The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-06-08
ITZMILLER wins CHAM
PIONSHIP OF GARRETT
Two Hundred and Thirty Five
Contestants Strive for HOnOrs
In p. A. L. Meet.


was held at Mountain Lake Park on
Wednesday of last week under the
direction of the Public Athletic
League of Maryland with two hun
dred and thirty-five contestants on the
list of contestants.
In the morning at ten o'clock there
were dodge ball, speed ball and volley
ball games. In the former game Oak
land beat Kitzmiller Grammar school
by the score of Is to 16. Grantsville
however, proved too strong for Oak
land and defeated them by one point.
The girls team from Oakland in the
same game bested all of their oppon-
ents and won the county champion
ship.
Kitzmiller in the speed ball contest,
again demonstrated the fact that they
were sure enough athletes and
trounced Oakland to the tune of s to
Z.
Following these events came the
girls badge contests, after which the
games were closed until after the din
ner hour.
At one o'clock was the boys badge
contest, sixty yard dash and one hun
dred yard dash. Time limit being re-
speetively 9 and Is 2-5 seconds.
Next in order was event No. 2, a
440-yard relay race for boys in the
so pound class. In this Oakland
Grammar School took first place and
Kitzmiller second and third. Time
consumed was one minute and six Sec
onds.
Event No. 6, a 440-yard relay race
for boys in the 95-pound class was
splendid showing. The Oakland Gram
mar School won first place, Kitzmil-
Ter Grammar, second, and Garrett
County High, third Time was 60
seconds.
=, Event No. 10, a 66O-yard relay race
for boys in the 115-pound class, was
another good one. The Kitzmiller
Grammar school boys showed how to
handle their feet and took first place
in this event, with Oakland High and
Oakland Grammar school, second and
third respectively. Time, 122 3-5 sec
onds.
Event No. /, a 50-yard dash for
boys in the 80 pound class, was a
dandy, and again the Kitzmiller boys
carried off the laurels, winning all
four places. The time was 7 seconds.
The successful contestants were
Charles Sewers from the High School,
Clark Walker, Justin Arnold and
Messy Crespy from the Grammar
School.
Event No. 5, a 6O-yard dash for
boys in the 95-pound class was an
other fine race, Darwin Martin, of the
Oakland High School, taking first
honors and Nicholas Noce, from Kitz-
miller High School, taking second
place with Alvin Kamp, from Friends
vile, and Alpha Hersheberger, from
Grantsville, taking third and fourth
honors, respectively.
Event No. 9, a 70 yard dash for
boys in the 115 pound class, was per
haps one of the most interesting races
Of the day. The boys from the Oak
land High School have shown their
ability as sprinters and Marshall
Brown of Mt. Lake Park taking first
honors, Kitzmiller High, Friendsville
Grammar and Kitzmiller Grammar
taking second, third and fourth places
respectively.
Event 10, an SO-yard dash, Junior
unlimited, when Oakland took first
place with James Wilson as the star
performer. Friendsville took second
and fourth places with Kitzmiller
coming third.
Event No. II, running broad jump
for Junior 115-pound class, was won
by Marshall Brown, Oakland High dis
lance, IS feet
Event No IL, Junior 115-lb. class,
baseball throw for distance, won by
r. Mickey, Oakland High; Henry Nc
Comas, Oakland Grammar, second,
Distance, 260 feet.
~. Event No. IA, a 220-yard dash was
another great race. Edwin McClin-
took, Friendsville, showed the big as
sembly what he could do and cap
tured first place. Kitzmiller Gram
mar school took second place, while
Oakland had to be content with third
and fourth places.
Event No Is, an 880-yard relay
race, proved to be the most exciting
race Of the entire day, which was won
by Oakland's representatives in the
persons of William Lauer, Russell
Brown, Edward Sebold and Swan
Weber