Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-05-17

Meet of the Public Schools of Cape
May County was held at the County
Fair Grounds just above Cape May
Court House on Saturday. The first
of these meets was held in 1913 and
they have been held annually ever
since with a single exception due to
the epidemic of the "fu."
The struggle in the high schools
this year was more tense than ever,
and the result was in doubt until the
last race was run. In fact had Wild
wood won the n mile relay the hand
some silver cup which now is a per-
manent possession of Cape May would
be in the trophy room in Wildwood
High.
But there was something lacking
about the day after all. The cheers
of former years were missing. The
colors of the different schools did not
display their brilliancy in the bree-
yes as was once the custom in Cape
May County. Some of the educators
suggested that this was possibly due
to the fact that the tenseness of the
day had gone far to make the day too
serious and had contributed to the
doing away of the enthusiasm that
once reigned on Field Day. Be that
as it may. Cape May County hopes
that when another rolls round the
schools will be in their cheering sec
tons and that cheer leaders will once
again encourage their loyal cohorts
to make the welkin ring with the
songs and cheers of the vying contes-
tants. Field Day is over, and WILD
WOOD was there. Our boys ran away
with the Grammar School Meet in the
morning. And the high school lads
were always in the thick of the tray
in the afternoon. Captain Cy. Kimball
did some great running in the dis
lance runs and was ably assisted by
all of his teammates through the day.
Cape May scored heavily in the hum
bred and the quarter; while WILDWOOD
counted in the mile and half mile. In
the other events the two teams were
meek and neck" Just before the n
mile relay the Cape May total stood at
Al 1-6 points and Wildwood at 81 Sc.
In this event only first place counted,
and that five points. Cape May won,
and as this was their third annual
victory became the permanent owner
of the silver cup that was onate a
trophy for the Cape May County In
terscholastic Association. Next year
another cup will be donated on sim
liar terms by the Cape May County
Alumni of Brown University. Cape
Nav had a total of 46 1-6 points. Wild
wood second with 81 SO points; Mid
die third, 27 points and Ocean City
fourth, 6 points. Ben Crosse OF Mlddle
scored 81 points, thereby winning the
Brown University Alumni Cup offered
to the highest individual point winner
this year.
Cape May won both the high school
and grammar school folk dances;
Middle was second and Wildwood
third in each, and Woodbine was
fourth in the high school folk
The grammar school meet was won
by wildwood with 38H points; West
Cape May, second with % points and
Cape May third with liz points.
Summaries
Grammar school-BOys under 80 lbs.
so yard dash-frst, Moultrie, Wild
wood: second, Gibbs, Wildwood; third
Hill, Wildwood. Time 6 3-5 sec.
Running broad jump-first, Nc
nespy, North Wildwood; second, Har-
ris, West Cape May; third, Bias, Cape
May; fourth, Turner, Cape May, dis
lance Is #.
Running high jump-first, Moultrie,
Wildwood; second, McNespy, N. Wild
wood; third, tie, Turner, Cape
Nav. Sheppard, Wildwood, and Grady,
Wildwood. Height 5 TT. 1 in.
22O yard relay-frst, Wildwood,
time % sec.
Boys Over 80 pounds
100 yard dash-frst Mcfarland,
Wildwood; second, Taylor, ". Cape
May; third, Parkinson, Cape May;
fourth, Harris, w. Cape May. Time
II 1-5 sec.
Running high jump-first, Decatur,
Wildwood; second, Harris, w. Cape
May; third, tie Barrish, Wildwood and
Cape May. Height 5 #. 5 in.
Baseball throw-irst, Taylor, w.
Cape May; second, Russell, Cape May;
third, Decatur, Wildwood; fourth, Har-
ris, W. Cape May. Distance BOT IT.
4 in.
44O yard relay race-frst, Wildwood.
Time 81 2-5 sec
Girls events.
so yard dash-frst, Mayors, Wild
wood; second, Dean, Middle.
Standing broad jump-frst, Finna-
mon, W. Cape May; second, Yerkes,
third, tie Mitchell, Wild
and Ewing, Cape May. Distance
z #. " in.