Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-05-17
FIELD DAY AT RENO.
Lyon County High School Shows I'm
provement Over Last Year.

| girls and women were. Miss SybIl
| Howe, chaperone of the girls; Mrs
| Geo West, chosen one OF the Judges
| for the girls defamation contest,
| Mrs Jones and Mrs. Bartlett, Miss
! Hazel Ambrose, contestant IN the
girls contest; Laurene Erway, Sydie
Gallagher, Laura Lamberson, Ger
trude Harcourt. Viola West and Rose
O'Bren. OF the boys, Mr.. Bartlett,
manager; Mr.. Jones, trainer in track
J Mr.. Waggoner, coach in debating and
defamation; Mason Johnston, i'll
boys declamatory contest; Dan Nc
| Leod. contestant iii quarter-nile run
and shot put; Fritz Schacht, contest
ant in shot-put, high hurdles and pole
vault: Donald Warren, Frank and
Chester Hilbun Those who joined
the delegation i'll Reno were: George
man and Mrs Carrie Wilson. who
went to see her son graduate this
year from the University
The representatives from the vari-
Gus schools were royalty welcomed
and cared for Yeringtonites were
| taken either to Manzanita Hall or
Lincoln Hall. Thursday night they
were Immediately hustled off to
rousing rally preceded by an auto pa
radc.
Friday afternoon the boys decla
nation contest took place Dean
! Bryant. of Reno. who won first place
! last year. entered this year with the
same defamation and won first place
| again. Robert Tremain. of Lassen
county, who won second place last
year won second place and Mason
| Johnston, of Lyon county, was third
! the place he held last year One of
the three judges gave Mason John
ston first place. which shows how
close the three highest stood. Byron
Alan. who was quoted i'll one paper
as third, stood fourth on the judges
list.
A pleasant reception at the Girls
| Hall to the women delegates followed
the contest.
The girls contest came in the even
ing. The gymnasium was filled. On
the whole the girls declamations were
not as well rendered as those of the
boys. in fact, many could not be
heard at all. Hazel Ambrose. the
lerington representative, by one
Judge tied with Sybil Leslie of Gold
held for first place The Reno and
Carson judges both gave their re
| spective representatives first place
Adele NorcroSs. of Carson. received
first place and Eleanor James, OF
Reno. second place. By many, not
Yeringtonites. Hazel Ambrose wa
spoken of as deserving of first place
1t would be well in such contests tC
bring Judges from California who are
not personally acquainted with the
contestants.
At a meeting of the Academic
League it was decided almost unani
mously that a winner during one year
should not enter the contest again.
Saturday was the exciting day
Tryouts took place from 10 a. m. till
noon. The Girls Tennis Tournament
was won bv Reno. Teams represent
ing Churchill county (Fallon). Elko
Goldheld, Lovelock, Lassen county
Las Vegas, Lyon county, lnyo county
Reno. Sparks. Tonopah, White Pine
county participated
The official order of events for the
lav were
220-yard hurdles-Won by Laveaga
sen county.
5O-yard dash-Won by Hartman
of Reno: second, Shanks, OF Lassen;
|
Mile run-Won by Floyd, of Tono-
pah; second, l.. Waite. of Las Vegas
l00-yard dash-First place. Peters
OF White Pine: second place, Harri-
man. of Reno: third place, Duddle-
son, of White Pine
Broad jump-Iirst, Bailey, of Las
sen; second Laveaga. of Reno; third
| \. Leavitt, OF Clark
440-yard dash-First. Shanks, OF
Lassen; second, Dan Mcleod, of Yer
ington.
Dan Mcleod made a pretty dash.
At first he was about sixth in line,
then he passed the others one by one,
while the crowd was uproariously
cheering him, irrespective OF schools.
At the gaol he was almost neck and
neck with Shanks. He had old timers
in the field to run against, too.
Pole vault-First Huntsinger. OF
Lassen, Laveaga, OF Reno, and Leav-
lit, of Las Vegas, tied
l20-yard hurdles-First, Fritz
Schacht. of Yerington; second, La
veaga and Huntsinger tied.
Fritz illustrated the proverb "slow
md steady wins the race" Two out
ran him but disqualified by tipping
the last hurdle Fritz made a pretty
and careful run.
Shot-put-FirSt Pinero, of Lassen
second, Leavitt. of Las Vegas; third
Dan Mcleod, of Ierington.
About fifteen athletes competed in
this affair and we were glad to see
Dan Mcleod shine out"
High jump-First, Clifford. oi
Reno; second, Bailey, of Lassen
220-yard dash-First, Hartman, OF
Reno.
The half-mile relay was won by the
Reno team. Reno won IS points. Las
sen %. White Pine y, LYON county 9
Las Vegas 8. Goldfeld 5 Tonopah 5
In 1he evening followed folk dane
ing by the University girls The night
was cold but the pictures presented in
costume were certainly worth while
The bleachers and side hill were filled
with interested spectators. a well at