The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-25
5000 WITNESS
FIELD CARNIVAL
See 1000 Pupils From Granite
and Murray Districts i'll
Keen Rivalry.
WEST SIDE is FIRST;
EAST CAPTURES SECOND
Fun Begins at Early Morn and
Continues Unabated Until
Nightfall.

Attracted by baseball games and other
athletic events which lasted from Q a.. m.
until p. M. 5000 school children of the
Granite and Murray school districts gath
cred at Wandamere yesterday and spent
the entire day in having a good time
The meet probably was the largest ever
held here, there being close to 1000 aspir-
ing athletes engaged in the various
events PennantS and other trophies
furnished by business men Of Salt Lake
and Murray added Incentive to the en-
thusiasm or the athletes and made the
contests moro interesting
The fun for the kids" began at
o'clock. AT which time the pupils of the
schools OF the two big districts arrived
at the resort Immediately the games
sands OF rooters lined In the grand stand.
The events were held In the motordrome
arena which has been arranged for ath
letics of all kinds.
Competition Is Keen.
The contests were most bitter between
teams representing the east side and
teams representing the west side OF the
Two school districts, State street being
the dividing line. The rooters for the
two sides made the air resound,
Besides the athletic events there was
good time for everybody In the pretty
resort The official count of the gate
keeper showed the attendance for the
day TO be more than 5000 persons.
The athletic committee, composed OF
c. r. Bradford. chairman; S. A. Jones.
G. w. A16rich, W. r, Wilson. G. e. Gau
fl. fin :; and I'd Edward e. Howe. had the events
age column compiled by c. r. Gauf1n oi
Murray, the west side. representing part
of the Granite schools. came out on top.
with the east side second and Murray
third. One of the real surprises Of the
day came in the high jump. Palmer OF
The Plymouth school. Taylorsville. and
place in this event. with wallen OF
the Carlisle school third. The relay race
was won by the west side.
The officials were A. j. Hagen. T.. e.
timer; w. r. Wilson, Milo Rowan. l.. o.
Clark. scorers, and II. n. CARR marshal
Beginning at 10:3O a m. there were COM
petitive sports for the smaller children.
including sack race, a three-legged
race, potato, plain. egg. needle and
thread. walnut and doughnut races. AL
p. m. on the dance floor there was an
excellent programme rendered. consist
ing for the most of drills songs and
dances by the different schools.
Summary of Meet.
The summary of the track meet fol-
lows:
220-yard dash-Pamer. Plymouth; !;
Hannah. Roosevelt: Reid. Garfield. Time.
26 80 seconds.
Pole yault-waters. Carlisle, and Pal
ner, Plymouth, tied for first place;
Broad jump-Palmer, Plymouth; Reid.
Garfield: Eatchel, Murray, Distance. IS
feet Inches.
l00yard dash-Hapnam, Roosevelt;
Palmer Plymouth Gunnerson. Wood
stock. Time. II As seconds.
Shot put-Cahoon, Murray; Palmer.
Plymouth. Carlson, Murray. Distance.
81 feet { inches.
44O-yard run-Garn. Forest; Anderson.
Burton; Mckay. Plymouth, Time, III.
High jump-Palmer. Plymouth; Garn
Forest; Walters, Carlisle. Height, . feet
SS0-yard ruu-Hintze. Irving earn,
Forest. Reid. Garfield. Time 2:lS.
Relay-West side school: Ricd. Pal
mer. Anderson. Mckay. Time 800.
In a good game OF baseball a nine from
Murray defeated Granite team 10 TO
I. Batteries-Cahoon, Mcmillan and
Eatchell, BlaGZard and Meadows.