Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-09-26

Of the Twentieth Infantry out at Fort
Shafter. Many joyous days have been
spent on the parade ground at the
post, contesting strength of company
against company. but when the time
for another field day comes, the Second
Battalion of the Twentieth will be sta
toned many miles from Honolulu--at
Fort Douglas, Utah.
Yesterday was gala day for the
men at Fort Shafter. for the day was
one continual round of fun making
from early morning until late In the
afternoon.
Starts With Company Relay.
when assembly sounded at s a. m.
rade ground and made ready for the
days sport Lieutenants Pardee ana
Rogers of the Twentieth and Licuten-
ant Turner Of the Coast Artillery Corps
acted as judges, while Lieutenant
Bowen OF Fort Shafter ofiiciated as
starter. Sergeants Siegel and Krauss
were timers. and Sergeant Smons the
umpire. Then the fun began A COM
pany relay race IL worth while just in
itself. for II tests the etiic iency of each
individual man in the company. After
the last man OF the forty three to run
from each company, II was announced
that Company q was victorious, win
ming from Company + by the small
margin of sixteen seconds. This gave
Company q ten points and Company +
seven.
Other Interesting Events.
Signaling. which Is so important In
time of actual warfare, was tried out
and the ''wig-wag" soldiers Of the diff
fcrcnt companies did their best toward
accuracy and against time. At the
sound of the pistol shot to cease, many
of the men found they We're little
slow, and In consequence the first prize
went to Company Il, with Company I
following as a close second. This gave
five and three points respectively.
The shot-put event was won by Pri-
Yates prarce and Williams of Company
q. Pearce put the l6-pound iron bal
32 feet 10 inches. while Williams made
Il reach the mark at 81 feet . inches
Company q captured both first and
second places, making eight points
more.
Private johnson of Company G did
remarkably well with the hammer
throw, throwing 1t away n feet
inches. Corporal Nuckles of Company
H. came second. falling only three feet
behind.
Foot Races Good.
The foot races were done with credit
To the soldiers. All were enthusiastic
over the outcome Of the iiO-yard race
One entry from each company com
posed the contestants, and ut the sound
OF the gun all were OH, Mills Of Com
pany q taking the lead. Woodruff vi
Company IL. VINO Is Fort Skaters star
runner soon passed Miles ana set the
pace. The race was u good one, Wood
run making The iiO yards In one min
ute hat, with Miles following IA little
oNfI tliitt Nttoiltn p''iiiius
For the half-mile race, two entries
from each company We're listed, and
the long race was turned into relay
each man running IA quarter OF mile
dlers of Company II. Company q stood
second.
The potato race was really funny
Eight rows OF potatoes We're laid on
could be seen "A soldier and bucket
The object was to run down the lin,
OF potatoes, i've placed ten yards apart
pick up one spud at II time and brint
one picking up all his potatoes first
and getting them safely into the bucket
was declared the winner. Two mel
from each company participated. Pri
vate Stroh of Company II was tn
fastest. and Collins of Company Fmad'
"A good run for second.
Tug Of War the Best.
The soldiers have always taken grea
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proves the strength of Il company o
men AZ a whole. Company q has for
long time been victorious In this even
and go looked forward To the pull will
great interest. The preliminarics wer
pulled of, q winning from r. and !
taking II away from T. This left
and II to tight II out II took littl
less than half Il second to bring Com
lpany II across the line, leaving Com
pany q still champions.
At the close of the mornings spor
the points were distributed-to Com
pany q, 80: l., 10; II. 10; ana l., s.
Baseball in Afternoon.
The good weather that the soldier
HAD enjoyed In the morning still con
ltinucd after dinner, 50 the baseba
lpaycrs lined NJ for a good game. III
bali game still held ten points towar
the Held day, and Company q was on
To win, The entire four companle
participated In the gamo-E ana
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