The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-09
SPORTS At WEST POINT
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'Ns vhp Finished nrs IN three rrqnia with
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tho lra ~ Wesi Point, fo,aiati backs
started IN tls iO0 yard sprint but Ff ~
iadlv and finished last His fff win wasin
the running brdad Jump, his next IA the
running Ligh jump and bis third In Tho 100
yard hurdle fnCr.
SECOND ~ Beavers In point ~ prominence
came n. II smith Il the am class. lie
won In both tho 10 yard race and he hall
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shot put, and Sturdoynn''s Ia the hammer
throw, gave iOos a total Of a'ven wins ont
Of eleven events,
All the track events were run on he turf
Of the Parade ground, which. though fine
turf, IL not u Cindcr track for speed, and
makes the lm yard record uf 10 seconds
made 10y !. < Hammond some years ago
look like a tremendous performance Capt.
koehler, the athletic instructor, was master
Of ceremonies, and the post chaplain. who.
by the way, l. one Of the most popular chaps
AT West Point, welded the starters pistol.
Chaplain Travers is an athlete himself, and
none Of the runners managed to beat the
pistol. All the Judges and time keepers
were officers OF the army, and the events
followed one another with the military
promptness to lie expected.
In the 100 yard sprint, with which the
games opened, Hayes finished first, n yard
before Ellis, '0s, in 10 As, running against Il
brisk breeze.
Pretty near all six contestants were down
and out and dead TO the world when the mile
race was over. Daley, 'I7. jumped ont at
the start and was never headed. He won
by 30 yards in 4 minutes ~ 3-5 seconds.
Hayes and Ellis again had il all to them
selves in the go yard argument. but the
plcbe was again the master, though he had
to smash the record TO get home first,
Bearers was the only thing in the broad
Jump, az nobody else could approach his
leap of 81 feet 3 inches,
Football came to the fore when it came to
handing ont the 10 pound shot, for Erwin.
West Points giant guard, was easily first
with a put of SO feel ~ inches.
At the quarter mile argument 1908 ha d
things all its own way. r. II. Smith. of New
York, jumped out when the chaplain's pistol
cracked and was never pressed hard, win
ming pretty much as he liked in 52' seconds.
Glover the other 1903 man, was a fair
second.
The contest in the running high jump
furnished a pretty scene under the big
trees in front Of the cadet barracks. where
the throngs of pretty girls. escorted by
officers or cadets. all in uniform, sur
rounded the athletes. 1t took a long time
to weed out the second %raters, but Beavers
was finally the only man to clear 8 feet
s inches. The winner made an effort to
break the West Point record of 5 feet ~
inches, and Lieut., Morris, who made that
record as a cadet. stood Just outside he ope
lines and applauded the effort. Beavers
1dllel 10 90 the tTlCk, tnDuSH On ils last
attempt he barely famed the bar from its
support.
Late this afternoon the board of visitors
went dow to he target range to see squads
from the first and third classes operate
machine guns, while first and second class
men manipulated a pack train and o noun
tain gun. Lieut.. Glade commanded the
machine gun contingent, who numbered
and fired the two gatling guns and plugged
Il half dozen figures full Of holes at 500
wards Two moro men oDprdtpd a Colt
automatic gun no bigger than n Brook
Ign mans perambul4tor. Capt. Marshall
directed the doings Of the mountain gun
and pack train squad, who showed how
to pieces and strap the pieces on to the
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