The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Rivalry Shown In Yester-
days Contests Arouses
+ Interest In Result.
COMPANY H SOLE
GEORGETOWN HOPE
Central, Eastern, and Business
Prove Themselves Forrnid-
able Rivals.

With four Technical High School
cadet companies and one from Western
High TO drill today, in the annual con-
test, six companies having been put
through their evolutions yesterday, in
terest in the outcome is raised to its
highest pitch. There was little real
school at either Central, Eastern or
Business today, for the cadets of these
schools drilled yesterday in such a man.
.ner as to be formidable rivals of the
best trained company that Technical
or Western can today put on the field.
The drill began today on the Ellipse
at o'clock.
The companies and their captains are
drilling today in the following order:
Company D, Technical-Capt. A. NJ.
King.
Company L, Technical-capt. A. G.
Company X. Technical-Capt. G. D.
GroSner.
Company C. TechnicaI-Capt. D. ".
Company H, western-Capt E. A.
Bethel.
Georgetown's Hope.
Company H, Of Western, is that in
stitution's only hope. tits the only
company at the Georgetown school. But
the West Enders, with a reputation for
concentrating energy, enthusiasm and
work on that one company, thus cap
turing more victories than any other
single organization, are confident that
they will finish well toward the front.
The Western company is looked on as
dark horse, and unless form goes
wrong. the company that leads the rep
resentatives Of the Red and White will
have to extend itself to the limit
At Technical, however. cadets, stu
dents and teachers today express
fhann6nlVaG 2S satisfied
song they sing at such school con-
tests. ITS Time for Tech to Take
EN- Again" The four companies
from the Maroon and Gray school
long winter months and the sultry
spring days. While all four COM
mands are even in the matter of
hackers, and the whole school, despite
is with the Tech company that takes
the diamond medal and red ribbons,
still there is an undercurrent In favor
Of Capt. G. D. Grosner, of Company
spent considerable time on alignment
and the manual of arms. These are
both important features in competi-
tive drill.
Thousands See Drill.
Yesterdays drill was in many ways
unique 1t was the first one that had
been held on the Ellipse for many years.
Fully 1000 gaiIy dressed hoy and girl
students, and their parents were banked
several deep at the White House end
of the Ellipse, when Company A, of
Central, marched onto the field, with
snappy cadence, remarkably good align
nent and gave up the colors which
the same organization had won last
year. Upon formal surrender of the
much coveted prize banners, the United
States Army officers acting as judges
gave Capt. P. S. Putskd orders to pro-
ceed.
AS the captain turned over the rib
hons there was a thrill among the Gen.
trail students, and then a reverberating
roar and cheer as Captain Putski gave
squads right-about, and, under a swell
tering sun, started to go through the
program. From the layman's view
point, 1t was an almost perfect drill.
CentraPs Many Backers.
And the Central admirers in the lines
which had stretched almost all the way
around the great expanse of green, were
not at all backward in expressing their
opinion through enthusiastic cheers and
school songs. They had the cheering
to do all over again when the Dark Blue
and White companies, following, went
through the program.
Company of Eastern, commanded by
Capt. L. NJ. Leonard. and the fifth