Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-11
RECORDS FALL IN
INTERCLASS MEET
AT FRIENDS SCHOOL
Comfy, Starring in This Particu-
lar, Established Three
New Marks.
MOST POINTS FOR SENIORS

The seventh annual indoor inter
class meet at Friends School last night
brought out record crowd. who were
well paid for their attendance at the
athletic carnival. The star Of the even
ing was Comfy, q member Of the Senior
class This active athlete wa. out for
record breaking marks and he broke
three school records. establishing new
distances in the running high Jump. the
standing broad jump and the fence
vault. In addition to this. he eauaned
the record and the rope climb. Coniy's
work was the nnest seen in years at
The Fourth and West School Entered
In six events. this crack athlete took
five first places and finished second in tho
other event. losing out TO Stirling in
the shot-put.
The former record for she standing
broad lump was nine fest four inches.
Comfy exceeded this by two inches. The
running high-ju mark was five feet
one inch This contest furnished the
finest sport Of the evening. Coy Of
the 1922 class and Comfy fought this
out. Coy made mark OF five feet az
inches. while Comfy made = mark OF
feet Az inches.
The first events OF the evening wore
the relay races. In the contest between
the Seniors and Lower Middles. the
former carried OFF the honors. making
the distance in 2.17. Those on the Win
ming team were Sterling. Metten-
Winchester and Eastman. The NOM
aers OF the Lower Middles team were:
Hill Shaw, Reese and Spare.
The Upper Middles won over the
Juniors in their relay race event. The
member. of the winning team were:
COY. Long Hatch and Young. The
osers were: King. Pyle. Phipps and
Walker The time was ais.
Comfy carried OF the honors in the
standing broad Jump. with a mark Of
feet six inches. Stirling finished
second I'm this event with q mark of
$ feet 7i1 inches. Long finished third
with record OF feet inches. Young
finished fourth. with a mark Of feet
= inches. Metten was NTH. with
tun,p Of s feet
The tug of war events provided some
classy action After the Juniors ran
avav with the Lower Middles. in their
event. the Seniors and Upper Middles
staged one of the finest contests seen
on the Friends floor. II took IS sec
ordS before the Seniors carried the
f4-ii,,rt hief to their side or the line.
isbtHItA ItllS Ilitlt the HdulhtE CIlitA
,,4y,red only a few inches from one
de - the other Of the chalked centre
saint In the final event for the tug OF
var hampionship, the Seniors carried
yer the Juniors. although the latter
made an excellent effort. despite the
weight handicap
New school Mark.
The spectators greatly enjoyed the
oh rnft,4f after
sl applause being given as records were
.fre shattered by the jumpers. This
vent was one IN which Comfy estah
shed i new school mark. clearing the
I.lt IL ) feet ~ inches. Coy took sec
-d place in this contest. with a mary!
; feet 2l1 snches. Stirling took third
p'aco jumping over the har AT feat
inches. Young who finished fourth
made a mark Of 4 feet . inches He
was handicapped on account Of his
size. the other jumpers being taller.
He however. displayed unusually fine
form. The other jumpers showed good
form.
In III. grammar school chinning
contest weldin and Lynch tied at
; each the former taking first place
and the latter second on the toss-up
Stradley took third place with a mark
II Il
In the first preliminary Of the fifteen
ward dash Stirling finished first and
Phipps second In the second prelimi-
nary Coy finished first and Metten
second In the final Of this event, Stirl-
ing took first; Coy. second and Phipps
third
stirling carried off the honors in the
shot-put. with a heave OF 80 feet liz
inches Comfy finished second in this
event with mark Of 81 feet and .
inches. Long took third place with a
distance of % feet III inches.
The grammar school athletes per
formed in the potato race. Lynch was
first, Craig second and Moreton. third.
The fence vault was another event
in which Comfy performed in great
style The school record for this event
vas 3 feet 10 inches. Comfy cleared
the fence" az six feet three inches.
Eastman and Stirling tied for second
place with q vault OF feet 10 inches
Following the toss-up. Stirling took
second and Eastman third place
Hatch took first place in the chin
ming contest, with a record of I9: King