Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-06-14
THE TRACK MEET
First Boy Scout Track Meet in Custer
Was Great Success. Hot Springs
Wins Cup.

Custer has had her first Track Meet
for Boy Scouts on Wednesday, June IL,
and the boys did fine, even beyond our
hopes There were five towns contest
ing as follows: Hot Springs Edgemont,
Lead, Sturgis and Custer Hot Springs
had three cars, Edgemont one the bal
ance by train, Lead three cars and
Sturgis five cars to bring their delega-
tion of boys. Custer was unfortunate in
having the track meet occur during the
graduation week and thereby eiiminat-
ing from practice our Senior boys who
would have been in class A, and would
haye been able to have accounted for
themselves had they had more time to
have prepared for the Meet. As it was
when one considers that many of the
boys from other towns were trained
athletes, and some carrying medals, it
speaks for the ability of our fellows that
they won several ribbons Hot Springs
carried of the Cup and the medal and
won honestly for they were contested
hotly for the place by the Lead team,
who were a very husky aggregation.
Sturgis put up a fine fight, one man,
Cornwall, being top notcher in ath-
letics, and had it not been for the Stur-
gis boys being n auto accident which
held them up on the road and sent them
into the Meet at o'clock without any
thing to eat since morning, they would
probably have made a different result
in the Class A award. In class b, age
IA to Is, Custer had them all backed off
the board. We ron first second,
and third ribbons. Edward Harper
won first, the broad jump, high Jump,
and the pole vault. Marshall Hender-
son first in the pole climb and second
in the lO0.yard dash. Edwin Perrin
won second in the pole vault Albert
Fay won second in high Jump Gordon
Kneeland showed great form notwith-
standing the heavy work of the school.
clearly demonstrated that with the same
practice that the visitors had would
have put them to the bad AS il was
be gave them real run for the money.
He won third in broad jump. Alfonso
Hitch won third place in the shot put
Altogether it was fine day and the
business houses closed up and supported
most Loyalty by finance and moral sup
port the boys. Business men were on
the official list as judges, clerks, timers
and strters, and all through were as
enthusiastic as any of the younger boys
The girls were there too, and Loyalty
supported the home boys with all kinds
of peppery "Holers.' But the Boy
Scout visitors and home boys too were
the fellows of whom we were proud
Not single act during the day that
could ever be criticised as unfair was
seen. A finer exhibition of fair play
could not be witnessed than that given
by the boys at the Meet, and nothing
could be more clearly shown then the
worth while training afforded by the
Boy Scout system than that Wednesday
Just before the awards were made the
crowd listened to fine address from
the Rev. Mr.. Erskine, of Sturgis, who is
State Chairman for the Boy Scout Drive
now on. He was warmly applauded
several times.
Finally we must give credit to our
preachers who have led in the local
work. The Rev. X. p. Harmon organ
lied the local Scouts about three months |
ago and since that time has lived with |
them as far as has been possible consid- |
ering that he was pastor of the Method |
ist Church, and has had part in lead |
ing the Victory Loan, and also in the |
Centenary Drive for the Methodist
Church. Rev. w. S. Harper is the As
sistant Scout Master and has assisted rs
far as possible in the work of the local |
troop
Perhaps the biggest thing accomplish
ed is the spirit infused into US all in |
seeing the possibility of the work with |
the boys in Custer. We are sure that |
the interest will grow from this on
in the work and no lack of support will !
be found in Custer after we have seen
our Local Troops in action.
TABULATED SCORE.
Glass A
100 yard dash LIST, Bian, Hot Springs !
End, Yates, Lead 3rd, Clarence Manion,
Lead. ll3 seconds.
900 yard dash. LIST, Balm, Hot Springs;
2nd, Manion, Lead; 3rd, Yates, Lead
25 seconds.
Broad Jump. 1st, Manion, Lead End, |
Balm, Hot Springs; 3rd, Kneeland, Gus.
ter. IS #. 2 inches.
High Jump, lst, Cornwell, Sturgis |
Balm and Givorge tied for 2nd and 3rd |
5 feet inches.
Shot Put. lst, Balm, Hot Springs