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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1911

Page

3

First Girls Track Meet Opens Under Miss Tracy

Forty athletes from Chautauqua grounds participate in the first annual girls and women track and field meet. Miss Tracy, completing ten years of teaching, serves as field referee and starter amid sunny conditions and a program featuring running events, high jump, hop and step, standing broad, sprints, obstacle race, and tug of war with multiple young competitors named.

Otcher Chautauqua Grounds Tracy Miss Tracy Dittebrandt Auto Company Baker Auto Meet Hudson Hollister

Joint Grounds Promoted For Promoted La Grande Sports Complex

A coalition of horse race fans, baseball enthusiasts, and the Union Motor Club seeks to form a joint association to lease and maintain a race track, athletic park, and fair grounds near La Grande. They aim to host autos and horse races year round, support county fair profits, and plan site scouting with tangible progress expected within days for next year’s events.

Union Motor Club la Grande AMA Abu Oagel Lee Baker

Baseball crowns La Grande pennant in 1911 league finish

The 1911 season ends with La Grande clinching the pennant as Baker and Elgin, Union, and La Grande vie for top honors in a four-team league. Doubleheaders, strong pitching, and high crowds mark a season praised for clean play and competitive balance.

la Grande la Granda Baker Elgin Union Sim Granda Wil Baker Talon Nat

Relay teams listed for Stoddard event with multiple participants

The text lists runners Isabel Miller Gladys Miller Ber tha Dutli Edith Bragg Mrs. Ritter on the first relay team. The second team features Zoe Bragg Louise Roesch Lottie Jones Naomi Kirtley Helen McDonald Lela Cole Olive Massee Leona Newlin Wilma Oesterling and Robert Miller.

Leona Newlin Louise Roesch Charlotte Jones Helen McDonald Zooo Bragg Ethel Wright Naomi Kirtley Helen Barflet Jive Massee Zoe Bragg Mina Ash Isapelle Miller Dorothy Myers Wilma Oesterling Olive Olive Masaee Fern Geddes Wilma Osterling Helen Bartlett Ethel Wrigh Louise Boesch Olive Massee Mrs. Ritter Serena Rohan Besshe Stoddard Alice Hill Mary Newlin Mrs. Ritter Isabella Miller Dorothy Meyers Serena Rohan Bertha Spade Gladys Oesterling Minna Ash Rosale Stoddard Bertha Dutt Robert Miller Linvel Moore Lotte Jones Serena Roban Lela Cole Ers Isabel Miller Gladys Miller Bertha Dutli Edith Bragg Bessie Stoddard Lottie Jones

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