The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-19
NATIONAL GUARD ATHLETES.
Corcornn Cadet Corps Entrants Car.
ried or Most of the Prizes.

rfed ON Most of the Prizes.
The second annual indoor track and field
| games Of the Athletic Association of the
| District of Columbia National Guard were
held last night in the Market Armory and
decided the individual and team Champion
SIPS OF the Guard, most OF which were won
| by the Corcorans
| Specialties by well-known local talent
alternated with the athletic numbers and
| together formed most attractive pro-
gramme. Despite the Indictment weather
some 1900 spectators. about one-half OF
whom were of the fair sex. witnessed the
| games, which were run of in clever man
| ner and reflect considerable credit upon
Major E. Fl. Neumeyer and Capt E. C. Ed
/ wards and their associates of the athletic
| committee. Music was furnished by the
| Guards band.
| The first event was the fifty-yard dash.
and was won by Maple. of the Corcoran
Cadets; Lotus. of the Light Infantry, sec
| ond. Time. s seconds.
The standing broad jump was won by
| BouVet, Corcorans, with jump of feet II
| inches; Lotus second.
The potato race was one of the most
amusing features of the evening and had
six contestants. Davis. of the Corco. ans,
picked up and placed all his potatoes first
Time, SO seconds. Moriarty, second The
| pole vault was won by Ball. Morton Cadets,
with vault of feet inches; Heidenrch,
Company A. Third Battalion, second. The
running high jump had only two contes-
tants and was handily won by Maple, Cor
corans 5 feet l inch.
The tug-ofwar brought out the Ambu-
lance Corps and Corcorsn Cadets teams and
proved an interesting struggle. Two OF the
three tugs Of two minutes each were
Won by the CoFcorans. the first by gain OF
one inch and the third by seventeen inches.
The second trial resulted in tie The
teams consisted of: Corcorans-BouIay
Bode, Cooley, and Waple The Ambulance
Corps had Bergman. captain, and Anchor,
Freitag. Hcuriet. and West. 1t was the
surgeons first attempt at the game and
they made splendid showing
The mile run was handily won by Nor
iarty, of Corcorans. Time, $40 is. He
finished ten yards ahead of McKelden.
Ambulance Corps, and he yard before
hughes, Naval Battalion. The relay race
was landed with yards TO spare by the
Corcoran's team, Davis, Boulay, aud
Maple. Time, 2:02 The contesting team
was picked from the Guards and had Row.
lald. Brcde, and Iglehart. The exhibit
ton numbers included clever work on the
trlch rings Dy orlando Ross, e. A. {. and
Y. NJ C. A.; Eugene LaBronce was de-
cidedly at home on the slack wire, and
Messrs. Howard and Lee. of the Burnt
Cork Club, were roundly applauded in
their contortion act. Myron Baker was
encored for his tramp bicycle act,- which
was as funny as it was dfficult. Prof.
Koran, the Guards instructor in athletics,
with Harry Woodfield and Eugene Edelin,,
gave finished and very clever turn in
aerobatics and tumbling. One of the fea-
lures of the card was the wrestling bout
between J. d. MeQuade and Louis j.
Hughes, both of Light Infantry. They
were evenly matched and gave a scientific
exhibition No decision was rendered.
After the games the commanding gen.
erai of the local Guard presented the
prizes, which consisted of gold medals to
Individual winners and loving cups to
teams.