
| tests having been instituted.
There were Japanese youngsters among
the coming athletes who struggled for
their respective grades and schools, and
colored boys and girls took part in the
| day sports.
The affair was under the management
| OF Paul 9th, superintendent of physical
instruction i'll the Oakland grammar
schools, who spent one of the busiest day
of his life looking after the wonderfully
com plicated entry lists and scores
After it was all over 9TH was unable to
announce which school had won, but
promised to give day to it and arrange
for the distribution of prizes next week.
The supremacy appeared to lie between
the Lincoln and Prescott schools.
Following are the results CT the girls
races:
First grade.Charlotte Thomas, Lafayette
School, first; Alma Ferris, Lafayette, second !;
| Ella Donaldson, Franklin, tn ird.
Second grade-Grace Swanwell, Cole School,
first: Nellie Strathearn, Grove-street, second
Beatrice Adnev. Lafayette. third.
Third grade = Ella Valentine. Harrison
School, first; Annie Lebere, Lafayette, second
Nettie Anton, Harrison, third.
Fourth grade - Mamie Townsend, SWEET
School. first; Emma Peterson, Tompkins. Sec
ond; Carrie Pfenniger. Prescott, third.
Fifth grade S - Annie Barratini, Tompkins
ond Mamie Wolfe, Harrison. third.
Sixth grade-Kate Manning. CIawson School,
first; lda Holton, Lincoln, second; Isabel Ger
IRISH, Lincoln, third.
Seventh grade-May Good. Lincoln School.
| first; Mabel Maurer, Tompkins, second; Mag
gle Mitchell, Cole, third.
The boys fifty-yard dashes resulted as
follows:
First grade-E Fink, Cole, first: E. Friek-
stadt, Franklin, second; E. McCargar, Cole,
third
Second grade-James Ragner, Prescott, first
| Leslie Taylor, Franklin, second; Walter Null
key, Prescott, third.
Third grade-Eugene Cortage, Prescott. first:
Willie Wolff, Prescott, second; Eddie Pract,
| Lincoln, third.
Fourth grade-Reetor vanderberg, Lafayette,
| first; Frank Crane, Lafayette, second; Chan
ming Hall, Cole, third.
Fifth grade-Clifford Jacobs, Lafayette, first
Edward Palmer, Durant, second; Leonard
Clark, Tompkins, third.
Following are the results of the track
and field contests of the other classes:
Sixth grade: Running high jump-A.
Watcher, Cole School, first, feet 2 inches; W.
| Speares, Franklin, second.
Running broad jump-K. Knott, Garfield
| School, first, IS feet 10 inches; A. Watcher
Cole, second, 13 feet7 inches; P. Ivory, Claw,
son. third
Putting eight-pound shot-A. Watcher, Cole
School, first, % feet inches; Charlie Con-
ncrs: Cole, second, % feet inches; h. Knott.
Garfield School, third.
, 75-yard dash-John Ritter Durant School
first; K. Knott Garfield, and W. Speares
Franklin, tied for second Time 10l% seconds
Seventh grade: High jump Gilmore, Du-
rant School, Fl. Edwards, Lincoln School, g.
Dunn, Cole School, and G. Murdoch Garfield
tied at feet inches.
Running broad jump-A. whitman, Durant,
first, 10 feet inch; G. Murdoch, Garfield, Sec
ond, IA feet 81 inches.
Putting eight-pound shot-P. Mooar, Frank
lin, first, 81 feet inch; D. Valentine, Frank
lin, second; II. Edwards, Lincoln, third
75-yard dash, first heath. Logue, Clawson
| School, first; f. Feringtyky, Prescott second;
W, Logan, Clawson, third. Time, 10 2-5 sec.
Second heat-P. Mooar, franklin, first; L.
Melquinond, Prescott, second; E. Clough, Gar
Third heat-A. silvon, Garfield, first; D. VAL
entine, Franklin, second; G. Boutwell,, third.
Time, 10 sec.
Fourth heat-A. Whitman Durant, first: R
futile, Durant, second; P. Wagerstadt third.
Time, 915 sec.
Creed, Lincoln School, first, feet, q inches;
Chester Ames, w. Quig ley, II. MIComb, Du-
rant School; F. Fleming, Lincoln School; c.
w. Embury, Garfield School, tied for second at
feet inches.
Running broad jump-R Right, Lincoln
School, 10 feet inches; F. Fleming, Lincoln
School, second, Is feet inches; c. Ludlow,
Cole School, third.
Putting 12-pound shot-R. Right Lincoln
School, first, % feet inches; Will Creed Lin
coin School, second, 20 feet inches; II. Nc
Comb, Durant School, third, 81 feet 8 inches.
seventy-fve yard dash, first heat-G. Flem-
School, second; Chester Ames, Durrant third
Second "a heatNMccomb, Durant, C. R. Right
Lincoln, tied; d. Carleton, Lincoln, second
Third heat-W Creed, Lincoln School, first;
L. Ludlow, Carleton, and w. En- brey, Garfield,
second. Time, 10 seconds.
Ninth grade-Running high jump: Henri
Mohr, Durant, first, feet inches; Percy
Teeple, Garfield, second. feet 10 inches
Byron Henrlckson, franklin, third
Running broad jump-Percy Teeple, Garfield,
first, IL feet "a inches; Henri Mohr, Durant,
second, II feet; A. Cadogan, Lincoln, third, 16
feet Az inches.
Putting 12-pound shot-Charlie BENEFITS
Prescott. first, 81 feet inches; Walter Griffin
Prescott, second, 81 feet inch; Percy Teeple.
Garfield, third.
100-yard dash-Percy Teeple, Garfield, first;
A. Cadogan, Lincoln, second. Time, 1115 Sec
onds.
44O-yard dash-A. Cadogan. Lincoln, first;
Percy Teeple, Garfield, second; Henri Mohr,
Durant third. Time, 500 seconds.
Democratic Primaries.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 23.-The Dem
ocratic primary election will be held in
Berkeley on June 5, and at Golden Gate
and Temescal on the same day. From the
/ present nutlnnk Ii would seem that thara