Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-31
NEW CASTLE HIGH
PETERS TIE.
For Stellar Honors in the Field
Meet Held at New Castle
Yesterday.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
New Castle, May 31.--5.o persons
attended the annual field meet OF the
New Castle Athletic Association, held
at Battery Park. yesterday morning.
The meet was tho best ever held I'm
this city and many persons expressed
their appreciation for tho interesting
and well performed events. Earle
Weggenmann, n senior OF the High
School. who will enter Delaware Uni
versity In the fall, secured the high
est number of points. He made 10 of
tho Is points for the local school by
winning the final 100-yard dash and
broad jump. John Wallace secured
the other Ave points by winning the
high jump. The handsome silver cup
was awarded to the Dover High School.
which won the onc-mile relay race.
New Castle High School and st
Peters Parochial School tied for first
place. each receiving Is points. The
meet began at 1915 and last until 100
At the close of the affair the contest
ants. visiting friends and members of
the Franklin Fire Co. baseball team
of Chester were luncheon guests at
the Van Dyke armory. The menu was
prepared by the members of the Home
Economics Department OF tho High
School and consisted of boiled ham.
green peas, pickles. potato salad, rolls,
coffee and sliced pineapple. Two hun
dred persons were served The events
and results were as follows:
100-yard dash--F'irst heat. won by
w. Strawbridge, keystone Field Club +;
second. Earl Walls, St Peters Paro-
chial School: time 11sh sec; second
| heat, won by T.. Earle Weggcnmann.
y. &. X. s.: second, S. Barnettc, Dover
II. =. time 26 sec; third heat. won
| by Joseph Peyton. st. Peters Pa
rochial School: second, Nelson Wright
Doyor High School. time 1i.t sec.
final. won by Weggcnmann, n. G. ~
s.; second. Peyton, st. Peters Pa
rochial School; third Wright. Dover
High School; time 113S sec.
4l0-yard dash First heat won by
| G.. W. Ayers. Peoples Settlement; sec
ond. John Peyton. st. Peters ParochiaI
School; time l min. 2 sec. Second
heat. ]. J. Ayers. Peoples Settlement
second Harold Riggs, du Pont High
School; time. min 22s SEC; third
heat. G. Powell. Peoples Settlement
second. Joseph Cannon. New Castle
| High School: time, 1 min 6.S sec
| Final-RiggG. du Pont High School
second. q, w. Ayers, Peoples Settle
ment; third. j. j. Ayers. Peoples Set
tlement: time, l min, 2,s sec One.
mile ruu-Won by Thomas White. du
Pont High School; second. Carl Vert
Battery II; third. r. Tramniuc. Dover
High School: time. ; min 80 sec. One.
mile relay Won by Dover Higf
School; second, st. Peters Parochia
School; third. Peoples Settlement
time. min. Is 2S sec.
Running high jump Won by Johr
Wallace, Now Castle High School
second, c. Powell. Peoples Settlement
third. ]. J. Ayers Peoples Settlement
distance. #. Il inch
Running broad jump-won by f
Earle Weggenmann. New Castle Tigl
School; second, William Peyton. 81
Peters Parochisl School; third. w. u
Snow. Wilmington Fitre Spccialt,
Co; distance, IL II 3 in.
12-pound shot put-Won by II. 2
Wright. Hasley Community Club; sec
ond W. Peyton, ST. Peters Parochia
School: third. G. W. Ayers. People
Settlement: distance. SS II. 9ia In
Points were scored as follows;