The sun., 1900-06-12

Helm received The cadet managers oi ,he h ssr n"p
were Comfy of the first class becs ~. =. tn,vih.
ond Bull q tae third ara a., aGns moment yesterday
that the drill in practical military tanni sr-
ing pontoon bridge building and slgns, NM. rM
ercie. which va. Tas nSpinS DOWN on should be post
poned until the same hour, to-ihorIIow o
In the first place the Secretary ySsts a. In the re-
pressed desire TO bsor.smsnshp sse tns Ship involved in
the ls' school for the Trooper" drill; SO the
special exhibition In the riding hail ,H nntonn
ranged and made s9bsutu,e ,s iTn one reason, but
another and more potent one was tnat n'su the ,e
engineering drill gone on TINS morlhS ,os,s would
cadet; regular annual aIiteuu ,emoryow forenoon
And tomorrow forenoon would nav uIa
about the worst for athletic RECORDS sias 90 tha
be found IN all id the gsadbfon ibe forenoon after the
bali was over. With late hours the night pc
fore and his head still giddy with tne n, bsSa baa
the music and the bfamnS nnt Se expected to be at
hammer throwing. or running high rapnme ana pnOuo
Jump, and all ss RES, Snds a was skipped
morning, although good many did not know
II and went climbing down the htisiae ,sr.l si,a
along the winding military hsT sTa had cot oft the Climb
baok FOR their pains But somehow the girls
did SsH not SGr mind % BIT You can get to the p9ns; n
toon building BY TSs Ws Of provided .Ss want
gn q ,ittle ont of vour way How cadets square
Il with their consciences for taking the pretty
girls they had with them all the hS way sain aHS" when
they knew perfectly we'll the iasoais. 'na' he t,e
pontoon programme was all knocked IN tne
head for the day. how the scsmps can aar apoS sch N
deception as that, is something Ior mem 70
answer for themselves. But they 90 y. are
continuing. TO do it right along ana ,.1e .ne
Sridse in the world, such gentle. forgiying
hearts have they. But all that ia neither here
NJ Thus. % instead Of pontoons, we had athletics
,nS anS Wsre nS,nl hsld az such as could be. under
the shade OF the fine double row OF slms ais
jumping and the other races were on the green
Of the parade ground. Of all that goes during
graduation week there is nothing In whci
shs nvsns an interest," they athletic
sports, excepting the awfully vital results
OF thel examinations, And right here II may
be said that the results OF she e1s1S Sss e1pec;eS
they would be. The figures are all IN and the
records have been made up, but the board
session. e. oDt that b th the resuts VIII be made known
But to return to the athletics. There are are
few who appreciate how really excellent @ are are
the resCTdI m msS' Se Ss the Gsds aSe
ally lily understood. The only tune. they get for
this training is few minutes % pe0re aGh tnd ai5e net
more than thirty minutes q day can POSSIBLY
be devoted to this kind, OF work. In order
keep UP interest IN the sporsd pSasds the sEey Amy
banner 10 the class making the ereatest number
Of points Upon these banners the names OF
the cadets who represented ne Tibnhs VIM hsnnsss G
so awarded are huns IN the reception room
Of the sypnssium. and IL ~ matter OF great
pride 70 those who are fortunate enough TO
sh,,- lltAd
comparatively new at the Academy, the con-
tests OF this morning being only the eighth
annual event OF the kind; The, dement's az
that the officers do all in their power to en-
courage the cadets in perseverinR. notwitii-
standing the fact that they are so heavily handi-
participate In the events here at the Academy
carry love for athletics with them throughout
their entire army career and do what they can
TO encourage the enlisted men who are under
their commands 70 go IN for all forms OF ath-
letc contests possible. Mr.. Herman koehler.
who is the Academy's master OF the sword.
is at the head Of all the gymnastics and athletic
work here and his system was long ago accepted
by the var Department for general use IN the
s5ns sMy that H the hs sf sSpeb physcaR @
our army at the time Of the outPreak pre- s OF the
war with Spain is primarily due to his teaching
The throng Of ladies' and gentlemen who
gathered on the south side OF the green to see
to-day's contests was almost as large, as that
which assembled when the game p Of baseball ,t,a
last week. There were ten events in the printed
programme.
Ss s SSG sss hssf aSS Rrns 1 52yaS o. Todss
and Casad Of 02 and Barlow and Carrithers OF
O3 took part, and which Clark won in 10 2-5 sec
onds closely shaving the record OF 10 is sec
onds made by Barlow and Connor OF 'g7
The 4i0-yard run was won by shannon OF
o2 in SO seconds. the record made by. Selzman
OF 90, 5?i seconds, still standing, + Keller and
Prentice Of 'Oi and F. +. Keller Of 'o2 being the
other contestants.
Barnes of Ol carried Off the running high
jump honors with a score OF feet inches, the
record made by Morris OF 1900 being feet u.
inches Morris himself was one OF the con-
testants Lahm and Barnes OF oi being the
| others.
Peek Of 'Oi put the shot for a score Of "a feet
| 8 inches, the record of Romeyn Of '99 being
| 81 feet IL, inches. Beck Of 0l Kelly apd
| Phillips Of 'o2 and Dunston and Bunker Of O3
The running broad jump was won by Per
| kins Of 1900 with score Of 10 feet inches.
| The record is 2l feet inches, made by McNaly
+. W. Clark of 10, Nelly and Herr of 'o2. and
carrithers Of 'os. won the i.o-yard hurdles
made ma by McNally Of 90. The other contest
ants were Barnes and Hayden OF 'ol and YER
| non Of 'O2
seconds the M record r, I made mad by BARLOW %. being
| % AS seconds. The other contestants were
| Riggs Of 'Oi, Hodge. and F. +. Keller Of 'O2.
| Barlow and Sulzer OF 'O3.
| Peek OF 'Oi won the high pole vault with q
score Of 10 feet inches tolling below the record
! Of 10 feet Q inches. which he himself had made.
I,ahan, 'Oi, and Vernon. '03nand Burton, 'oS.
| were the other contestants.
| The i8-pound hammer throwing contest was
| won by Hopkins Of 1900 with score Of ss feet,
| Ennis OF 'Oi. who was one Of the contestants
| of to-day. having made the record Of ne feet
| 10 inches. The other contestants were Betti-
son and Guthrie of 'oi. Nelly and Phillips of
Hayde Riggs F. ". Clark and Burnett,
all Of 'Oi. won the relay race with a score Of
Al seconds The other contestants were
| Hodges. Herr +. F. Keller. and Casad OF 'O2;
Sulzer, Carrthers, CARRIER and Barlow Of 'os.
The Judges Of the track events were Lieut..
| Sturteyant. Blakely. Coe. Smith, White. Averill
and Kelly. The Judges Of the field events
were Lieuts Morrow Callan. Mcneil and
Mitchell. Mr. II. J. Koehler. the academy
master Of the sward. was the referee. and the
| Rev Herbert Shapman was the starter Lieuts.
| I.anders and Lewis acted "a time keepers.