Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-05-09
TRACK MEET
HERE. TODAY
Big Annual Event of S. c.
MN. M. League.
TEN HIGH SCHOOLS
WILL BE REPRESENTED

Rocky Ford Athletes Are Winning
Honors In College hleets-cari
Cline Joins Frat.
From present Indications the
sixth annual track meet of the
Southern Colorado Northern New
Mexico Interscholastic League, to
be held in this city today, will be
the most successful event of the
kind ever held here. Ten schools
will participate in this meet-the
largest number that hes ever
taken part--and each of them is
bringing crowd along to encour-
age their boys to victory.
Although Central of Pueblo
made such good showing at the
meet in Colorado Springs last Sat
urday they will find today that
they have by no means "cinch"
on the track, for Rocky Ford has
team that they will find worthy
of their best mettle, Centennial of
Pueblo also has a strong team,
and those of La Junta, Lamar,
Las Animas, Wiley, Walsenburg,
Trinidad and Ration expect to
make good showing aud capture
some of the medals.
The business houses will be
closed between 2 and A o'clock
this afternoon and our people will
turn out in force to cheer the boys
to victory.
Another interesting contest in
connection with the track meet
will be the defamation contest,
which will bs held in Grand
.opers house this evening. In this
contest Miss Eileen Richards will
uphold the banner of Rocky Ford
High school.
Big Crowd Attends High School Day
The seventh annual High School day
which was held in Colorado Springs last
Saturday under the auspices of the stud
ent body of Colorado College. was we'll
attended from this place and although
Rocky Ford did not carry off first honors
our track team managed to keep half
a dozen or more schools behind them in
the final count.
The weather during the forenoon. when
the preliminaries were being held, was
very disagreeable and not until few
minutes before the first event did the rain
stop its downpour. This left the track in
poor shape and it rem ,ned heavy for
some time. making the work much hard
or for the competitors than they were
expecting.
Cover was the only competitor from
Rocky Ford who secured point. he TAX
ing third in both the high jump and the
220 yard dash.
Our Boys Play Ball
The day preceding the high school
meet, there was dual meet between
Colorado College and Denver University.
which was walkaway for the former.
they winning by score Of IS to 46.
After the meet the two college baseball
teams battled iereely for victory. This
event was of more interest to the Rocky
Ford people than were the others, for
each team used two Rocky Ford boys
who had all played together while attend
ing high school here-Gobin and Max
we'll with D. U. and jackson and Culp
with c. c. The game was hot and each
pitcher pulled out of bad holes and until
the sixth inning neither team was able to
score. Denver's pioher weakened then
c. c. took advantage Of the slump and
gathered in runs. which they repeated
in the eighth and grabbed one more in the
ninth. holding Denver out of the scoring
column altogether. jackson struck out
IL men and did not allow either Of his
former teammates hit.
Commenting upon the ball game Bruce
Gustin Of the Colorado Springs Evening
Telegraph said:
"You can't hit 'em when you can't see
'em and your eyes are full Of mixtureof
smoke and dust. John Jackson, lately a
melon grower at Rocky Ford, furnished
the smoke and the King OF the Winds
contributed the dust. With this explana-
ton, it is not difficult to understand why
the D. U. Ministers were sent home from
Washburn field with the naughty end Of
z-to-o score. The Tigers may have
been bit selfish in grabbing all the tai
lies, but when you have been whipped a
couple Of times, you are not to be censur-