Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-09
WHEEL CLUBS FIELD DAY.
Enjoyable Occasion at Valley View
Park in Vernon.

fdrk IN NcTHoH'
About 60 members of the Vermont
Wheel club journeyed to virgins
meadow in Vernon Monday to par
ticipate In the annual field day which
proved To be one OF the most enjoy
able occasions in the history OF the
organization The members formed
in line in front of the club rooms AT
10. 20 n, m. and were escorted to the
depot by the First Regiment band,
Charles r. Crosby acting as chief
marshal of the parade. A special
train took the delegation to Vernon
and a short march was then made to
Valley View park, the scene of the
festivities.
The first event on the program OF
sports was "A five-inning baseball
game between teams captained by H.
G. Allen and w. O. Cooley The for
mer aggregation won, IL to 10, after
an intensely interesting contest in
which the umpiring of George Well
man was a feature In the so yard
dash there were five starters in each
of the two preliminary heats, Du-
paw. Allen, Williamson and WeH-
man being the four men TO quallfy.
The final heat went TO Williamson
with Allen second and Wellman third.
The running hop, step and jump was
won by w. O. Cooley who covered 80
feet in his second trial. Allen was
| second. The backward dash of 90
wards went to w. +. Dunleavy, Cor
ser being second and Williamson
third. DR.. +. II. O'Connor won the
| shot putting event easily, throwing
| the ball 30 feet inches on his first
trial. Cooley was second and VIII
! hanson third. Cooley won the run
ming broad jump by covering Is feet
! / inch with Williamson and Allen
second and third respectively The
! 80 ward handicap for members over
80 years old attracted considerable
attention and was finally won by j.
| II. Burke in 7 10 seconds. Walter
! Cooley secured the title of club atm
! lete by scoring a total of IL points
| frsts counting five, seconds three
and thirds one point Ht was pre-
scented with a handsome eur in COM
memoration of the honor.
The most spectacular event of the
dav was the 500 yard relay race be-
! tween two teams of 10 men cap
tanned by Luther II. Miller and Will
diam f. Dunleavy. Every relay was
exciting. especially that between Nj.
! i. Moran and c. c, Fits, and the
CAPTAINS reached the finish at exact
| ly the same time. Dunleavys team
was composed of NJ. j. Moran, p. j.
Fenton, George Wellman L. G. Tas-
ker. ]. L. Stewart, G. +, Foster c. A.
Bovden. L. s. Edwards and c. X.
| Crosby. while Miller's team was made
up of c. C. Fits, L. Allen, w. Q.
! Cooley. f. f. Young. b. Williamson
liz. r. Moynihan. j. p. Ferriter, j. II.
! Burke and Clifton Fox. The tug OF
war between the married and single
men. ]. A. Bissette and j. I. Moyni-
/ han captains proved to be an easy
victory for the former.
| During the day two concerts were
rendered by the First Regiment band,
| and an excellent lunch served by
| Caterer L. E. Hall The members
| left Vernon on special train nj $3.50
| n. M. and were escorted from the
/ depot to the club rooms by the band.
The officials of the day We're Mar
shall. c. r. Crosby; aids, H. r. Law
renee, NJ. j. Moran, c. L. Stickney L.
! q Tasker, C. r. Aldrich; athletic
committee. j. P. Ferriter, B. VIII
| hanson: starter G. Z. Foster; timers
II. r. Randall A. 5. Thompson;
/ Judges, c. A. McRae, A. II. pettee' r.
| W. Nichols: announcer, E. +. Coxson.
| Following is a summary OF the ath-
| letic events:
80 ward dash.-First heat Allen
LIST, Dupaw, End: second heat. WIZ
Hanson. list, Wellman. I'd; final heat
Williamson. LIST, Allen, End, Well
man. Sd: time of final heat, Ga sec
onds.
Running hop, step and Jump
Cooley, LIST, SO feet; Allen. End. 80
feet: Tasker, 3rd. SO feet inches.
backward DASH Dunleavy lst;
Corser, end; Williamson, 3rd; time
10 2-5 seconds. %
Putting shot.-o'Connor LIST, 30
feet inches: Cooley, End, % feet 10
inches; Williamson, Srd, rs feet 4
inches.
Running broad jump.-Cooley, LIST.
1S feet / inch: Williamson, End, IL
feet sts inches; Allen, Srd, Is feet
inch. o.
so yard dash (members over 80
vears) Burke, LIST; Moynihan, 2nd'
Robertson, Srd; time, 1-5 seconds.
New York men who have been pay
ing alimony to former wives who
married after getting decree, are
celebrating over the new state law.
which went into effect Sept. I, ana
cuts off the incomes of thousands OF
Divorces now living with their sec
ond husbands. According TO the new
statute, alimony payments assessed
against an ex-husband are to con-
tinue only so long as the woman SHAH
remain unmarried.
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