Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
LITERARY AND TRACK MEET WAS
 GREAT SUCCESS
Hundreds Saw Participants Strive For Honors In
 Different Events.

night, was declared the most success
 ful ever held. Early yesterday morn
 ing, school children and teachers be-
 gan arriving in the city. They came Tn automobiles, on the trains, and by the time the track events began
 yesterday afternoon, there were fully
 a thousand visitors from the rural dis
 tricts here.
 The meet began at 10 o'clock yes
 terday morning with the spelling con-
 test. Following that, everybody ad-
 journed to the grounds of Junior
 High school where an excellent lunch
 was served. At 30 the track events
 began. The grand stand was liberal
 ly filled, and hundreds lined the race
 courses for closer view.
 After the track events yesterday
 afternoon, the meet was ended, until 7:15 last night when the musical and Literally events were held at Central ] High school. An orchestra concert preceded the literary events. At the
 conclusion, Judge w. B. Sorrels
 awarded the medals. Ninety six med
 als were awarded, and two cups. Results of the spelling contest were:
 1 Primary--Emma Hooker of Tucker, first: Ruth Stone of Spring Hill, sec i ond; Marguerite Gammill of Red field, third Miss Bertha Cummins of Pine Bluff. judge. Grammar School-Carl Poole of Jefferson Springs, first: Ruby Brent of Noble Lake. second; Minor Finley of Redfield, third; Mrs. Lucy Critz, judge.
 Watson Chapel was the winner of the track meet, with 114 12 points. In order, the schools came: Dollar way. 33; Altheimcr, 29; Humphreys, 20 1-2; Union School, 20: Wabbase- ka. 13; Sherrill, Il 1-2; Redfield. S.; Hazel street, q: Spring Hill, ,; Swan Lake, 12; Main street, l. Individual point winners were: Virgil Keish. Watson Chapel, first place, A IA; Vctal Reynolds, Wat son Chapel g IA; Roy West. Union School, b: Owen Harrington. Watson Chapel, 14 .1-4: Claud Bridges, AL theimer. II; Malvern Gray, Watson Chapel, 13 3-f.
 Results of the track events were: First division, ages six, seven and
 eight.
 25-yard dash: Sidney Weiss, Wab-
 baseka, time 1 seconds; Sam Sanders,
 Dollarway: Albert Elkins, Dollar way; William Tucker. Spring Hill. 5O-yard dash: Arthur Fowler, Humphreys. time { 2-o; Sam Sand
 CTS, Dollarway; Bennie Ridgcway,
 Union; William Tucker, Spring Hill.
 Standing broad jump: Robert Stephens, Watson Chapel. height, )
 feet inches: Lawrence Elkins. Dot
 larway; Marlin Moore. Rcdficld: Sam
 Sanders. Dollarway.
 Running broad jump: Sam Sand
 CTS, Dollarway, distance 10 feet 9
 inches; Robert Stephens. Watson Chapel; Albert Elkins, Dollarway. Second disvision, ages nine, ten and eleven. 5O-yard dash Clayton Young. Dol
 larway, time [ 3-5; George Babcock, Watson Chapel; James Willis. Swan Lake; Malvern Gray, Watson Chapel. 100-yard dash: Malvern Gray, Wat son Chapel, time Il 4-5: Noel Hart Humphrcys; George Babcock, Watson Chapel: Clayton Young, Dollarway. Standing broad jump: Roy West Union, distance 6 feet inches; Nal
 vern Gray Watson: Clarence Roberts, Hazel street: C. F. Acklin, Redficld Running broad jump: Roy West Union, distance l2 feet inches; Nal vcrn Gray, Watson; Clarence Rob- erts, Hazel street; Mormon Davis, I Dollarway.
 High jump: Roy West, Union height, 3 feet 9 inches; Clarence Rob 1 crts, Hazel street; Clayton Young ] Dolarway: Norman Davis. Dollar | way.
 Third division: Ages 12. l3, and l4 years.
 5v-yard dash: Virgil Kcirsh. Wat son Chapel, time 2-5 Porter Shults Watson Chapel; Robert Pyle, Shcr' | Till; Claud Bridges, Althcimcr. 1O0-yard dash: Virgil Kcish. time l3; Claud Bridges, Althcimer; Por
 ter Shults, Watson Chapel; Dave
 Ford, Sherrill. 22O-yard dash: Virgil Kcrsh. Wat. son Chapel, time 27 seconds; Robert
 Pyle, Sherrill;. Porter Shults, Wat
 son Chapel Fred Hinton Humphreys Standing broad jump: Porter | SnultS, WdLSOu SudpcI, IcCI
 inches; Virgil Kirsh, Watson Chapel
 Claude Bridges, AAtheimcr; Rober Pyle. Sharrll. Running broad jump: Virgil Kirsh Watson Chapel, 15 feet 1 inch l Claud Bridges, Altheimcr; Howcl l Crum, humphreys; Joe Clark, Red
 field.
 Running high jump: Claud Bridges 1 Aitheimer, feet. inches: ltober Pyle, Shorrill: Howell Crum, llumph | rcys: Charlie White, Humphreys. l Fourth division.
 I 100-yard dash: Vetal Reynolds 1 Watson Chapel, time 12 3-5; Howcl | Ashcraft, Althcimcr: Owen Herring
 ton, Watson Chapel; Walter John ! son, WaE1a seka.
 22D-yard dash: VCtal Reynolds ! Watson Chapel, time 26 seconds 1 Owen Herrington, Watson Chapel Johnnie Orton, Spring Hill; Willi Marsh, Spring Hill. l iiO-yard dash: Vital Reynolds | yN,tcnu- fyhono1 timn 1 Iliinlifn I