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CARROLL PLAYGROUND BOYS WIN i ANNUAL TRACK TOURNAMENTStevenson Girls Rank Highest On SaturdayIn the most closely-contested track meet in the history of the playgrounds—a record of fourteen years —Carroll playground boys took first place, and Stevenson playground girls, thus carrying back to their respective grounds the coveted shields of athletic championship. So sturdy a fight did the other playgrounds put up, that the score stood at the end of the meet:BOYSCarrollStevensonAndersenBarrieFieldGIRLS 47 Stevenson 42 Carroll 39 Field 30 Barrie 21 Andersen292318101Showing the closeness of the re-n suits, the combined points were as 1- follows: Stevenson—71; Carroll—70; i- Barrie, Andersen and Field tied with 1- 40.All the entrants deserve hearty congratulations. The Carroll girls put up a valorous fight to nose outthe winning Stevenson athletes, and lost with a small margin. The Carroll boys held to their lead against strong opposition and probably this made their victory the sweeter. Andersen boys in the junior and intermediate classes alone, ran up thirty-nine points, a great come-back over the showing of last year. Stevenson, too, proved a dark horse, coming inwith 42 points as against last year’seight. Barrie and Field gave their competitors a fine run for the money.While the general standard of all the contestants was above the average, some bright particular stars stood out in some events. These were: Carroll — William Schultz, Ralph Clapp; Stevenson — John Gill, Dick Brunton, Dorothy Klupping; F5eld—Ernest Badenoch; Betty Har-ker; Andersen—D. Sholz, R. Keyes; Barrie—J. Hirsch and R. Kiel.The meet was given impetus and unusual interest this year with the generous donation by Colonel Brinker-(Continued on page 18)
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Oak Park Oak Parker
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1935
Page 36
Full Page
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Robert P.
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