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TROPHIES OFfLOCAL GIRLGET ATTENTIONDtlFktl£*r-Iveo11Ford City, July 24—The Slovak Gymnastic- Union, Assembly 20, ot Ford City, has received a number of trophies and medals won in the National Slovak meet at Binghamton, NV Y., on July 4 and 5. At the request of the Ford City newspaper office, Miss Isabelle Kovalovsky, of Fourth avenue, one of the outstanding girl athletes and gymnasts In the state of Pennylvania, displayed two stiver trophies and two medals which she won individually at themeet, in competition with over athousand athletes and 'drillers from various parts of the country.One trophy, made of silver, is nine and on half inches in height and measures four inches in diameter at the bsdSe. The figure Is that of a woman holding a laurel wreath a symbol of victory which dates back to the ancient Greek athletic contests. This trophy Miss Kovalovsky won by scoring the most points in the Girls’ Special Class event which consisted of work on parallel bars, rings, horse, and track events, running and high lumping. The other trophy, eight inches in height, consists of a silver figure similar to the one on the first award, this being four inches in height, mounted on a black ebony pedestal also measuring four Inches and being’ three inches square at the base. This was won by Isabelle in. the Class A event which consisted of the above mentioned drills and athletic.events but of a morer-difficult nature. Ten points were scored for each event and Miss Kovalovsky came out on top by scoring 72.75 points, the highest number accounted for by any woman entered in the individual events.In addition to the beautiful trophies, Isabelle is the recipient of a bronze medal for third place in the high jump and a gold, medal for placing first in the shot-put for women. She cleared the bar at four feet three Inches in the high jump, and heaved the shot a distance of thirty-two feet, two inches, thereby coming within three feet of the world’s record, in this event for women. Another gold medal is forthcoming as Miss Kovalovsky also won the 75-yard dash for girls in the fine time of ten a,nd one-half seconds. Thus far, she has a collection of eight medals for winning various events in different meets and there is a possibility that the local girl athlete will be given a trip to Europe in 1932 where she will compete in an international meet, of Sokols.The community boasts of other star girl athletes irf addition to Isabelle Kovalovsky and among them is Regina .Valasek, of Fourth avenue, who also made a very creditable showing at Binghamton. “Reg” is she is popularly known, has received three silver medals, all attesting to the fact that she placed second in the running high jump with four feet four inches; second in the shot put with a heave of tweri'ty-seven feet, six inches; and second in the 75-yard dash which she negotiated in ten and three-fifths seconds.Several other members of the local organization have received trophies and medals- and more are forthcoming. All the awards were not sent at once as that would create too great a burden on the postal authorities in view of the fact that the Ford City Sokols practically “cleaned up” on everything in sight at Binghamton. When the collection ' of trophies and medals is complete, these will be displayed sometime in the near future in the window of Abe Greenbaurn's store on Ford street.At the present time, the local group of .Sokols is busily engaged in training for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of their formation in this community. Folk dances, band concerts and exhibition drills of various kinds will be held at the local ball park during this celebration which will take place sometime in August.tsieydhgdedhit'sirl6snv,e,■yd)tsbidsey,a.itysst111aemrice
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Kittanning Simpson Leader Times
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jul 24, 1930
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