The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-17
TO CENTRAL PARK
That School Wins Athletic
Meet at Fair Grounds.
Large Crowd Enjoyed Spirited
Contests.
THE FOLK DANCES PLEASED
School Girls Gave These
Dances as a Night Feature.
Another Meet Planned to Be
Held Labor Day.
HE FOLK DANCES PLEASED


grounds in connection with the young
peoples field meet at the fair grounds
Tuesday evening, the Central Park
grounds representatives trained by
Miss Clara Johnston, took the honors.
One hundred and fifty boys partici-
pated in the meet and an interesting
feature of the evenings entertainment
was the folk dances given under the
general direction of Miss Lulu Mckee
by scores of playground girls. There
were probably between 400 and 500
persons on the grounds.
The Central Park representatives
were awarded 4S AS points in the
Fairgrounds events; Polk Fairgrounds.
81 40: Willow park. 35 3-5; South
Topeka Boy Scouts (colored), 10;
Grant Fairgrounds. 8.
classes Lowman Hill M. E. Sunday
school won first place with 81
points; Central Y. NJ. G. A. was award
ed second place with Il points;
10 points; Central congregational
Sunday school, points; Seabrook
Congregational Sunday school, .
points.
L. McGill was easily the star perform
err.
Folk Dances a Feature.
The folk dances given by the girls
were a center of attraction and Great
ed much favorable comment.
While Miss Lulu Mckee of the PARK
dale Fairgrounds had charge of the
dances at the meet, children at other
Fairgrounds had been trained by the
instructors. Miss Clara Johnston IS
the supervisor who instructed the girls
at the Central Park grounds, Miss
Alice Higgins was the trainer at the
Polk grounds and Miss Daisy CraW-
ford at the Grant grounds. Dances
dicb
and washing the Clothes" Russian,
"Czardas," and an American Mother
Goose dance. "Girls and Boys.
w. L. Driver, supervisor of play
grounds, had charge of the meet. Mr.
Driver intimates that another similar
event will probably be held later In
the season possibly on Labor day
The winners of first. second and
third prizes today received attractive
original date of the meet, July 4, to-
Original date of the meet, July 4, to-
gether with blue, red and white rib
bons respectively. 1t will be remem,
from July 4. The buttons were pre-
sented the winners by the State Jour
nal.
Results of the meet follow:
7o-Pound Glass.
5O-Yard dash = Harold Burns,
Fourth street Presbyterian, first; L.
MagiI1, Central Park, second; M
Jones, scouts. third. Time, 6 seconds
Running high jump-First, L. Ma
gill, Central Park. IS feet; second, A
tied, feet inches; third, Medley,
Central Park.
Running broad jump-F'irst, L. Ma
gill, Central Pafh, 3 feet; second, A.
Neeley, Central Park; third, H. Burns,
unattached.
Relay Scouts. first;
Central Park, second; Polk, third.
Time, 81 1-5 seconds.
S5-Pound Glass.
Park. first; D. Coleman, Polk, second;
p Cooley, Scouts, third. Time, S-5
Running high jump. Magin, Cen
trail Park and K. McCandless, Willow
Park tied for first; E. Mcknight, Cen
Running broad jump-K. McCand
less, Willow Park. first; A. Jones, un-
attached, second; Culver, Polk, third.
Relay-Polk, first; Central Park,
second. Time, So 2-5 seconds.
1OO-Pound Glass.
75-Yard dash-L. Magill. Central
Park first; P. Cooley, Scouts, second;
r. Long, Grant. third. Time, sec
onds.
Running high jump-Nelson. Willow
Park; Davis, Polk; Burns. Scouts; Nc
Candies, Willow Park, and Magill,
Central Park; tied for ic first w Mantu
Central Park, first; A. Jones, unat-
tached, second; McCandless. Willow
Park, third. Distance, 10 feet inches.
Relay-Polk, first; Willow Park,
second. Time, 81 As seconds.
115-Pound Glass.
1OO-Yard dash-S. Coffman, Polk, first;
c. johnson. Willow Park, second; H.
Graham, Grant, third. Time, IL sec
onds.
Running high jump-M. Alton, Will
low Park: ]. Davis, Polk; H. Nelson,
Willow Park; H. Hughes, Polk; L. Ma
gill, Central Park; H. THOMPSON
Scouts; H. Burns, Scouts; K. Nc
Candless, Willow Park; r. Bell, tied
for first.
Running broad jumps. Coffman.
Polk; M. Alton, Willow Park, second;
r. Brown, unattached, third. Distance,
Is feet inches.
Relay-Willow Park, first; Polk. Sec
ond; Grant, third. Time. 81 seconds.
8-Pound shotput-M. Alton, Willow
Park first: R. Bell Polk second II