Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-26
FIELD MEET GREAT SUCCESS
Closing Day at Fort Crook Largely
Devoted to Military Contests,
COMPANY C HEADS THE LIST
In spite of DisaRreeabIe weather
the Final Day Proved Interest-
Ina Enougb 20 Bring Out
Large Crowd.

The closing day OF the winter field meet
at Fort Crook was a great success yes
tsrdsy and brought many experts In the
various contests. which we're Of a STRICTLY
military character.
Shelter tent pitching was the first
event. and the rapidity with which the
contestants put up their tents was a SUR
prise 10 the large number OF persons pres
emit. In5ths shsfpshooters' race the men
showed excellent form and, considering
the bad veathsr, very good time was
msde.
The shoe race was the most popular
event ard IN Tits there we're over > score
Of Competitors. After the race was over
some Of the contestants had TO get their
shoes off the tops of the nearby build
ings, where icy had been thrown dpring
the hunt for the right shoes by the va
rlous men taking part. All the shoes
were placed in a hogshesd and at a given
signal the competitors ran TO this hogs
head and e~ndeavored TO locate their
shoes. Whenever any man found a shoe
not his own he threw II as far as he
could.
Hasty e~ntrenching brought out some
good work and II was a matter OF much
onment that two men could so COM
pleteIy conceal themselves in so short
a time. They vertically made the dirt fly.
The tug of war was a walkover for the
Second battalion. but4in the wall scaling
the best teams in the two battslions had
= close race, which was won by Company
l., although Company " came within a
fifth OF a second of their mark.
The equipment race was a difficult event,
in which the contestants ran slightly yards,
leaving various articles CT their equipment
at tho fNn-yard lines m thu uya.s ant and
picking them up again on the way back.
While Company G won the most points
IN the pleet, the success of the company
was due in a.large measure TO Waller. and
Bsndy, two exceptionally rood athletes.
Although the first day OF the tournament
was az fine weather for holding a meet
as could be asked, the second was a
corker, with the wind blowing a gale. In
the equipment race the men were forced to
place stones on the different articles Of
their wearins apparel at the different
points in the race TO keep them from
The following were the officials for the
second day:
Officer in charge. Captain w. c.. Bennett
Sixteenth infantry. Judges: Lieutenant
Colonel ". A: Glassford, Signal corps; Cap.
tain George D.. Guycr. Sixteenth Infantry,
1BANH 81 Lb'Efbl r. Spilii "
fRntry; Captain r. r. Buchan, judge advo-
cate Department Of the Missouri.
summary:
Equipment race; Lamardo, Company X
won: washouck: COMPANY r, second
Birch. Company NJ, third; Haselrigg, Com
paty X. fourth. Time. 1:5.
Shelter tent pitching;' STEEL and Peters
Compare G.. won; Niolstte ard Twiehouse
Company II, second ~PrinEIe and New.
some. qbmpan~FK, third: johnson anC
CouEino,, &C mpanN I. fourth.
shoe race: Moore, Company g, won
Price, Company f.. second; Lamardo, Com
rsly K,Fthird; Ayotte, Company l.. fourth
Time: 1858.
TuR-of war: Won by Second battalion.
Hasty entrenching: Wyant and Mcneil
Company F., won Campbell and Cauble
Ctmpany r.. second: Wallck and skuta
Company NJ, third; Gain and Kohtz, Com
parry II fourth.
wall scaling; Company l. won in O:N
Company + second, 0:i0Is; Company r
third. O?I0; Company G fourth. $50.
sharpshooters' race: Pringle, Compan!