The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-08
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The Cadets Athletic Tournament
Thanksgiving Day


The Savannah Cadets field tournament
on Thanksgiving day will be a novel
event to the military of Savannah. The
Cadets viii spend the morning at the Az
ondale range. The tournament will take
place at the Catholic Library Athletic
park in the afternoon, and will be made
up of military athletic contests.
1t will be the first tournament Of the
kind in the south, being patterned in a
way from the recent tournament Of the
United States troops of the department of
Colorado at Denver.
There are ten events. The contestants
will be in uniform, and the contests, while
athletic, will be of military character.
The first event will be a 1O0-yard dash.
in which the runners will wear gray trou-
sers, blue shirts, leggins, ordinary shoes.
without spikes and with or without belt
The commands will be ready" get set,r
fire"
The second contest will be a STANDING
broad jump without weights.
The third viii be a skirmish race. sixty
yards and return, in service uniform.
ward run five halts win be called, the
first twenty yards from the start, and tie
succeeding halts ten yards apart. Three
blank cartridges will be fired at each halt
in position, either Texas grip or prone.
Inc fourth contest, which, 1t is expected
viii be one of the most interesting. will
be the relay race by teams of four men.
in the same uniform as worn in the skirm-
ish race The first man of the team,
starting from scratch, will run thirty
yards to the next man, handing over his
rife. The second will continue the race
thirty yards to the third man, who will in
turn, take 1t up and finish the race, a rife
having been passed from one runner to
another at each point.
The novelty race will be the fifth event
1t will be run in service uniform. The
contestant starting from scratch will run
fifty yards to where his fulfilled equip
ment is placed This he must adjust prop
erly, draw cartridge from belt. turn and
fire, returning for examination by the
judges
running broad jump will the the sixth
event The same uniform will be worn
as in the standing broad jump, and the
trial will be the same
The obstacle race is one of
the most interesting in the list
of contests. 1t will be run in
full field uniform, with twenty cartridges
in the belt. The obstacles Will be forty
five feet apart. The first obstacle will be
hurdles 21a feet apart. Then viii come a
seven foot fence and after that an ina
ginary ditch four feet wide. The last OBJ
stacle will be a tarpoulin fastened down
at the corners, under which the runner
must crawl, coming out at the side oppo-
site where he goes under and then finish
ing the race to scratch. If he fails to
clear the ditch the first time he must re-
turn to the side from which he jumps and
try it again.
The quarter mile -go-as-you-please race,
in full field uniform. will follow the obsta-
Gle race. and then will come the bayonet
race and the tug of war.
The bayonet race will be run In service
uniform with belt and scabbard. Five bay
onets will be stuck in the ground at inter
walls of five yards, to be brought back one
by one by the runners and properly fixed
TO a stand of rifles at the starting point.
In all the contests the uniforms and
equipments of the contestants must be
worn according to regulations. Where a
knapsack is worn IL must be packed with
dress uniform and blanket. The winner in
each event will be credited with 100 points
the second man with rs points. the third
with 80 and all others starting and An
fishing with % each, except in the tug of
war, in which no points will be counted
The tug of war time limit is one. minute.
The contestant scoring the greatest
number of points In the events will be
presented a medal inscribed 1.-THE Best
All-Around Athlete Of the Savannah Ca
diets, 1896"
a lively interest is being taken In the
tournament by the members of the conf
pany and by the members of other com
mands which will witness 1t. The judges
will be chosen from among the officers
of commands other than the Cadets.