Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-05-09
Pocomoke High School
Wins First Honors In
County Athletic Meet
Annual Track And Field Events Of Worcester County
Schools Staged In This City Last Frday-Snow Hill
Takes Second Place And Berlin Third

Inc uSual Dig crowd was present
on Friday of last week, at the Ath-
letic meet and, in the opinion of COM
petent judges, the number of people
exceeded that of many previous years
The weather was all that could be
desired DIP till a short time before
the completion of the program, when
q shower drove the spectators to the
grand stand, where ample protection
from the rain was afforded.
The usual aspects of such an occa-
sion were in evidence: the long line of
cars; the happy schoolchildren; the
interested adults; the bright colors of
womens' wearing apparel; the cozy
lunch in the auto; the soft drink
stand; the sandwiches and other deli
cacies served by the Home Econom-
les Department of the High School;
the joyous scream of the victorious
athletic teams; the smile that never
came on the faces of the losers; the
busy shoppers; the political confabs;
and many other lights and shades, too
numerous to mention.
One unusual adjunct to the days
doings was the presence for the first
time of a school band, who furnished
music for the occasion instead of the
usual adult combination. This band
has been recently organized by POGO
moke High School pupils and has
been trained by Mr.. Szeyller, of this
city. It's progress has been truly
wonderful, and reflects great credit
upon the leader and upon the musical
talent OF the boys and girls. 1t is
composed of about thirty musicians
who use all sorts of instruments and
succeed in extracting melody there
from. They have progressed far .
nough to venture a concert perform
ance in the near future, and no doubt
they will have large turnout to lis
ten. All credit to the Pocomoke City
High School Band!
OF course the greatest matter Of
local interest to record in connection
with the Tenth Annual Meet of the
Playground Athletic League, is the
victory of the home boys and girls
who succeeded in carrying off premier
honors with a total score of 146
points, Snow Hill second with 141,
Berlin third with lis, and the other
schools with here and there score.
1t would seem that both sexes of
the school had been stirred to extra
effort by repeated defeats following
repeated victories, and they were de-
termined to bring back some of The
glory of former days. With this spir-
it and aided by the valuable assist
ance of the faculty who toiled hard to
bring the contestants to winning form.
the Pocomoke entries went to the
front tho closely pressed by Snow
Hill. A worthy foe, however, makes
the victory all the more satisfactory.
If few years of success as win
ners in these meets made the local
school a bit over-confident, it might
be we'll for the students to remember
that only continued training will keep
the victory here, and that no let-up
should characterize their preparation
for future meets.
And it would also be we'll for them
to remember that, as rule, the best
students mentally are the best on the
athletic field if nature has given them
physical organization that will re-
spond to training. Brain and Brawn
make a good combination; so let ev-
erybody buckle down to study and let
everybody consider mental victories
splendid preparation for prowess in
the physical contest arena. The re-
suits of last weeks events are as fol-
lows:
so Pounds Class
50-Yards DASH is S., j. Han
cock, Stockton, won;J B. Davis,
Snow Hill, second; J. Bishop, Mer-
rill, third; G. Morse, Pocomoke, 4th.
Standing Broad Jump ft., F..
Dymond, Snow Hill, won; H. Merrill,
Pocomoke, second; c. Ward, POGO
moke, third; E. Powell, Berlin, fourth.
Dodgeball Throw-77 #. 4 in., c..
Pilchard, Pocomoke, won; w. Wilson,
Stockton, second; J. Layton, Stockton,
third; M. Trader, Snow Hill, fourth.
44O-Yards Relay-60 s., Pocomoke
won (L. Birmingham, H. G. Merrill,
H. Phillips, w. Phillips); Snow Hill,
second; Berlin, third; Ocean City, 4th.