The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-16

~ district inter-scholastie meet.
-. rorsieana last Saturday, was
-, aoubt the greatest sof its
ovar held in that part OF the
,a strong teams were from Ellis,
S.s.rro Freestone. Limestone and
Henderson.
' preliminaries were held Saturday
n,,ning in spelling, debating and
..,or,ation in order to determine
vho might enter the finals on sat
~ evening. Waxahachie easily
=, IN the preliminaries in debating
"A defamation, although competi-
i, was strong, especially in debat-
- Waxahaehie winning over the
Athens team.
Tho track meet at Booster park
!. The afternoon was a classy affair
IN every particular. Some seventy
.onte,tants from five counties par
,,c;nated in this meet. Waxahachie
,ound out at the beginning that Cor
scana was to be her strong COM
Detjtor. In the first race, the hurdle,
oyerall trippcd on hurdle
and fell causing him to win second
Mace in this race, much to the dis
apuointment Of the Waxahachie
soys In the second hurdle race G..
3. VIM hung his toe in a hurdle
ard was thrown behind SO far he
vas never able to catch the first
man. This bad beginning made the
hoys all the more determined TO
win the meet and they went at it like
Veterans.
The sprints came next but Waxa-
lachie was again outclassed. SUIT
ton Of Corsicana was entirely too
fast for our sprinters, and would
be good athlete at any meet.
In the broad jump Overall led,
Jumping 1911.
In the mile run the spectators
we're not disappointed In the least.
Il soon showed that the race was be-
tween Wilson OF Waxahachie and
lansing OF Athens. For the first
three laps the Athens man ran neck
and neck with Wilson, but on the
last lap the Waxahachie youngster
stepped into that wonderful stride
Of bis and spirited the last quarter
IN almost record time. understanding
Tue Athens man fully 100 yards.
In the 440-dash Wilson again came
70 the front and showed that the
eoFsieana man was not in his class.
wilson even surprised the members
Ills own team by his wonderful
running. Without him the meet
could not possibly have been won.
Inc last event of this meet was
'ue relay race. At this time Corsi-
cana had Is points and Waxaha-
eale ~ This showed clearly that
sao ever won the relay race would
the winner in the district meet.
@SNiuney OF Waxahachie ran a
'SAasfluI race for 800 yards but
Nc iah 100 fast at first and was al
.nOst exhausted before he had fin
~4'a the quarter. The Corsicana
-aa oatdistaneed him some thirty
v forty yards. The Waxahachie
's''ois said the relay race was al
's'ay iose. but they had not reckon
~ WIN the last three men. In came
y D. VIM and never did n sprinter
"' better race. He ran with a
s,'u determination to catch the first
,n. '0 III the attempt. He was
WV V 70 DO this by the time each
@'aea tle man who was TO start on
~, 'a'fd law, in fact VIM not only
- Ss'4ea back all that was lost but
w.t. s's little ahead of the man
w.. 80 ne reached the Waxahachie
r s-Der who was TO take up the race.
h. INN then started the third
H.. u ne ran as he never ran be-
NJ '' lie gained some little bit on
,.,., eo' sieaha man and when he
,has ssu wilson he was several yards
,rs@ l' Then started the race be-
+, wv oorsleana's wonderful sprin-
aaa Wilson of WeYabaob,a This