The Washington herald., 1908-09-02

Leahman, OF Virginia avenue, was sec
ond. and ". Witte. OF Juvenile Court
grounds. was third.
Potato Race Exciting
George Thompson. of Virginia Avenue
School. Won the first place IN the potato
race for boys under sixteen years Of age.
in 8 seconds flat. Carroll Baker, Of
Ross School. was second. and Vincent
Gerard. Of jefferson School. was third
There were twelve entries. The high jump
for boys under thirteen years. brought
out several good Jumpers ;. Sheridan,
OF North Capitol Won with a jump OF 4
feet II inches Dan Hyland Of JUve-
nile Court grounds. was second with a
jump Of : feet, Z inch- Earl Simmons,
OF Ross School, was third with a jump
OF I feet even
In tie running high jump FOR boys IN
cer sixteen years. Tibbetts. OF Ross
School. again carried OF the honors- This
contest took longer than the others TO
settle. because Il was a close fight Il
was not until after the bar had been
showed Up 10 4 feet inches that the list
dw-ndied down Tibbets won with a
jump Of 4 feet, ~ inches. c. Ryan, Of
North Capitol. was second with & feet :
inches. John --Rabhit- TTayre. OF Towers
school was third with a jump Of ( feet
Ga inches.
D Hyland. OF the Juvenile Court
grounds. covered a feet So inches in the
running broad jump for boys under thir-
teen. LeiSh Hunt, Of Towers. was second,
WITH jump OF = feet So inches. and
Byron Hage- was third. with a mark Of
l5 feet 8 inches
Hard Fight in Broad jump
Harry Martin. Of the Industrial Home
Sch5oL won the applause Of the crowd
when he jumped Is feet inches In the
running broad jump for boys under six
teen His nearest competitor was but s
inches behind him. and the third boy but
q foot away. Rodney Jones. Of Ross, was
second. and Joseph Hopkins. OF Virginia
avenue. was third.
The indoor games OF baseball for girls
brought trouble Tor the policemen. for the
spectators would not keep back Of the
ropes The umpire. too, came in for
friendly criticism on the part of the
school fans. After Towers had defeated
the nine from Ross School he was rouully
scored by disappointed roo-ers. The score
Al the end OF this game was 20 l. Tow
ers then defeated RosedaIe by a score OF
= 10 @. Again the umpire was assalIeI
Spectators One bIle-eyed. br0wn-haired
dlmsel- playing third base for EosedaIe
threw the bail at the arbitrator. and that
individual who happened 70 be a man.
Immediately ordered the player out Of the
game But the fair miss was right on the
Job in the next inning. and when 1er turn
came 20 bat she eyed him de6zu-ly and
then landed on the ball for a home run
Minor Events Run OF.
The tenn from Ludlow school Won the
tether-baU contest This game IS played
with a bail on q string and tennis rackets
Towers School won the croquet game.
defeating teams from Garfield. North
Capitol, and Arthur schools
A team from Jefferson school won the
IolEbau game for boys under sixteen
years. and Virginia Avenue school boys
won the volley-baI game.
Towers school won The closing event
IEe voLey-5au game for boys under nine
teen years
The total number OF points for each
school are as follows Towers. 80. Vi--
s-uia Avenue. s55; North Capitol. Ss4-
juvenile Court. 80; Ross. so Jefferson.
-; Rosedale. %; Fifth and I Streets.
I-2: EdDCuds. is. Ludlow. L5; Industrial
Home School, IA, and Henry. 1l5-