Evening journal., 1922-08-12
NEWPORT CHILDREN
in ATHLETIC EVENTS

special to The Evening Journal.
NEWPORT, Aug. 1.-THE week
" snort meets at the Newport Play
ground are becoming more popular
each week. TIE meet held on
Thursday was attended by about
seventy-fve children, and some par
ents, and in the evening there were
about 125 persons in attendance, in
.luding children and parents.
Winners of the different events
we're as follows:
Running High Jump-Seniors,
Ccharles Garrett, Arthur Blansfeld,
and Ralph Draper; Intermediates,
william Snyder. Harold Ralph ana
John Parks; juniors, Lee Ingram
Frank Pordham and Ralph Walker;
midgets, Melvin Murphy, Whitney
Day and Earle Chambers.
Standing Broad Jump-Seniers,
Charles Garrett, Harry Poole and
Marlin Benson; Intermediates, Har-
old Ralph, John Parks and Elmer
Miller: juniors, Ralph Walker, Lee
. ingram and william Stuart.
Running Broad Jump-Seniors'
Arthur Blansfield. James Minker
and Charles Garrett; Intermediates
Harold Ralph. John Parks and VIII
liam Snyder; juniors. Kennett Brad
lev Lee ingram and Holmes Bar
row: midgets, Whitney Day, Merritt
Burke and James Webb.
Baseball Throw-Seniors, Ralph
Draper, James Minker and Arthur
Blansheld; intermediates, James
Harris, Elmer Miller and William
Snyder.
d-Dash-Arthur Blansfeld,
Ralph Draper and Harry Walker;
intermediates. Elmer Miller. Will
liam Snyder and Harold Ralph.
6O-Yard- -Dash-Juniors, Kennett
Bradley. Holmes Barrow and Lee
Ingram; midgets, James Webb Mer-
rltt Burke and Melvin Murphy
Basketball Throw for Distance
Seniors. Ralph Draper, Arthur
Blansfeld and Harry Poole; inter
1nediates, Elmer Miller, John Parks
and william Snyder; juniors, Lee
ingram, William Stuart and Kennett
Bradley; midgets, Melvin Murphy
Earle Chambers and James Webb.
Basketball Throw for Accuracy
rs chances to put the ball in the
basket) t)-Seniors. Charles Garrett,
James Minker and Howard Boyce;
intermediates, William Snyder, John
Parks and Elmer Miller; juniors,
Homes Barrow, William stuart ana
Raph Walker.
There were also three shuttle re-
law races, with results as follows;
Seniors, purple team winning; inter-
rnediates, purple team winning;
juniors. white team winning.
In the evening there was game
of Captain Ball for the girls. Volley
ball was also enjoyed by the girls
and men, Charles Bratton's team de-
feating that OF II. B. Lyman by five
games.
b Beginning next Monday afternoon
and continuing the remaider OF the
summer, there will be hand tennis
each afteroon. There will be singles, |
doubles and mixed doubles. There
will also be games in the evening.
The Busy Work" for the small
children being conducted on Non
day, Tuesday, wednesday and Friday |
afternoons of each week, in the w |
c. T. L. Building, under the auspices
OF the Woman's Club, in conjunction
with the Playground program OF
work. is also popular with the chill
dren. The school has an average
daily attendance OF about twenty.
The past week has been taken up
with paper folding. cut-out work,
such as animals, pictures from mag
azines. etc. Some OF the children
have made very attractive books.
each page containing cut-out-pic-
lures representing different rooms in
the house, and have pasted in the
hooks recipes, etc. Yesterday the
busy hour was spent in sewing les
sons. /