Evening journal., 1918-05-29
HIGH loses DUAL
MEET TO CHESTER
Beaten Out in Last Event
on Card by Margin of
Three Points
0'T0OLE CUP GOES
WITH THE VICTORY

on swarthmore College field yesier-
day the Wilmington High School track
team lost In the dual track meet with
. Chester High by the narrow margin OF
3 points. the score being as i-2-t3 ~
Not until the last event. the broad
jump, was over. was the meet decided
Howell, OF Chester. won this event
J with The flne leap OF 10 feet . 10 inches.
and with this place. the meet was de-
cided. Besides the broad jump Howell
won both the quarter and the hair,
thus making IS points-the highest in
divldual score OF the meet.
Wise and sidwell were wIlmins,on's
leaders with ~ and n 20 points re-
spectively. Wise won both dashes
with ease. The comparatively slow
time in both the dashes and the 300
yard hurdles Is explained by the heavy
ness OF the track after the rain OF the
previous night, and the fact that the
competitors ran dead against the. brisk
\ south wind
Because Of the fact that there were
but two flights Of hurdles ON the neld
this event had TO be contested on a
time basis.
Ogden. OF Chester. and Carter, Of
Wilmington, had pretty high Jumping
duel and the event ended In tie ar
ter both contestants had failed twice
at feet 2 3-S inches. The Chester msn
had the advantage in this event, in
that he got The benelt OF the straight
clnder runway, while. on account Of
his scissors" form. Carter was Obliged
10 run across the track and take on
from grass. Carier's four points in
the jump and one In the shot gives
him the much coveted honor OF being
a "four-letterH man. This. is sometime
Q which seldom, II ever, happened at the
5 Delaware avenue Institution before.
Wilmington's showing in the $40 snC
J ss0-yard runs were disappointing. Th'
= locals were outgeneraled before eiihel
e OF the races were half over, runnin.
is too slow at first in the shorter event
and starting to sprint too soon In n
half.
le In the pole vault the chesteriie
a walked away with everything 10 sigh
ie while the Highlets took six Of the Mn
y points In The shot put. -,
y The meet, as a whole. was one o
y the most siubbornly fought ever seel
" on swarthmore Field. and Wilmington
= made a better showing against Ches
. ter than ever before. The locals bad NJ
Q place 10 practice jumping or yaultinl
this season, and many Of the boys
went into the meet unframed
5 Chesters victory gives them perman.
9 ent possession Of The Joseph r. O'Tools
n fHfrw ~, o.
three legs. The cup was contested FOR
I 1917.
/, Besides Wise and sidwelI, the other
Wilmington scorers were Chris1eld. 6;
Carter. 5; Proctor, 3; Goldstein, 3 and
Shaefer. T.
After the meet, Everett Sidveli. The
strong man." shot putier runner and
jumper, Of the Cherry and White. was
unanimously elected 90 captain the
team for 1919 sid" Is a popular and
versatile athlete, and the choice OF the
team will be confirmed by the school
as a whole
The summaries:
io0-ysrd dash-Won by Wise. MI
mingtOn; second Goldstein. Whining
ton third. Bonssll, Chester Time
n 2-5s.
One-mile run-Won by Chrstneld.
Wilmington; second, Graham, Chester.
third, Shaeffer, Wilmington. Time, Am.
Sos.
High iump-Tle for 1rst place be
tween Ogden Chester. and Carter, VII
mineton tie for third between Krie-
hel. Chester. and Sidwoll, Wilmington,
Heights, IT. ? SIS in.
40 yard run-Non by Howell. Ches-
ter; second Strobe Chester; third,
Wise. Wilmington, Time, 56 4-5s
220-yard low hurdles-Won by Nc
Anally, Chester; second, Proctor. VIII
third. Gallagher, Chester.
Time. % SIS.
Pole vsult--Tle between Ogden. Bon
sail and Rutter. all Of Chester. Height
loft
Half-mile run-Won by Howell, Ches-
ter: second. Chrisfeld. Wilmington.
third, Gallagher. Chester. Time. Pm.
i3 2-5s.
shotput-Won by Sidwell. Whining
ton; second, McAnally, Chester; third.
Carter, Wilmington. Distance. 36 H..
~ in
220-yard dash-Won by Wise, VII
mington; second, Sldwell. Wilmington;
third. McAnslly, Chester. Time. "a 2-5.
Broad iump-Won by Howell Ches-
ter; second, sidwell. Wilmington.
third, Wise, Wilmington. Distance, 10
II. 2 10 In.