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

made up of Sailing, Crisman, Powell,
Blackler, Pourtales. Armstrong. Elmer.
Wilson and Hedger. Against them were
pitted Vincent. Neidermyer. Warren.
Mark Mitchell, Rash, John Mitchell,
johnson. Provo and Irby. For five in
nings the score was kept within respect
able bounds, but in the sixth the married
men caught their batting eye, hammer
ing out five safeties and home run by
Wilson, one Of the longest hits ever made
upon the home grounds. When the bonn
bardment subsidized eight runs had been
garnered. 1t was lead that could not
be overcome. and the final score was 10
to IL in favor of the fellows who are
handicapped by matrimony, or supposed
to be.
Senior singles. ladies. by Lucille Douglass.
of LoOmis, over Miss Grace SharlloW, Of
COnconuly. Score 60.
Junior singles, girls, Opal kinchelo, Of
Loomis. over Ethel Baines, of Conconully.
Junior singles. Clarence Douglass, Of
Loomis, and Jack Baines. Of Conconully.
Junior doubles, Clarence Douglass and
Paul Smith, OF LOomis. and Jack Baines
and Ted Sherer, OF Conconully. Score
6-3.
Loomis, and Winfred Bair and Gabe
Wheeler, of Oroville Score 6-2.
Girls doubles, Lucille Douglass and
kittie Hobart, of Loomis, and Helen Mer-
cerau and Grace Sharllow, Of COncOnully.
Score 6-1.
Points made at tennis meet: Concon-
ully II; Oroville 10; Loomis 81.
Thursday evening was given over to the
spelling contest which took place in the
auditorium OF the high school, before a
large and interesting audience. One
hundred words were given out by Judge
G. II. Neal, and those entering the con-
test wrote down the words as they were
announced. The judges then checked up
the papers handed in with the following
result: Julian Johnson, Of Riverside,
spelled correctly 80 out of the 100 words.
Florence Wingfield, OF Loomis, spelled
9S correctly. Frank Link. OF Omak, 80
correctly. Owen Wheeler. Of Oroville. ~
correctly. Dale Thorp, of Conconully. IS
correctly. The banner. the prize offered
the school entering the successful con-
testant. was awar0ed to riverside. Many
Of the words selected were regular nut
crackers, and the contestants made an
large a percentage Of the words.
FRIDAY
The second day Of the meet was the
most exciting and attracted the largest
attendance. The sports were diversified.
and the variety kept up interest from
start to finish. They were all worth see
ing, and interest never Jagged during the
entire day. The finish OF one seemed
to only whet the appetite for more. and
tha< boz
event as to the first on the list And
there were enough OF them. that 10
events, to occupy about every minute Of
the day from ~ a. m. to $3.50 p. m, with
scant hour for late lunch. The sports
took place on the ball grounds. in the
north part Of town, which are almost per-
fectly level. and ideal for the purpose.
A quarter mile track had been laid out,
and the various distances to be run meas
ured OF accurately. Such other prepara-
tions as were necessary had been provid-
ed for. In the races G. e. Hedger acted
as starter, with J. A. Blackler and Chas.
Loudon as judges In all the events. These
gentlemen acted their part fairly and i'm
partially. giving Of their time freely and
cheerfully. No favoritism was shown,
and CONTESTANTS who entered ha1 an abso-
lutely fair show. Every lad on the ground
had the good will of the crowd, and while
local pride may have created the hope
that the Oroville boys would win, that
pride did not stand in the way Of justice.
and the striving gladiator was cheered ON
by encouraging words, and If success fell
to the lot Of visitors the successful COM
petitor was given the glad hand, and his
efforts rewarded by unstinted applause.
Seldom does one see 30 large crowd so
free Of local bias. and 1t Is to the credit
OF the people of Oroville that this can be
said Of them. There was no disposition
to give any one the worst or best of 1t.
It was a fair field and no favors. Oro-
vile residents were generous in their
treatment Of the strangers within their
gates, and the winner, no matter what
school he represented. was tumultously
applauded. There was little unnecessary
delays, and as soon as one event was fin
ished another was called. The lads were
in the game to make q record for them
selves for their schools. and did their
level best. The winners won strictly on
merit, and are entitled to unstinted cred
1t for their success against such sturdy
and keen competition as was rut up in
every event on the program. The fol-
lowing is a list Of events as they were
called, with names Of winners:
Fifty-yard dash-seniors - Conconully
entered Geo. Young, Horace Robinson and
Bernis Thorp. Omak entered Lyle Fiker
and Virgel Dickson. Riverside entered
Jack Jones. Oroville entered VIM. Cole
and Ben Prince. The winners were
Young, of Conconully. LIST; Prince. of Oro-
vile, Cd; Robinson, of Conconuliy, I'd.
Time AS seconds.
Fifty-yard dash-juniors-Jack Baineo
and Dick Herrick, Conconully; Bernard
Goggins Omak; Chas. Cole, Warren NAL
lory and Len Carrell Oroville. Winenrs:
Baines. Of Conconully, LIST; 0oggins, of
Omak. I'd; Herrick. Of Conconully, 3D..
Time IA seconds.
One hundred-yard dash-seniors-Con-
conully. Thorp. Young and H. Robinson:
Omak. Fiker and Dickson; Riverside,
Jack Jones; Oroville, VIM. Cole and
Prince. Winners: Young. Of Conconully,
LIST; Prince. Of Oroville, I'd; Dickson, of
Omak, Sd. Time II seconds.
One hundred-yard dash-juniors-Con
conully. Herriclx. Baines and Ted sherer;
Omak. Goggins Oroville Chas. Cole. NAL
lory and Carrell. Winners: Baines. Con-
conully. LIST; Herrick, Conconully, Cd;
Cole, Oroville, "a. Time II SIS seconds,
Throwing discus-seniors- whiting, OF
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