The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-21
PHYSICAL AND
Swimming MEET.
CLASS WILL DO THEIR STUFF
AT MEMORIAL SCHOOL
TONIGHT.

Today Is physical e0ucdLlon Gay.
The physical education department
at the high school are putting on a
real program for the afternoon and
evening. The first on the program
will be the high school girls inter
class swimming meet, a large num-
Der of girls have been W, rklng
faithfully to make the best out of
it, and there is a great rivalry be-
tween the different classes about
which one is going to come out first.
The girls swimming meet win start
at 400 o'clock and will be over
about o'clock At 7:30 starts the
program for the evening. There
will be given an exhibition by high
school and grade school girls and
boys in gym apparatus work and
calisthenics, folk dances by lower
grade girls and boys and games.
At o'clock starts the boys inter
class swimming meet, which will be
the main thing on the program, as
swimming is something new here.
The boys have been working hard
to make the best showing. This
meet viii also be the deciding OF
who viii be on the swimming team
to represent the Ely high school in
the different swimming meets al
ready scheduled with several of the
range high schools -Eveleth will
be the first one in December at Ely
Some of the boys have made won
derful progress considering the little
knowledge they had in swimming
and the short time they have been
placticing. Our new swimming coach
Mr.. Herseth is well pleased with the
showing some of the boys have
made to date and thinks within OF
8 years Ely viii have . champion
ship team. Let's hope so.
There will be a nip and tuck
about whom will go off with the
honor in the swimming meet. The
Juniors seem to have the best bal
anced team but the Sophomores viii
be hot on their heels as they have
some very good divers and swim
mers too and so have the Freshmen
and Seniors. The coach himself
said he would not try to pick the
winning team yet, as time viii tell.
Freshmen who have made good
showing in practice are A. w. And
erson, E. Nikkunen, Wilson, Pap
amen, in the crawl; Somrock in the
backstroke; Jenko IN the plunge and
Krause in diving. Sophomores who
have made good are Christopher
Dahl. Jokinen, Leino, Saari and
Tanttari in the crawl Hokkanen Is
an outstanding star and the most
-
viii before long be one of the fast
est breaststrokers on the range. He
has been lettering his time for the
100 yards breastroke something re-
markable, as this stroke was new to
him a short time ago. Another boy
who is rapidly coming to the front
lis Walter Nappa He is crawl
swimmer and diver. He vii no
doubt become one of the best divers
on the range and will go long
way in state meet before long.
He is willing worker and has
plenty nerve Some of the out
standing Juniors are Clinic in div
ing; Denley, VIM. Mattila and Wiini.
kainen in the crawl Wiinikainen
holds the school record for the 40
yards. Waino Thompson swims the
back stroke and has made good
showing lately Seniors entered in
the meet are Manni, Ahola, CIoutier
Kukko, Larson, Nankervis an
Graves. The last named swims the
breast stroke and the others ths
crawl
Let's all go and have a good time
It is free 50 come early and make
sure to get seat.-A Swimmer.