The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-04-11
FIELD DAY AT THE INSTITUTE.
An Ideal Day and Large Crowd Two Features of the
Meet Athletic Contests all Interesting and Lot Of
Creditable Work Done by the Various Teams.
The Visitors Make 1t Exceedingly Interesting for the In
stitute Boys, Who Win the Biossat Cup by very
Small Margin. The Result in Detail

Saturday proved to be an ideal
day for the athletic meet at the
Institute. The sun shOne bright,
but was not too warm and except
that late in the evening cold
wind blew up, which made it rath-
er chilly for the track teams and
those in full summer costume.
the weather could not have been
better had it been ordered spec
tally for the occasion. And the
beauty of the day added to the
attraction of the athletic meet
brought out a large crowd of
towns people. The excursions
also brought a considerable
number of friends of the COM
pet ing teams, who help
ed to swell the number Of
those who had a delightful day,
for there wasn't a single event
that lacked in interest and this
interest made itself forcibly
known by the enthusiastic cheer
ing from the grand stand as the
champion from this or that
school carried off the honor of a
vigorously contested event.
Each school occupied a certain
section of the grand stand and
Esignified their allegiance by a
display of their colors by means
of flags and long waving ribbons.
The stand was lovely scene of
animation and color, made bril-
liant by bright eyes and pretty
faces that were bewitchingly
rosetinted from excitement.
Before and during the course
of events members of the differ
ent schools indulged in a lot of
good natured chaff and cOnspic-
uous feature of the day was the
exercise of lungs in rejoicing
over successes by the various
schools, an exercise in which the
color bedecked girls showed
themselves fully equal to the Oc-
casion.
Shortly after two all prelimi-
naries were arranged and the
events pulled off one after another
as fast as possible. From the
start it was discovered that the
local boys were up against a
strong proposition in the visitors
especially New Iberia and Lees
vile, and the way they crowded
the Institute boys made the
rooters" feel exceedingly un'
easy. And they had full right
to be uneasy for in the summary
of the days doings when all the
points were counted, Lafayette
retained the Biossat cup by an
exceedingly small margin. The
closeness ofthe contests added in
tense interest to them and ever
when the crowd left after the re
lay race, it was not known who
had the cup. The days work
was very creditable to all the
participants and all deservt
praise, but owing to the small
numb Der engaged and theil
specially fine work the Leesvillt
boys deserve special mention.
Contestants.
Breaux Bridge: Theare Hollier
Thomas Guidry, John Hollier, Simeol
Thibodeaux, Anasta Patin, Georg
Duhon, Souvalle Domengeaux.
Crowley: Francis Martin, Jaspe
Morris, Ed Brooks, Robert Kleiser
Ross Waddell, Clarence Christman
Lee Laverne, Clinton Wickoff, Jane
Reynaud, Alex McAyeal, Sylveste
King, Ionic Andrus.
Lake Charles: Robert Stoner
Warren Alston, Dwight Allen. Olive
Johnson, A. o. King, Seth Evans
Archie Newcomb, Clyde Larue, Stan
! ley Scott, B viterbo, Percy Walker