Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-23
lead. IN. FIELD. !. !.
FOR. ARMY !.
TAKEN BY 18th
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1st Infantry Won Last Year. i
The meet last year was won by the
] ST Infantry. which scoredfone.ffft OF
a point more than the ,25tR. In today's
meet. however. the athletes Of the 18th
/ displayed better form than a year
ago. A feature of the meet was the
perfect order maintained by the big
crowd OF enlisted men. The field
was We'll polieed. and not once were
the men ordered back for crowding.
One thing noticeable was the absence
OF Carnival bleachers, which rndouht.
edlysspuId prove more comfortable to
spectators than the damp grass on
the maaka hank The athletes res
pOnded promptly when THE various
feyents were called, and there were no
long waits between contests rh
,Tomorrow's events promise 20 bring
out even more enlisted men and more
spectators than were present today.
providing the weather holds good Of
ficers In charge of the meet spoke en-.
tknsiastically regarding the results
OF the first day. and the men were
I1complimented generally on the good
showing which they made. ..-
Big Cheer Far MiIis.
There was a,tremendous cheer from
the. ranks of the s25th when Mills
|erDssed the linesin the 10o-yard preIim-
mary. Mills madesa name foFshimself
during the military meet last year.
and. to-day he showed his prowess as a
speedy track man by knocking asfiftil
of arsecond off the island record in
the hundred.
Mills will enter IN the finals on Sat.
|urday, and the members of his organf.
ration are boosting him TO win. II.
Bray of the LIST Infantry took second
place in the event, with Corn OF the
Coast Artillery third. Bray won out
by fewfinches for second place
The speediest events of the meet
were the two. tugs of war. EwithnpaFtf.
cipants. dismounted 1t took the LIST
Infantry team Just 10 As seconds TO
pull the members of the e25th infantry
over the line, and the I'd Infantry did
even better, when It pulled the 8th
Cavalry team over the line in six sec
onds flat The members of the vim
ming teams were:
Winning Teams. 81
lst Infantry Sgt. Steger, team cap
tain; Sgt. Seiss, Cpl. Biluys. Nc
Gowan, Gadze, Cpl Tolson, Hawkins,
Williams. Gather, Ellingbo. Leitch
I'd Infantry - Bergwin. team caps
tain; Benhke, Bruncicke, CPD. Dun
can. Fogarty, Cpl Carter. Brinker,
Doris, Henderson, Rhode, Schuck.
Tomorrow morning the tug-of-war
contests will be between the LIST In
fantry and the 18th Infantry
One of the prettiest races of the day
was the preliminary in the half-mile
run. first place being taken by Pride
of the 18th Infantry. Travers of the
LIST infantry took second place, cross
ing the tape about IL feet behind the
colored sprinter. The time was min
utes, l6 seconds. Pride ran an ex-
ceilent race and has been picked as a
winner in the finals, of this event,
Other preliminaries in this event will
be run tomorrow and Friday, with the
finalsson Saturday.
Baseball Relay" Popular.
A new event, and an interesting one.
was the baseball resay in which abil-
iity for pitching accurately over dis
lance are the essentials needed to
win. There were two teams of eight
men each. one from the LIST Infantry
and the other from the I'd Infantry.
The. team members were placed in a
j1ine. with two men at q position. the
positions being about 120 yards apart.
At a signal the ball was relayed from
one end of the line TO the other. pass
ing back and forth Is times The
ball going first over the finish line for
| the 10th time won. the distance COW
cred being a little more than two
miles. &
1st Infantry men won flandily from
the I'd Infantry the time taken by the
winner to cover the distance being
inmates, 2l seconds. The finals in
this event will be run OFF Saturday,
there being further prelininaries 10
morrow and Friday. The winners
were BuckIand. Cpl Mdnson, Maddes,
Sgt Judd, Dunlap, Whitehed, Kowie-
cinshi. Cpl Shelton.
Ware of the 25th Infantry won cas-.
lily for his organization in the 220-yard
dash by covering the distance in
22 10 seconds. Smith of the list In.
fantrye took second place, crossing the
tape about 10 feet behind the colored
runner.
Fifteen In Comedy Race.
About Is men entered the shoe race
| which was the comedy event of the
day, The neat line Of shoes was kick
ed into a scattered pie by officers
and, at the crack of pistol, the fun
commenced. The contestants landing
on the pile or footwear reminded one
of pile.up in an old style football
game.
There was a heated scramble fol-
the shoes and for while the air was
thick with flying heather. Some shoe.
We're thrown as far as the sides of thu
field, which lost their owners any
chance of winning the contest.
Il White of theI I'd Infantry succeeded
i in donning his shoes and crossing fh1