Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-07
INTERSCHOLASTIC
ANNUAL MEET
Big Crowd in Rocky Ford
last Friday.
TRINIDAD WINS
MEET PENNANT
Rocky Ford Made Very Satisfactory
Showing on Track and on
| the ROstrum.

l shthoash ANoSAy oio hoS hoh a.
Het won any pennants in the inter
scholastic annual meeting of the high
schools of Southern Colorado and
Northern New Mexico there is "a
good fighting chance that the most
coveted one-for the best base ball
team-may come our way. But even
should it not our boys and girls,
their trainers. families and friends,
and in fact the entire town. has. the
supreme satisfaction that comes from
the knowledge that everyone of our
contestants in the recent trials OF
athletic skill and oratorical ability
hcquittcd themselves most creditably.
captured all the medals but one and
bre the proud bearers of ma jor por-
tion of the honors bestowed.
As Enterprise readers know. the
initial contests to decide which OF the
high schools in the s. C.-N. n. NJ.
League were the victors, were schcd-
uled to come off in this city last Fri
day And they did, although Up un-
kil about 10 o'clock OF the great day
it was an even bet that the weather
man would hand out sample of
weather that he had kept in colu stor-
bge since last January. A lowering
bky from which at infrcqucnt inter
mails there fell a cold drizzlc, kept
The home crowd and visitors on the
anxious seat until about noon, when
Old Sol pushed his face through the
clouds and cleared away most of the
gloom. But even he tppcared TO wear
b scowl, and so the weather was not
what it is usually cracked up to be.
But even though they had to carry
bil stoves and foot warmers to the
Earnd stand il did not deter the crowd
frnp, a1tI,,I;,,, nT,i thar. have
been about one thousand gathered i'll
The Fair Grounds to witness the track
tnd field meet. II was most en-
Thus tic crowd. that impartially
kheefcd thew inncrs. but of course
The uproar was dcafcning when that
Hinncr happened to be-as was quite
Frequently the casc-Young George
Maxwell of Rocky Ford. Through
bis cxcriions Rocky Ford had the
best of the honors and had the pen
natn won until the last lap in the $50
aapScd Just before he reached the line
3But you never saw n proudcr bunch
than was that OF Rocky Ford at the
4 splendid showing made by George,
who made the greatest number OF
points and won the individual gold
medal. The honor is the more praise
worthy when il is known that the
winner was probably the youngest
2 contestant on the field. as he is only
us wears old and in his freshman year
, in the high school.
In the track meet the percentage
Cf the different towns was as follows ::
Trinidad. 2S 10: Rocky Ford. p -:
Lamar, rs 50: La Junta. Is; Ration,
tlL5.
The result Of the different cvcnl-
sycrc as follows.
roo-Yard Dash-Maxwcll Rocky
Ford. first: Gillespie, Ration. second;
ElcGrait, Lamar. third. Time. II
2so-Yard Dash-McGraft. Lamar,
FIRST: Buckley. La Junta. second; Tur-
her. Rocky Ford. third. Time, :24A.
40 Yard Run-Butts, Ration, first:
Warner. Rocky Ford. second: John
bon. Trinidad. third. Time. SO Sec
sso-Yard Run - Maltby, Rocky
-eiO Lamar. third. Time, 2:IS.
2se1. ard Hurdle Racc-Johnson.
III Id. first: Sinnock. Ration. sec
,ouk Jamcyson. Trinidad, third. Time
Bso- Yard Relay Racc-Lamar team,
first: Rocky Ford team. second: Trim
fdad team. third.
oHigh Jump-Buckcy. La Junta,
f16t: Koonsman. Lamar. Maxwell.
R66kv Ford. and Grisham. Trinidad.
~ for second place. Height. 5 feet
RBroad jump - Maxwell. Rocky
aing; Lamar, tied for second
Biace. Distance. tS feet.
~ Shot Put-Beuciiap,- Trinidad. first;
yStrong. Lamar. second: Buckley. La
Junta. third. Distance, 81 feet 1917
Pole Vault-Lcigh, Lamar. and
Grisham. Trinidad. tied for first place:
IDclong Ration, and Warner. Rocky
Ford, tied for second place. Distance
Q feet I. inches.
Ball Throw-Bcuchap. Trinidad
first: Lantz. La Junta. second; War
ncr, third. Distance 3oS feet 8 inches
| house was crowded to its utmost ca
Apacitv to contain the crowd gathered
Ito hear the contest in oratory. which
was won bv La Junta. Following was
the order OF merit and subjects:
First Mcdal-Andrew Lantz, La
t1unta. subject Child Labor"
q Second Medal = Will Davies
XTrindad. Rise of Japan"
III Fred Howarch, Ration. THE Amer
N-an Flag.
TIE Charles G. Smith. Lamar, "Wash'
-ngton and Napoleon"
Edmund Ford, Rocky Ford, "The
New Century"
4 The high school glec clubs render
ed splendid music during the evening
hnd lped to relieve the monotony