New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
WASHINGTON WINS PLAYGROUND MEET
Bartlett Team Loses Out for
 First Time in Three Years

The Washington playground rep ! resentatives won the 1926 Inter- i Playground meet held at Memorial 1 field in Willow Brook park yester- 1 day afternoon with a total of S4 | points. It was the first time during | the last four years that the Bart | lett athletes failed 10 win the | championship. This team had won | first place in the meet for the past ! three consecutive years. taking the , honors in 1923, 1924 and 1925.
 The junior athletes showed their stuff under trying conditions yes terday. First one minute rain threatened and then the sun would shine through the clouds. The last few events were run off to the ac- compartment of loud peals of thunder but as no rain fell, the meet was uninterrupted. Shortly before ? o'clock the trucks which had been donated by the various factories in the city, began to arrive with loads of hap py youngsters. In about 10 minutes 1 Memorial field was a surging mass of youngsters. Between TOO and 500, including a good number of parents and grownups were in at tendance when the starters signal parked for the first event.
 Thirty-eight events, with total of 475 entries were run off and kept the officials and directors on the jump to finish on scheduled time. Even the combined efforts Of the officials, directors and two po- licemen could not prevent the ex- cited youngsters from crowding out onto the track. A few events had to be run over because of this in- , sterference and few others had to be put through the paces a sec ond time because of dead heats which occurred. Despite these handicaps, the last event was fin. ished at 5:30 o'clock and the field once more settled into deserted silence.
 The team results were as fol- lows:
 First. Washington, S4 points.
 Second, Paradise Park. 72 points.
 Third, Burritt, 57 points.
 Fourth, Willow Brook, 50 points
 Fifth, Bartlett, 41 points.
 Sixth, Smith, 34 points.
 The results of the individual events were as follows:
 Boys high jump-open: 1st Rich ard Gordon. Willow Broow, 4 1t. in: 2nd, M. Bcrkowitz, Paradize park; 3rd, H. Toccko, Washington.
 Boys pole vault-open: 1st Jo- seph Bokowski. Washington, z it. 6 in; 2nd Lucien Pienkowski Bur ritt; 5rd, Victor Dagata. Smith.
 Boys running broad jump-open: 1st, NJ. Berkowitz, Paradise park, II 1t. 8& in. End. Harry Toczko, Washington; Srd, Adolph Marcho- witch, Burritt.
 Boys horse shoe pitching 1st, Robert McCabe, Willow Brok; 2nd, Joseph Gurskis, Smith; 3rd Jo- seph Nedbala. Washington.
 Girls high jump-open: 1st, Aida Straskelunas,' Smith; End Davies Laskie. Burritt; 3rd, Lucy Monko, Washington.
 Girls running broad jump-open: list, Helen Humanson, Washington; End, Aida Staskelunas, Smith; 3rd, Catherine Karpinski, Bartlett.
 Girls basketball throw for dis tance-over so lbs: list, Helen Hum ason, Washington; 2nd, Sylvia Cor fain. Paradise; 3rd, Florence Nc Graw. Smith.
 Girls basketball throw for dis tance-S0 ID. class: 1st, Florence McGraw, Smith End. Helen Huma- son, Washington; 3rd. Sylvia Cor fain, Paradise.
 Girls baseball throw for distance -6O-S0 ID. class: 1st, Sophia Tru- han, Paradise; 2nd, Lucy Monko. Washington; 3rd, Viola Gradeck, | Burrltt,
 Girls basketball throw for dis tance-60-S0 lb. class: list, Lucy