Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-14
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
DRAW THOUSANDS
Parents. Children and Teachers
Have Gala Time on Frazer
Field at Newark.

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1000 children. teaehera and parents On
the ncld and from 500 to 900 conteat-
ants, the first annual field day athletic
events Of the school children of New
Castle county. held on Frazer Field
University OF Delaware yesterday after
noon was a success beyond all expcc.
tations The attendance far exceeded
any estimate that the school officials
had made and everyone spent delight
full day.
Aa was stated yesterday the present
Ing of tho State flags and other eNer-
rlses took place yesterday morning
leaving the entire afternoon 10 the ath-
ietic events Both boys and girls com
peted. The officials had not anticipated
such a large crowd and consequently
the athletic program was not aB weil
organized az it Will be another year
but with the exception OF two or three
for which there were no contestants.
every event was run of. Another over
sight WAS the fact that in most In
stances the officials neglected to take
the time and distance Of the winners In
the different events.
du Pont and Newark schools featilr-
ed the meet alt afternoon by close
race for first hunors, du pont eventual
~ winning out with a total Of 1Go
points. Newark being second with III
Middlctuwn wna third with So points
Then came Delaware city with rs
points. Mt. Pleasant. I. Richardson
Park. 8. and Townsend, 5.
one of the features was the race be-
tween Fouracre of Middletown, and
Hennlng of Newark, In one Of the rel
lays. These boys have met on several
occasions. the last previous time being
AT the inter- scholastic meet last Satur-
day. Fourarre won by step or 70.
but the Newark boy made him hustle
every second Of the time.
More than 500 boys competed in the
bronze badge contest and about 50 Her
cent If tham qualified and received
badges. This contest consisted Of two
events Tint could be done AZ their
school before coming to Newark and
the other event on the field yesterday
For the boys the events were chinning
the bar four times and jumping feet
nine inches fiat. NJ their school. and 20
run SO yards in nine seconds on the
field yesterday.
The girls bronze badge events were
walking the horizontal bar and leg
raising II times NJ their schobls. and
field yesterday. Tho winners of the
various individual events received badg-
es.
County superintendent Jump. Mr
Mcknight 81 Middiefown. and Mr.. Me
Donald Of Newark. were active in the
management Of the meet. The winners
of the various events follow.
BOYS EVENTS
- ,so-yard dash soapound class Won by
Hughes. da font High second, Weather
low. du Pont third Collins. Newark
.so-yard dash. 9b-potlud class Won by
ARK third Thompson. Newark
15-yard dash, fin.pouud ciass-won by
\ Hughes, .du Pont. second. stephan
newark. third. ToussaAn. Mt. Pheasant
ioo-yard dash unlimited eiass--won by v.
Armstrong; Newark second. Roberts Mid
dietosns third. Fortner. Delaware city
AulliIfin du Pont. second. Roser. esu Pont.
third. Chandler. du Pont.
,s21o-yard dash. l25-pound class---Won by
Rigs du Pont. second. Hoaaiand drl
Pnnt: third Livermore. du Pont
,sso-yard run unlimited ciass-won by
fourarres Middaetowns second Hcnning
Newark third. Kaufman. du Pont.
44o-yard heel and toe waik-Non BY STAFF
ford Middietown. second crossley. dg
Pont. third. Taylor, da Pout.
Tug OF war. garmmar schools--won by
du Pont second. Newark
Tug OF war, high school ciasS--won by
Newark second du pont
fs0-yard relay. s0-pound class-Won by
du Pont; second Newark. third. Middle
440-yard relay a5-pound eiass-won hy
Newark. second, Middletown tied for
third. du pont and Delaware City.
sso-yard relay. lio-pound class--Won by
Newark second, du Pout; third Middletown.
Ss0-yard relay. i25-ponnd riass-won by
dn Pont. second. Newark; third. Middle
ss0-yard relay, unlimited ciass-won bv
Newark: second du Pont; third Middle
town.
standing broad jump. s0-pound class
Won ~ White OF Newark; second, Weather
low, du Pont: third. Norris, du Pont.
Won by G. Hughes. du Pont: second. Brynes.
Middletown: third McClue du Pout
Running ,., broad jump. s5-pound class
Newark. third, Chalmers. Newark
Running broad jump. I1o-pound class
Won by Hughes. du Pont. second Murphy
du Pont. third. widdocs. Newark
Running broad jump. I25-pound cias.-
Won by Roser, du pont; second. Hennisg.
Running broad jump. unlimited class
Won by Taylor, du Pont: second Armstrong.
Newark; third, Maxwell. du Pont.
Running high jump. lI0-pound class
Won by Thompson. Newark second. Dun
can. du Pont; third. Ward. du Pont
Won bS Leusrage % ,up Newark ana sesnnd Rsss
du Pont; third. Bland Newark
Running high Jump; unlimited class
xins, Newark: third. Beatty. du Pont.
I2-poun,d shot put unlimited infinite siass-Won
Pont; third, Crossley. du Pont.
GIRLS EVENTS.
5o-yard dash. S0-pound class-Mon by NJ
Singles Newark. second, g. DurnaiI New
ark; third. L. Mcintosh, Delaware City.
6o-yard dash e5-pound class-Won by
Margaret Sparce, Richardson PARK; second
A. FULTON. Newark third. b. Jefferson. Del
aware City.
22D-yard relay. unlimited class--Won by
Delaware City; second. Newark; third
du Pont.
Girls high toss of BASKETBALL. unlimited
class-Won by Murphy. du Pont: second
Perron. du Pant. third. Bates. du Pont.
BASKETBALL toss so-pound class-Won BY
A. johnson. Newark; no Others qualified.
BASKETBALL distance throw. 9S-pound class
Won by ". Wells, Townsend; second
Way, .du, Pont. third. McGurdy. du Pont
Baseball throw---Won by Willis. Newark
second Chambers, Newark: third. Tom
linson, du Pont.
Potato race s0-pound class-won by
Brosius. Mt. Pleasant; no other contes-
tants.
Potato race a5-pound class-won by
Smith, Delaware City second. Morris
Delaware City third. Reynolds. Middle
town.
io0-yard walk Wen by Fulton. Newark