Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-03

The Maine Inter Camp League saw
its greatest day Wednesday at Island
Park with spirited competition in
aquatic and camp craft contests, top
ping off an overlooking Il hours with
an all-star cast vaudeville perform
ance at City hall for the benefit of the
Augusta General hospital Many rela-
tives and friends We're there to watch
the contests, several coming from New
York or Philadelphia. An unusually
large number of entries kept the mas
tiers busy and wrangles and protested
decisions were plenty. bur only going
TO show tire keen rivalry between the
camps and the interest and feeling of
the councillors for their charges. Ev-
erything considered. the events were
run off in a manner rejecting full cred
it upon the trainers and the judges.
Camp Kennebec claims the victory in
the days sports with total of GAG points.
The Cobbossee boys were a close second
with IS. Androscoggin traiied with Il
and Widmere could show only 169. The
two last clubs with their smaller repre-
sentation really brought great credit &c
themselves. The points were scored as
for lst, for End. 2 for 3rd and / for 4th.
Three eight wheel cars carried the
200 boys and masters to the park, leav-
inc Augusta about o'clock and arriv-
ing at the hotel about $50. Two four
cared harges, three motor dories ana
four canoes from Camp Gobbossee, 5
miles up the lake. We're awaiting them,
the big. black launch arriving shortly
after with the spring board Engineer
Hughfe with Masters A. S. Rothwell.
Davidow, Coons and F'leisher soon had
the motor boats in running order. while
Pres Mooney and Master Healy made
ready the rope for measuring the
swimming courses Healy and Hughie
laid ont the distances and placed the
stakes.
C. r. Gilchrist of Swarthmore, mas
ter in the Kennebec camp f. l.. Palm
er of Yale, an Androscoggin master
r. d. Ribble Of University of Pennsyl-
vania Wildmere councillor, and A. =
Rothweli of Columbia, Cobbossee mas
ter. were named as committee IN
charge Of the aquatic events and Sc
cured Mr. Casey from Philadelphia TO
Judge the diving contests MIR. casey is
Internationally one of the highest au-
thorities in this country in this branch
of sports, having for several years peen
Judge in NEST of the International and
intercollegiate contests of prominence
as well as in the Argo. Y. NJ. c. A. and
Philadelphia swimming clubs.
While the making up of the program
was in progress. a youngster pulled
Coons by the sleeve and whispered
anxiously, Say, please, what's the
back Jack dive?" Coons gave an inn
pressive illustration. What" exclaim'
ed the boy, me do that? | couldn't
Coons gave him a reassuring slap or
the back Sure" he laughed, IT'S tbs
best thing you've got Watch tbs
others" The lad took a place.
The starts were made from the hote
wharf while hundreds of boys. guests
and other spectators lined the wall
hotel steps and veranda and far bacl
along the shore. The wharyes proves
rather unstable and many foot wet
tings came to the share of the official
and newspapermen as crucial mo
ment came in a contest and the specta
tors crowded forward to a point o
vantage One of the masters sub
merged half way TO his knees, stoo'
| yelling directions for one of his boy
until the contest was over then let on
a startled yell and scrambled for safe
footing.
The swimming of little Paul DavidoV
in the Junior events was the feature
of these races he taking both the 20
yard and 50-yard contests by saft
margin, winning the so after his era W
stroke, with his face in the water. hae
taken him 20 feet off the course
| Gilchrist was made starter, when i
was found that the revolver had beef
left at the camp A ready get set
lgo!" was used and proved satisfac'
tory substitute for the gun.
The first event was the Senior so
lyard swim. After one false start, II
which three men lost their balanc
land fell into the water the racers wer
loff in a pushing, wiggling mass, witt
scarcely room 10 move their arms. TIL
outside racers had a decided advantag
and Bauer of Androscoggin won in 371
! seconds with Kahn of Cobbossee sec
lond and Woodman of Wildmere an
lKatz of Kennebee tied for third place
The Junior 25-yard swim was cas-
for Davidow of Cobbossee. the littl
fellow clearing the water in a remark
able manner in II 3-5 seconds. Roth
Iehild of Kennebee secured second plac
with Edwards of Wildmere and Davi
Iof kennebec. third and fourth.
Here the second wharf was move
up to level with the other, givin
more room to the contestants in til
Senior plunge for distance. The WHINE
of this event was decided by the dis
lance covered in a dive from tn
wharf to the place where the dive
lifted his head from the water On
minute was the time allowance Hugh
land Casey. with canoe and a tape lin
strung from the wharf, did the meas
uring. Blumenthal of kennebee, q
was freely predicted. was the WHINE
with AZ feet. Blur of Androscoggi
' took second with A., Gusdorf OF Kenne