East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-22

By winning first place In the ora
torical contest at Baker City Saturday
Miss Effie Smith of the Pendleton
high school. offset the defeat suf-
fered by the track team in the after
noon.
The oratorical contest. which was
the fourth annual affair of its kind,
was held in Baker City opera house
Saturday evening, and was witnessed
by large audience. Many of those
in attendance were students from the
various schools, and each contestant
was loudly cheered in turn by his or
her respective delegation.
Miss Smiths Grafton, "Saeajawea,"
came first upon the program, and the
other orators with their subjects were
as follows: Walter Rauter, Union.
"The Moral Courage, or the Right as
We See it,; Roger Tallmadge, Ba-
ker City, 1.-The Promise of the Twen
tieth Century; Earl Fitzpatrick, La
Grande, Remember to Forget"
The Judges of the contest were D.
NJ. Hill, Jim Hill and Carl Helm. all
of walla walla. and it was their de-
cision that Miss Smith was the win
ner.
Baker City Won Field Meet.
The field meet was won by Baker
| City. so points; while Pendleton was
second with SO; Union third, with Is,
and La Grande fourth, with only g.
The meet was held at the fair grounds
and was not completed until nearly I
o'clock. The day was a cold, blustery
one in Baker, and the meet was great
| ly retarded by the prevailing wind
and hail. Especially was the weather
hard upon the visiting athletes, none
of whom were used to training under
such climatic conditions.
The following is list of this
events, and the winners in detail:
1OO-yard dash-Parker, Baker City
first; Swackhammer. Union, second
r. Bollerman, Pendleton. third. Time
10 3-5.
High jump-Jay Pendleton. first
Wilson, Union, second Clark, Ii
Grande, third. Height, feet.
Discus throw-Richardson Bake
City, first; Swackhammer, Union. sec
ond; Hiatt, Baker City, third. Dis
tance, 96 feet s inches.
22O-yard dash-Parker, Baker City
first; Dodson, Baker City, second
McKinnon, La Grande. third.
Broad jump-R. Bollerman, Pen
dleton. first; Jay, Pendleton, second
Engerg, Baker City, third. Distance
10 feet inches.
44O-yard dash-Dodson, Baker Cit!
first: Swackhammer. Union. second
Pierce, Pendleton. third. Time, 5
: AS seconds.
Pole vault-Jay. Pendleton. first
McKinnon. La Grande, second; Lee1
er, Pendleton, third.
= 12O-yard hurdles-Jay, PendletoI
first; Goodall Baker City, second
Leezer. PendIeton third. Time,
3-5 seconds.
Hammer throw-Richardson. Bi
ker City, first; Scott. Pendleton, SEE
1 ond; Gillian, La Grande, third.
Half-mile run-Leezer, Pendletol
, first; Dodson, Baker City, secon'
. stulIer. Baker City. third. Time, g.
a 2-5.
22O-yard hurdles-Parker, Bak
City, first: Swackhammer, Union, Sc
ond; r. Bollerman, Pendleton. thfr
: Time, 29 2-5 seconds.
l. Shot put-Kellogg, Baker City, frs
Strand, Pendleton, second; Richar'
: son, Baker City, third.
t One-mile relay race-Baker CIT
= first; Pendletop, second; Unio
third. Pendleton runners were Pierc
Hill, Harvey and Leezer.
1 Officials of the meet were ID.
Hill. Walla Walla. referee; jim HI
u Walla Wala, starter; Carl Hell
Walla Walla and George Eyre. judge
= The star of the meet was Jay
n Pendleton, who took a total of
d points for his school. and won thr
q. firsts. Five firsts in all were w