The Washington herald., 1908-09-02
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Ice cream sota water
Giugr ale and p1F7
Towers school T1re-s
Alaays On top
''TcEersI Towers, Towers was the
cry-Lle cry OF victory which went rever-
be-ating across Union League Baseball
Park yesterday evening. al the close Of
-he annual games held by the Washing
ton Playground Association
The Playground Championship for 190S
vas theirs. They OUtran. outjumped.
and outplayed the students Of all the
other Fairgrounds in Washington. rolling
Gp Tie wonderful total score o. 465 points
Proud papas and mauas were on hand
10 cheer their ofsDrings on 10 victory
Long before the hour for the games TO
commence, the grandstand and bIeachers
we're filed to overfowing. and the crowd
Ezpt coming.
When the signal for the games 20 begin
-a= given, there was scaDperinE and
--rSmbling for positions along the ropes.
nd IL was only after several big police
-en ordered ouJ all except competitors
nd oIc.aIs that TIE crowd retreaJed.
I'D even then It kept the blue-coated arm
Z the law busy breaking uD small gath
rings OF rl0ters and enthusiasts.
yictOrs We're LIonfzed.
When the games were over. a mighty
.heer broke loose. and for more than
e. half hour the enthusiasm kept UP. t
-=emed as though every person in the
--clOsure had turned q ro0ter for Towers
II was with difficulty that C0mmis-
-5lner lIacfarland made himself heard
when he congratulated the victorious ath-
-=tes. and Il was several minutes after
Commissioner Macfarland had finished
aet1re Henry S. Curtis. supervisor Of
--aygrou1ds, could make himself heard
hen he announced the names OF the in
--idual winners. Gold. silver. and bronze
medals. peunanCs and flags were pre-
--C-ed 70 the different teams and i1Ei-
H5Iuals
The games opened with a dance by the
mailer children, 10 the air OF the Merry
'-GOw' waltz, played by the Marine
and Then came an Industrial exhibit.
ranged on the rear partition Of the
-ralE stand. Here was displayed the
work OF students from SIX up 70 seven
-=en years OF age Basket work. crochet
work and WORK in clay and straw were
seen
Little Girls Ran First
= z5-yard dash for girls under ten
-zs The drst event on The programme
there were sixteen entries for this race,
I'd Augusta Johnson. Of the juvenile
Court Fairgrounds. won the event. She
l-sta-ced AL her competitors from the
tart sadie Bergazln, OF Henry School
--as second and Ida Sacrey. OF Jefferson
-czc0I. was third The distance was run
D Z 10 seconds
The second event vas a Z5-yard race for
5Cvs under ten years OF age
The distance was rIC FL seconds fat
Little Walter L-5s- was drsc- Joseph Ge-
adj second, and Robert Miller. third. all
n JEFFERSON school
n the 5'-va-d dash for E.-is under
thirteen years Of age the remarkable
me Of 6 - seconds was made by Le01a
E-OUu- Of the Virginia avenue school
4 cIaszuars Of Leoua's. Ruth EuhEe-r
was second. and Eirsie Pi-=y- Of Towers
was third There were fifteen entries
Youngsters Make Fast Time.
one oE tha best performances Of the
-I-zr-oon- the 6--yard dash for boys w
der thirteen years CT age. was run OF
= heats In the finals. H HyIaud. Of
-la Juvenile Court grounds. was never
-elGeE after leaving the mark he rar
ze distance IN rs seconds. o. H
Meade OF North Capitol street grounds
was second, and c. ToIsoD. Of EGuunds
-ehoCl- was third
The 67-yar5 dash for boys under six
-ee- years Of age brought out sixteen
--a-ters. Il was -El or in four heats
I'd q final George OIohundro. Of the
Juvenile Court grounds. won after a
ErueIinE race. in which the second and
-lirL runners raced almost neck and
eek with the winner The tine for the
distance was 20 seconds Robert Evans.
4 Virginia avenue school was second
md Milton Beck. OF Towers. was third.
The ld0-yard dash for boys under six
-seu years Of age was T-u iu the re-
-T-lrl-aole time Of Il I-5 sec0uds-as fast
-s the average high school time for the
distance r D Tib5ec-s. OF Ross School
showed a clean pair Of heels to his com
1eLt0-s In the finals he finished two
Yards ahead os the second bov. who was
George Omohund-o, of the Juvenile Court
grounds Milton Beck finished third
There were sixteen entries.
Wonderful Time in Dash.
IN he I15-yard dash for boys under
nineteen years OF age faster time than
IS made ar most collegiate meets was re-
-e----ao --l- ----Egr tL 4BWGLS
School, ran the 100 yards in 10 rs seconds
Berkeley viii undoubtedly be a member
Of one Of the high school tracI, teams
this falL John Owens. Of Virginia ave
nue.. and T. Stokes. OF North CaUitoI
street. finished second and third. re-
spect.relv.
Tho S1l-yard relay race for boys under
sixteen years OF age furnished consider
able excitement Three schools were rep
resented with a total OF fo-ty-eight run
ners- Each runner ran ffts-fve yards.
Ross School won the event in the fast
tine Of minutes y 20 seconds. r d
Ii5be-ts practically won the race for
Ross IN the last relay When he took
Up The work the boy running for Towers
School had ten yards Iead. but T5b5etts
soon overcaDe this haudicap and won bv
about Two yards Considering thai he
had won the 100-yard dash few minutes
earlier. the performance IS considered
remarkable
The girls were not 20 be outdore by
the boys IN relay racing. so thirty girls
representing the Virginia Avenue Schrol
and Jefferson School. ran a 750-var6 relay,
Il was Won by Virginia avenue. in .
minutes, IS - seconds. The potato race
for boys under thirteen years OF ace
was won by George Beyer. OF Jefferson
School. in , - seconds. Bernard