Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-07-12
COUNTY y. N. Q. A.


HarboP = success.
Despite the heavy rain falling through
uaoa mart Of the day, the program for the
ranrth Of July celebration ct Bass Harbor
-. carried out nearly ~ planned. The
.,hlstic events were postponed until the
afternoon.
About a hundred psrtook OF the excel
In, chicken dinner, but there was suf-
se;en, left from the dinner to serve q sup
per.
The weather being more promising in
the afternoon the crowd gathered for the
,rack meet, W hich was held in spite OF the
dsen mud covering the piece OF road used
-, the track. DIR. Willis Watson filled
ne position OF clerk Of the course. Rich
ard Jackson, Rev Frank Hanscom, Harry
p,ce. Fred Tolman, and Willis b. Watson
acted as Judges. T.. L. Saxton handled
the gun at the starting line.
As the weather was such that many OF
the contestants could not be present,
owing TO the late hour at which the rain
ceased. It was decided before the meet
hogan that the Hancock county Y. NJ.
r. A. trophy cup would not be awasded at
this meet. The teams from Islssford and
Southwest Har Dor showed fine, sportsman
ike spirit when this was announced, and
let this make no difference In their par
,icipation in The meet. The events In the
hoys' badge contest were not run OF, on
account OF the small attendance OF
Younger boys.
1t . 8 ssxf - extf
100 yard dash, won by Dureil Moves, OF
lslestord; time II 3-5 seconds, Ray Spur
ling, of Cranberry Isles, second, John
Noyes, OF Southwest Harbor, third.
gso-ysrd dash, Durell Noyes, OF Isles
ford, arst; tins Is is seconds, John
Noyes, second, Marvin Bryant. third.
Marvin Bryant, OF Islesford, took first
place in the half mile run, time 3 minutes
n 2.5 seconds, with Durell Soycs second
honors.
Moves, who holds the Maine interschoi.
ssiic record in the mile, ran slow mile
through the mud, and was the only one to
finish.
In the running broad jump, DureIl
Noyss again took iirst place with jump
OF i6 feet inches. Ivcnry, jumping for
Isiesford, took second place, with jump
of Is feet inches. Marvin Bryant held
third place with q jump Of Is feet i-2
inches.
The running high jump proved an in
teres,ing event. Dureli Moves went out
in third place at the height OF feet s
inches, Trssk, OF southwest Harbor, and
lveney, OF lslesiord, then had long con-
test for first and second donors. They
were unable to jump 1t OF, and the event
was declared draw for first and second
honors between Henry Trask and Iveney.
Islssiord was the only town to finally
&c, relay team into the field for the $50
yard relay race, and 80 was awarded the
relay race medals by default. Had the
weather teen good, the Seal Harbor team
would have been on hand, and an in
tercsting race would have resulted.
The only aquatic event to be run OF was
the sixty-yard s~im. Henry Raymond,
OF Southwest Harbor, easily won hrst
place over the only other contestant, For
rest Aibee. Mr.. Raymond showed him
self TO be swimmer OF great ability and
speed.
is!estord easily led In total number OF
points for the mset. The individual
badges were awasded for the separate
events. A medal wss awssded TO Dureil
Noyss Is the man winning the largest
number OF pcints IN the meet.
All through the day and evening, dur
ing the dance, . committee, headed by
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parker sold ics-cream,
lemonade, fruit and candy. The dance in
the evening, at which wescott's orchestra,
OF Bar Harbos, furnished the music, was
not as well attended ~ would have been
had not the clouds again opened great
showers upon the wouid-be merrymAkers.
Conservative estimates place the earn
ings Of the day 1t 600. Much credit
should be given TO the women who gave
such unlimited ssrvics to make the dinner
asnocess. This money goes towards the
deb, on the Bass Harbor Community hall.