The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-23
County School Track
And Field Meet
Rising Sum High and Elementary
Win Championships and
Other Events


Cecil County, were held on the new
athletic field of the Elkton High
School Friday. The meet attracted
many people from all parts of the
county, and was under the direction
of the Cecil County School Board.
The Rising Sun Schools were we'll
represented as shown by the fol-
lowing events:
Freshmen Girls-Mabel Conrad,
SO yard dash, third place. Relay
team, No. /. (220 yds.) These girls
were well on the way to victory
when Charlotte Copenhaver tripped
and fell thus putting the team out of
the race. The other girls were;
Eleanor Reed, Marie Shires, and
Doris Raglan.
Sophmore Girls-Margaret Dun
can won first place in the SO yard
dash, time IA seconds; also first
place in the standing broad jump, z
feet. Relay team No. L. (220 yds.)
Grace Rawlings, Jean Burkins, Car
oline Bird, Ella Wigton, second
place. Relay team No. 2-(220 yds.)
Doris Lucas, Grace McNatt, Evelyn
Goodman, Orpha McGlothlin, third
place.
Juniors-Ruth Tharp, SO yard
dash, 3rd place. Relay team-(220)
Mary Rakes, Sara SINNERS, Betty
Raglan, Caroline Sebold, third place.
Seniors-Hope Hutchins again
gave the school the honor of VIM
ming the SO yard dash, time 68 Sec
onds and the standing broad jump
7'8". These records, also qualify her
participation at the shore meet for
they were the best records obtained
at Elkton.
Boys: lis Pound Glass:
440 Yard Relay-George Shelor,
Oliver Lucas, Frank Robinson,
Donald Cullen, second place.
Target Pitch-Roy Orr, first place
Junior Unlimited-80 yard dash,
David Ewing, third place.
Senior Unlimited-100 Yard dash
Charles Pierce, second place. Tar
get Pitch, Ernest Richardson, sec
ond place.
Raymond Shingler, of the High
School faculty, had charge of coach
ing the teams i'm preparation of the
field day athletics, and has every
reason to feel proud of the showing
made in the various events.
Girls Win County Championship
Spanked by the fine all-around
play of Betty Raglan, Miss Hite's
softball team took the county cham
pionship at the County Athletic
Meet, held on Friday, May 16, 1941,
at Elkton. The first two games were
with North East and Perryville, with
scores of 20 and 40 being regis
tered by the Rising Sun girls in that
order. The championship contest
saw Calvert fall, ga, before the VIC
torious lassies from the Sun.
Ella Wigton pitched steadily
throughout the tournament and was
supported by the particularly flashy
defensive work of Betty Ragan and
Doris Lucas. Betty Ragan's timely
and hard hitting provided the often
sive spark, while Ogoretta Sutphin
and Pearl Riley also turned in some
good stickwork.
1941 marked the first time in the
history of the school that girls
softball team captured the county
honors, and much credit goes to the
careful coaching of Miss Hite.
he fnA
is Lucas, C; Norma Price, 1b; Grace
Rawlings, 2b; Pearl Riley, 3b; Og-
oretta Sutphin, rss; Mildred Wigton,
ISIS; Betty Ragan, IF; Ruth Barrett,
CT; Marie Shires, If.
Boys Take County Title
Behind the effective pitching and
timely hitting of James Gambill,
the Rising Sun 115-pounders won
their third county title in a row in
the softball tournament held on
Field Day. In winning their fifth
championship In seven years, the
lightweights trounced Chesapeake
City, 1912, Calvert, 81, and North
East, 6-3 in that order.
Jimmy Gambill buried and batted
his team to victory, and was a stand
out performer throughout the tour
nament. In the first contest he held
the opposition practically helpless,
and would have scored a shutout ex-
cept for an error which permitted
two men to tally. He personally
drove in a pair of runs with a long
triple. Against Calvert, Gambill al
lowed but one hit, q home run by
the Calvert catcher, Crothers. In
this game Gambill connected with a
home run to aid in the downfall OF
the opposition. In the final game
against North East, with the score
knotted at two-all, Gambill cracked
out the longest hit of the day with
two runners aboard for a three-run
homer that clinched the champion
ship. Frank Robinson. stellar first
baseman, followed Gambill's clout
with another homer to count the
sixth run of that contest.