Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-12
weekly SPORTS At
NEWPORT PLAYGROUND
Meets Now Held Are Attracting
Much Attention and Are
Well Attended.

Special Diapatch to Every Evening.
Newport. Aug. 1.-THE weekly sport
meets ut the Newport Playground are
becoming more popular each wpek.
The meet held on Thursday was at
tended BY about Is children, and some
parents, and In the evening thsrs wore
about 136 persons In attendance, In
cludine children and parents.
The program OF sports on Thursday
and tho winners Of the different events
were ~ follows:
Running high jump-Seniors:
Charles Garrett. Arthur Blansfield and
Ralph Draper: Intermediates: William
Snyder. Harold Ralph and John Parks
Juniors. Lee Ingram. Frank Pordham
and Ralph Walker. Mfidgets. Melvin
Murphy. Whitney Day and Earle
Chambers.
Standing broad jump-senlors.
Charles Garrett. Harry Poole and
Marlin Benson. Intermediates Harold
Ralph, John Parks and Elmer Miller.
Juniors. Ralph Walker. Lee Ingram
and William Stuart.
Running broad jump-Seniors, Ar
thur Blanstield. James Minker and
Charles Barrett. Intermediates, Har-
old Ralph. John Parks and William
Snyder Juniors, kcnnett Bradley, Lee
Ingram and Holmes Barrow. Midgets.
Whitney Day. Merritt Burke and
James Webb.
Baseball demonstrators. Ralph
Draper, James Minker and Arthur
Blansfleld. Intermediates, James
Harris. Elmer Miller and William
Snyder.
so-yard dash-Seniors, Arthur
Blansficld, Ralph Draper and Harry
Walker. Intermediates. Elmer Miller.
William Snyder and Harold Ralph.
60-yard dash Juniors--Kennett
Bradley. Holmes Barrow and Lee In
gram. Midgets. James Webb. Mer-
rift Burke and Melvin Murphy,
Basketball throw for distance-Scn-
Tors. Ralph Draper, Arthur Blansfield
and Harry Poole. Intermediates. Ell
mer 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; Five
chances to put the ball In the basket
Seniors. Charles Garrett, James Mink.
err, and Howard Boyce. Intermediates
William Snyder. John Parks and Ell.
mer Miller. Juniors, Holmes Barrow
William Stuart and Ralph Walker.
There were also three shufYie relay
races. with results as follows: Seniors
Purple team winning; intermediates
Purple team winning; juniors. White
team winning.
In the evening there was = game
Of captain ball for tho girls. volley
ball was also enjoyed by the girls and
men. Charles Bratton's team defeating
that Of H, B. Lyman by I'VE games.
Beginning next Monday afternoon
and continuing the remainder OF the
summer. there will be hand tennis
each afternoon. There VIII be singles
doubles and mixed doubles. There vii
also be games in the evening.
The BUSY Work" for the small
children being conducted on Monday
Tuesday. Wednesday and Frida,
afternoons Of each week, In the W.
4. L. Building. under the auspices o
the Woman's Club IN conjunction
with the playground program Of work
Is olso very popular with the children
The school has an average daily at
tendance OF about 20. The past wee
has been taken up with paper foldins
cut-out work. such a. animals. picture
from magazines. etc. Some OF III
children have made very attractiv
books. each page containing cut-ou
pictures representing different room
in the house, and have pasted in tn
books. recipes. etc. Yesterday III
busy hour was spent in sewing lesson