Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-21

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Fulton High School Athletic Associa-
ton occurred last Friday under most
favorable conditions; the weather was
just right, the Athletic Park in prime
shape and large and enthusiastic
crowd of people were present to wit
ness the events and hear the oratory.
It is matter for self congratulation
on the part of the people of Wauseon
that they are able to entertain such an
event here for it is real pleasure
and an undoubte6 profit to any COM
munity to have an event so empha-
tically worth while take place with
in it's boundaries. One of the factors
which helps LARGELY to make WaLseon
able to entelta in such an ave.?t is the
fine Athletic Park which through the
efforts of the Wauseon Athletic As
sociation has been made available for
this village. Certainly the citizens #
our town should take pride and ir-
terest enough in this Park to see to
it that the association do not lack for
means to keep it up. It was an IN
spring sight Friday afternoon when
the boys from eight High Schools in
the two counties contested for honors
in clean healthful Athletic sports; the
presence of the various teams ON the
field was an assurance that in our
public schools both physical and men
tai development are being kept in
mind asan end toward which heteach-
ers are working. According to the
rules of the Association no person can
be contestant unless he be bona
fide member of a High School and
up to the standard in his class
room work.
Furthermore it goes without say
ing that physical and mental develop
ment of the sort these boys are get
ting must result in large measure
of moral development, these fellows
at the same time that they are build
ing strong minds and bodies and that
is the kind of men the world needs,
strong in body mind and moral char
acter.
Another feature of the occasion
which made it inspiring was the pres
ence of teachers, principals super
intendents and parents of the contest
ants and as well citizens who bore none
of these relatios but still manifested
by their presence their active interest
in the boys and their interests.
Archbold and Bryan both had
special cars over the T.. & I. besides
those who came by autos from those
towns. Montpelier people came over
by the Wabash and by autos and
one business man of Montpelier, with
no children of his own. Mr.. A. j
Brown, drove over in his auto in or.
der to bring a load of boys and te
root for the Montpelier team. ~
Whether the contestants gained
medals or not, not one of them but
gained something of far greater value
to himself and to society; he learned
| the value of team work, how to mas
ter himself and to meet in fair play
| his fellows. The Bryan Team wor
the highest honors of the meet by s
wide margin, making Al points will
Fayette second, this team havins
scored 19 points. Montpelier cam,
third with 16 points and Just on,
point behind them Wauseon took fourtl
place with Is points to their credit
Delta came next with IL points
Archbold, Stryker and Swanton ha,
each 5 points so that no school fail
ed to win some points; as matte
of fact they all did well. Bryan earn
ed the silver cup magnifcently.
AS to individual winners, Shaffer o
Bryan took the gold medal as best al
round athlete. Our Wauseon boys di,
nobly even though they were out dis
tanced by teams from the schools men
toned above. Ackerman capture,
first place for the "Red and White
in the 440 yard dash and Farley mad
a splendid showing in the Mile Rur
Leu of Montpelier took first in tn
high jump clearing the rod at fee
6 inches. Liedel of Delta capture
first place in the pole vault and %
yard dash while Roth of Fayette wa
first in the half mile race. Here ar
the records made in the various event
last Friday: 100 yards, Shaffer G
Bryan. II seconds. Half Mile, Rot
of Fayette, IL minutes, 10 second
Pole Vault, Liedel of Delta, 10 fee
Shot Put, Shaffer of Bryan, 36 fee
inches. 440 Yards, Ackerman, Wat
seon, 56.2 seconds. High Jump, Lei
Montpelier, 5 feet inches. Mile Ru
R. Hamet, Bryan, minutes 11.58 Sc,
onds. Discus throw, Hagerman, Bry
an, SO feet inches. 220 Yard, Lied,
Delta, 25.7 seconds. Broad Jump, v
Hamet. Bryan, 18feet l inch. Rela