The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-12
MEET
GREAT
SUCCESS
THE MANAGERS OF THE Y. M. c.
AS ARE COMING FOR MANY
FLATTERiNG COMMENTS.
FAIRMoNT CARRIED OFF SOME
PRIZES MEETS
WILL BE COMIcAL.

! The nrSt annual 2aInlellc- meet <uelu
under the auspices Of the IN. G.
AS at Clarksburg yesterday proved
! to be a great and successful event.
The day had been looked forward to
for some time past by the assoca-
tons of Clarksburg, Fairmont and
Grafton as great day in athletic do
| ings, as it was one of the first meet
ings Of this sort ever given in this
section.
Yesterday morning bright and early
the Fairmont boys boarded the train
for Clarksburg for the purpose of hav-
ing a good time and to defeat the
Clarksburg Association in all contests
fthat they We're permitted to enter,
and they returned last night with
| these honors.
The meet was given at the old fair
grounds and was under the special di-
rection of Physical Director Hill, Of
the local Y. NJ. c.. a, at Clarksburg
A big parade took place at 1890
o'clock, headed bye the Clarksburg
Opera House Band, marching through
| the leading streets Of the city, and
proceeding to the grounds where the
great events of the day were to be
witnessed. The program started
promptly at one o'clock and was wit
messed and enjoyed by seven to eight
hundred people who watched the
close competition between the va
rious contestants. The interest man
Tested by the business men of the
city in closing up their places of bust
ness so that the employees could at
tend the sports, was appreciated by
the Associations.
The first number on the program
was a one hundred yard dash, made
by H. B. Dawson, Erik Hess; H. NJ.
McCune and Edward Laubenstein,
Laubenstein winning the handsome
medal given by the Traders barber
shop.
The next number of the program
consisted in a one hundred yard dash,
participated in by a dozen small boys,
who contested for a beautiful prize
badge, offered by the Young Mems
Christian Association. The success
full competitor was Charles Guthrie.
This proved one of the leading fea-
lures of the afternoon.
Then came the pole vaulting by D.
B. Williams and Charles Thompson.
a prize was offered by f. a. Robin
son & Sons iewelry store and was
won by Williams.
Next was third of mile foot
race by boys. Those who engaged
in this race were Ray Coffman, Jo-
seph Mcdonnell, Camden Osborne
and Frank Hopkins. Osborne Won
the prize awarded by T. J. Lynch &;
Company
\ one mile foot race was then run
by Louis Carr and Boyd Fleming. This
race required a great deal; of endur-
ance on the part of the contestants.
The prize medal offered by NJ. A.
Nusbaum was awarded to Carr.
The next on the program was
that wished to take part in it. This
was the first event that Farnont par
tcipated in and the honors We're car
ried off by Harry Floyd, one of our
boys. he being awarded medal,
given by the Watts-Lamberd Com
pany.
The relay race, which was a two
third mile race. proved farce, Fair
mont not entering. Grafton furnish
ed but three men instead of four; one
man only running the first and fourth
laps. This could not have been con-
sidered victory, although Clarls-
burg claimed the honOrs and was
awarded the medal given by Krohme.
the ieweler.
The next and greatest feature of
the day was a holly contested game
of base ball between the Clarksburs
and Fairmont teams.
The Ball Game.
On Wednesday all was despair in
base ball circles at Y. NJ. c. n. head
quarters, because q game was sched-
uled for Thursday with Clarksburg,
and the management had secured
Clarksburg for players and advised
the local boys that they would have to
play BALI this time, while Polling
and Wayman of the local team were
away and Lane and Watkins could
not leave their work.
Manager Watson secured Parsons,
who played one year with Wilkes
barre Y. NJ C. A. before his four years
on the Lehigh team. Creel, who play
pl with q local NJ an, 1iar- IL,