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The Nautilus W. I. H. S. L. MEET Won by Petersburg.—Pittsfield Second, Jacksonville Third. Miss Sena Miller wins Second in Declamatory Contest. Friday, May 4th, the day for the Western Illinois High School League meet, was an ideal day, and early in the morning delegations from the different schools began gathering in to witness one of the greatest athletic contests ever held in Jacksonville. The streets were thronged with lively school boys and girls, flaunting and waving their colors. The Y. M. C. A. was made headquarters for the students of the different schools, and those on duty at this place, w ere busily engaged all morning providing for the visitors. Every school brought a large representation. Petersburg capped the climax when beaded by Jeffries Band, Sampson, the slayer of the Philistines with his troop of heroic followers paraded through the streets to their camp. THE ATHLETIC MEET. Fully 2500 people gathered on the Illinois College athletic grounds to witness the athletes from the nine different High Schools of the League contest for the W. I. H. S. L. pennant. The grand stand was filled with howling enthusiastic students, and the air was rent with ringing High School yells. At 1:30 the first event was cal- led off, and every other event followed in direct order, due to the promptness of the Illinois college officials, who had it in charge. Formerly our team thought that they had a fairly good show for winning the banner, but after discovering that Sampson’s hair had not yet been cut off, their expectations dropped to about 12 below zero. However, under the condition that we were competing with one of the strongest teams in the state, every boy on our team made a splendid showing, especially those of the team who will compete again next year. One first w'as taken by Wait in the hurdles, who bids fair to make one of the best hurdlers in the state, and who will help Jacksonville carry off the pennant next year. Wait also got second in the running broad jump; Young took second in the standing broad; and L. Johnston carried off seconds in the mile and mile runs. The remainder of the score was taken out in the thirds, won by Reid and Duncan. Petersburg certainly had a strong and winning team. They showed in every event that much time had been given to practice and training, which 20
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