Washington County news., June 02, 1904, Image 1

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Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, Thursday, June 2,1904.
SCORE IS A CLOSE ONE
Pacific University Wins Cham­
pionship of State
feet.
This event was something of
Memorial Services
surprise to the farmers who had
Memorial Sunday and day were fltt-
counted on Abrams to win first place. ingly observed in Forest Grove by the
The distance runs, as had been ex- G . A . R ., w . R . c<i and citizens gen_
No. .3
cast was made
up from among our
young people.
Capt.
F. S.
Barnes,
who has a well known reputation as a
successful
trainer,
deserves
much
pected went^ to the home team by good erally. The arrangements announced credit for the result attained, as does
margins. The time for the 880 was j in last week’ s issue were carried out also Mrs. C. S. M cNutt for her faithful
2:04 2-5, the best record made in the and the decorations were very p retty labors. Every person in the cast
state this year. The detailed results The observances are well described in worked hard and the play certainly
are as follows:
was a
com m endable
production.
the following card of thanks:
120 yard hurdle— Gilbert, Pacific,
ON THEIR HOME TRACK AND FIELD
Oregon Agricultural College Looses
the Meet by 67 to 59--AII
Records Made are
First-Class
Capt. Racket and his wife, played by
Memorial Day was fittingly observed.
first; F. Fletcher, Pacific, second; Bel- At 10 o ’ clock a. m. the long proces­ Herbert M cN utt and M abel Wirtz,
den, O .A .C . third. Time 0.16 1:2
sion formed in front of Vert’ s Hall and were a charming pair, th e . captain
880 yard run C. Fletcher, Pacific i marched to the cem etery, about 40 playing a part that was hard to play
first; Greenhaw, O.A.C. second; Gates, | comrades and over 100 school children but he was equal to the occasion.
Pacific, third. Time 2:04 2-5.
being in line. It was a grand sight to Ralph Kinton as Tim othy Tolman,
100-yard dash— Smithson, O. A. C. see the little ones so full of patriotism played well the part which a hen­
first; Williams, O .A.C., second, Peter­ and tears came to my eyes. M uch pecked husband to often has to en­
son, Pacific, third. Time C.10 1-5.
credit is due to Miss Knight for their dure, while Mrs. C. S. M cNutt as
Shot put— Jackson, Corvallis, first: appearance and dicipline, also to Com­ Mrs. Tolman, certainly could well act
Barnet,
Pacific,
second;
Philbrook, rade G. C. Thomas for decorating the the lady of temper, her stage makeup
Pacific University’ s track team won Pacific, third. Distance 40 ft. 4 in.
cemetery and making the beautiful being well adopted to turning up her
the undisputed championship of Ore­
Pole vault— Gilbert, Pacific, first; arch. Our heartfelt thanks are given nose.
Robert
gon for the present season by defeat­ Swan, Corvallis, second,
Burns, Cor­ to one and all.
ing the Oregon Agricultural College on vallis, third. Height 11 feet 7 inches.
the local field. • Monday.
were closely
com peted
The
events
High jump— Moores and Smithson,
J. M . B a k e r ,
Commander.
and the final score was 67 to 59.
Five hundred people were present.
The meet was prolonged
by various
vallis, third. Distance, 21 ft 10 3-4 in.
Discus-throw— J.
W.
Philbrook,
he
good
McMinnville Defeated
The
Forest Grove Base Ball team
defeated McMinnville in a fast game
last Sunday, the final score being 5 to 2.
It was
a pitcher’ s battle throughout,
The 50-yard dash, which was Pacific, first; Barnet, Pacific, second, but Drew proved himself far superior
the second event, was won by Peter­ Abrams, Corvallis, third. Distance 108 to the average pitcher and won his
son, of Pacific, with Gilbert second. feet 3 inches.
game in fine form. The first inning,
220-yard dash— Williams, Corvallis,
Corvallis claim ed that these men beat
Ward placed a beautiful three bag hit,
the gun and after m uch discussion it first; Peterson, Pacific, second; Time and scored on M cNam er’ s sacrifice.
delays.
to run it over after the 0:22 1-5; Smithson, Corvallis, finished The score was held until the fourth,
other events were finished. As the second but was disqualified for running when Cardiff scored, making total 2.
’ Varsity led by 16 points at the close outside his course.
Many errors in the fifth by our team
Mile
run—
Gates,
Pacific,
first;
C.
of the meet, she con ced ed all three
left the bases full and score was tied
was decided
farmers, so Fletcher, Pacific,second; Horton,third; by one hit placed over second. This
that the actual score for the events Time 4.51 3-5.
was the only hit made on Drew during
Hammer throw— Barnet, P a cificist.
which occured stands at 74 to 51 in
the game. Hutchins was found easily
Jackson, Corvallis, second, J. W, Phil­ in the last three innings and three runs
favor of the local team.
places in this event to the
work in
playing as Mr. Dalroy
and also as H obson, the waiter.
Miss Edna Billinger,
from the first Corvallis, tied for first place; G. Phil­
The brook, Pacific, third. Height 5 ft. 5 in.
Broad jump— Peterson, Pacific, first;
keenest rivalry existed throughout and
the records made were all firstclass. Moores, Corvallis, second, Root, Cor­
two casts,
Dugan did
as the
maid,
did com m endable work.
The fine acting by Robert P. Nixon,
was the subject of
m uch
favorable
comment which Robert deserves, as he
had a difficult part to play and played
it well. The make up of
was exceptionally good.
the cast
A large house netted the band boys
something and we are glad that people
are beginning to appreciate the good
that a band does a city.
T h e orches­
tra which furnished the music during
the evening was an agreeable aurprise,
as there are few cities
of our size
which can claim as good an orchestra.
We
too often
fail to recognize
good things we have at home,
us encourage
every
the
so let
effort made
to
I place it in the front rank of cities.
Gilbert was Pacific’ s chief point win­ brook, Pacific, third. Distance 120 ft. more were added making the final
Republican Campaign Dates
ner. H e broke his own Northwest 2 inches.
score 5 to 2. Game cam e to a close
220
yard
hurdle—
Prideaux,
Pacific;
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The Republican County
Central
with man on third and beautiful double
record in the pole vault by doing 11
first;
Gilbert,
Pacific,
second;
Smith-
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Drew
tQ
at
fi**,
Cardiff
to
Committee
have
arranged
for
a brief
feet 7 inches, i f inches from the Pa­
campaign
before
the
com
ing
election.
via .
Fanned out by Drew, 11;
cific Coast record. H e also took first son, Corvallis, third; 0:27.
Speakers will be provided for the fol
440 yard dash Williams, Corvallis, Fanned out By Hutchins, 7. Drew 5
in the high hurdles and second in the
lowing schedule
of dates and the
first; Peterson, P.U. second; Greenhaw
and one put out>
Bases on candidates will be in attendance when
low hurdles.
possible.
called balli, Drew, 0 ;.Hutchins, 0.
Barnett did star work for the ’ Varsity, Corvallis, third. Time 0.51 2-
Gales Creek *
Saturday,
May 21, 2 p. m..
The
officials
were
McCloud,
referee
winning the hammer throw at 120
Buxton
Monday
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23, 2 **
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4
1
Greenville
feet 2 inches, and taking second in Huston, starter; Bradley, Burk Tongue Captajn Rac|<et a Decided Success | Tuesday
Scholls
Cornelius
Wednesday
andSmith
judges
of
field
events;
Wirtz,
^
^
radtled
Captain
RaCk
e
«
,
both the discus-throw and shot-put.
Glencoe
ms ,
The latter event was won by Jackson, Walker and Beaty, judges o
Tongue,
B.
Tongue and Day, timers.
of O. A. C ., with a put of 40 feet 4
inches.
—
gjven jn Vert’ s Hall last Friday even-
^
^
^ H endrick’ s Hall at
i. ^ .h e L /s ^ i e t y gavlaa‘ ereception in Cornelius last Tuesday evening, was a
Philbrook won the discuss- honor^of thttw o tefms at Herrick Hall, decided success at both places. The
throw sending this weight over 108
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