Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-26
DAY IF SPORT
 GIVEN BY ''Y'
Marathon Race, Gymnasium Games and Most Enjoyable of Smokers Are All
 Attractive.
MANY IN ATTENDANCE

One Of the most thoroughly enjoyed programs of Christmas was the en tertainnent offered by the Y. M. c. A.
 The program included both outdoor and indoor sports. smoker. basket ball game singing and monOloECe
 numbers and was a great success all through
 In the morning the Marathon race was run. The race was the closest | that has ever been held by the Y. M. l C. A., the difference at the finish Of ! the three leading runners being less ! than thirty seconds. There were ! eleven entries for the race. The run ners were taken out to the starting 1 point. the top of the divide. in three | automobiles, kindly lent by Dr. Shine. ' Captain Hodgson and George Medigo- I yieh
 | Of in Bunch
 1 An excellent start was made, every ! man getting off at the crack of the pistol with Hughes soon taking the l lead Ray HoffeT, another of the run ] ners, lost l00 yards by a mistake in | taking a short cut. but soon closed Gp ! the gap between himself and the Oth- | CT runners. The race was a fast l one, but narrowed down 10 a few a.J- l CT the first two miles had been run. Hughes continued to hold the lead until he was almost to the post oclce i when Hoffer, with a great spurt. clGs- f ed up the gap and took the lead, break | ing the tape at the Copper Queen of | fees first. His time was l4 minutes, | 15 Is seconds and his race was one { of the finest that has been run over l a three mile course in the state. He was in excellent condition and look l ed as if he could easily have made i another mile at the finish Patton 1 ended second in the race. He was | laging behind along all the first part of the course, but took a sprint at i Castle rock and forged ahead, nos 1 ing out Hughes. who was third, by | eighteen seconds. Patton's time was i IA minutes, 22 seconds and Hughes ! IA minutes and 40 seconds. There was keen interest in the race | and large crowd witnessed the fin 1 ish. The time for a three mile course
 was excellent The following were | the prizes for the event: First, silver loving cup, Henkel Jewelry com pany: second, pair WalkOver shoes, the Fair; third, fountain pen, by MT. 1 Cooley of Bisbee Drug company. Sports in Afternoon There was a large crowd in attend ance at the gymnasium in the after noon to witness the gymnastic eXhibi- 1 ton. A general demonstration of the gymnasium work was given, together with parallel bar work, pyramids. wand drill, advanced tumbling work, and a swat game. The music was ' furnished by Miss Florence Patton.
 Following the gymnasium exhibition
 basket ball game. between the girls
 and boys team was held. The girls
 team was in the lead for the first
 half of the game, but one of the play
 CTS on the team was slightly hurt,
 and. in the second half, the boys team
 scored heavily and finally won the
 game by a score Of IS to IA. The whole entertainment was an excellent one and pleased a large audience.
 Smoker Caps Climax. Probably the best entertainment offered in Bisbee this year was that given at the Y. M c. A. last night. The entertainment was in the form
 of a smoker and made an ending for a highly successful sport day" of the L. M. N.. A.
 The program was varied and kept an audience that packed the gym nasium interested all the time. The numbers or the program were of the best. Pipes and tobacco were on all the tables, thee was plenty of chairs and the spectators made themselves at home" During inteTmissions in the program refreshments were served.
 BerD1rd Carruthers was the first ] enteltainer on the program. Mn l Carruthers may or may not be pro l fessional entertainer but. in any event, he is one of the best that has | been seen in Bisbee for a long time. 1 Besides a good monologue, his im- | presentations are excellent A quar- ! tet, composed of Messrs. Butler. Leon | ard, Henry Warrington and Tenby. l followed Mir Carruthers. Their rem dering of old Christmas songs was very good and the quartet, which Sang at a number of different times. proved to be one Of the hits of the evening. Pie for Boys.
 Six hungry boys were lined up be- fore six es-blackberry-for the
 next number The prize for the boy | who won was a years membership in