The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-16
CULLEOKA TAKES
FIRST PLACE IN
BIC SCHOOL meet
DALLAS HOBBS is INDIVIDUAL
STAR, WINNING FIRST PLACE
IN FIVE EVENTS OF DAY.
TOURNEY GREATLY ENJOYED
Hundreds see contests-Mt. Pleasant
Secures Second Place, With Mellow,
ell School Third in Order-Hobbs
Wins Gold Medal.


4 For the fourth consecutive year.
( Culleoka High School carried away
| the honors, and the banner in the
Annual School meet, held at the Cen
trail High School Friday scoring fifty
nine points. Mt Pleasant was a close
second, scoring forty.nine points,
while Mcdowell school was third in
line with twenty-sx points. Zion reg.
istered one lone tally.
The individual stars were Dallas
Hobbs, lanky athlete of Columbia,
who won first place in number OF
events, and emerged with a total
score of 29a points, winning the gold
medal offered for the largest individ-
ual score and a number of lesser priz.
es offered by local merchants. Second
among the individual stars was Har,
old Lcftwich, of Mt. Pleasant, who
scored IN points. Robert Melon
aid, of Mcdowell school, was In third
place with eight points to his credit.
Some of the feats performed by
Hobbs, of Culleoka, seemed almost
impossible. In the running broad
jump this lad registered sixteen feet
and ten inches. which is regarded as a
mans sized jump. Hobbs nearest
competitor was Earl Paris, also of Cul-
leoka, who jumped a distance of six
teen feet. Hobbs also won the stand.
ing broad jump, the hop step and
jump, and throwing the baseball, hurl
ing the sphere for a distance of 81
yards and inches. His nearest com.
petitor in this even was Calvin Oliver,
of Mt. Pleasant, who threw the ball "a
yards.
The meet was well attended, not
only by school children from every
section of the county, but by the
grown ups as well, and the contests
were greatly enjoyed.
Below is complete list of the
prize winners in each event.
No. 1-75 yard dash. Harold Left
witch, Mt Pleasant, LIST; Walter Smith,
Culleoka, End; Dallas Hobbs, Culleo.
ka, 3rd. q lga
No. Sack race-Robert Melon
aid, Mcdowell. 1st; Ronald Wilson,
Mt Pleasant, End; James Fleming,
Zion, 3rd
No. 3-l40 Yard Dash-Harold Left
wich Mt Pleasant, 1st; Walter Smith,
Culleoka, 2nd Lelan Wilson, Mt
Pleasant, 3rd.
No 4-25 Yard Dash-JLawrence
Mcdonald, Mcdowell, 1st; Robert Nc.
Donald, Mcdowell, End; Virgil Mel
son, Culleoka, 3rd.
No. 5-220 Yard Dash-Harold Left
WITCH, Mt. Pleasant, list; Earl Parish
Culleoka, End Jesse Owen, Mellow
ell, 3rd.
No. 6-Wheel Barrow Race (25
yards change and return-Bernice
Maxwell and Jesse Owen, Mcdowell
list; John Jenkins and Earl Presnell,
Mt Pleasant, End; James Mcneil and
Leon Ward, Mt Pleasant, 3rd.
No. $3.50 yard dash-Dallas
Hobbs, Culleoka, 1st Baird Harris
Mcdowell, End Eugene Digger, Cul'
leoka, 3rd
No S--Three leg race (25 yards -
Eugene Digger and Virgil Nelson,
Culleoka, list; Gilbert Robinson and
James Ward. Mt Pleasant, End Ronald
Wilson and Clyde Walters, Mt. Pleas.
ant, 3rd.
No. 9-Potato Race Us yards, po-
tatoes, yards apart John Jenkins,
Mt Pleasant, list; Tie between Wal
ter Smith and Earl Parish, Cullooka
No. 10--Onehalf mile relay race
Harold Leftwich ,Lelan Wilson, JAS
Ward, Hazel Morrow, Mt. Pleasant
list; Dallas Hobbs, Jerry Holt, Virgil
Nelson, Wilburn Calvert, Culleoka,
Ind; Bernicc Maxwell, Baird Harris,
Lawrence Mcdonald. Jesse Owen Bird.
No. 11-JeTry Holt (ift SIM, Culleo.
ka, 1st; Dallas Hobbs 1 1T. 7 in.)
Culleoka, End; Gus Bumpus a #.
6 i'm, Mt Pleasant, 3rd.
No. 12-Ilunning broad jump-Dal-
las Hobbs ZIG IT, 10 I'M Culleoka, 1st;