Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
irish CELEBRATE
WITH J|GS AND RUNS
A. O. n. Has Annual Outing
With Lengthy Program OF
Varied Sports
TEDDY TOHABEN A WINNER


taben. Of the Mcadowbrook Club. was
one Of tho features OF the fifty sixth
annual field day exercises Of the An
cient Order of Hbernians held yester-
! day at the Northeast High School Ath-
! lctic Field. Twenty. ninth and Cam
bria streets.
Jig and reel contests and other Lively
/ features were on the program. Many
lrishincn Of prominence were present
The athletic program was carried out
under the management of John 7.
Donohue. chairman Of the General Com
mittec. and John Opca. national sec
/ rotary Of the order The first event
was rhe basbll egame between clubs
/ he order. In rapid succession followed
the Zoe. yard dash in four heats; the
onemile run, won Wy Thomas Van
Belle Of the Meadowbrook Club; the
cub: tho l1O.vard dash. won by
Daniel O'Donnrll. Of the Meadowbrook
Club: the 40 yard run. won by Ell.
NOR Campbell Of the Northwest Bows
Cub: the 100 yard dash. won by
Francis Boland the one mile relay and
/ the iive-mie run. During the progres,
Of the track events. the pole vault. the
shot-p put. the running high Jump. the
running broad jump and the mop stcr
and jump took place"
On the completion ot the field an
rack events. the memorial exercises
were presided over by James Il. Sheenan.
former past State president of the
or,!cc and former Register of Wills. After
he crowd of spectators had sung the
Star Spangled Banner the invoca'
tion was pronounced by the II
Rev. Mons. Gerald +. Coghlan.
county chaplain of ;he Ancient Order OF
HibCrn.an<. Judge John Monaghan ana
Representative Thomas Jefferson Ryan,
IF New York. made short addresses on
tn" love Of the order for religious ana
civil fre~iom. and tou"hlngly spoke or
the members of the order who sacrificed
their lives in the World War and other
wars throughout the world for these
principles.
Those responsible for the success Of
The celebration were: John 7. l'onohuc'
John O'Dea. Thomas !. Minnick.
Captain Thomas +. ONeil. Daniel J e.
Ilarron. Patrick Mclaughlin. James J.
Barr. James F.. Diamond. Harry T.
Franklin. Patrick Fitzgerald. Edward
!. Hogan. James Begley and Michael
Brady.
Notable Athletic Events
Tohaben won the five mile run, the
feature athletic event Of the day. by
more than fifty yards. and made
! the splendid time Of twenty-sIN min
u,e. fifty -four seconds. His handicap
WAS 80 yards
The one mile relay was also another
very interesting event ST. Joseph :
Doilege, with Johnny Oakes running
anchor. and Marconi. Mallie and
p'Brien to back him up. pulled through
the winning quartet out OF four teams
in competition. st. Joseph time was
3 minutes 33 seconds.
Robert Holm. running unattached, a
f3rmer West Philly High track star
slowed his prowcss in winning tht
novice mile run. He showed his heels
:, quite a pack Of runners. and attained
a time of ( minutes. "a 40 seconds
s. J. Needs. OF the University o.
: PENNSYLVANIA. took individual honors il
ne field events by winning two of th'
four events on the program. He woI
the only two events he was entered in
III, pole vault and the running htgt
jump. First he conquered the higi
lump in winning height of ) fee
,alf handicap added and finally m
,olc vaulttng. in which he attained ;
total height Of II feet i inches.
The Summaries
100, .-d dash-F.na. h"al--Won by y
o, Dor.,.l. Meadowbroox cub second. .
SHAFT, Mea lowbrook C.Ib; third. FranC!'
y hite Northwest BoSs C!uh. fourth, < N
Fell. Meadowbrook cub. Time, 10 LIS
''f ri-s, 'iTsra 3 Hsem!:tna hea. Won by Da%:.
Fell Ncadowbrook cub. tn!rt. George z
Pun,irg MeadowOro1k Club. Time. - 2-5s
sscoHi sefn,.Ana. heat-Won b. Z. "
ra McadowbroOh cub. sscort. franc
White. Northwest BOYS ClYb, :h!ri Thowa,
] Carmody Enterprise e.. Tine, l"s
Il HtrT.i Hrs.m!ie run-Won b, r. Yam Hell.
Meadow brook Club second. Wl,ham "
man,owr Bows Cub. fourth. James Morris
Nasylty Catholic cub Time, ~" los
Handicap. 1875 yda.
44o.yard run open ever,'-Wor by E.ner
ranpGeN, Northwest Boys Club; second n
NcEugh unattached: third r, Fou"ac-e
Shatnhan catholic club fo4r'h. Lohn j
Gakes s. Josephs College Tine u @.5s
Handicap ~ yds
I50.yart IA sh tciosed - sors of ne q be-s
Won b. F~aNc's BoIaEd ser"rd l!ea-s
third. OaKes: fourth. Brown. Inc. 3-5s
4O-vard run lclOssd 20 members Won D,
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