The San Francisco call., 1904-11-18
SOLDIER ATHLETES IN GOOD FORM
Exciting Competition rs Witnessed BY Big Crowd at Pres,c
Heavy Course Prevents
Fast Time Being
Recorded.

20 the athletic grounds at the Presidio.
Had the track been a good one and the
feld level some records might have
been made that would open the eyes OF
the college athlete.
The grounds are on side hill and
the track is moist clay that clutches
the feet OF the runner and wears him
out Even with these disadvantages
the showing made will look good any
where Though the half mile was run
part Of the distance on an up grade the
time was 2:14.
The Fifteenth Infantry carried of the
honors Of the day, their trackmen
scoring fifteen points In the track ana
field events and easily capturing the
baseball game from the Preside team
Nearly the entire population of the
post gathered about the athletic
grounds Soldiers forgot all about drill
calls. fatigue calls and even the allur-
ing mess calls did not move them TIL
the last race was over.
Some Of the Sprints were ful OF PAL
pitations. In the first heat Of the 220-
yard dash Corporal Welsh and Private
Holahan sped down the stretch neck
and neck and breasted the tape at the
same instant. The time. q seconds,
was good on the sloppy track The first
heat Of the l20-yard high hurdles also
ended in a dead heat. Privates Willett
and Warmoth cleared the last obstacle
In the same stride and crossed the line
together.
The hardest race was the half-mile.
A 1.-THE wiry artilleTynlan set the pace
and q hot one il was. Private Haynes
Of the Fifteenth Infantry hung just be-
hind the bunch till they rounded the
turn on the last lap. Then he cut loose
and creased tightening was a crippled
ice wagon compared to him. He passed
everybody and took the race in 2:l4.
The finals Of the hurdle races, the
go and the 100 yard dashes will be run
of to-day. The relay race had TO be
postponed and will also be one of the
events to-day.
Following are yesterdays S results by
teams: Fifteenth Infantry, Is points;
Preside points; Tenth Infantry,
point; Fourth Cavalry, 3 points; Thir-
teenth Infantry, points, and the Coast
Artillery, 4 points.
The baseball game in the afternoon
between the Tenth Infantry team and
the Preside was duck soup for the for
ner Gillespie the Tenth's handy man,
buffaloed the Presidios with his twirl-
ing. Score, ; TO O..
The events scheduled for to-day will
be well worth seeing At a. m. there
viii be an exhibition by light batteries
at the terminus of the Union street car
line. Wheeling into position, limbering,
unlimbering and all the snappy evolu-
tions Of that exciting branch Of the
service viii be shown.
on the athletic grounds the Fourth
Cavalry viii go through mounted exer-
cises and viii show what the term
rough riding means. Besides ordinary
feats Of hOrsemanship picked riders
will do some hair-raising equestrian
stunts.
A mounted relay race is also on the
sv-Tl
Cavalry. In the afternoon the Pre-
sidio team VIII see what they can do
10 the Thirteenth Infantry in baseball
The results Of yesterdays competition
in detail follow:
1O0-yard dash-Wlnners Of heats: First heat
Sergeant Harnette. Company i, Fifteenth In
fa1trys second neat, Private steward, Com
pany X Fifteenth Infantry: third heat. Cor
fery fourth heat Sergeant Rice. Twenty-ninth
Company, Coast Artillery Best time IL sec
22o- yard dash-Winners OF heats: Corporal
Welsh. Sixty-hrst Company Coast Artillery
end Private Holahan' Company ], Twenty
first Infantry, tie: second heat Sergeant Hsr-
uette. Company l. Fifteenth Infantry: third
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rsny 3. Thirteenth Infantry. Best time p
pound shot put-Private Conman. Com
pany 81. Thirteenth Infantry; Private Ander-
con Fifteenth Infantry; Sergeant Ludlom
SiNty-siNth Company. Coast Artillery. Dis
tance. 32 feet inches.
High jump-Corporal Hunt. One Hundred
and rlfth company, Coast Artillery; Private
1oyeu, company J. Fifteenth Infantry; Cor
tfiiery Height. feet i1eBes llEB5ety' coast Ar
sso-yard run-F. A Haynes Company l.
.---91 .---es-1N lhialltry: CORPORAL Gosd, artillery
corporal Barton. Company F. Thirteenth In
fantry. Time, minutes Il seconds.
l2v-yard hurdles-Winners Of heats: First
heat. Private Willett. Company A T-hirteentl
Infantry and Private warrnoth Seventeen
COMPANY Coast Artillery. tie: second heat
Ns9Iloral aunt; sixt1.-hfth Company. Coast Ar
1illeTg: third heat Private Gillespie. Company
b-ss rtl'eents InLsnt7y; fourth heat Private
broao Jump-Private Gillespie, Company I
fiteenth Infantry; Private Fernandez. Fourth
Infantry Distance. 10 feet inches
lizard huroles-Winners Of heats: First
heat Private Erwin Company NJ Tenth In
1antry; second heat, Corporal Hunt sixty
nfth company. Coast Artillery; third heat Mu-
Slcleh -uliel, Company B, Thirteenth Infsntry
Best time, 35@a seconds.
The following officers are in charge
OF the games:
Major r. c. Van vlet Tenth Infantry. Can
tain Arthur johnson, Thirteenth Infantry: CAP
Captain John l. Hayden Artiery corns. 90
tan tam Seor%e = White. quartermaster; Captain
Captain Charles II. Bridges Fifteenth In
fantry. FIRST Lieutenant Fred W Herscbler
Foarth Cayslry; First Lieutenant Morris F.
Locke, artillery Corps
Ofhcials-R -Referee-Major r. c Van vlist
AN Solln l., t1ayden, Artillery Corps: Cap
tain George p White, CUarterrraster- Captain
starter-First Lieutenant T. c. Iyster medical
department; tmers-Captain John s Kuln
fel, Tenth Infantry; clerk Of course-C,sntain
Carl F. Hartmann. Signal Corps: scorerLSee-
ond Lieutenant Andrew J. Lindsay Twenty
FIRST Infantry.
Special -Footbail-Umpire First
Lieutenant Raymond ". Briggs Ar+iIlerc
Corps: referee. Captain John 81 Scboeffei
Tenth Infantry; timer, Captain John s Kuln
medical department, linesmen First Len
tenant j. W Herschler. Fourth Cavalry and
Second Lieutenant c. F. COnry Tenth IN
fantry: artillery drivers contest-Lleutenant
Colonel r. Il. Patterson. ARTILLERY Corne- IN
fantry wall scaling-MaJor R. Q. Van Vliet
Tenth Infantry. mounted relay race-Cartafr
John l. Hayden. Artillery Corps; CAPTAIN
George J. White. quartermaster; CaDtain
Charles II. Bridges. Fifteenth Infantry. Can
tain John B. Schoeffel Tenth Infantry
Scottish Bowlers Elect Officers
A regular quarterly meeting of the
San Francisco Scottish Bowling Club
was held last evening at Scottish Hall