San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-27
A boy O| Sport.
For The Soldier Boys At Fort Sam
Houston.
Yesterday Was Field Dav. And
Everybody Turned Out-Gar-
riSon Gossip.

ed out on the lower parade ground to
| witness the giants in the various exer-
! cises' which began promptly at $3.50
| o'clock and contineud until $3.50 yester7
| day afternoon, with the exception of
the noon intermission.
| football contest in the afternoon at
o'clock between the cavalry and infan-
try, which resulted in a score of 16 to 0
in favor of the infantry. The game
was very exciting and was excellently
played, but from the very start the
mounted men were entirely outclassed.
The infantry team has been organized
much longer than the cavalry, howev-
er.
The officers were as follows Referee,
Lieut.. Reber; judges, Lieuts. Shaker,
Cornish, Hatch, Sergts. Quigley, Muir
ray and Gee; starter, Lieut.. jenkins;
tiTuekeeprs, Lieuts. Haines, Grote and
Smith: measurers, Lieuts. Drake and
Fiske; paymaster, Capt. Foster; mar
shall of the day, Capt. Paul; announcer,
Sergt McKeevan; clerk of course and
recorder, Sergt Maj. Sorensen.
The first event on the program was
100-yard dash, with thirteen entries.
Private Bennett, of troop e, won in l2s
seconds, the prize being S..
The second event was the throwing
of 16-pound hammer. Sergeant Muir
ply won by putting it IS yards and re-
ceived the prize of 50.
Event No. 3 was the scaling of an
eight-foot wall and was won jointly by
Privates Anthony and Service, of COM
pany A, making the time in 16 seconds.
They divided the prize of So.
Private Bennett, of troop Z, won the
next event, which was the 220-yard
dash, covering the distance in % sec
onds. His prize was 50.
The next event was the running high
Jump, which was won by Private Terry,
who ascendedl4 feet IL inches, receiving
SO for his exertions.
Corporal Hastings, of troop ID, won
the wheelbarrow race.
One of the principal events was the
tug of war between troop f, of the cav
airy and company A, of the infantry.
| The cavalry won by pulling the infan-
| try boys three feet, four inches over
| the line Following was the makeup
of the two teams:
| Infantry-Schultz, Service, Kincaid,
Foley, Herr, Dawson, Grigsby, first;
| Augustine, Carmody, Fitzgerald, Sec
| ond; West, Fisk, French, Gillette, Ev-
| ans.
Cayalry-Murphy, Menade, Ramsey,
| Fitzpatrick, Behrens, Smith, FAIRIES,
McMenamin, Walker, Lee, Zimmerman.
Dillon, Stein, Bosie, Greenwood, Ken
ney.
The running broad jump was next
and was won by Trumpeter Hastings,
of troop D, who made 10 feet, inches
and who received a prize of g.
Private Allstott, the all-round Sport
of company B, was the victor in the
baseball throwing contest, putting the
sphere ll3 yards, and feet, and receiV'
ing a SO prize.
Private Lumb, in the hasty entrench'
ment for the infantry, won first prlz'
which was SO.
Private Leadbitter, of the battery
was the victor in the artillery vince
race. He also received three dollars al
his prize.
Corporal Hastings and Private Kit
chen, of d troop were the victors IN TN
rescue contest making 26"second re
cord, receiving SO.
In the broad sword contest Privat
Somers, of d troop, took the first prlz
of So.
The game of basket ball between tn
old men, those having over 20 years
service, was the last on the program
and was quite interesting. II was be
n tw cen the mounted men and dismounte
-. men and the following is the roster
~ both teams:
Dismounted-Kelley Carson, con
Lany F: Imhof, Flynn, Wilson, con
pany G; Switzerland, Dietrich, Game
Hanigan, company E; Butler, compar
~ c.
&C Misunderstanding, Waller y. c.
KIingensmith, troop X; Kinney, Jone
p Campbell, troop K; Lucking, troop l
Certell, band Fifth cavalry; Murra
Mann, list sergeant battery *, Fir
artillery.
The prize was so and was won by u
mounted men, Sergeant Camppel,
u troop f, putting the ball in the baske