The herald., 1915-12-02
RED LETTER DAY
IN AlG|ERS
DAY RACES BIG
SUCCESS.
More Than Two Thousand People
Witness the Herald Athletic
Fete-CrOwds Too Large
To Handle.

Thanksgiving day of 1915 was in
deed a red letter day in the history
of Algiers. Throngs of people lined
Verret street to view the events OF
the first athletic meet ever held in
our little town. 1t was, without
doub, a most enjoyable day for every
one. Colored as well as white were
afforded the opportunity of knowing
and seeing just what these athletic
meets are, and the best of the whole
thing was that they didn't have to
pay one earthly cent to see the va
rious events.
The day was an ideal one for such
meet, and every event scheduled
for the days amusement was carried
out as had been previously published
in this paper.
The contestants were in excellent
physical condition, and the finish of
each race was very close. The crowd
along the streets cheered the run
ners as they went by, which helped
them to put on more steam, and
make a grand finish. All contestants
| finished strong, and the services of
physicians were entirely eliminated
The longest and most exciting of
these races was the Marathon, which
was run over the main streets of the
| town. Automobiles and bicycles fol-
! lowed the runners from start to fin
| ish, and the distance of three miles
was covered in a very short time,
considering the fact that this was the
first and only time that most of the
contestants have ever gone such a
distance.
Let us get together now and help
create interest towards this end, and
/ by next Thanksgiving we will have
twice as many events to watch.
Inspector Reynolds detailed for the
| day Officer Martin Aviragnet, who
was in charge of a squad of police,
the others being officers Morris, Glea-
son and Martin.
The entries were principally mem
bers of the Alhambra Gymnastic
Club and the Holy Name Gymnastic
Club with one Independent in the
senior events, while in the boys race
pupils of the Holy Name and the
| McDonogh No. schools were in
competition.
The first event on the program was
1O0-yard dash, in three heats. Roy
Schroeder captured the first heat in
II seconds fiat, with Paul Malone
second and J. d. Tufts third. There
were six starters. The second heat
was won by Wallace Mcclure in
II 3-5 seconds with Richard Mich
| OILS second and d. Ford third, with
two other starters. The final heat
was captured by Mcclure on IL is
! seconds, Malone finishing second and
Schroeder third. All were entered
from Alhambra, with the exception
of Ford, who represented the Holy
Name Club. The winner receives
the w. H. Ward gold medal, second
Julius Bodenger silver medal, and
third, Robert O'Connor bronze med
al
The second event was a 1OO-yard
dash for boys, in which fifteen start
ed, three representing Holy Name
school and the others McDonogh No.
4. The winner was A. Comiskey, of
Holy Name School, and was awarded
silver watch donated by Phil Foto.
His time was IA is seconds.
| ( Six entered the shot-putting event,
three from the Holy Name Club and
the other three from Alhambra.
Henry Umbach, of Holy Name, cap
tured the NJ. ]. Rooney gold medal.
his best throw being 80 feet, II 1-2
inches. Richard Nichols, Alhambra.
was second, his best throw being 20
feet, inches, for which he re-
ceives the Stanley Behrman silver
medal. Wallace Mcclure, Alham-
bra, was third, with % feet, 10
inches to his credit, winning the
Louis Sierra bronze medal.
The SS0-yard dash brought ont
ten starters, eight from Alhambra.
one from Holy Name and one indie
pendent. A. E. Vanderlinden, AL
hambra, was the winner, followed
closely by Roy Schroeder, of the same
club, with Wallace Mcclure, a fellow
member, third. The time was 2 min
utes, 35 is seconds. The winner
gets the George ]. Peterson gold
medal, second, Emile j. Mothe silver
medal, and third, John Moynagh
bronze medal.
| Vanderlinden also won the mara
thon covering the distance in II min
utes and so seconds. Walter J. Har-
vey was second, finishing in 10 min
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