The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-04
HAVE GREAT FUN
At THE LAGOON
Hundreds of Pupils and Teach
ers Enjoy Delightful Outing
at Pretty Resort.
ATHLETES PERFORM WELL
GRANITE DISTRICT LEADS in
ATHLETIC EVENTS.
ATHLETES PERFORM WELL

There never was such fun as the chill
dfen and the teachers of the county
schools had at Lagoon yesterday A thou
sand of them, young and old, mostly
young, enjNyed themselves to the fullest
measure There was something for ev-
cry one to do and every one did some
tHlHg: there was something to please ev-
Dieased. and wasE
The estimate of the number in attend
aece IS l,G0. Superintendent Smith saws
there NAV nave been more but eyer-vbod1,
was 100 "a sy having a good time 10 keep
accurate count There are thirty-five
schools in the districts with about 200
teachers
On Track and Field.
The outing was the occasion of the
annual field day of the Granite and Jor-
GAN districts The track meet and the
baseball game were the principal events
OF interest, OF course.
The Jordan district representatives
struggled hard to make a meritoriouS
showing. bat ut no time were they in the
running. The total of the days score
was % points for the Granite district,
against 8 points for the Jordan district.
Ono of the features OF the meet was the
high jump Of Thompson of the Jordan dis
tTict. who made feet which is but 2
inches less than the state record. Pugn
and LegrOne, the latter a colOred man,
were the stars for the Granite district
The time made in the running races
was close to state record, and would
doubtless have equaled the high marks
had the track been in better condition.
The relay race was an exciting event.
1t was won by Granite district, but not
without the utmost difficulty.
Following is a brief summary of the
track events:
1G0-yard dasb-Pugh of Granite district.
8 points; tie between Legrone of Gran
tie ana Garff of Jordan. not yet decided
Cor second place. other contestants were:
Granite district, Short; Jordan district,
Grape and Ringwood.
Near the Record.
High jump-Thompson of Jordan. i
points. feet; Brighton, Granite, 5; Sim
mons. l. Other contestants were: Gran
tie. Hush; Jordan. Grape and Brown.
Pole vauit-Granite, Hill l. Morris g.
Rider s. Jordan was represented by Fitz-
gerald. The height was feet inches
ZH-yard dash-Pugh. Granite, .; Le-
grone, Granite, 3; Thompson Jordan, I.
Other contestants were: Granite, Shaw;
Jordan, Grape and Garff
Shot pUt-Pugh. Granite. }; LegrOne
Granite, 3; Thompson, Jordan. J. Other
contestants were: Grapite. Rider; Jordan
DOwdinG and Jonas. The distance was
so feet inches.
SSO-yard dash-Granite, Rider, s; Brigh-
ton .; Burton l. Jordan was represented
by Brown and Holster
BROAD iump-Legrone, Granite. 5: Pugh.
8; Garff. Jordan, l, Other contestants
were: Granite, Reid; Jordan. Thompson.
Grape. The distance was IS feet inches.
4Dyard daSh-Granite. Rider, 5: NBrigh-
ton. }; Burton, I. Jordan was represent
I'd by RinSwoOd and Porter.
Hammer thTOw-Pugh, Granite. 3: Le-
Erone. Granite, .; Thompson. Jordan. l.
Other contestants were: Granite. Rider;
Jordan, DOwding and Jonas. The distance
was 70 feet 10 inches.
The relay race was a warmly-contested
affair. 1t was won by the Granite team
consisting of Pugh. Legrone, Brighton and
Short. The Jordan team consisted OF
Grape, Garff. RingwoOd and Thompson.
On the Diamond.
The baseball game was an interesting
contest in spite of the number of errors
and the One-sided score. The errors were
excused by the people in the grand stand
II was won by Jordan district; the score
was Il to ,. Granite says the result was