Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-24
Many Exciting Contests Were
Pulled Off Yesterday.
LIST OF ENTRIES AND WINNERS
Cape Charles Won Baseball Game
From Artillery School by Score of S
to a-Lieutenant stoppford Got
Home Run and Did Good Pitching.

Field day WAS observed by the sever.
al hundred artillcrymCn stationed ut
Fort Monroe yesterday nj the various
contests proved very close and cxcit-
ing.
Probably the most interesting of tho
features Of the program was IL game
of baseball between tho Fort Monroe
Artillery ,Schooi and the team from
Cape Charles. or rathSff nine claim
ing TO be from Cape Charles On the
visiting team We're Hopkins, of Phuc-
bus, and Cunningham, Of Hampton.
and the visitors won by the score of
> 10 ;. thereby giving them The hcst
two of three contests. During the pro.
srcss Of the contest Nlillctt. The pitch.
or for The artillcrists, got mad and
quit The game He was succeeded by
Lieutenant Stoppford. who did very
effective work. Lieutenant S,oppfuril
also got single and home rum
The artilicrymcn made several most
costly errors, which save the game to
the visitors
The Sports.
Below Is given the list of the sports.
the entries for each and the results:
Blank Cartridge Race.
First observation-disclosures Dan
ner. SiNty-ninth Company; Corporal
Jones, Thirteenth Company: Private
Limoges. Sevcnty-thrd Company;
Sergeant Farthing. Sixth Company.
Won by Sergeant Farthing. Time.
Ii -.
Second t-Entries--Privutc Ell.
lis, Forty-first Company; Private Fish
or, Fifty-cighth Company; Private Bar.
clay, Thirty.iifth Company. Won by
Private Ellis. Time. l5 -.
Third -Entrics-Privatc Room
cy, SiXty-ninth Company; Corporal
Shaddon. Thirteenth Company: Priv
ate Ga,linc. Scvrnty-third Company:
Private Dunno, Sixth Company Won
by Corporal Shaddon. Time, Ia l-2
Fourth heat = Entries Private
Thompson, Furty-ilrst Company; Priv
ate Fink, Fifty-cighth Company: Priv
ate Fcist. Thirty-tifth Company. Won
by Private Fcist. Time, III "a
In the final heat Sergeant Furthing
"ou INST prihu uukinE the course in
six seconds. aud Corporal Sladdon
captured the second prize in thirteen
seconds.
Equipment Race.
First hrat--Entrics- Private John
son. SiXty-ninth Company: Private
Grecnup, Forty-fourth Company; Priv.
ate Barr. Thirteenth Company; Priv
ate Ross, Fifty-cighth Company Won
by Private Ross. Time, a:7.
Second -Entrics-priyatc Mil
lcr- Scrcnty-thitd Company; Private
Address. Thirty-ffth Company: Cor.
poral Doushorty, Sixth. Company. Won
by Private Address Time = minutes.
Third heat - Entries Private
ONeill, Sixty!ninth. Company, Priyatp
House, Fnriy+irst Company: Private
Corhn, Thirtcentll Company: Scrgcan,
While, Giftyioighth Company. WON by
Private C6ran Time. 3:23.
Fourth heat - Entries - Private
Smith, Scvcntythird. Company: Priv.
ate. Libby. Sixth Company Private
Cosby, Thirty.ilfth Company. Won By
Private Smith. Time. 2;22
In the final, heat Private Ross. of
the Fifty.cighth Company. was first
and Private Smith. Of tho Seventy
third Company, second Time, 2:26.
Wall Scaling.
Entrics-1eams of twenty men from
the Thirty-iifth, Fifty-eighth. Forty
first, Sixth, Seycnty-third and Sixty
ninth Companies entered.
In the final heat the Thirty-nfth
Company won first prize and the Fifty
eighth took the second.
Leap Frog.
In three heats the teams entered
were from the Thrty-fifth, Sixty-ninth,
Scventy-third, Thirteenth, Fifty-eighth
and Fort y-iirst Companies.
The teams winning were the Thirty
fifth. in the first heat. the Thirteenth,
in the second. and upon the final heat
being pulled off the Thirteenth Com
pany took the prize.
Plank Race.
In the contest man entering the
race was required TO dive from Il
board. swim distance of 30 feet, Sc
cure his plank and return to the shore
The entries were Eastman, Sixty
ninth Company; Bcver, Sixth Compa-
ny; Sergeant, Scvcnty-thrd Company,
in the first heat; Dolan, Thirty-fifth
Company: Hickman, Thirteenth Com
pany: )ictz, Forty-iirst Company, in
the second heat; Peters, SiXty-ninth
Company: Sclaitcr, Scvcnty-third Com
pany, in the third heat; Starks, Thirty
fifth Company; Boldly. Thirteenth Com
pany; Cater, Forty-iirst Company, in
the fourth heat.
Eastman won tho first prize and
Dolan the second in the final heat
Baseball Ends Sports.
The day came TO Il close with tho
baseball game.
Sergeant Scott was the official time.