New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
ARMORY RECORDS GO
BIG CROWD At Glurc
Erecting Finishes at 9TH Regiment,
1thtetic Treat

A crowd that filed every mart of tn
drillroom of the 9TH Regiment s7th street .asnory
avenue, was in attendance at the s,s ana Park
sociation last night. A'hieec AS
The contests furnished the liveliest ki,s
terestIng sport and the great test enfhrSi1 ot ~
programme long one and ALI os tssm. The
were we'll filed. '"e contests
TWO armory records were broken and ons
1Shed In a new event Probably the -. estao-
eSting of these the performances os '1 70 inter-
of Company E, in the 600-yard run hand,.nsnn
won the race from scratch from a large fafs he
fine time of L min. IS 3-5 sec The oIs ~ ~ 1ns
was 1 min. % 1-5 sec. made by G; / asecoFd
Company + at the twenty-third ganes e. a
The other record to go WAS in the one-mle roSs. s
skating contest, which won by W NJ Ioaer
ers. OF Company X, in min. 4S sec beatin u.a- R
old time made by D. Ferguson of Connan- 'he
the thirty-second games in 1891. by three a.
OF "A second ''as
The Company X team established a reco-a = .
wall scaling contest. The in this event nc sAe
TO go over two walls, each eight feet high arS aa
besides, make of 176 yards The tina -1u a
by Company X AZ 1-5 seconds "
The military novice relay race for tho IJ.,..
trophy. distance of 1.156 yards. was won essIs
by Company ID. with Company Z second and T-or,,
pany / third, in minutes so 1-5 seconds uSI
the half mile race for the Officers Gun went :.
W. NJ Washburne, of Company K. in an excitins
struggle with T. Lehman, of Company G, Hs
Probably not one in the big crowd would h,.,.
the newspaper men seated at table at the 11ns.
end Of the armory for believing conspiracy bas
been formed against them 4 mighty roar u-sr.
up from the throng when of the renor.o
whose weight Is something over two h,Ind-os
pounds. found himself stretched at full Iengts ~
the floor. owing 20 the weakness of his chair ~. ".
not long afterward, when another newsuanA- -
resantative received tumble not due To an,, 81.
of his. but 70 his chair things began to take a
serious aspect among the writers. The two mis-
haps certainly furnished much amusement for ina
crowd.
The summaries follow:
One thousand-yard run thandicsp,-Won bv , j.,
(4o YARDS. second s B. Nash. Company 80 yay5s,
third Time. 2:22} So '--ss
Wall scaling contest (scratchN 176 yards two wall.
eompaay F. second: time Company i l. aird; G;ai 5s NJ
0s 5 aSganz run ri fGnota 3no2:eWo8 SS 9s 81 @
sSgan ogay conpanv @ tsrs coTPany Ts ods second
ssyenty-1ve7yaId run Gandicap)-won by Msst-.,
second; L Brodhead. Company 90 testI thirs. ,
Hair mile roller skating Cuovce,-won by F. 3. Pin
kus Company K; ". D Pinkus. Company K second;
a - tIoAe II SoiiPahy 1 z: tlrq q Ilnae l59 10
sdcoVd WashbuF1s GSB1ny %aE d K w DOYLE .5 Company
Six hundred yard run Chandfcap,-won by pn-
yards). second; G. H. Leigh, Company t35 yards'
Fifty TaFd and EstuTs md rescue race ganaeapwa
yards: J. S EakIn and a F. G Milizan COMPANY IL
1scra,ch1 rat second: & G. Carlton and H OSBORNE Company
ThTeelesssd I'd race one hqndrsd and ssysntysz ya,s
pany II GO yards5: A. G Bauer and II G. ETsssr COM COM
pany Us YARDS. second: w a Hughes and J
Military event and special contest for The Halsttd
Military ITophy-RSlay race tnOVCe). thousand
ffty-six yards-Wo1 by Company D team. composed
Of W Armstrong; J. II. Smith and e G Pollon; Com
pany z second. team composed OF r Wilkins ". Nav
and " Harding; Company F. third composed
OF J. BOYLE. jr.. r Reynolds and ". G. lie Compss.
Two hundred ard twsnty-yard hurdle fandicsp)-
Won by e l. s3rodhead. Company G. % yards); W A.
Hughes. Company Scratch. second; J. 5. Myrfcx,
Company D IS yardsl. third. Time. O:31 as.
one-mile roller skating (handiCap9Wen by W y.
s;ruthers Company tscratehl7 F. = P1nkus. Company
X tscratch). second; w D. Pnkus Company tscraeh.
third Time. 3:46.
Half mile r7In tuovicel FOR officers cup-von by
WaSEhuFue COMPANY h. E. Lehman. COMPANY c.
ond. third Time. 2-1Sss-
one-hundTed ani seventy sixyard sack race tha1dics7l
Won BY & overall Company \ ti3 yardsi Mr.
Company II tl2 yartSf- second. ". A Hughes.
Company Z scratch. third Time. G-5.
by c. G. Witter. Company q IL yardsl: " Andersen.
second, Mr. Osborne Company
% ysrdsl. third Time, 0:5f1s-
-hundred-an twentyyard run thaLdlcapf-Wer h5
pany 10 yards. second F. " Wsrneksn Company
t2IE yardsl third Time. 0:25ls-
Intercompany relay thalclcapi-Vcl BY CON-
pany A team. composed OF J. r Everan II. g. Ever
all n L Post and A @ Bauer 80 yacdsl: CoHpany
second. team composed OF X, smith D g Despa7i
z J. Scudder and g q. Macdonald al yardsJ: Cor
pany third. team composed q g. PsulsoS T Aecei
II Beecknan and J. Keeie-. Time. f:+3 45
Putting the sixteen-pou1d shot thandicapl-Won Z.
NJ G. Peabody. Company 7 tf5 fsst'. actual Pct >
feet inches: II l. JockeL Company ~ fsstl actual
- Inches. second: r. E Lsrsudo1 Conran2
@ t1e feetp actual put 81 feet aiz inches. third
Tent raising contest each team COMPOSER q -
from the corlp2ny-Won hy Conlpahy D. u7'
a31 is Company r. second: time 2:45 ID.
Running high jump fhandiCap)-Won BY = y we.
neken Company Fl "a iuchesl. feet ] inch; j. =
Peters Company II tscratchi- feet inches seconfi
NJ 9. Peabody. Company 90 ineaes'. fee' tnensS