The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-05-14
THE FIRST FIELD MEET
Pupils of the Chesaw, River
side and Oroville Schools
in Friendly Contests.
A LARGE NUMBER OF EVENTS
A Successful Day of Field Sports
Pulled Off, and Enjoyed BY
Large Crowd.

The first school field meet and ora
torical contest ever held in the county
came off in Oroville last Saturday
Quite number of the pupils of the
Chesaw and Riverside schools were
present, a large crowd of spectators
collected at the grounds and enjoyed
the proceedings. An unexpected de-
mand upon our space prevents giving
as full a report of the affair as it's i'm
portance deserves. 1t can be said that
the various events were warmly con-
tested, and the lads who took part
strained every nerve and muscle to
win. The following are the contests
that teok place with names of winners:
100 yard dash, seniors-James East,
first; Glenn Mitchell, second; Howard
| Butler, Chesaw, third.
220 yard dash. seniors James East,
first; Leslie Stansbury, second
40 yard dash, seniors-Glenn Mitch
ELL first: James East second.
30 yard dash, juniors-Geo. Martin,
Chesaw, first: Robt. Hill, Chesaw, Sec
ond; Beverley Powell, third.
100 yard dash, juniors--Elmer Stans
bury, first: Roy Williams, Riverside,
second; Geo. Martin, Chesaw, third.
22O yard dash, juniors-Bert Hill,
Riverside, first; Beverley Powell, sec
ond; ROLAND Williams, third.
BroaS. jump, seniors-Thos. Williams
Riverside, first: Leslie Stansbury, Sec
ond: Chas. Powell, third.
High jump, seniors-Thos. Williams,
Riverside, first: Leslie Stansbury, 2nd.
Broad jump, juniors-Roy Williams,
Riverside, first; Arthur Hanson, Che
saw, second: Bert Hill, Riyersid, Sd.
High jump, juniors-Roy Williams,
Riverside, first; Geo. Martin, Chesaw,
second Beverley Powell, third.
Pole vault, seniors-Chas. Powell,
first; Leslie Stansbury, second.
Shot put, seniors-Thos. Williams,
Riverside, first; James East, second;
Glenn Mitchell, third.
Pole vault, juniors-Isaac Smith,
Riverside, first; Roy Williams, River
side, second; Geo. Martin, Chesaw, Sd.
Relay race, seniors-Oroville team,
Trevor Mallory, Glenn Mitchell, Leslie
Stansbury and James East, first; Che
saw team, Albert Turner, Albert
Blaine, Geo. Turner and Howard But
Ter, second.
Relay race, juniors Riverside team,
Roy Williams, Robert Hill, Robert
Morris aed Bert Hill, first; Oroville
team, Beverley Powell, Louis Provo,
ROLAND Williams and Elmer STAINS
bury, second.
Running broad jump, seniors-Thos.
Williams Riverside, first; Leslie Stans-
bury, second.
Running broad jump, juniors-Al-
bert Hanson, Chesaw, first; Roy Will
liams, Riverside, second.
In the summary of points made in
the various events Oroville was award
ed 56, Riverside 20 and Chesaw I.
A game of ball followed between the
Chesaw and Oroville mines resulting
in favor of Chesaw by the following
score by innings:
Oroville-3 ] O = l | O-S
Chesaw l 0 | ) 2 so
The ora torical contest took place in
Sigrist hall in the evening and was
very largely attended. The program
rendered was unusually interesting and
enjoyable The vocal music was ex-
ceptionly good, and the crowd fre-
quently demonstrated its approval, de-
manding and receiving repetitions of
the vOcalizations. The orchestral Sc
| lections were also excellent. The
young ladies taking part in the orator.
| ical contest are deserving of special
mention, and each did so well that it
was difficult task in rendering judg-
ment dealing out the honors. The
ladies were letter perfect in commit
ting their pieces to memory, and the
delivery was far above the usual decla-
nation, The committee on award was
composed of Mrs. Samson, Mrs. Arnold