Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-15
NEWS OF STEELTON
MEET.
DRAWS BIG CROWD.
Shows Advantages of New Sys.
tenn; Cottage Hill Wins;
Hygienic, Second


While hundreds of Justify cheering
youngsters filled the grandstand and
lined the Cottage Hill athletic field
yesterday afternoon the youthful ath-
letes from the Cottage Hill playground
raced away with the borough cham
pionship in the first annual interplay
grounds track and field meet. They
had 5S points.
The Hygienic team finished a close
second with Al points and the Steel
Company Lawn aggregation trooped in
third with 2s points. The other play
grounds trailed along as follows:
West Side, fourth. IL points, Fother-
gill, fifth, 10 points, ana the East End
failed to score.
Interest in the first meet was great
er than even Supervisor James r. Ir-
win, who arranged the contest, expect
ed and the enthusiasm of the youth
full contestants reflected the advan-
tages of an adequate Fairgrounds sys-
tenn.
The result of the various events fol-
low, first places counting five points;
seconds, three, and thirds one.
1OO-yard dash, boys 16 or under
H. Proud.
Senior Boys 75-yard dash = n. Will
liams, Hygienic; c. Sellers, Cottage
Hill; L. Gustin, Fothergill.
Midget boys 60-yard dash - C.
Brashears, Cottage Hill; W. Stabnau,
Cottage Hill; F. Fisher. Hygienic.
Junior boys potato race = F. Ko-
ser, West Side; Carchidi, Cottage Hill;
Giltleas, Fothergill.
Senior hOVc Rrira
Spring, Lawn; ]. Keen, Cottage Hill;
c. Good, Cottage Hill. Number of
times, -.
Midget boys. standing broad jumps
w. Stabnau, Cottage Hill; W. Lodge,
Cottage Hill; Lythe, Hygienic.
Senior boys high Jump. Sailers,
Cottage Hill; H. Mccall, Cottage Hill;
c. Good. Cottage Hill.
Midget girls club rack. Foster,
Fothergill; Emily Bowman, Lawn; NJ.
Bratina, Fothergill.
Junior girls serpentine race - H.
Steward, Hygienic; NJ. Grove, Lawn;
NJ. Rudman, Fothergill.
Senior girls basketball throw - G..
Christian, Hygienic; H. Steward, Hy-
gienic; NJ. Gorup, West Side; distance
32 ft., in.
Tompson, Hygienic; c. Roney, Lawn;
7. Tompson, Hygienic.
Junior boys running broad - T.
Coleman, Hygienic; R. Jiras, Cottage
Hill; johnson, Cottage Hill; distance,
IL IT.
Senior girls club race - L. Jenkins,
Hygienic; H. Baer, Lawn; E. Hall, Hy-
gienic
Junior girls basketball throw - H.
Baer. Lawn; W. Brown, Hygienic; H.
Steward, Hygienic-distance 20 #,
S1k in.
Sc. or boys 440-yard relay-Cot-
tage Hill, West Side, Lawn.
junior boys 400-yard relay - Cot
tage Hill, West Side, Fothergill.
Running high jump, boys 16 or un-
der from Cottage Hill - H. Suydam,
H. Proud. G. Devore and G. Tupaski
high 4 it., 6 in.
Announce Engagement. - Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. P. Schlessman, 336 Bessemer
street, announce the engagement of
their daughter Grace Ellen, to G..
Miley Group, of Pittsburgh. The we'd
ding date has not been set.
Want Standard. - A movement to
obtain standard lighting for North
Front street will be revived by the
Merchants Association Monday even
ing. An effort was made by Council
man A. ]. Sellers to have this form of
lighting for the business section when
the present lighting contract was ap-
proved by council. At that time there
seemed to be little interest in the
matter. Since the present lights have
proven unsatisfactory to so many bust
nessmen the former plan will be re-
vived.
Picnic at Hershey. - The class of
1912 and the cl- = of 1913, Steelton
high school held picnic at Hershey
padk to-day.
Webster to Sing.-William Webster,
the Harrisburg boy soprano, will sing
The Homeland" and THE Holy City
at tomorrow evenings service in st.
Johns Lutheran Church.
To Read Letter. A letter from
Miss Gertrude Rupp, a missionary in
Monrovia, Liberia, will be head at SER
vices in st. Johns Lutheran Church
tomorrow morning. Miss Rupp is a
Steelton girl.
Many Poles in Borough. - Accord
ing to a count just completed by Chief
Of Police Fl. P. Longnaker. there are
now 1895 poles in the borough.
Hofford Funeral.-Funeral services
for Jacob Hofford were held yesterday
at the home of DR.. D. B. Traver. The
Rev. W. c. Sanderson, officiated and
burial was made in Baldwin cemetery.
STEELTON CHURCH
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