The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
ATHLETIC MEET. AT TOME.
Big Field OF Entries For Field and
Track Events.

AOuc 1uSllIutS y 0GVeuLu ANNUAL 1utSEs
scholastic Field and Track Meet will be
held this coming Saturday at o'clock.
Eleven schools not present last year will
compete this year, twenty.seven schools
in all. The entries are 16 per cent greater
than they were year ago. and mp to that
time last years meet was the banner meet
in point of attendance. There will be
thirty-three events, fifty races in all in
addition to the six field events; namely,
the pole vault, high jump, shot, hammer,
and two broad jumps, Zone in the Rural
High School Series) In the open series
Lawrenceville School. Baltimore City Coll
lege, Central High School of Washington,
Delaney School, Episcopal Academy.
Swarthmore Preparatory School. Atlantic
City High School and Tome have entered
particularly strong teams. At no time
since the Inauguration of the meets has
there been entered such a number of
stars. The 100 yard dash, in particular
will be race worth going many miles to
see. After several preliminary heats, It
will bring together in the finals six boys.
all of whom have been doing around 10
Is seconds and among whom it would be
impossible to pick winner, namely,
Paynter of Central Manual Training
School of Philadelphia, Dewey of Gem
trail High School of Washington. Patter-
son of Baltimore City College, Pendleton
of Episcopal High School Of Alexandra,
Luke of Lawrenceville (who last Satur-
day ran second to Gill in the Princeton
University Games and Smith of Tome.
who did 10 fiat last Saturday with q
strong wind behind him.
The shot put will be another startler,
inasmuch as Waller of Lawrenceville,
and Smith of Tome both threw the lead
Al ft. I in. in competitive meets last
Saturday. Canister, of Loyola Prep. who
won the event last year, will also be q
competitor; Steinbach, record holder at
Baltimore City College, Spransy from
Central High School of Washington, aud
many others. In the hammer, Wolf of
Lawrenceville, point winner in the
Princeton games, Bailey from Morris
Heights School, of Providence, r. T.,
Stenibach of Baltimore City College,
Towne of Tome, and about dozen others
will contest for the supremacy. The 44o
dash is another race in which it will be
difficult to pick the winner. Twenty-four
men will start at the crack of the pistol
in this race, among them such cracker
Jacks as LeCato, record holder of Balti-
more City College, Surron and Strang
from Atlantic City High School, Clancy
and Lancaster from Central High School
of Washington, and Luke and FELTON,
from Lawrenceville. In the half mile
run, sixteen men will start, among them
Real, point winner in the Swarthmore
College games last Saturday, Cliff Of the
Baltimore Country School, Towle of
Lawreuceville, Zeh and Slarrow from
Central High School of Washington.
Seventeen men will race the mile, among
them several well.known distance run.
ners. The rural High School boys have
come out in force this year, their entries
being so per cent larger than last year.
Eighteen of them will face the line for
the rs yard dash, rs for the 22o yard
dash, 20 for the half mile run, I3 for the
broad jump, and in the novice races and
junior races there is a tremendous list,
and many heats will be necessary to de.
eide these events. Last year there were
between two aud three thousand spec.
tators and the management is making
provision this year for at least so per cent
more, as indications point to an over
whelming crowd. As rule, everybody
within reach of Port Deposit, who can
possibly get away, attends this big, an
nual meet and interest seems to be more
intense than ever this year. Marylanders
are particularly interested in the Rural
High School championships, which were
as feature of the meet last
year and will turn out en- masse to see
their sous compete, coming by rail, boat
and carriage, picnicking in the Tome
woods and seeing the meet ia the after
noon. The meet will be held rain or
shine, and if it is a fair day record
breaking crowd will be in attendance.
The Riverside Band of twenty pieces has
been engaged to enliven the occasion. A
special excursion will be conducted from
Baltimore on the steamer Susquehanna
Of the colchester Steamboat Company,
and arrangements have been made with
he Pennsylvania Railroad for extra cars
on all trains. The handsome grounds
aud buildings always look their best at
his time of the year, and the time passes
quickly for visitors who arrive in advance
IF the meet and who have leisure time to