Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-05
plain Rowlison proved himself an abb
and forceful speaker.
lows CITY Won Meet.

plain Rowlison proved himself an able
and forceful speaker.
Iowa City Won Meet.
/ Despite the disadvantageous condi.
ton OF the track and field, the field
meet Saturday afternoon, won by
Company 1, OF Iowa City. proved to be
one OF the best features OF Camp
Bishop. Although the Iowa City mill.
| tiamen took the greatest number OF
points, twentyone in all, they had q
close second In Oskaloosa with eigh'
4 teen points. Keokuk, the baby com.
pany, as it is called demonstrated
that it is at least among the leaders
lin athletics when seventeen
points were carried away, giving
them third place in the meet.
The great number of visitors In at
tendance at the contest were exceed
ingly well pleased with the exhibition.
Although the showing made In many
OF the events was very good, the poor
Icondition of the field would not permit
the men to make as good a showing
as on suitable ground. Still, some rare
liability was displayed.
| The first event was the fifty yard
dash and from the time, 6 is seconds,
| 1t will be seen that the runners were
greatly impeded by the rough and un.
even ground. Ballard of Company I.
Iowa City, was the first to cross the
tape, with Leech Company L, OF Keo-
kuk, and Denoon, CompanyE, Of Cen
terville, a close second and third Fair
| time was made on the one hundred
/ yard dash, Ballard again taking first
In II 1-5 seconds. Denoon took second
and Lake of Company L, Keokuk,
third. The time given by the timers
on the 220 yard run was % seconds,
but In the opinion Of many, this seems
to be somewhat erroneous, as It Is
less than twice the time of the one
hundred yard event and the distance
was more than twice as great Henne.
man, Company L. of Keokuk, won
first place, with Ballard and Neibert,
the latter from Company M, from
Fairfield, second and third re-
spectively. Henneman also captured
first in the broad jump with a distance
of IS feet, 4 inches. Here again the
men were at a disadvantage because
of the poor jumping ground. Arnold
Of Company F, Oskaloosa, took
second and Neibert third The high
jump proved one Of the best events of
the meet, the distance of Arnold the
winner, being feet, 8 inches.
Company M. Wins saber.
Co. M won for its captain hand
some saber, the gift of the Ottumwa
Commercial association, by having the
best drilled squad of seven men In
the regiment. This event required
some time but since the accuracy Of
the squads was dependent upon their
chances Of winning, 1t afforded the
visitors and militiamen alike, great
opportunity to witness the superior
ity Of the United States military drills
when performed as they should be-.
Company 1 of Iowa City and Company
L of Keokuk were second and third.
In the individual drill where single
soldiers competed for the honor as
well as the prize Of being the best
drilled man in the regiment, Bremen
of Company H, Burlington, took first
and is now the pride of his company
White of Company e, Centerville,
came second, and Smith, Company M,
of Fairfield, third. The equipment race
In which the competitors stripped
themselves of all paraphernalia piece
field, went to Hoar, Of Company F.,
Oskaloosa, Nelson, of Company G, OF.
tumwa, captured second. The must.
clans contest found Freshwater Of
Company D. Washington, the selection
of the Judges. as the best bugler. Be-
low, Company c, Muscatine and
Ruefer Company B, Davenport, were
the second and third selections. The
retiring sharp shooters race was taken
by Rankin Of Company l, Iowa City,
with Brookhart, Company D, Wash
ington, close second and Nelson,
Company G., Ottumwa, third. The only
first to be taken by the Ottumwa
company went to Nelson in the
cartridge race. In this event the
militiamen started at one end Of the
field and picked up cartridges, sta
toned at equal distances, one at a
time, returning to the starting point
each time to fire them. Layton, Com
pany D, Washington, and Angstead,
Company NJ, Fairfield, were tied for
second place. The tug of war in which
eleven men from each company parti-
cipated, went to Company K of Grin
nell, and Company B, Davenport, took
second. Company F of Oskaloosa, won
the shelter tent pitching contest, hav.
ing completed the task in exactly five
minutes. A squad from each company
appeared on the field with their tents
strapped over their shoulders as on
the march. In erecting the tents they
were not permitted to use anything
but their hands and feet. Each man
carried half Of a tent and the two
parts must be buttoned together. The
first squad to have it's tent up and all
equipment inside was adjudged the
winner of the event.
Summary Of Meet.
Fifty yard dash-Ballard. company,
II, Iowa City, first; Leech. Co. L. Keo-
kuk, second; Denoon, Co. E, Center
ville third. Time, Is seconds.
One hundred yard dash-Bhllard,
co. 1, Iowa City, first; Denoon, Co. 3,
Centerville, second; Lake, Co. L,
Keokuk, third. Time, IL is seconds.
220 yard dash-Henneman, Co. L,
Keokuk first; Ballard, Co. I, Iowa City.
second; Neibert, Co. M, third. Time
% seconds.
Broad jump Henneman, Co. L,