Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-22
Big Athletic Meet
OF Summer Camps,

Lewiston, Me-. July 21.-(SpeciaD.-
monster athletic meet will be held at
Lewiston Aug. 4. S and between the
various sumer camps in the State of
Maine. The games will be played on
Garcelon field. the athletic field of
Bates College.
While all of the camps invited to
compete have not yet decided whether
they will be able to place sufficiently
strong teams in the field to warrant
their entry. yet there are already six
definite assured entries and two more
practically certain. The camps entered
to date are: Ramp Kohut kobbossee
Camp Wildmere at Harrison. Camp
Kcnnebec. situated on Lake Cobbos-
seecontee at North Belgrade. Camp
Androscoggin, Wayne: Camp oxford
at oxford. Camp Kineo at Moosehead
lake.
The entire camps will arrive at Lew
iston "Wednesday night and pitch
camp in Il model encampment or
grounds beside the athletic field. This
model camp will be open to visitors
and the large number OF persons from
out OF town who will VISIT the city at
the time, as well as the citizens OF
Lewiston Will be welcome to see them
80 through their setting up exercises
and other fnaneuverS.
'ihe representatives. of the various
competing camps Will take part in Il
series OF track and teld events: FOR
seniors tttloSc over 10 years OF age)-
lOO-yard dash. 22O-yard dash, quarter
INIT, ran. uail-mile run, L. pound snot
pat. running broad jump, standing
broad jump, running high jump. For
Juniors TAN under II years of age)-
the same events, except an S-pound
shot put instead of l2-pound. A half
mile relay race will be run for both
classes and also Il relay race between
the Lewiston and Auburn High schools
for a banner offered by the managers
of the meet. The boys of the camps
are coached by their instructors, who
are leading athletes from the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Yale, Harvard,
princeton. New York University and
other leading colleges. These faculty
men will compete against each other in
a one-mile relay race.
A special feature will be the appear
can record holder for all distances
from one to 10 miles. Mr.. Bo.inag will
run an exhibition smile race.
In addition to the track game; Sc
RES or baseball gaines will be played.
Four games will be played Thursday
among the eight camps. The four WIN
ners will play Friday and on saturday,
when the nnal track events also Will
take place the Two remaining teams
Playing Tor the championship NV"
members from each camp will play III
"a singles tennis tournament as we'll as
one doubles team swimming races and
basket pau games are also on the pro-
gram.
The games are being held under the
auspices OF the Lewiston Board OF
Trade and are In charge of an execu-
tive committee composed of Harry
kich Mooney of kamp Kohut kobbos-
see, chairman; Col. Nealey, chairman
ot III. Entertainment committee OF the
Lewiston Board of Trade; and Louis f.
Fleisher of Camp kennebec. over ooo
bows will be in the encampment In ad-
dition to the visitors from nelghbor-
ing cities and friends and parents OF
the bows who will come from New
York. Philadelphia, and Boston to see
the games.
Many of the local merchants nave
offered prizes for the meet. On Frlday
night a vaudeville entertainment Will
take place in one of the halls where
the campers will give an all-star per
turnance.