The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-20

Large Crowd watches the sport.
1t has been shown that athletes make
good soldiers and 1t was demonstrated
last night that soldiers make good ath-
Ietes The occasion was the third annual
indoor meet Of the Athletic Association
of the District of Columbia National
Guard The affair under the direction Of
Capt. F. c. Edwards. proved the most
successful in every way ever attempted
here under auspices of the militia. Many
of the track performances were of a high
order and the field events were interest
ing throughout Alternating with the
athletic features, amusing and high class
specialties were run off and the interest
of the crowd. numbering about 5000 per-
sons. was held until the end of the very
long programme. The occasion was en-
llvened with music by the National Guard
Band. under the Objection of Lieut.. d. b.
Mcleod At the end of the programme
the winners of the several events were
awarded handsome prizes by the general
commanding the District militia.
The first event was the 5O-yard open
dash, the preliminary trials of which
We're run off Thursday night and the
winners qualified for the finals. The semi
finals were won by Graham. Y. NJ. c. A,
in six seconds. Redington, Y. NJ. c. A,
winning the final in 3-5 seconds. The
next event was a 50-yard dash and
turn in heavy marching order. National
Guard championship. the contestant pass
ing the best inspection being the winner.
The event proved a decided novelty and
very amusing to the audience. w. l..
Nash made the best time. finishing in 2:56.
but he did not pass as good an inspection
Battalion, who won the prize, although
it took him, 3:5S to present himself be-
fore the inspectors.
The pole vault was an interesting event
and was well contested. until the bar was
raised to feet 10 inches. when Moriarty
OF the Corcorans went out. Mcqueen
went over the bar and ont at feet. and
II went up to S feet inches. which
height, Zell, c. c. c., cleared with ease
and won.
The potato race was won by Lent. c. c.
c.. As seconds; Nash. second. Mastin was
first through picking his potatoes, but he
was disqualified for picking too many at
a time.
Next James D. McQuade. Light Infan-
try. and Carl Mueller gave an interesting
exhibition in wrestling, in which no de-
cision was given.
The running high jump was won handt-
ly by Maple, Company c, First Regiment,
Light Infantry. with feet l inch Boyle,
{. c. C., second; Mclean, third
me tug OF war contest Drought bul AiiF
teams from the Light Infantry and Cor
coran Cadets. The former had Bode
Thompson. McQuade, and Waple, and the
Cadets had Moriarty. Heffner Boyle, and
Cooley After a long pull and hard
pull and a pull all together the Cor
corans won the first tug by Il inch, and
after an intermission II won the second
and the prizes by 10 inches.
The half mile special for police officers
was won easily by Phil Brown, one of
+ Streets finest" of the First precinct,
in minutes 10 seconds from Thompson,
also of the First precinct
In the half-mile race for the Guards
championship Clarence Pearson and Mo-
riarty. of the COrCorans. and Curtis, En-
gineers, faced the starter. The trio was
punched for two laps. when Moriarty
dropped out. and then Pearson took up the
running and won In minutes Is seconds.
Sheehy-Kid Sullivan-and Frank Boern-
stein gave an exhibition in boxing in
which Sheehy had all the best OF it. Null
ligan. who had been matched to meet
Sheehy. did not appear.
The half mile relay between two \. NJ.
C. A teams was well contested Wilson.
Kerr Stanley, and Whitney were awarded
the race over Etchings Dreyfus, Graham.
ard Redington, because the latter fouied
the opponents fourth relay in the last lap.
The winners time was two seconds slow
er than that of the disqualified team,
which ran il in 2:is.
The mile relay for the championship
Of the Guard was between teams repre-