Smyrna times., 1922-04-19
SMYRNA SCHOOLS ON VACATION
Easter Holiday Will Continue All of
This Week.-Smyrna High Wins
Opening Game at Base Ball

III SNeNNhSAS B0BllS VI OUlNIHd
are having their annual ten day Easter
vacation. This is to give them a short
rest before going into the spring term.
This vacation is not only welcomed by
the students but by the teachers as
well. The school term requires 1870
actual school days under the new code.
The Smyrna school year will consist of
1S5 days. Glass night will be held the
10th of June and Commencement the
21. The spring term will begin April
"a and continue until June.
Smyrna Pupil Wins High HOnors
Last Thursday evening the county
prizes were given at the Methodist
Protestant Church, of Dover, for the
best spoken selections. Two pupils
were selected from each high school in
the county. Smyrna was we'll repre-
sented by Miss May Thompson and
Lesly Moore. First honors were
carried off by Miss Elizabeth Phillips,
of Caesar Rodney. The selection was
''The Highwayman," and the prize, ten
I dollars. The second prize of five dol
lars was won by Miss May Thompson,
of Smyrna. This selection, "Boby I'm
welcome" was very clever and brought
out the real ability of Miss Thompson
The people of Smyrna who journeyed
to Dover to hear the orations could
readily see the benefit of Elocuton in
our schools. The third prize of $3.50
was won by Miss Dorothy Wood, of
,. Dover, who gave the selection, "The
Death Disk" Miss Wood won the
state prize last year. On Friday
evening the 21st the state contest will
be held at Nixons Opera House. Two
contestants from each High School in
the state will be present and very
good entertainment by Miss Thomp-
son and Leslie Moore.
Smyrna High Wins Opening Game
Wednesday afternoon, a good crowd
: journeyed around to the Smyrna High
School campus and saw the FELTON,
team massacred. 1t was just one OF
those days when Smyrna could not dc
!, anything wrong and FELTON, couldn't
! seem to do anything right. In Other
words Smyrna got the breakes ant
{ trotted home the winner to 8. The
( Smyrna team started off with then
II hitting and run getting. In the first
II inning they smeared Cahall for three
hits and one run. Then they put OF
II two hits and two runs in the second
e The same thing happened the third
e This gave Smyrna a good lead, but t.
Is make the going still easier fO
y Pleasanton they broke loose for fai
L in the fourth. They drove Cahall from
/ the mound after one was out, and tool
'e fling at Stewart. In all, four run
II had crossed the plate before tn
al fusilade could be stopped. Beinj
e backed up by such hitting, Pleasanto
= sailed along without trouble an
IL should have held the Feltonians score
Is less had not some of his teammate
L slipped up in their support in tn
fourth inning. Any glowing pre-
I'd season indications as to the strengt
~ of Smyrna High were amply vindicat
70 ed by Captain Hutchinson and hi
a+ colleagues. Owing to the loss of Asf
as ton, Pryor and Sklut the spectator
ri could not see much to the Smyrn
p team until it took the field. The
bo were not only agreeablly surprise
a. but they voiced their joy by loud al
m plause for coach Mendenhalls ne
~ team. The score by innings:
Smyrna ......... 2 0 0
FELTON, -. -: 20 o o 0 8 o o o
's Smyrna Will Play Dover High Frida
VI VI On Friday the Smyrna team wi
Gu play the Dover High at o'clock {
uu the High School Grounds. They ha'
a very strong team this season al
the game promises to be big on
VI Come around and yell for your hon
sS team. The line up for Fridays gam
1 ns S. Hutchison, third base; Patterso
~, short-stop; Moore, catcher; Broa
la la way, first base; Smith, left fiel
@ @De Pleasanton, pitcher; Curry, secol
.p f base; Deemer, right field; Dane
iN center field; Umpires: Turner al
Collins. The following is the seaso
schedule of base ball:-April 21, D
ted yer, at home; April 26, open; Ap
the %, FELTON,, at FELTON,; May 5, Harrin
bis ton, home; May 9, Harrington
, Harrington; May IL, Chestertown,
fire Chestertown; May II, open; May
the Caesar Rodney, at home; May 26, L
es- yer, at Dover. Games with Milfo1
vas Frederica, Salesanium, and Wilmir
,m- ton High Schools pending.
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