Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-08
PUPILS of Various Schools Com
pete for Prizes in Wieden-
mayer Park.


Alumni cup was a hummer from Tue
crack of the gun. 1t could be seen that
The members of the Franklin team were
well trained. ms they led almost from
the start. Miss Sarah Mcintyre finished
the race with a fine burst of speed,
The South Eighth nine finished -four
yards in the rear.
The potato relay race for the girls of
the flfth-year grades Was the last event
of the day. The girls in this race were
possibly the youngest who participated
In any of the events. Fourteenth Ave
nue., for the second year in succession,
won the cup donated for this race. After
The victorious team had won, the girls
formed a circle and jumped around in
great enthusiasm for fully five minutes,
The race was close. The South Market
Street girls led for a time, out on the
third relay they lost ground. The Ham.
burg Place team finished second, but was
disqualified by the judges. One of the
girls of the latter team failed to put the
potato on the stand and 1t fell to the
ground. Newton Street School barely
nosed out Miller Street for third position.
The Fourteenth Avenue School relay
team won the 440-yard relay after a hard
fought race. All around the course Sus
sex Avenue pushed Fourteenth Avenue to
the utmost, but Captain Nanette Ehring
displayed a clever sprint and beat her
nearest competitor by a good two yards
The race was exciting and the close fin
ish brought the crowd to its feet. The
heats were run in fast time, and In many
a 49,. A.. 4r.a mae ,,Nk S,ua 80 H.,
place until the tape was crossed. Cap
tain Ehring was the star OF the race
In both the trial heat and in the semi
final she brought her school to victory
Sussex Avenues team deserves credit for
It's plucky exhibition. In the semi-final
heat one of the runners fell, but got W
and ran, with the result that her team
won the heat.
The oat bag relay race W teams
from the sA and SB grades was an in
teresting contest. Ten girls in this event
lined up by teams in single file closely
behind each other, with the first CIR
holding over her head a ball filed with
oats. It the pistol shot she passed II
back to her teammate and she likewise
10 the girl behind her till the bag
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look II and ran around a dumbell sci
about thirty yards away, and then bach
to the first girl. This was repeated un
I'll ten did the feat and the team fin
ishing first won.
In the first heat the Bergen Street and
Hamburg School teams qualified for the
final matches. In this race one of the
girls of the Elliott Street School team
.,nocked over the dumbell while running
around 1t and by stopping to set 1t up
as the rules demand, lost the lead which
her schoolmates had obtained and there
fore the chance of winning. In the sec
ond heat, the lassies of. the FRANKLIN
School came in first and those of tbs
Miller Street School second. In the third
trial race first place went to Newton
Street School and second to South Mar
ket Street.
When the semi-fnals were reached tn,
hrst heat allowed Hamburg and Miller
Street schools to 20 into the finals anC
eliminated ;he team from Franklin
School. The second reserved the Berger
Street School and the South Marke'
Street School girls, Newton Street Schoo
losing the chance for the hnal race b.
the closest sort of a margin.
Summaries of Events.
Great interpst was cpntred about tn,