Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-16
FIELD DAY IN BELDlNC.
IL Was IA Glorious success Notwithstand-
ing the Heavy storm which Closed IL.

IL Was Glorious success Notwithstand-
ing the Heavy storm which Closed IL.
Saturday was field day and the pu.
pills of the schools from least to great
est were exceedingly happy and en-
thusiastic and their happiness and
enthusiasm was shared by teachers and
parents also. school colors in ribbons
of red and blue and white were worn
10y all the scholars and fluttered in the
breeze making pretty scene, When
the train came in from Greenville there
was grand rush to meet il, and 10
members of the schools there were
aboard. Delegates were present also
from Howard ely lonia, and num-
ber of districts ii the county, SO many
that the streets were full of lively
crowd all day The gate receipts at
the driving park in the afternoon were
S7O. a heavy storm came up about
4:30 O'Clock and interfered with the
closing contests There was "A scatter
Ing and crowding into the grand stand
and ticket Office while the storm was
on. 1t came with such force that many
people We're wet TO the skin and
whole lot Of ladies hats and bonnets
were ruined H. l.. Page, G. f. Bar.
ker, }. L. Berry, Dr.. Ferguson, f. c.
Sibley and Chas Il. Foote were the
judges, time-keepers and starters. Our
boys did fine work in the contests but
needed more practice in order to carry
of all the honors.
l2O YARD HURDLE HIGH.
Alessrs. Webster Bracy and Barlow |
were the only contestants in this ex-
citing event and Mr.. Barlow carried
of the honor, His time in making the
hurdles was 2li seconds. Messrs.
Bracy and Webster stood at a tie.
THROWING Is POUND HAMMER.
Ireland, Tower, Selbach and Rarden
undertook this difficult task and Tower
by powerful effort won, throwing it
% feet and 5 inches. Rarden second.
40 feet.
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
The sprinters aud leapers in this
event who went in with the expecta-
tjon of coming out victorious were
Lewis, Gardner, Jenison and
Bracy, but Jenison got there with
both feet and made 10 feet and ~
inches with Braey second at Il feet
and 81 inches.
HIGH KICK.
The hi"h kiRlsars were Mnnger of
Relding and Par- IF r,oio and G. -.
the Judges Ferguson and Berry busy
raising the pole and sounding pan
notch by notch as the boys would give
II punch with their toe. s feet and
/ inches was the highest either one
could kick and it ended in a tie. Nun
ger fell in the last trial aud dislocated
his wrist but two physicians soon put
il to rights again.
POLE VAULT
The yaulting with pole was very
pretty event and showed of the athe-
letes to good advantage pleasing the
large crowd. Webster, Vinegar, Bo-
CART, Gardner, Parr, Fowler and Bar
low entered for honors. Fowler took
first feet. 10 inches, and Gardner
second
) MILE BICYCLE RACE
This was a hard contest and took !
nerve and powers of endurance. 1t
was necessary TO go around the track
ten times Sagendorf, Long, Rose
velt, Winters and Rupert entered the
race The latter leading and won out,
Winters second, Roosevelt third. Time
Is minutes, 10 seconds.
100 YARD DASH.
Webster. Vinegar, Nichol, Hunter
and Jenisou were the sprinters
in this race and they came down the
line at furious pace, Jenison leading
aud was victorious in 10 SO seconds.
Webster aud Vinegar were tied for
second place
22a YARD DASH
Vinegar Rarden and Jenison ran a
j fine race In this event but Jenison was
too swift for the others and made it in
% seconds. Rarden second.
HALF MILE BICYCLE RACE.
There we're only four entries and
each one went in to do the other up
bot Faude Of Ionia was geared# up for
the occasion and he got there in one
minute and l6l seconds with Campbell
q close second.
PUTTING Is POUND SHOT.
Setback was the victor by throwing
the heavy projectile 27 feet and ,
inches Rarden came second with "A
feet and inches. Barlow and Hunter