Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-08
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OF Southern Colorado Inter.
scholastic League
WITH TOTAL SCORE
or "A POINTS
Nigh School Students BrIns Home
God Medal and Pennants-
RntOn Came Second

Students Of the Rocky Ford high
school in large numbers. accompanied
by :. big crowd of those interested in
athletics and oratory. went to Trini-
dad on Friday last to attend the
FIRST annual track meet and oratorieal
contest OF the Southern Colorado
and Northern New Mexico Inter
scholastic league. and to say that
those who attended, rs well as ev-
esyone at home was highly pleased
ut the excellent showing made by
Our high school students Is putin.
Il mildly.
On Friday afternoon the track and
keid meet was held. Teams from
Las Animas. La Junta. Ration. Trim
idad and this city contested for the
honors, which were won by Rocky
Ford with n total score OF ~ points.
Ration was second with u points.
Trinidad third. ~ points, La Junta.
II and Las Animas &
The highest number Of individual
points was made by Dc Long OF Ra-
ton. who secured i3H points. Clorc
Of Rocky Ford was second with -
points. Clorc won n handsome gold
medal and the league pennant was
awarded to the Rocky Ford team.
as was also the base ball pennant.
the Rocky Ford team having won
every game played during the sea-
son.
Following is the summary Of
events:
Running high jump-Bnekey. La
Junta. first: Dc Long. Ration. sec
ond; Rex. Rocky Ford. third. Height
s feet inches.
Shot put-Bruchat. Trinidad, first;
Slorc. Rocky Ford. second: Hood.
Las Animas, third. Distance, ): feet
8 inches.
Pole yault-De Long. Ration. first:
Warner. Rocky Ford, second; Grish-
am. Trinidad. third. Height, 8 feet
10 inches.
- Running broad jump-Dc Long.
A.sa;on. first: Buckley. La Jnnta. sec
ond: Love. Las Animas. third. Dis
enncc. " iccf 2 inches.
Baseball throw-Bcuchat. Trini-
dad. first: Coyi. Rocky Ford. sec.
end: Johnson. Trinidad. third. Dis
tanec, $40 feet 10 inches.
ioo-yard dash-Clorc. Rocky Ford.
first: Scanland, Rocky Ford. second:
Buckley. La Junta. third. Time, II Is.
27o-yard dash-Scanland. Rocky
Ford. first: Clorc. Rocky Ford. sec
ond: Sckins, Ration, third. Time.
aso-yard hurdle-Love. Las Ami
mas. first; Sinnoek, Ration. second;
Butt. RatoL. third. Time, ga.
44o-yard dash-Warner, Rocky
Ford. first; Sinnock. Ration, second;
Jameson, Trinidad, third. Time.
1903 As.
Sso-yard run-Burchctt. Ration.
Erst; Crowley, Rocky Ford. second;
Hamil, Las Animas, third. Time,
$50
e8o-yard relay raee-Roeky Ford.
erst; Ration. second; La Junta, third.
Time, not announced.
The Oratorical Contest.
In the evening the contest IN ora.
tory and defamation was held and
resulted in the division of first hon.
ors between Ration and Trinidad, the
frst winning in oratory and the lat
ter in recitation. Second honors in
sratory were awarded to the Rocky
Ford representative.
The prizes In oratory were distrib-
uted as follows: Charles Donnelly
II Ration, first: Neal Combs of
Rocky Ford, second. Trinidad was
by Arthur McChesney
and Las Animas by Theodore Hood.
The prizes in defamation: Marga-
ret Rhodes Of Trinidad, FIRST; May
b.lle Coin of Ration, second Las
Animas was represented by Gertrude
Smith and Rocky Ford by Editha
Green.