The herald., 1898-06-28
HIGn SCHOOL FIELD DAY
THE CONTESTANTS CHEERED BY
APPLAUSE OF PRETTY GIRLS
Messmore Lowers Record in Three
Mile Bicycle Race-Ball Game and
Tug Of War Fizzled Out

The summer class of the Los Angeles high
school held its field day yesterday after
noon at Athletic park. The games were to
start at 1870, but did not until an hour later,
at which time four tallyhos, with the lady
teachers of the high school, made their en-
try, amid the footing of horns and kindred
noises of appreciative students. There
were fully 600 people present, and the vast
majority in the grand stand were girls, who
from a distance looked like moving field
of bright -colored flowers, with their varie-
gated and rainbow-hued shirt waists.
The first event on the days program was
the one-mile bicycle race, where H. Mess
more, who seemed to be the favorite,
showed up in splendid form, accomplishing
the distance in 1921, followed by w. Gala
han, a close second, and r. Mathis third.
At the high jump A. M. Paul leaped more
easily and gracefully than did H. Baker
Vile, his opponent, who, although follow
ing closely seemed to lack the former :
elasticity. After several trials, Baskerville
cleared the bar at feet and Paul at feet
/ inch. The dust was thick and Old Sol
made things hot for everybody, and one
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small boy, who was in everybody's way
and seemed to spring up out Of the dust
like frogs on a rainy day.
The 440-yard dahs was won by c. Gosch
in IS seconds, with E. Stephens second and
w. Rees third.
Only two were entered in the pole vault
H. Bingham and A. c. Wright, and were
we'll applauded. Bingham won, with feet
inches.
The half-mile bicycle race (Senior A nov
elty) was entered BY seven contestants, and
was fairly exciting. +. Kierulff won In ILL
w. Kessler senond, c. Hubbard third.
The 22O-yard dash was won by G. E. Ste
phens, C. Gosch second, Sissons third. Time
1:25.
In the quarter-mile bicycle race H. Mess
more started to hump himself for harder
work. winning easily in 81 seconds, w. Ca.-
lahan second, Mathis third.
3. Harper in the broad jump cleared II
feet IL inches, and II. Bingham II feet
inches
Van Norman, muscular young man, put
the shot so feet 10 inches, with A. C. Wright
almost tie. A. G. Wynne, who was to have
also contested in this event, was absent
taking an examination at the normal
school, with a view to entering West Point
The three-mile bicycle race (handicap)
proved the most interesting event of the
afternoon. Messmore, scratch, broke the
previous high school record of $40, clip
ping 1t down to 7:42 The race was exciting
as Messmore did not seem to have the best
of it for some time and was Tapped often
but he steadily regained his lost ground up
to the last lap, when he came flying in
cheered by the crowd, followed by G. Lar
sen, who was some distance behind, and the
rest in punches.
Most of the crowd had departed before
the ball game was started at about o'clock.
The game was between the Senior AS and
the Senior BIS, the latter concluding In this
middle of the third inning that they had
enough, the score then being 10 to in favor
of the Senior AS. For the AS Moriarity
and Sill were the battery, Kierulff occu-
pied left field, Schmidt right field, Ven
mark shortstop. hubbard center field
Kessler third base, Chase second base and
Marsh first base. For the BIS Morton and
Thurston were the battery, Mackenzie
first base, Webster second base, Wells
third base, Brown shortstop, Dyke left