New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
TWO RECORDS BROKEN.
Dick" Sheldon Puts Shot 45.9 IL
Feet at 18th Regiment Games.

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| space in the big 18th Regiment Armory, at Sixty
| sixth-st and Park-ave.. occupied. last night,
when at the crack of the pistol. fired by Samuel
D. See the starter, score OF young sprinters start
ed at $50 p in the lOo-yard run. the first con-
test in the forty-siXth games of the 7th Regiment
Athletic Association. Those who witnessed the
games agreed that there has never been better
all around competition under that roof than tho
twenty-three contests of last night.
Two records broken-the arnory novice rec
ord for the lpO-yard run. which was won by D. w
Forest of Company l. vino covered the distance in
10 as seconds. the record having been Il seconds,
and the armory shotputting record, by Richard
| Sheldon Of Company C. who put the l6- pound shot
IS feet 81 inches. beating his record made
April by just an inch.
There great enthusiasm over the invitation
!nter-regiTnent mile relay race in which most
of the crack in the military athletic world
Were entered. 1t keen contest from start to
finish. and the partisans of each regiment wildly
cheered theTl until the four of the 18th Regi-
ment, Heavy Artillery, dashed across the tape the
winners, with tho team from the I'D Regiment, En-
g1neers. second. and the 7th Regiment men a good
third.
An amusing contest the thrce-egged hand-
cap race Of one lap around the track. in which
men are strapped together. g. A Herring and A c.
Marsh. of Company H, hobbled in first in q rs sec
cnds winch is within two-fifths second of the
armory record. The rescue race created much en-
thuslaSm The men wear their fatigue uniforms
and carry their rides. They fifty yards then
half the men drop fat on the ground. Each of the
otners must lift and carry a and both their
r1nes on the run back To the starting point Rich-
started from scratch, ana finished first but they
were we're dsquallhed' and I. L. Brodhead and R E
LaTendon were declare the wlners.
Inc wall sealing contest. won by Company H.
yards scafg WaI SCI ne men nae 20 run 10o
the start anu finish. The teams had to climb the
OF six laps by teams of three men from each com
n orae eae running mn Two laps in heavy march
they eheered their faYorltes The three men
ron GCnpany were the winners. with Company
The Nesbltt trophy. presented by Captain Daniel
pany winning the highest number of points in
pany E. with a fetal Of Is points The military
trophy presented by Major Charles +. Lydecker
SCALING contest the $S2yard run and the military
Company G was second. with points The sum
The summaries:
hundred yard novice trial heats)-Frst heat
M0n 0y (: f. Eaogl Company D; J. F. Chalmers. Com
" FO Company i BeecRRo compa Any" B. y sec g
SqImRany G p Company B. second f Time
b b Ea tb5 Company second: D. R Chalmers Com
pGl5 p 6u1 1aiu I9ie; V;lo2 Sd , ~ ,
heat won by Z l. Brodhead Company a yarosj: {. E
Second heat won by }. 5. Myrick Company q yards
olo+s Third Won By H L. sraiion Company '" 6
Of winner olo time Of second man oiS beating hIs
company ySTds Rs wen Ho,B by e
" Cotto Company a. yas W rh nea1 %S Go ny
pany az yardsl. second. Time 6i695 sixth heat
GoPsIy f 8 yaFds sec6hd lime oo5 F 2a
heat Won by W. Cmott. Company (51a yards) L. Stat
oaav g Ia var5s, third I'm oIo4 1hOnan' COM
One-thousanq- yard ,handicap)-Won by ". NJ Var
Yards second; c G. Witter Company yaTGsJ third
say i RseS ct
second; F. Holdings, third G B. Underwood fourth:
20 Regiment Engineers second team: W R Knakal, W.
com b IT, F neeEs aad D. Frank; 9Th Regiment 1nfan-
{aii ssn2saR s2e l13%sa y =
oh5 an E Hsf3en Il 70 Sa1s C os6
Four-hundred- and-orty-yard run novice; for those
w mad never won PRE- or fnsReG St Or second in
2 B McAielIac Company E. second c. F. RaOeil Com
ResSie Race Qandioap; afty yards return fatigue
COMPANY G d yards} j. S. EaEin H. H G. Noble,
NitaTy relay race n2ylss; 1S5e YARDS ak laPs'wGn
compsny seeona 4 Mo7T a@1oa n rhe eqDdiHs
zR9 Ms and fp e5 + e iFa 4 " Starr M
ssf Sz p
(scratchl second; W. Hughes, Company (scratch),
Putting sixtee1pognd shot Chandicap2-won by Richard
45 # 81 IN T. senane jr. Company n6 teetl. sec
Is feef third; distance 80 IT. 81. in
SON Gomh hsf neha Reg Of 9y jump r. m
a Hardenbergh Company F % inches) second; height
contest os teams Of eight sn2wOq 9I BY
TwO-hundTed -twentyyard (handicap; three
heatsl-Final heat won by H. E CIsgtn Company az
| F. Fechtman Company B GI yards H. Francis.
Company H az YARDS. tied for third place. Time,
! 0:25$s.
Two hundred tweny-yard hurdle race Ghandicap)
! Final by W. Hughes. Company e q yards)i
| ". K. Dodworth Company Il g yards), second: 4.
G0P sy e y9Tas ssrt third Te GSo
| B. Mcclellan Company p: C. T. Rnthbun Company D,
Overall, Company H. third. Time. 2:1T.
Three undred- and-ffty nandcap; heavy
| marching order)-Won by w. NJ. Horner. Company
tscratch) W NJ. Varley. Company az YARDS. second
| Time o:4s2s.
rItatnn nter-resin,ent twonile bicrIe nursit race
| Won by F. Eliot Adams 22d Regiment Engineers; r.
| r. MacIsea, 18th Regiment, second
Interconpany relay thandtcap one team Of four
from each company, each man running lap-116
| yardsl-Won by V. Andrews (scratch). Of Company q
| team w NJ. Varley q yards Of Company B. second;
Z s Backledge q yard). Of Company Z. third. Time.