The Washington times., 1902-06-11

frantic cheering. Central entered tn
melee at frequent intervals with he
! famous old veil:
Breka coax, coax, coax!
BieEa CuJN, coax, coax
| Nalligo! Walligo! Walligo! Wax
High School-Central
| At times the Business toys chinned t.
with their latest hit in the way of songs
which was as follows:
Mary had a William Goat,
William Goat, William Goat:
! Mary had William Goat;
His stomach was lined with zincl
WEoop! de doodle, doodle do
Doodle do, doodle do!
| Nhoop de doodle. doodle do:
His stomach was lined with zincl
There We're nine verses to the song
besides a very touching chorus.
Mascot Of Westerns.
| The supporters of the Western Higi
School appeared to be very in it" yes
| terday. owing to the fact that they pos
sessed the only mascot on the grounds
Senator Mason's pet dog. Mikado-
Mickey for short-held this high Office
Mickey was the pride and admiration C
the Western school students. and would
have received great homage had he no
grown scared when the. firing began. Al
the first volley the little mascot tool
it into his head to rapidly decamp frcE
the scene of the firing, and rapidly
scampered away from his seat CT honor
in his owners box. After a lively chase
boy captured the trembling dog and
brought him back to his former haunts
but the quadrupod had to be tied with
piece of ribbon to Il chair to prevent
the Georgetown pupils from being left
altogether without a mascot.
Minister Wu's Son.
Minister WI has a son in the front
rank of Company H. and the youngster
was being pointed out on all sides.
Company H. the first on the field. put
UP very good drill when considered
from all standpoints. Two number were
omitted. the firing at Will and the
short step" On the other hand how
ever. they maintained excellent lines.
their cadence was well nigh perfect.
and their firing was generally good. The
company was the smallest that the
Western has had for several years. but
to atone for this deficiency. il such it
might be called the cadets put plenty
Of snap into their work. and succeeded
in drawing forth bowls of admiration
not only from their own supporters. but
from these of the other schools. When
Company II LEFT the field the hopes of
the Westerners were keyed up to a
high pitch They felt confident that they
stood q fair show for the pennant to-
day.
Better Than First.
The next company, however, f of the
Business, went through an even better
drill and lessened the hopes of the boys
and girls from the Georgetown school.
While there were many bad points in
Company Els drill. there were redeeming
features which far more than made up
for every defect. The boys drilled with
wonderful snap, and seemed to have
clear cut method about their work that
drew forth great commendation from
the many army officers present. The
of the company was bit I'M
steady. and there were some breaks in
the lines On the whole the lines we're
excellent, and although the firing In vol
leys was at times disposed to be con-
unsteady, the Airing at viii
was unusually good.
Generous Applause.
Extremely generous applause was
neted out to the Business boys by all
he spectators, for the fact was general
bot ha Of bc
school have but half the
number OF years in which to strive for
perfection that the other companies
nave. Despite this serious handicap and
he fact that in both Companies E and
! there were not more than half a dozen !
Joys who had ever been in a cadet com
)any prior TO this year, the lads created /
IN impression the moment they stepped /
tut on the field that their captains. Man |
ling and Bowles, had determined TO off |
ct this handicap by the excellence of |
heir work, determination which had ,
been shared by privates as
yell as officers.
Full of Snap.
Company f followed the first Business
ompany and succeeded in giving what
vas generally conceded 10 be one of
he best, II not the best, drill of the
ay. They were full of snap from the
tart. Their lines were at nearly all
ines excellent. as was their cadence
nd firing. In fact, when the drill was
rought to a close, there appeared to
c little doubt in the minds of the
.astern students that they had the
rill "cinched." Pupils OF the other
chools were also considerably disposed
D look upon the matter in the same
ght, with the emphatic exception of
he Business boys and girls, who CON
ended that the drill put up by Com
any of their school was the best
hing of the day. And they were not al
1gether alone in their belief.
Last on Field.
Company G, the last on the field the
rst day, went through their maneuvers
| manner which won boundlcss COM
enda ton and placed them in a posi-
on where there remains practically a
e in the minds of the spectators re-
lrding which deserves first place in yes
,rday's proceedings Captain Bowles'
Ork and that of his men generally
as of that clean, decisive style which
tracts attention anywhere. Notwith-
anding the fact that Company G is
ne of the largest in the regiment. the
idets possessed a snap and viGor of