Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-31
TAKE APPARATUS
OFF FAIRGROUNDS
First Season Closes Success
fully; Supervisor Irwin Is
Highly Complimented

Under the direction of Supervisor
James R. Irwin instructors at the
various Fairgrounds, assisted by a
squad of workmen, were busy to-day
removing apparatus and storing it
away for the winter. The Romper Day
exercises on Cottage Hill yesterday
marked the close of the borough's
first Fairgrounds season.
Mr.. Irwin will leave for his home
in Bellvue, N. J., Sunday for brief
visit and will resume his studies at
Medico Chi College, Philadelphia,
next week. James McGovern, in
structor of the Cottage Hill teams,
will also resume his college course.
Most of the other instructors are local
schoolteachers.
c. S. Davis, chairman of the Parks
and Fairgrounds Commission, to-day
expressed himself as much pleased
with the results of the borough's first
Supervisor Irwin for the capable man
ner in which he directed establish
ment, organization and operation of
the new Fairgrounds system here.
Many prominent citizens, who saw
Fairgrounds work the first time at
at the results of a single season of
organized play and expressed hearty
approval of the present system.
Cottage Hill Wins
Results of the track meet finals run
off yesterday afternoon were close.
The Cottage Hill team. winners of the
two previous meets, defeated Hygienic
by score of so to "a; West Side made
80 points, Fothergill 10 and Lawn 4.
The complete results:
100-yard dash, won by Knuth; Sec
ond, Tuptanoski; third, Proud. Senior
boys, 75-yard dash, won BY Keen;
Juniors boys 6o-yard dash, won by
Shepherd; second, Sanders; third,
Jiras. Midget boys 50-yard dash, won
by Sharosky; second, Acri; third, Tur-
ner. Junior boys potato race, won by
Jiras; second, Shepherd; third, Sand
ers. Junior boys 400-yard relay, won
by Cottage Hill, Jiras, Cardhidi, Sand
ers, Wigtteld; second, West Side,
Sharosky, Grim, Shambough, Solinger;
third, Lawn, Wilt, Johnson, Nebinger,
Watson. Senior boys 400-yaTd relay,
won by Cottage Hill, Keen, Mccall,
Good, Sellers; second, West Side,
Sullivan, Simonic, Devices, Matan;
third, Lawn, Morgan, Wilt, Nebinger,
Evans.
Girls Events
Junior girls 5oyard dash, won by
G. Christian; second, L. Jenkins;
third, Brown. Senior girls 6O-yard
dash, won by Christian second
Crummery; third, Minor Midget
girls club race, won by Bratina; sec
ond, Group; third, Beatty. Senior
girls club race, won by Christian;
second, jenkins. Serpentine race,
Junior girls, won by Dice; secondi
Brown; third, Steward. Midget boys
elephant race, won by Kapsick; sec
ond, Haas, third, Nebinger.
Resume Rehearsals. - The First
Methodist Church choir will resume
rehearSals this evening.
To Give Dinner. - The Reed Group
of the First Methodist Sunday school
will serve a chicken corn soup din
ner in the social room of the church
September 7.
Enlarge School. Additions have
been built to the school and convent
of st. Peters Slovenian Catholic
parish and arrangements completed
for teaching $50 pupils in the school
The Rev. Luke Gladek is rector and
four Sisters of Cyril and Methode,
from Jednota, will be in charge.
Buck Resigns. Charles Buck, a
foreman in the rail mill department,
has resigned to accept a position at
Youngstown, o.
To Give Concert. The Steelton
band will give an open-air concert on
Cottage Hill tomorrow evening at s
O'Clock.