Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-28
TWILIGHT MEET
DRAWS MANY FANS
Y. M. c. A. Carries Oft Honors
in Many Events; r. August
Stars in Sprints.
By Harris Samonlsky


Railroad grounds last night with sns.
ctal hundred spectators in attendance
The " NJ. c. A. athletes carried of the
honors i'm the events last night. al
though they were pushed I'm several of
the contests. The remaining events
and the finals of the sprints will take
place this evening and from the close
finishes last night. some mighty fine
Dash work is expected this evening.
The affair. given under the auspices
of the Community Service is directly
the result of j. r. Godfrey's efforts.
who has been untiring in his zeal to
pull on the meet. In the third pre-
liminary of the 10o-yard dash, r.
August of st. Mary's featured, al
though he was forced to take second
place Just reaching the field in time
To participate in this event. he did not
have time to get into his track
clothes. but this did not stop him. He
came back strong in the second scgni-
final. when he won over Smith IN 11b
seconds. beating Smiths time in the
preliminary by two-fifths of a Sec
ond.
August displayed his speed in NAe
s2o-yard dash. when he won over
Mendenhall in the preliminary and
semi-final. The final tonight. in
which August and II. Ingram will be
contestants, is likely to be close
race.
Hayes and Farmer. of the st. Marys
Club did we'll in the high jump, al
though being forced to drop out at
four feet, ten inches. These two ath-
letes who had not had much train
ing. worked well and had the crowd
with them. for as either one of them
cleared the bar. he was greeted with
cheers from the crowd in the stands
md on the side-lines
France and Eorous of the Y. NJ c.
A. tied al feet 4 inches in the high
Jump. France tried to clear feet
; inches. but failed. Torous did not
ry this as he wanted to reserve his
trength for the mile run.
The Y. M. c. A. athletes, who had
worked under the direction of II. W.
loose and Goldstein. carried of first.
econd and third places in the mile
pn. Several of the starters in this
vent dropped out on the various laps
r. August tried this event, but drop
cd out on his third lap.
X. Ingram of the Y. NJ G.. A. carried
n the honors in the broad jump, with
record of is feet inches. Menden-
all finished second with a mark os is
feet two inches. Hayes of St. Mary's
vas third. clearing IL feet inches
The attendance last night was dis
ppointing to the promoters of the
meet and they are in hopes that there
viii he a better crowd tonight. A fea-
ure OF the athletic events at the rail-
csd field is that spectators have COM
ortable seats and are able to see the
various events without any trouble.
IN this respect, the field is one of the
isst to be found in this part of the
. ourtry.
Several of the athletic clubs that
had made entries failed 10 enter their
ontestants- The organizations repre-
-entcd were: y. NJ. {. A, Polish Fal-
,ons. du Pont Accounting, ST. Mary's
Athletic Association and Peorle's Set
dement,
The. final heats of the dashes, the
r,oie vault. mile run, half mile run,
avclin throw and one mile relay will
axe place this evening. The meet will
get under way this evening at 6.
Zee Yard Dash.
First Heat-Jones, Y NJ C. A., first;
McDani du Pont accounting, second. |
Time j seconds.
Second Heat-Goldstein, Y. NJ. c. A, |
first; Kendall, du Pont accounting,
second. Time IL %.
Third Heat-Smith, du Pont ac- |
counting. first; II. August, st. Mary's. |
second. Time III as.
First Semi-Final Heat-Jones first.
second. Time IL 2-5.
Second Semi-Final Heat-August.
nrst. Smith. second. Time IL Is.
Smith, August. Jones and McDan-
lei will compete in final heat today.
go Yard Dash.
First Heat-McDaniel. du Pont ac-
counting. first; Murphy. ST. Mary's
second. Time 20 AS.
Second Heat-Ingram.. Y NJ. C. A,
first, kawaIeski, Polish Falcons, sec
md. Time % seconds.
Third Heat-August, st. Mary's,
hrst: Mendenhal. Y. NJ. C. A, second.
Time 20 LIS.
First mi-Final-Ingram, Y. NJ. C.
A.. first: Mcdaniel. second Time
IS As.
Second mi-F'inal-August, first;
Mendenhai, second. Time &c AS.
Broad Jamp.
First-Ingram, Y. NJ. C. A, is fl.
in.
second-Mendenhal. Y. NJ. c. A.,
8 IT. . in.
Third--Hayes. St Mary's. II #.
in.
One Nile
Won by Norrous, y. NJ. C. A..
nin- 26 sec. second, Weitzel, Y. NJ.
:. A.; third, Perrone. Y. NJ. c. A.
High Jump.
First place, France and yorrous /
led. IT, in; third. Holt, Y. NJ. c.
l.. IT, 3 in.
Discus Throw.
Harry Loose. y. NJ. c. A, 100 IT.
Hear Disease Kills +. ". Kelly.
3y Associated Press TO Every Evening.
Cincinnati. July 28.-Frank W. kcl-
y. 81. widely known sportsr,2n and
'oiitician. was found dead yesterday
'oop in his bedroom at his home on
he Wooster pike, Plainviiie. Ohio.
there he conducted a country inn for
cseral years. His death was due to
ea RI disco SO