The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-02
First Regiment Boys Make Name
for Themselves in Ath-
letic World.

The twelfth games and recention of
the First Regiment Infantry took place
last night at the Armory on Sussex ave-
nue. and Jay street, and those who were
there can best testify to the fact that
the boys of the First Regiment had
many reasons for going home last night
with extended chests and feelings of
pride n satisfaction. There wasn't
much. spare room left either and Of
course this meant a large box receipt
and cor~respondingly added to the pleas
ure of the boys of the best regiment of
the State. The participants of the several
contests were agreeably surprised when
they received their medals and trophies
at the hands of President of the Board
OF Aldermen Patrick j.. Ryan. The
dancing after the games pleased the
ladies', so ummed up. the grand total
bspelled success for the men who had
charge of the affair. For the first time
III the history of the regiment prizes
We're offered by a newspaper, and
THE STAR came in for lavish praise,
not alone from the soldiers and the men
who won them, but from the men and
women in the crowded galleries, who
We're intent on seeing what their sons
and their neighbors' son were going
10 get for their athletic ambition.
A Pleasing Scene.
1t was, indeed, a pleasing scene that
confronted those who wendell their way
to the big drill shed. The main floor
was laid out in true track shape, and
the military guards established along
the main floor aided in keeping the runs
clear for the various events.
Up in the galleries, where the fair
sex located, the sight was one thai
convinced the. stranger that the boys
of the regiment would leave many a
broken heart behind il Uncle Sam
should call them away from their own
fireside. The v~ari-colored headgears
and the strikingly marked costumes of
the ladies blended in nicely with the
blue and white uniforms of the soldiers,
while in the boxes on the lower floors
came a radiance of beauty that simply
made m stop and scan the entire
length of the floor. To one side of the
hall were exhibited the medals and the
trophies, the gifts of THE STAR.
These lad their admirers from every
point in the building.
Quality aud Quantity.
Many similar meets as the one last
night have had larger entries, blu not
as much class. Quality p~redominated.
OF course, the little fellows who ran in
the school relay races didn't cut as much
figure from the point of interest as the
bigger events did, but yet the little
fellows came in for all the applause
ina ginable. The pupils of South Eighth
Street School were in high jinks when
they saw the beautiful trophy of THE
STAR coming their way. In the class
department might be mentioned the
name Of the winner of the one-mile
invitation race for the champion
ship of New Jersey. Such men as
Bellars, of the N. Y. A. c.; Harry
Coates. the Marathon A. c. runner, and
Bromilow, the former amateur
champion of Canada and the United
States and tho only competitor today
Melvin Shepperd in a quarter-mile
race, certainly went a great Ways in
making this event exciting.
From the sound of the pistol until
the bell announcing that the last lap
was being run nothing but the greatest