The Washington times., 1908-09-02
For Second Time Play
ground Team Wins First
HonorS in Tournament.
VIRGINIA AVENUE
< CLOSE SECOND
Final Score Stands 400 TO ass,
With North Capitol Athletes in
Third Place-The Results.

To the resounding cheers Of thousands
OF shriu. piping voices. ana the hearty
applause of proud fathers, mothers and
other relatives, the Towers Playground
athletic team was awarded the Cham
pionship Times banner. ana first hOnors
in the third annual field and track
games and play festival Of the Wash
fngton Fairgrounds Association, held
yesterday at the Union League base
ball park.
Ii was the second time in two sue
cessIve years that the healthy, strong
nmbed little athletes, who received their
first Instructions in such games on the
Towers playground, nave been victorl-
Gus, and the fact that the result was
in doubt 10 the very end, with the
Virginia avenue children pushing them
close for the honOrs, makes the victory
this year all the sweeter.
The total score Of the winners was
4S6. Virginia avenue finished a strong
second with a score of 435. ana North
Capitol beat out the juvenile Court team
by a score OF 3S4 to $40 for third place.
The other scores were: Ross, $50 Jeffer-
son, g54; RosedaIe. 337s Fifth and l.
streets, l72 EdmOnds, 1884, Ludlow 10
Industrial Home School, ia, and Henry,
Macfarland Gives Trophies.
At the close Of the games Conrmis-
sioner Macfarland, after being com
PEELED to await the stilling of the clamor
and roar. presented The Times banner
TO the winning team, and the gold sill
Yer, and bronze Individual medals
Exactly on the hour. the games
opened with a dance, eXcellenty done.
by the smaller children, to the air OF
The Merry Widow Waltz, played Dy
the Marine Band
Next came the Industrial exhibit, the
work of the students from SIX 10 seven
teen years old being displayed artist
ically on stands in the rear OF the
graudstand. Here were 70 be seen pas
ket work crochet work, and work IN
CLAY and straw, which spoke eloqueuIly
for those who had labOred 10 instruct
the children In these arts.
At the conclusion OF the elhlpiJs the
signal was given by Superintendent OF
Fairgrounds Henry =. Curtis for the
athletic contests to begin DeSpIe lnelr
evident anxiety and nervousness 70 ois-
play their prOWess on ihe nelus Ine
many different events were run on
smoothly and on time, and with none
Of the usual feld-meet contuslons-
Make Good Records.
Considering the youth Of the compet-
ftOrs. the time made in some Of the
dashes is nothing short Of marvellous.
James Berkeley. Of the Towers School,
p scampered home easily in front IN the
100-yard dash for boys under nineteen,
in DO 4-5 seconds. Considering the high
school record OF 10 seconds fiat, and the
fact that the dash was not run over q
Cinder track. the work of Berkeley de
serves much credit John Owens Nlr-
ginia Avenue, and T. Stokes, North Cap
tT0l. were second and third respectively.
Another creditaDle performance was
that OF II. Hyland, Of the Juvenile
~ In % nv. I'd "
ming his heat easily Hyland went the
distance in the final in 40 seconds.
Hyland was not hard pushed, and was
running easy when he breasted the
tape. o. H Meade, North Capitol, and
q. TOlsOn, Edmunds School, were sec
ond and third.
AS usual, however, the relay races
were the most spectacular OF the ath-
IettC events and furnished some OF the
best sport. In the S00-yard event for
boys under sixteen, three teams were
entered. The wer1 of r. D. Tibbctts.
who led of for Ross School, practically
won the event for that institution. He
gained a big lead. whicL was held
throughout, and Towers finished second,
Augusta a Splinter.
Augusta Johnson, OF Juvenile Court,
beat out sixteen competitors in the %
yard dash for girls under ten. Her
time was Is seconds. Sadie Berg
azin. Henry School and Ida SacreY,
jefferson -SGnoOl, were second and third.
in the same race for boys under ten,
Walter Luber. Joseph Gerald, and Rob
ert Miller all OF Jefferson School, fin
isheG in the order named the first
going the distance in 4 seconds fiat.
Leoua Brown. of Virginia avenue won
the 5O-yard dash for girls under thirteen
years, in the remarkably fast time Of
6 4-5 seconds. which is Just 2-5 of a sec
Ond over the indoor record for the same
distance. Ruth KuhneTt. Virginia Ave
nue. and Virgie Riley. Towers, were
second and third. respectively.
In the 60-yaTd dash for boys under
sixteen. George OmOhunGrO Outclassed
his sixteen competitors and finished in
front Of Robert Grace, Virginia avenue
ard Milton Beck, Towers In 20 sec
opds.
& clean pair Of heels TO his rivals in
the l00-yard dash for boys under six
teen, negotiating the distance in II 10
seconds. George Om0nundrO and Milton
Beck finished second and third, All
We're we'll punched in this race and Il
was only by q magnificent squirt IN the
last few yards that Tibbetts managed
10 break the tape less than three feet
ahead Of Omohundro.
Results of Events
Following are the other results:
Girls relay race, 100 yards, won by
Virginia avenue: second Jefferson
school PUtatoe race for boys under
thirteen. won by George Boyer, Jeffer-
son school; second, Bernard Leahmau
Virginia avenue. third, w. Witte, Ju-
veniIe Court Time. d As seconds. Po-
tatoe race for boys under sixteen, won
bv George Thompson, Virginia avenue /;
second, Carroll Baker. Ross; third. Vim
cent Gerardi, Jefferson. Time, o seconds
fiat.
High Jump for boys under thirteen,
Won by S. Sheridan, North Capitol;
MEDICAL.
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