The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-15
ST. JAMES IN SECOND PLACE
Harold Curtis of Balm Wins First
Honors for Individual Scoring With
Herman Petersen of Columbus as a
Close Second

The banner in the fourth annual athle-
tic meet Of the graded schools of Keno
sha held at Rambler Park on Friday
afternoon having total Of Cd points.
The lead was noteworthy one and st.
James, which finished in second place,
was fifteen points behind and Balm in
third honors scored 40 points. The
Columbus school boys took a big lead
in the class A events and were a close
second to Balm in the class B races.
The girls Of the Columbus school also
aided materially in winning the ban
ner as they piled up eight points for
their school. The girls of st. James
school got total of 19 of the 49 points
won by the school and they easily won
the girls section of the meet in both
classes.
In the individual scoring Harold
Curtis of the Balm school was first with
q total of 21 points while Herman Pet
epeen, the star of the Columbus athletes
was second with 20 3-3.
1t was the greatest meet in the his
tory of athletics in the city schools.
The weather was hot, but perfect for
the meet. The time made in the various
events was decidedly good considering
the age of the boys.
e 10
at a park in Kenosha witnessed the
meet and the grand stand was crowd
ed with more than $500 shouting child
rem In addition to the children there
were hundreds of men and women who
went out to the meet and they were
lust as enthusiastic as the children in
cheering their favorite athletes. The
meet was record breaker from the
standpoint of the time taken to pull
it off and the twenty-one events were
run off in less than two hours and forty.
FIVE minutes.
-Four police officers were on the
grounds to keep the crowd in check and
their work was so efficient that the
bowling mass of pennant waving child
rem were kept in the grand stand and
this made it possible to get all the
events started without delay.
David Fogwell, physical secretary of
The Y. M. G. A. was in charge of the
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principals of the various schools and
Chief of Police O'Hare.
The victory of the Columbus school
was popular one and the result was
forecasted before the meet was half
over and Columbus pennants were very
much in evidence while the students
of the school, perfectly organized, made
the park ring with their cheers as
their representatives won event after
event. The summaries of the meet fol
lows:
Individual Scoring.
Harold Curtis, Balm ...........21
Hermen Petersen, Columbus -. 20 3-S
All Bound Championship.
Columbus ...>............... 64
st, James ..'.''.'.....'.''. Az
Balm ................... 40
Durkee ....s.............. %
st. George Observation-Disclosures. )
Weiskopf ................... 4
Central ................ ....i
Glass ga"
Columbus ................. SO
st. James Observation-Disclosures. q
Balm ................... s
Durkee ...................
st. George Observation-Disclosures. /
Weislopf .............s.... 0
Glass "B'
Ba1n .......s....,..... rs
Columbus +. .................... 20
st. James ...,................ 8
vDurkee Observation-Disclosures. S
st. George .................... 5
Weiskopf ...................
Central =. Observation-Disclosures. /
Girls Events-Classes ga" and .'B"
ST. James .................... 10
Durkee $3.50. '''.'.............. IL
Columbus .................. s
Balm ................... 4
Central .................... L
ST. George ...........,........ o