The times., 1901-04-20

The Corcornn Cadets Carry ON VIA
tortty of First HOnors-The Relay
Races Prove Exciting Fenturcs-A
Large Crowd watches the sport
II has been shown that athletes make
good soldiers. and it was demonstrated
last night that soldiers make good attn
Ietes. The occas sion was the third ahhual
indoor meet of the Athletic Association
of the District Of Columbia Natlohal
Guard The affair. under the direction oi
Cant r c Edwards, proved the most
successful in every way ever attempted
here under auspices Of the militia. Many
OF the track performances were OF hlsh
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.. ID. 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 50-yard open
dash the preliminary trials OF which
were run off Thursday night. and the
winners qualified for the finals. The semi
finals were won by Graham. Y. NJ. {. A,
In six seconds. Redington. Y NJ c. A.
winning the final in 3-5 seconds. The
next event was a 5O-yard dash and re-
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. /.
Nash made the best time. finishing in 200,
but he did not pass as good an inspection
as w A Bowling, Company 4 Second
Battalion. who won the prize. although
il 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 MorlaftE
Of the Corcorans went out Mcqueen
went over the bar and ont at teel ana
IL went up to S feet inches. which
height. Zell, c. c. c, cleared with ease
The potato race was won by Lent c. G
& IS seconds. Nash second. MaStln was
ftrst through picking his potatoes, but ne
was disqualified for picking too many al
Next James D. McOuade Light Infan-
try. and Carl Mueller gave an interesting
exhibition in wrestling, in which no de-
CisiOu was given. q.
The running high jump was Won manor
Is By Waple Company c. First Reglment,
Light Infantry. with feet inch; Boyle
L. {. G.. second; Mclean, third.
The tug Of war contest brought out Jhe
teams from the Light Infantry and Cor
coran Cadets The former had Bode
Thompson McQuade, and Waple, ana tht
Cadets had Noriarty. Hefner. Boyle. and
Cooley. After q long pull and haru
pun and a pun an together the Cor
cOranS won the first tug by y lnch, ahu
after an iutermissiOn II won the SECOND
aud the prizes by 70 inches.
The half mile special FOR police ouceis
was won easily by Phil Brown, one o1
+ Streets finest" of the First precinct
in minutes 70 seconds, from thompson
also of the First precinct
In the half-mile race for the tuaI IuS
championship Clarence Pearson ana Nc
riarty. Of the COrcorans. and curtis I'm
gfneers. faced the starter. The trio was
punched for two laps. when Moriartl
dropped out. and then Pearson took up IN
running and won in minutes 10 SECONDS
Sheehy-Kid Sullivan-and Frank Boern
stein gave an exhibition In boxing u
which Sheehy had all the best OF II. Mul
ligan who had been matched 10 NEE
Sheehy did not appear
Tho half mile relay between TWO J. NJ
g a teams was well contested Nllsoi
Kerr STANLEY. and Whitney were aw4rde
The race over Etchings. Dreyius era
and Redfngtou because the latter Iouit
the oDponents' fourth relay IN the ldst ldl
The winners time was two SecohuS $40"
or rhaD that Of the dlSqudllleO team
which ran il in 2:4e- .-,,.
The mile relay FOR the champiohshi
Of the Guard was between teams repre-