The Washington times., 1906-03-24

The seventh annual indoor meet or the
National Guard Of the District Of CO.
lumbia the most successful in the his
tory Of the Washington Militia Athletic
Association which was held last night
in the Center Market Armory. was won
By the Uren Rifles. with % out OF
possible l04 points. The Corcoran cadets
We're second with -, Company h. OF the
First Regiment. third with l.. and com
pany X OF the Second. brought up the
rear with but , point.
Long before the games began the
large hall WAS packed to the doors,
and promtply AT 5 o'clock. the time
scheduled for starting. the gun was
fired FOR the 50-yard novice. In THIS ana
all other events on the card, only one
heat was necessary. as the trials had
al been heiS last Tuesday evening. ana
the monotzny and delay which Is nee
esSarilV the result OF running on "A
great number of heats was done away
with. No time was lost between events.
and the MANAGEMENT OF the affair de
serves much credit for the ehiclent
manner in which II was generated
White Big Winner.
The 50-yard novice went 10 Bopp. OF
the Crells. with Sam McCauiey. of the
Hearst Rifles "A close second. and
Clarke, OF the CorcOrans, third; i'm the
good time of seconds. Schlosser. Of
the winning company took nrSt hOnOrs
In the i40-ys=d dash. after a pretty
sprint on the last lap.
White. well-knoWn local athiete-
who has annexed various honors IN
meets about Washington, captured hrst
IN the running high. by breaking the
National Guard record with teet
inches. He also won the 100 and 20
yard hurdles scoring in all u points Tor
his company. thereby taking the indi-
vidual honOrs.
The siXteen-DOund shot-put went 10
Bowie. OF tie COrcorans. with SchlOs-
ser second Boyle made put Of thirty
six feet nine inches Loughran. the for
mer Business High athlete. and now Of
lhe Urells, was satisfied with the potato
race and 40 run In heavy march
ming relays
Battalion Relay.
There were several relays. but the only
che Of any consequence was the bat
talon relay. which was won by The
Second after the prettiest race Of the
evening. with the Third Battalion sec
ond. Davis led of Tor the Urells and
before half the distance had been GOV
cred ne slipped on one of the banks and
before lie could recover had lost con
; derable ground Dyer. who took up
The race for the Third. started on with
a lead Of twenty or thirty yards, which
were made up by Rice. OF the Urells.
and was kept throughout the remainder
OF The distance By the other Urell men
Added Features.
The wall scaling contest was the last
athletic event and took well with the
crowd. T. was won by Coreoran Ca
dets IN thirty-seven seconds.
Besides the company and individual
contests. the management had several
added attractions which broke the mo-
notOny OF the running Among The best
OF these was the exhibition wrestlin.
bout between Rob Roy Mackey and Joe
Grant. the two premier mat artists OF
Washington.
Another added feature was the boxing
exhibition between Kid Sullivan, the
local ring master. and Frank Newhouse,
former trainer OF Battling Nelson The
first two rounds were rather slow, but
iR the third and fourth the men mixed
things in a slashing finish The last
TWO minutes was especially SOod, both
standing up 20 II and giving blow for
blow.
The head and hand balancing Of
Robert d. Shrier and his little son Don.
G Shrier was good. This act took wen
with the fair sex. who roCndlv applaud
ed the antics OF the young man. who
was slightly over two feet in stature
The fencing exhibition was also good.
At least the audience applauded when
one of the swordsmen grabbed his op
ponents weapon and ruthlessly smore
his pate. which was encased in a box
Ike arrangen1e 1ent. which resembled q
divers head gear, or the twentieth CEN
tury football protection
The Summaries.
5O-yard novice-Won by Bopp. Urells.
McCauley. Hearst, second: Clarke. Cor
corans. third. Time. 0:0s.
50-yard open-Won by Schlosser, Creus;
Rice, Corcorans, second; Bsteman. Cor
corans. third. Time. e:54 40
16-pound shot-put-Won by Boyle, Cor
corsns: SchlOsseT, Urells. second; Bon
sviers. Company NJ. Second Regiment.
third. Distance. So feet inches.
High jump-Won by White. Lrells;
Loughran. Crells. second; Bopp, Crells,
third. Height, feet S inches.
Three-leEged race-Won by Rice and
Boyle. Corcorsns; Schlosser and Ellis
worth. Company II, First Regiment, sec
ond; Draeger and Bateman. Coreorans'
third.
Acrobats-Del Ray brothers.
Consolation 5o-yard dash = Won by
Clarke, Corcorens: Dennis, Hearst, sec
ond; I.ockland, Company Is, third Time
0 :6s1z.
40. heavy marching order-won by
Loughran, Urells; Peteman. Corcorans.
second; Babcock, Company II. First
Regiment. third. Time, 1:14.
1n5-yard hurdles - Won by White.
Urells; MeCauley, Company G, First
Exhibition-La Petite Alma, the human
snake
Potato race-Won by Loughran. Urells:
GiovannOni COrcoranS. second. an0