Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Schools Of Williams and Fulton
Counties Enjoy Great Day on Ath-
letic Field--Fayette High School
Brings Cup to Wauseon and Takes
it Back Again.

respondingly happy. Athletic Park
was put in good shape and by Friday
afternoon everything was in readi-
ness for the events of the day. :.
lieE1t schools were scheduled tc
pa icipate in the contests; of these
thi bryan, Montpelier and Strykel
wefe Nam Williams county and i've
Archb6l Deltas Fayette, Swantor
and Wauseon from Fulton county
Each school sent a good delegation
with it's track team and when the
games began atsabout 2 p. m. there
was an audience of about 800 people
filing grandstand and bleachers and
the space wired off from the track.
Fayette school brought over the
trophF c1lpxWhich they won last year
and Ia ey ss3Tso bEonght along fine
GRO I|d of citizens whb were interest
I'd &fough to- come over and encour-
ape their team to put forth their best
endeayors to hold the trophy and
their place as first in Athletics In the
Association. Bryan and Montpelier
also sent fine delegations to cheer
and root for their teams and from
start to finish there was not dull
moment. The first event was the lO0
ward dash which was made in IL sec
onds by Hibart of Fayette, placing
Fayette in the lead, where her
splendid team kept her to the flnlsn;
w. Brannan of Bryan took second
place in this event with StandIsn and
Ackerman Of Wauseon Srd and 4th.
Pierce of Fayette took first place IN
the pole vault. The 220 yard dash
was finished in 25 2-5 seconds by Hlp-
hart Of Fayette. w. Brannan Of Bry-
an End. Foley of of Montpelier 3rd
and Fetters Of Archbold 4th. Hib-
bart Of Fayette took first place IN
the 44O ward dash finishing in 81 40
seconds with Bryans men End and 3rd
and .Archbold 4th. About this time
Mr.. Fred Perry, Mr.. Chas. Hawes
and Editor Yost of Fayette began to
acrows and they did not have any
occasion to quit growing for the rest
of the afternoon; Fayette certamly
sent over fine team and the poyss
earned every point that they scored
fair and square.
The mile run was finished in five
minutes and 33 seconds with K. Bran
nan of Bryan 1st, Pierce OF FayetLe
2nd. Leu Of Montpelier 3rd and MIL
Ter Of Archbold 4th.
Another Fayette man came TO the
front in the shot put when Whaley won
his first medal for the day by putting
4he shot SO feet, Shaffer Of Bryan
took End place, Rummel Of Stryker
Ard and Morrow Of Bryan 4th. Ensiey
IF MONTPELIER threw the hammer 70
RI and il inches winning 1st place
Nhalev and Pierce Of Fayette TOOK
1nd and 3rd places and Wright of
Monfnelier 4th place. Whaley of Fay
s+fa won first place in the standing
broad jump at 9 #. and D mcnes,;
Wright of Montpelier End, hubbard
of Fayette 3rd and Shurlow OF Bryan
4th. The Running broad jump was
another plum for Whaley Of Fayette
who jumped 18 #. / inch into first
Mace W. and r. Hamet of Bryan
followed in End and 3rd places ano
Wright of Montpelier made the 4th
Wanseon demonstrated that they
were still on the field when It came
70 the running high jump and Glenn
ont Standish took first place scoring
< ft,. 8 inches; Whaley Of Fayette
and Miller of Montpelier tied up on z
and Ard places and Shurlow OF Bryan
divided 4th place with Dennis Of
Swanton. The Relay Race came last
on the program and was worgr q. wars. .ss4tr
ing for. Hibbart led the, Fayeste
team to first place, Bryan took zno
place, Swanton Bird and Montpenel
All the teams did good work and II
was a fine exhibition&of clean athie-
tics. Fayette certainly had track
team to be proud Of and Bryan was
mot far behind Them. teams showed
good training. ut augurs well foI
the future strength, health and en-
Inrance of the men who are to take
the;r places in business and profession,
al nlaces of the country when the
schools begin to pay attention to the
nhvsicial as well as the mental deve'
fopment of the boys who are to pe
The men of tomorrow. To learn e
use brains with muscle and muscle
with brains is surely worth while ane
must increase the ability and capaci.
ty for work of everyone who mas tne
privilege Of such training. !.
The Oratorical Contest at the AUDI,
torium Friday evening demonstrates
that the schools of these two coun'
ties are training their pupils to thinf
and also to tell in an impressive mat,
ter what they think. The contest
nroper was preceded by q unique
concert consisting of high school Yell
and songs given as school solos ant
also as school duos and trios ant
ouartete and even at times as CRANE
choruses in which all the eigh'
schools Joined, each school giving it
own particular yell or song; the ef
feet was noise, and what 1t Lacked
in harmony it certainly made up II
good natured rivilary to see which
school could make the most. Prof
Tubbs finally succeeded in making
his cornet heard and all the audience
ioined in singing America The eiph
contestants for oratorical honor'
were: Maurice Miller Of Delta
Bryan Heise Of Wauseon; Orril
Taylor of Archbold; Bennie Kniffii
of Stryker; Ralph Coll of Swanton
Lynn Whaley of Fayette; Abbie Gull
niger of Bryan and Emmett Val
Mason of Montpelier. The oration
were all good and we'll delivered; O.
course each school was morally Ger
tain that its special Representative
was entitled to the first place. Wau
seon citizens who were present, whicl
i1cludes the writer, were proud O
Bryan Heise who represented TIL
Wauseon High School; his oratiol
was a model in nearly every respec
both as to arrangement Of though
and delivery. The Judges evidentl.
went on the chivalrous theory tina
ladies should be first and awarded tn
first place and the gold medal to Mis-
Abbie Guilinger of Bryan giving sec
ond place and the silver medal t.
Bryan Heise.
Professor G. e. Blanchard one o
the instructors in the law school o
the Ohio State University gave fin
practical talk on the value Of cours
in public speaking in all the .higl
schools of the state and compliment
ed both the speakers Of the evening
and their instructors on the characte
of the orations and the manner of de
livery. Mr.. Blanchard was, numbe
of years ago the teacher of the eigh
grade school in Wauseon; the Boar