The herald., 1897-05-23
INTERSCHOOL GAMES
STUDENTS COMPETE FOR HON.
oRS ON TRACK AND TURF
The High School Wins the Silver Cup
Presented by the Athletic
Club

The Los Angeles high school, the state
normal, Throop university, Pasadena and
San Jacinto high schools held their first
annual inter-scholastic field day yester.
day afternoon at Athletic park. Prizes
were offered for the different events by
mercantile firms of the city, and the win.
ming team of the day will be presented
with a silver cup by the Athletic club
at a smoker to be given at the club rooms
on Monday evening
The grand stand at the park was gay
with the purple and gold pennants and
ribbon badges of the normal students and
teachers, who were out in full force tc
witness the games. A tally-ho in purple
and gold decorations. filled with junior AS
and BIS, In white gowns and parasols and
gold mortar board hats, trimmed in yel-
low Marguerites, followed by another load
wearing the normal colors, Joined in the
songs and assisted in the yells when the
normal boys came out ahead.
Throop university was represented by q
.tally-ho drawn by six white horses, fly.
ing ribbons of yellow and white.
The Los Angeles high school carried of
the honors of the day and won the silver
cup, but aside from the boys of the school
the contestants were not encouraged by
the presence of the girls, the teachers OF
any of the members of the board of educa.
ton
In the foot race, 100-yard dash, that
opened the program of the afternoon, F.
o. Bright of the Los Angeles high schoo
was the winner, Miller Of the Pasadena
high school, second, and Betz of Throop
third.
In the quarter-mile bicycle race Arthur
Wood of the normal was first, Bruce
Rowan of Pasadena, second, and John
Becker Of Throop, third.
In the high jump. Dickinson of the nor.
NAL got first, Whistler of the high school
second, and Earl Weight of Pasadena
third; height, 5 feet and y Of an inch.
AL Rawley won the shot-put, 50 feet and
10 inches. Olsen of Throop and Gastrich
of the normal following
In the 121 yard hurdle race, Paul Bliss Of
Pasadena won in 20:45, Brown of the high
school second. Clarence Hale of the high
schoo, won the mile run in 6:1S 80. The
200 yard dash was won by Bright of the
high school In :22, with Elmo Proctor OF
San Jacinto second
In the pole vault, Whistler of the high
school vaulted s feet inches. carrying of
the prize Inthe mile bicycle the high
school was again ahead. Robert Campbell
winning in 2:H 2-5.
Poindexter Of Throop won In the broad
jump. II feet 2 inches. Gastrich Of the
normal and Birntaum of the high schoo
following In the 440 yard run Bright OF
the high school carried OF the prize in
1854. Proctor and Galpin Of the Norma
leading q close second and third. Stanley
Armstrong of the normal won the hammer
throw, 73 feet inches.
The five mile bicycle Whitaker OF the
normal won in 1854, the other contestants
dropping out before the finish.
The silver cup presented the winners Il
ON exhibition in the window of Nordling-
er's jewelry store.
The managers and captains Of the events
were: Throop- Manager. G. w. Stimsor
captain, n. A. vose. L. A. H. s.--Manager
FT. w. ,Haskins; captain. Willard Brother.
ton. Pasadena H. s.-Mafager, Erie