The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-19
NATIONAL GUARD ATHLETES.
Corcornn Cadet Corps Entrants Car
ried 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
ships OF the Guard, most OF which were won
| by the Coreorans.
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. H. 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 ifty-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 Corcorans.
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: Heidenrich.
Company A, Third Battalion. second The
running high jump had only two contes-
tants and was handily won by Maple, Cor
corans, 5 feet inch.
The tug-of-war brought out the Ambu-
lance Corps and Corcoran Cadets teams and
proved an interesting struggle. Two OF the
three tugs" Of two minutes each. were
won by the Coreorans. the first by gain Of
one inch and the third by seventeen inches
The second trial resulted in a tie The
teams consisted of: C0rcorans- Boulay
Bode, Cooley, and Maple. The Ambulance
Corps had Bergman. captain, and Anchor.
Freitag. Houriet. and West It was the
surgeons first attempt at the game and
they made a splendid showing
The mile run was handily won by Nor
1arty, of Corcorans. Time, $50 is. He
finished ten yards ahead of McKelden
Ambulance Corps. and he a yard before
Hughes Naval Battalion. The relay race
was landed with yards to spare by the
Corcoran's team, Davis. BOulay, and
Waple Time, 200. The contesting team
was picked from the Guards and had Row
land. Brcde, and Iglehart. The exhibit
eiOh uuHlbets Included clever WOfk on the
trick rings by Or1ando-Ross. C. A. c. 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. MyroD Baker was
encored for his tramp bicycle act which
was as funny as it was dfhcult Prof
Koran, the Guards instructor in athletics
with Harry Woodfeld and Eugene Edelin,.
gave a finished and very clever turn in
acrobatics and tum5ling. One of the fea-
lures Of the card was the wrestling bout
between J. D. McQuade and Louis J.
Hughes, both Of Light Infantry They
we're evenly matched and gave scientific
exhibition. No decision was rendered.
After the games the commanding gem
eral Of the local Guard presented the
prizes, which consisted Of gold medals to
Individual winners and loving cups to
teams.