Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27
MANY ENTRIES IN
FOR JULY FOURTH
Plan Big Program Of Entertain
ment and Athletic Events
in City Parks.
115 EXPECT TO TAKE PART
Committees on Entertainment and
Program Are Rapidly Completing
Work-Races for Girls.

! One hundred and fifteen entries are
in for the % athletic events for boys
1 and men that are to be staged July 4
under the auspices of the Moline
: Fourth of July association. Forty-fouT
: entries are for the seven events on
the river near Sylvan park, 43 for the
water races and rs for the track races
at Prospect park. The committee on
athletics again emphasizes the al
lnouncement that final limit for entries
is D. m. Friday, July 8. Places for
Registering entries are either the L.
NJ. C.. A. or Peterson's boathouse.
All the arrangements are complete
for the boat races Of Sylvan park de-
clared Emil Peterson. the referee who
is in charge of the events Of the FIRE
noon he announces that he has but
one boat left for the half mile free-for-
all race, and that when that is taken
the entry list for that event will be
closed. List of athletes entered for all
the events thus far are as follows:
List of Athletes Entered.
Half-mile, doubles-Andrew Ceder-
Iund and A. Nyline, Ben Wood and
Roy Whitaker. Paul Cederlund and Al
Engwers, Tad" Peterson and Frank
Peterson.
2OO-yard, doubles, boys Is to 1S-E. |
Kirkhove and Herbert Person, Riley |
Morgan and Mencer Celander, Clar- |
ence Frost and Frank WEIGH.
220-yard, doubles, boys u to 10
Harold Wood and Ralph Maxson,
Walter Pierson and Clovis Delene,
Robert Mcclellan and Arthur Bivans
220-yard, singles, boys Is to Is
Frank WEIGH, Clarence Frost.
2O0-yard, singles. boys II to 15-Har-
old Wood, Walter Pierson, Clovis Ee-
Iene, Robert Mcclellan, Arthur Biv
ans, Lyle Burton.
200-yard canoe race, doubles-Liv-
ingston and Seids, Gullberg and Carl
son, Hoglund and Martin, WEIGH and
Frost (This event is free to all en-
trants bringing their own canoesD
Tilting contest, boys II to lives
ley Lyons, Harold Wood, Robert Nc
Clellan, Frank Welch, Clarence Frost.
5O-yard swim, boys under 15-Arthur
Bivans, Robert Mcclellan. Francis
Coyle, Clifford Cressy, Kenneth Cor
nell. Carl Seids.
5O-yard swim. boys over 15-Riley
Morgan, Roy Neuhaus, howard Coop ]
er, Frank WEIGH, Clarence Frost, Id {
win Malmquist, Mence: Celander. s
100-yard swim, open--Robert Nc 2
Clellan, Frank WEIGH, Clarence Frost, T
Edwin Malmquist, Francis Ccyle lien +
Ger Celander, Clifford Ctessy, Kenneth '
Cornell, Arthur Bivans, Roy Ne1haus. 6
Fancy diving, open Riley Morgan,
Robert Mcclellan, Frank WEIGH, CIar- I
ence Frost, Howard Cooper, Kenneth 4
Cornell, Arthur Bivans Harry First
Hurry scurry race. boys II to Is r
Mencer Celander, Robert Mcclellan, l
Francis Coyle, Clifford Cressy, Ken
leth Cornell, Arthur Bivans.
Tub race, boys IL to 15-Robert :,
Coon, Francis Coyle. Robert McCiel- Il
an, Mencer Celander, Kenneth Cor
lell, Arthur Bivans.
50-yard dash, two races, boys IL to
% and boys under 12-Willie Mehuys, "
Charles Mcclellan, Edwin Malmquist, :, u
Richard Payton, Arthur Bivans, Fran '
is Coyle, Mencer Celander, Robert =
Mcclellan, Paul Martin. IL
Three-legged race, boys unde Is =
Richard Payton. Charles Mcclellan,
Willie Mehuys. Arthur Bivans, Robert
Mcclellan, Paul Martin.
Sack race, boys II to 15-Willie Me.
Iuys. Charles Mcclellan, Edwin Malm-
Iuist, Richard Payton, Paul Matrin,
Arthur Bivans. Robert Mcclellan.
75-yard race, open-Frank WEIGH.
'larence Frost, Edwin Malmquist.
Iichard Payton, r. Thomson, Paul
dartin.
Events or Girls
Entries in the four races arranged
DIT the girls and in the playground con-
ests will be received on the grounds
t Prospect park at the time the races
re to be run off. For the four girls
aces gold and silver medals, similar
} those for the boys, have been pro-
ided-a feature that is something
ew in events of this kind. These
vents are:
50-yard dash for girls under IL.
5O-yard dash for girls II to Is.
Potato race for girls under r.
Potato race for girls IL to Is
Winners in the playground contests
Ill be awarded merchandise prizes
'mewhat similar to the plan carried
It last year. These events, which
i'll be for the smaller children, are as
llows:
Pole climbing, boys to 10.
Pole climbing, boys 10 to IL.
Pole climbing, girls under 5.
Pole climbing, girls to TO-
SHOE and stocking race, boys 10
IL.
Shoe and stocking rare hove ,,n
r 10.
Shoe and stocking race girls nm
r 10.
Shoe and stocking raca sir,s N
H.
Egg and spoon race. boys under IL
Egg and spoon race, girls under -.
Games In Factory League. 2
The following contests are sched-
ID for this afternoon in the Mo-