The sun., 1897-03-15
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Cadets.

Cadets.
WEST Porrr, March 14.-The third annual
indoor athletic meet was held in the Military
! Academy gymnasium last night under the aus
plces of the Army Oficers' Athletic Association.
The space reserved for tho audience was crowd
ed to It's utmost capacity, t.nd.the spectators
were enthusiastic in their applause. Thcrc.was
great rivalry between the classes. 80 scoring
3S points. with 1000 close second. "a points;
97 scored 20 and '9s. IA points. counting FIVE
points for " inner and three for cond place.
! The most exciting event was the final heat OF
the tuS-of-war between tho teams of '97 and
'9s. Tho latter got tho first heave after the re
port of the pistol, but tho Superior weight OF
soon '97's mon came into play and after a stub
born contest they won. Merrlll's exhibition
on the horizontal bar was one OF the finest
ever seen in the present gymnasium. Had IL
not been for an unfortunate slip after the finish
OF the giant swing he would undoubtedly have
won first prize. I. +. Maainnis, 0s. and f.
ii. Martin. '9s. gave very pretty exhibition
OF boxing. and the tutnbling cxhi oitlon OF t. g.
Workizer. 'O7: II. Abbott. '07. and +. II. Hum
phrey. 90. was also fine. w. f. Gilmore,
1000. assisted by I. A. Barco. j. Z. Robinson
and F. Il. Downcs, 1000. gave q remarkable
exhibition OF strength. Among othsr.things
Gilmore held two men, each weighing 15o
pounds, at arms length for fully fifteen roc
onds.
Two academy records were broken and two
werc equnllcd. II. Abbott. '07, in the stand
ingihieh jump. cleared feet IL ~ inches. break
ing the record by two inches. and Glade iow-
cred the rope-climbing record by ~ seconds.
5. Heintzelman. 30. equalled tho record for the
fence vault OF o feet inches and Barlow
eaualled the record in the twenty ward dash Of
go seconds. The summaries follow:
Pole Cmblng-final heat won by IL. Glade. 1900;
STANDING Hin Iumpowon by II. Abbott. .e7,J.
WsiSoa ,Sinl igNg; ;e1onn Hsgh, t. feet III pesss
ginnis. 'Vs. second. Distance. Ic feet.
Putting is Pound shot-won by w. b. Scales.
ss; W. v. Nesbitt. vs.. seconn. Distance, 81 feet
Fence vauit-rir,t class-Nen over 8 feet inches
second cias.eMen under feet = inches. Won by
2. G. Foster W; O. Perkins. 1000, second. Height.
rug. war-Finai heat between OF and ss. Won
oakss. Captain; =. s. Abernethy. II: $. Morgan. W.
saiher M q. Z. miicholl. ana Il. borrey. .H'"' h T.
Horizontal Bar-won by p. Q. Foster. 30; O. Per-
ao'Yafa bssh"Fin.l hea. won by W. s. Barlow.
90; p. A.Murphy. 81. second. Time. a.o sec:
Hope cnbing-won by II. Glade. 1900; J. z. Mer.
ri; vs. second; Time. ne seconds. Ss,G ,ooo
Sid" Hsrss"won by @. Perkins, L. y. Kroner.
Parallel Bars-won by O. Perkins. p. C. Foster
Long Horse-won by N. C. Mumms, 1900, p. G.
Jewell. W. second.
Potato Race-won by s. Heintkeiman, 90; L. n. |
Kroner. 10, second. Time. Al seconds.
The entertainment closed with the presen-
tation OF tho prizes To the winners and tho pres
entation by Capt. Gordon. on behalf OF tho
Army Officers Athletic Association. of the
handsome banner.won at the field day last
June to The class OF 'O7. II was accepted by
tho class through J. c. Oakes. the captain OF
the '07 track and field team. Henry Abbott. |
'91. received the prize for best all-around ath-
letics. scoring IL points. and George Perkins.
1900. got the prize for the best all. around |
gymnast, with 81 noints. p. C..Foster. '09. |
was second with l6 points. The offi ,alB OF !
the exhibition were:
cadet Committee on Athietics-Henry Abbott. |
'97i I. Maginnis. 'vS Charles A. Romeyn, 80, and
W. L. Gilmore. 1900. Referee-MaJor George II. |
1orney L. s. A. Judges OF machine events Lieut.. !
J. X. Lindsey. Lieut. W. NJ. Cruikshauk, and LIeut,
W. r. smedbers. Jr Judges OF neld eyeuts-Lieut. |
Peter Z. Traub Lieut.. 8. e. Hazard. Lieut.. II. ".
Reeve. and Lieut.. j. W. Juyes. Starter-Herbert ".
sbipman. Measurers-L A. Roberts. ~. and c. W. |
Exon: 'gs. scorer-F NJ. Savage. 81. Announcer
III. II. Dichmann, VI.