The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-04-17

The Interscholastic School Meet
which was held here last Friday and
Saturday was perhaps the best at.
tended meet that has ever been held
since its organization. People began
pouring in Thursday afternoon and
not until Saturday evening did they
cease coming. trains were crowded
from neighboring towns, automobiles
brought in their part OF the attend
ance and before Friday evening prac-
tically all beds in the hotels and
rooming houses were asked for, be-
side many Of the visitors were taken
into the homes % our peopic, and still
they kept coming--tens. twenties and
hundreds and Saturday witnessed the
largest crowd Of visitors here in
many months, no hotel or rcoming
house beds were available Saturday
night and those who were unfortunate
enough to not be invited out in town.
either stayed up that night or caught
rides back to their homes. Possibly
never before were there so much en-
thusiasm by all the participants Of
the different contest. many schools
showed their interest in this work by
having many contestants. Altogeth-
er, the interest and the weather was
ideal, after the recent cool spell and
storm, Friday and Saturday were real
spring days. all were "diked" out in
their best spring clothes.
Meeting Of the visitors and con-
testants was NOT held until after noon
Friday evening which was for the pur-
pose Of lining up" all the teachers
and pupils who were to participate
in their work. and by 2:3o all the
different preliminsries for the aft
ernoon were in full sway. basket ball.
baseball and declamstions were judg-
ed for elimination that evening.
Work started again Saturday morn
ing with greater zest. tennis, basket
ball by boys and girls teams. spell
ing for elimination. in fact all con-
eerned worked hard that morning.
hungry and tired were the visitors
and contestants when the noon hour
came. but Il was only a trick known
70 the Lubbock domestic science de-
partment, who served TO all fine
dinner, TO revive all the lost energy
Of the various contestants in the
track 10 be held in the afternoon.
Quarter mile races were run. mile
races, relays. broad jumping. high
jumping. vaulting and others.
II is impossible TO give the names
and addresses Of all the winners Of
all events Of the two days. on ac-
count Of the failure Of parties whose
duties il was to have their reports in.
In number Of points for the entire
meet Lubbock won. getting 81 points.
Post City was second with fifty-five
points. Stewart, Boren and Walden
Of Post City winning Q. ID and rs
points individual respectively. Track
results in points were: Plainview
IL, Rails I. Abernathy I. Lamesa /.
Snyder 81. Lubbock 81 and Post
City as. Results Of dcclamntions an
follows: Class A, High School. first
place. Miss Mernice Bolen Of Plain
view; Second place. Marie Lou Ros-
ser Of Snyder; Class b. High School
Ruby Brown Of Rails. Ward School
First place. Louis Graves Of Plain
view; Second place. Miss Jewel Ed
wards Of FIoydada. Winners Of
spelling; Morelza Morrow Of Snyder
first place; Otis MeLain of Plainyiew
second; Albert Odom Of Kiondike.
third place. Basketball. boys: Lame
sa, first place. Girls. Bethel School.
Scurry County, first place. Baseball