Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-14
S. BENITO GIRL
WINNER Oh HARD
FOUGHT CONTEST
SPELLING MATCH STARTED LAST
NIGHT CONTINUED UNTIL THIS AZ
e TERM00N-OTHER CONTESTS.
FIRST PLACE FOR MISS CARPENTER,
SHERMAN COLWELL OF RAYMOND
vlLLE-HARLINGEM THIRD.

Miss Minnie Carpenter Of the San Be
nito high school outspelled all competit
ors in the senior debate event of the coun-
tty interscholastic meet. Miss Carpenter
won the meet al 4 session this afternoon
%carried over from last night. As winner Of
the spelling contest Miss Carpenter will
not only represent the county ut the dis
trict meet to he held next week. but will
he the recipient of a gold medal offered an
nually by The Herald Publishing Company.
Second place in the spelling contest was
won by John Sherman Colwell of Raymond
vile and Miss Frances scarborough Of
Harrington won third place.
This afternoon the second and third
seniors will spell against the second and
third juniors. Keith Billiard of Harlin-
gen and Nerdna Nelson of Wilson. for rep
resentation ON the district team.
This mornings session Of the meet wa~
devoted 10 girls track events and Junior
boys events. The Brownsville and I.vford
girls teams starred throughout the event
and won practically all the places. tn,
winners of events were:
NtuioT Wits.
Basketball throw for distance. Edna
Grover. Wilson. first: Ro~ita Putecnat
Brownsville. second: RoSalee Rov. Browns
Vile. third.
Potato Race. Glendale Clements.
Brownsville. first: Bernice Graham
Brownsville. second: olga Tansell. Browns,
vile. third.
Baseball throw for accuracv-Edna
Groves. Wilson tract. first: Glendale Gle
ments. second: Rosita Putegnat. third
H'rni"- Graham. fourth.
- ward da~i-H-rni-. Graham and al
ga Tan~-ll. Brownsville liz for iir-i nl..,.
';I-nial- Clements. Brownsville. second
>i"n'iin: Broad inmr-Eernic Graham.
FIRST: h..~,lI- Roy. second: R.~il. Pnre.-
mar. third.
i4o yard relay, Brownsville first.
Junior Girls:
Potato Race-lrene Eelv. Brownsville.
first: Elna Lind. Brownsville. second:
Manuela Rodriguez, Brownsville. third.
30 yard daSh-Elna Lind. first: Irene
lEsly. second: Margaret West. third: Car
men Guerra, fourth.
Basketball throw for distance .Elna Lind.
Brownsville, first; Manpela Rodriguez.
second: Eva Yzurria, third Patricia
Hobbs, fourth.
aBseball throw Tor accuracy-Josephine
CARA. Brownsville. first; Mildred Brown.
Lyford. third: Manuela Rodriguez. Browns
vile. third; Louise Snow. Lyford. fourth.
Standing broad ~qjump-Elna Land, first
Laura Alsop. Lyford. third; Beatrice Gar
cha. fourth.
When the spelling contest Of the Cam
eron County lnterscholastic league meet,
held last night at the high school audi
forum, had narrowed down to two con
testants, John Sherman Corwell OF Ray
mondville and Minnie Carpenter Of San
BenIto, IL was continued over until today
The spelling contest did not commence nm
til late ON account of the late start 81
the first events of he evening an unusual
spelling ability Of the junior contestants
AT II 30 o'clock this morning the Ray
mondville and San Benito contestants wer,
still spelling and a the contest was re
solving itself into more Of q test Of ply
steal endurance it was thought advisabl,
10 continue the contest until today.
The junior spoilers also gave a remark.
able exhibition. Several times the 800
words required by the state league wer,
spelled. Harriet Boyes Of San BENT,
winning first place and Keith Billiard ol
Harrington winning second.
The first event on last nights program
was the debate between the team from