The Washington herald., 1916-09-17
POLICE FIELD DAY
NETS $500 FOR FUND
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

years old. the captains granddaughter.
She was in~"full uniform" with a gold
border, in conformity with the natty ath-
letes' costume worn by the men of the
precinct. The captain personally awarded
her a prize in the form of a gold locket
and chain.
A couple Of burlesque policemen, with
patient cream-colored donkey, added
the final FLIP Of fun to the afternoons s
happenings, and the donkey caused
Jim" Day considerable perturbation,
for 1t would persist in running away and
invading the sacred precincts Of the in
feld, which was roped OF and guarded
by Custodian Day IN person Once DR..
Eler caught the animal on the run
TuE-of-war Interesting.
An event that engaged the attention Of
the 5000 spectators was the tug-of-war,
which was won by Precinct No. 10 after
some desperate contests. After every
pull there was a heated debate as to
what was done and what should have
been done There seemed to be a great
divergence of opinion as to the proper
technic OF the tug-of-war. Desk Sergt
Dolly" Gray, of Precinct No. l. was
successful in the toss-up when his team
and those of Precincts No. 10 and No. II
were the survivors, but in spite Of the
rest thus won while Nos. 10 and Il
struggled, Gray's team was vanQuished
after a pull of few seconds more than
two minutes. Then the crowd went wild.
There were numerous spills in the
dashes, especially when the heavy
weights were footing It, but no one was
injured during the rapid progress Of
events. The obstacle race, one of the
last on the program. amused the spec
tators immensely, as the contestants
hat yvha
starting gun was fired, and then leaped
and clambered over very consid-
erable obstacles in the shape of upended
benches. This was described as the
hospital race"
Odd Group Formed.
One of the most striking groups on
the field was that composed OF George
W. Sellers, station clerk Of Precinct
No. L. who tips the scales at about an
even hundred: A. c. Ogle, of the
Eleventh precinct, who weighs 322
pounds, and Patrick Mcdonald. Of the
New York police department, Olympic
shot-put champion. weight 2s6 pounds
The three were photographed together,
and when they shook hands he used
their Joined arms as a trapeze.
The remarkable work of three Olym-
pic champions who contributed to The
interest of the day was a striking
feature of the games. McDonald's per-
formances with the weight and shot
preceded the competitions in those de-
partments and were closely watched.
Egon Erickson, of the New York police
department, a member of the Olympic
team and former National A. a. U.
champion, gave a fine exhibition, and
so, too, did John ]. Eller. another
member of the Olympic team and
record holder. distinguished as all
around 160-pound national champion.
wrestling Bouts EIcitInE.
The wrestling bout between Joe
Grant, of the detective bureau, and
Joe Turner, worlds champion middle
weight, came toward the close and was
one of the big events Of the afternoon.
1t was a spirited contest and the
crowd, with every evidence of good
natured neutrality, cried: Go get i'm,
lowed by one between Sergeant Gray
and Traffic Officer W. NJ Dunawin.
Gray won in 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
Presentation of the medals and prizes
by District Commissioner Louis Brown
low, at the conclusion of the games,
was informal, the winners appearing
individually or in chance groups at the
table where the articles were exhibited.
Chairman Odell S. Smith. of the Citi-
zens' Committee, last night said he de-
sired to express through The Washington
Herald the thanks Of the committee to
every one who helped to make the field
day success.