The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-05-15

ficulty with the pistol used in making
the starts. The cartridges failed to ex-
plode which caused an awkward and I'M
fortunate failure of the first attempt at
the senior l0O-yard dash. 1t is a gun
that could hardly be depended on in
Arizona.
A very pleasing feature OF the occasion
was that the meet passed oil without a
single accident.
ohern Stark, who has not grown too
old to be quite an athlete himself, was
an Interested spectator at the meet.
Mrs. VIM. Baines, oil Conconuly. came
over to the meet and spent several days
IA Oroville, the guest OF MIS- l.. l.. Work.
The Cole brothers We're distinctly in
almost every event. Chas. Cole led the
meet in the number OF individual points
| made over both juniors and seniors.
Aubrey McMahan is entitled to the ten
ais championship Of the county at singles
| and the way he is playing the game he
will be able to hold it against all COM
petitors.
Melcher had all opponents beat to a
| irazzle at the pole vault. lie took first
without eXerting himself, and then gave
an exhibition of what he can do by
| clearing the pole a foot higher than the
winning point.
Among the many Loomis visitors pres
Mr. and Mrs. Fred c. Retzer. Mr.. and
barger, w. II. Mcdaniel, Mr.. and Mrs.
1 nd Lob
The weather was hardly ideal for the
| meet. There was considerable wind at
! times, the dust was annoying, and rain
threatened. However. the meteorological
conditions averaged up well for weather
than can be expected in the valley at this
| season Of the year.
Conconully has wonderful strong
| team in Young, Baines. Thorp and the
two Robinsons. They have had exper-
| fence and practice. and training that
| counts. and 1t was really surprise that
| the Oroville boys did so we'll against such
seasoned opponents.
1t was very flattering to hear a number
of visitors say that Oroville should be
selected as the permanent place for hold
ing the annual interscholastic meets, not
only on account of location, but because
the grounds are the best in the county,
and the hotel accommodations surpass
| those of any other place.
Dallam, who trailed along in the rear
| for two laps in the mile race, forged
! ahead in a great burst of speed on the
| third time around the quarter, but step
ping in mud hole caused by water over
| flowing the track he fell down and was
nj nf thn Ia h.
| squirt until the last lap he would have
probably have at least gained q place
in the race.
Jack Douglass starred at the net in the
tennis games. The lad Is but IL years of
| age, yet few of the older players in the
| county can hold their own upon the ten
mis- court against the youthful wizard
| with the racket. II he keeps on in the
game, improving with age, the time will
| come when Jack Douglass will be a con-
| testant for championship honors, and a
dangerous foe to meet.
Through an oversight Of the committee
| mention Of the tennis singles and doubles
was not made at the award Of prizes last
Friday evening, and the good work of
| the players Is acknowledged through the
medium of the Gazette. The champion
ship in senior doubles was awarded to
Aubrey McMahan IT and Frank Schultz
'16. The championship senior singles
was awarded to Aubrey McMahan, who
defeated John Melcher, Of Loomis. The
committee also forgot to mention Melch-
er, Of Loomis. as winner of the pole
vault, and Whiting, Of Omak, as winner
In throwing of the discus.
Profs. J. T. Mccarthy, Frank Funk
houser and N. e. Wilson, principals of
the LOomis, Conconully and Omak schools
and Prof. Hampton, Of the Conconully
school. were present supporting encour-
aging and urging representatives Of their
schools to utmost endeavor. These pro-
| fessors are able. accomplished and sue
| cessful teachers, and personally are most
likeable gentlemen to meet. They were
keenely interested in the sports, and very
| naturally wanted to see their boys win.
But they have the clean, honest sport
ing spirit that the real gentleman always
has, and when their own representatives
failed they were generous in their praise
of the victors. The schools Of our neigh
boring towns are fortunate in having
such competent and worthy men at their
heads.
The meet wound up Thursday night in
| blaze of literary and social glory. The
| declamatory contest, that topped Off the
big meet took place in the Orpheum
theater, and the building was jammed
with eagerly expectant and enthusiastic
scholars and citizens. The judges for
the contest were utter strangers to the
participants. They were selected from