Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-25
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS

cipally of ladies Of the town and stu
dents Of the graded school, assembled
at the graded school grounds Saturday
morning to witness the Field Day ezer-
cises between the athletic teams Of the
Glover and Yorkville graded schools.
The Glover boys drove down to York.
vile Saturday morning accompanied
by number of Glover people who
were interested in the Clover team
and these expressed the belief that
had the meet been held on any day In
the week other than Saturday, there
would have been q large crowd OF
Clover people in attendance. aa5.
The grounds We're in very good con-
dition, considering the wet weather of
the last few days, and Saturday was
an ideal day for exhibitions Of this ma
ture. The boys from both schools
seemed to be In good condition and
taking all points into consideration
were pretty evenly matched as far as
physical fitness was concerned. In
Justice to the Glover teams however, II
nothing like as much practice and
coaching as the Yorkville boys-this
being the first year that the Clover
boys have gone into this kind Of ath-
letics while the Yorkvihe lads have
been working hard at these sports for
the past two years or more and the
locals had little difficulty In winning
101 points out of possible 130. sgl
II was announced that ribbons would
be given to those winning, first, sec
ond and third places In each event
Each contestant was given three
trials In, each event. Promptly at 1890
the boys began to move into line. Mr
Bert F. Smith acted as starter, Mr., J.
r. Logan, Jr., being time keeper and
DR.. r. H. McFadden, c. w. Adickes
and Thad Clinton being judges. The
first event of the day was the t ~
n.a. ,r,s 1o0-Yard Dash n
Zeb Neill and Geo. Henry repre-
sented Glover while Lewis Grist and
Robert Finley ran for the local school
Lewis Grist won first place, his time
being 104-5 seconds. Robert Finley
came second with Geo. Henry third.
The judges after presenting the
winners with the ribbons announced
the next event. ;i''
&c. Running High Jump
Harry Henry and Zeb Nell were In
this event for Glover and Tom Quinn
and States Finley for Yorkville. States
Finley won the first place, his jump
Of It. IL inches being closely second
ed by Tom Quinn, while Nell Of Clover
won third place. The next event was
the eu ~ " z So" ,'ts ~ .''
~ Half Mile Run n |r'
Between Tom Quinn and Bamford
Garrison for Yorkville and Kelly Hen
ry and Carl Knox for Glover. Bam-
ford Garrison came over the tape first
In 2 minutes and 18 seconds; Tom
Quinn won second place and Carl
Knox came in third. 'N
The next event of the morning was
the hurling OF the -
Discus
Carl Gaulden and Lewis Grist were
the Yorkville boys in this event and
Robert Lawrence and Will Matthews
threw the disc for Glover. The re-
suits were: First, Carl Gaulden, with
q throw of III It. 6 inches; second,
Lewis Grist 80 IT. 10 inches; third
Robert Lawrence, 80 IT. 6 inches. v
This event was followed by the H'
a. .! .". 22o-Yard Run go -
Robert Finley and Lindsay Devin-
ney entered for YorkviNe with Geo
and Kelly Henry for Glover. Robert
Finley broke through the tape first In
26 seconds; Devinney came second and
Geo. Henry third. After the winners
Of the 220-yard dash had been pro-
claimed the judges announced the
Pole Vault a u.G"
Lewis Grist and Tom Quinn for
Yorkville; Boyce Faulkner and John
Knox for Glover. The Glover boys
were not at all in the class Of the
Yorkville athletes in this event, due
to the fact that they have not been
practicing for this event more than a
week, and thus the event was a COM
plete walk-over for Yorkville-Lewis
Grist winning first, Tom Quinn second
and Boyce Faulkner third =" a1n".i""
t'.. 12o-Yard Low Hurdles. ~, ~
Robert Finley and Lewis Grist ran
for Yorkville; Geo. Henry and Joseph
Barnette for Glover. Lewis Grist won
first place, running the hurdles In 15
seconds; Robert Finley came second
and Joe. Barnette third. ut....f.
The 120-yard hurdles event preced-
ed the 80. -......, -.. 49,
....... Running Broad Jump .'
States Finley and Lewis Grist jump
ed for the Yorkville school and Zeb
Neill and Geo. Henry for the Glover
school. Lewis Grist won first place,
his jump being II IT.; Zeb Neill came
second, 16 IT. inches; and States
Finley third, Is IT. inches.
The next event was the
440.Yard Run =,
Lindsay Devinney and Robert Fin
ley were the Yorkville boys, against
Harry and Kelly Henry Of Glover.
Robert Finley crossed the tape first,
time-1 minute 1-5 second. Devinney
crossed over second and Harry Henry
took third place. This run was fol-
lowed by the test Of the ...a
..... Shot Put '
Gaulden and Grist, Yorkville; Mat
thews and Lawrence, Glover. Gaulden
won first place by putting the shot 36
It. 3 inches. Lawrence won second
place with Matthews a close third.
The next and last event Of the
morning and the concluding track
event Of the day was the
Mile Run .g.
Bamford Garrison and William
Moore were the Yorkville runners
while Kelly Henry and Carl Knox ran
for the, Clover team. Bamford Garri-
son easily won first place, he running
the five laps Of the course in min
utes Al 1-5 seconds. William Moore
came in second only a few feet ahead
Of Carl Knox who won the third rib
bon. .a
Announcement was made that re-
cess would be taken for dinner and
that the exercises would again be
taken up at 2,30 o'clock. r..n ...
Tennis .. r... ..:
At 2.30 the tennis matches were be-
gun. In the doubles Hal Mackorell
and States Finley Of Yorkville, played
against Joe Barnette and Geo. Henry
Of Clover. The result was a victory for
the Glover boys.
In the singles States Finley Of York
vile opposed Joe Barnette. This
match resulted in favor Of States Fin
ley.
The concluding event Of the Field
Day meet was the
Baseball Game
Neither side was fresh or feeling fit
after all the exercises Of the day and
the energy and vim which usually
characterizes both the Yorkville and
Glover teams was sadly lacking. The
game was loose and ragged at times
and neither side put up their best.
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