Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-27
P. R. R. SYSTEM
ATHLETES HOLD SPORTS
Elaborate Tournament Staged at
Altoona in Presence of 10000
Persons.

The annual athletic championship meet
of the Pennsylvania railroad system, which
was held at Altoona, Pa, on Saturday,
was participated in by men from all over
the system and was witnessed by 10000
persons. Over 5000 Pennsylvania rail-
road men took part. The Eastern Region
athletes secured over 30 points more in
all events than their nearest competitors,
the General Office. The region embraces
that portion of the railroad between
here and New York, including the North
ern Central Railway and the Philadelphia,
Baltimore & Washington Railroad
The winnrs in each of the field events.
together with the region represented by
them, follow-the General Office force
and the Altoona Shop force having been
classified as regions:
440-yard. dash-First, Trout, General
Office; second, l.. Rich, Eastern Region;
third, Sutch, Eastern Region; fourth,
Wilkinson, General Office, Time, 55
seconds.
SS0-yard dash-First, Poor, Eastern
Region; second, Vanzandt, Altoona; third
Alber, General Office; fourth, Means.
Altoona. Time, min. 10 sec.
220-yard dash-First, Trout, General
Office; second, Shippe, Eastern Region;
third, Anderson, Altoona; fourth, Worth
ingtOn, Eastern Region. Time, % As
seconds.
12-pound shot-put-First, Bofrenmver,
Eastern Region, 42 feet s y inches; second,
Ramsey, Eastern Region, AZ feet | inch;
third, z. Nesser, Southwestern Region
III feet inch; fourth, Rupp, Central
Region, 40 feet 6 inches
Running broad jump-First, Ramsey.
Eastern Region, 20 feet inches: second,
Brickhart, Eastern Region, 20 feet 2LS
inches; third, Cherry. Eastern Region.
10 feet II inches; fourth, Wilson, Altoona,
10 feet 91s inches
Tug of war-Eastern Region won over
Southwestern, with Central third
Clrcllng bases-First, Fields. Eastern
Region; second Youkel, General Office,
third, Line, Altoona, fourth Schwartz,
General Office. Time. Ii Is seconds.
Mile relay-First, Altoona; second.
Eastern Region: third, General Office.
Time, 3 min. "a 2-5 sec.
Running high jump-First, Patterson,
Eastern Region, feet : inches: second,
Crawford. Eastern Region, feet : inches:
third, Ramsay, Eastern Region, 5 feet
3 inches; fourth, Clarke, General Office,
5 feet / inch.
10o-yard dash-First, Trout, General
Office; second, Galloway, Eastern Region;
third, Wilkinson. General Office; fourth.
Stegener, Central Region. Time, 10 Is
seconds.
Mile run-First. Poor, Eastern Region;
second, Wilson, Altoona; third, Van
zandt, Altoona: fourth, jackson, Central
Region. Time 5 min. 3-5 sec.
Tennis singles-First, General Offices.
second, Central Region Camden team
won the trapShooting contest with f35
points; Pittsburg second, 42I; General
Office third, AIS. Altoona fourth, $50.
Shong, General Office, was high man.
scoring 40 out of so, missing his forty
eighth bird.
The trapshootlng contests were con-
Quoted over the traps Of the Altoona Shop
Club IN the South Altoona Foundry
<1ard- There were four teams of Is men
each who faced the traps from early
morning until noon. The Eastern Region,
represented by the Camden Traps hooting
Club, won first place with a score of 4.35
breaks. The General Office Club was second
with a score of AIS, while Pittsburg Ter
minal, representing the Central Region,
was third, with score of 4I6. The en-
ployes Of the Altoona Shop took fourth
place, with a total of 3S9 birds" to their
credit. In this contest the Northwestern
and Southern Regions were not represent
eu Inc niE0eSt lndINIQuaI score was Sc
cured by c. r. Strong, of the General
Office team, who broke 40 out of a possible
so. Next to him was Harry Sloan, also
of the General Office team, with a total
of AZ.
At the conclusion of the baseball game
in which the Pitcairn shop team won over
the WiIliamsport division team by the
score Off to 3, Vice-President Elisha Lee,
of the Eastern Region, presented to the
Pitcairn shop team the silver cup known
as the General Atterbury Championship
Cup. This cup was donated by General
William Wallace Atterbury, vice presi-
dent in charge of operation of the Pennsyl-
vania System, and viii be held during
the ensuing year by the team winning
two of three games, of which Saturdays
was the first. The other two games win
be played at Pitcairn and Williamsport
respectively. Following this cups were
also presented to the baseball teams
which were the winners in the several
regions. Individual medals were then
awarded to the winners in the tennis
track, field and trapshooting events.