Evening star., 1909-08-28
THREE TEAMS N COMPETITION
FIELD EXERCISES ON VIRGINIA
AVENUE FAIRGROUNDS.
Avenues" Win in Totals Over LET
tered Streets" and Numbered
Streets''-Summary

At the field day exercises on the Nir
einia avenue Fairgrounds Yesterday after
noon three teams. representing numbered
streets. lettered streets and avenues. re-
spectvely. competed. The result OF the
contests showed tie Avenues To have
tWenty-nn points. the Lettered Streets
twent four points and the Numbered
Streets fourteen points. Until the last
events were run off the result of tine
championship was in doubt.
There were eighteen events the piinci
pal one of which was the chinaing of the
bar by Marie Harmer. eight years Of age.
who accomplished the feat twenty times
and took first honors. In the base ball
game between the Avenues and Lettered
Streets the latter won easily. due 70 the
fine pitching OF Crook. McCleary. tor
the winners. was the star with the bat,
getting three home runs.
Summary of Results.
The summary of the events is as fol-
lows:
Tether ball for boys under twelve. Ave-
nues-Joseph Harding. Charles Beall and
Norris Grace
Tether ball for girls under twelve. Ave-
nues-AIargaret Young and Pearl Koet-
sen.
lctHel UaiI LOT DOSS anu girls. LtLtcieu
Streets-F,va Harbin. Ruth Fletcher Inez
Clark. Marian Browning and Emmy
Strietz.
Game of croquet-Won by Avenue team.
Ella Downs. Leona Brown, Norris Grace
and Mary Grace
Ginning the bar for boys under twelve
George Boyd. Numbered Streets. sixteen
times: Charles Beall. Avenues thirteen
times. and Raymond Mccormick. Letter
ed Streets. nine times.
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Marie Harmer. Lettered Streets, twenty
times: Eva harbin. Numbered Streets.
nine times: Ella Downs. Avenues. five
times.
Ring work for girls-Marie Harbn. Let
tered Streets. six times: Marian Brown
ing. Numbered Streets. and Lula Hager.
Lettered Streets. each five times.
Ring work for boys-William Kendrick.
Numbered Streets. fourteen times: Carter
Crook. Lettered Streets. eleven times. and
Thomas kutnert. Avenues ten times.
Running broad jump. boys under twelve
-Elvin McCleary. Lettered Streets, first;
John Kelly Lettered Streets. second, and
Joseph Harding. Avenues third.
Running high jump for boys under
twelve-Elyin McCleary. Lettered Streets,
first; Carter Crook. Lettered Streets. sec
ond. and Alfred Sisemore Numbered
Streets third
Twentyfive-yard dash. boys under ten
George Boyd Avenues. first: Charles
Downs. Numbered Streets. second. and
Edward Keith. Lettered Streets. third.
Three-legged race. boys under twelve
John Kelly and Elvin McCleary. Lettered
Streets first: Charles Beall and Norris
Grace. Avenues. second and Carter Crook
and Harry Charles, Lettered Streets.
third.
Three-legged race. for girls under
twelve--E;lla Downs and Leona Brown.
Avenues. first Eva Harbin and Ruth
Fletcher. Numbered Streets, second:
Emma Streitz and Inez Milton. Numbered
Streets. third
Wheelbarrow race. boys under twelve
Charles Beall and Norris Grace, Avenues,
frst; John Kelly and Elvin McCleary.
Lettered Streets. second: Carter Crook
and Harry Chies. Lettered Streets. third.
Sixteen-yard dash. girls under sixteen
Leona Brown, Avenues. first Ella Downs.
Avenues, second; Eva Harding. Numbered
Streets third.