The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-21
TRACK MEET WON
BY COMPANY |
FIRST corporal Hsnnemann Makes Six.
teen Of Seventeen Points and puts
keokuk At the Head Of
the Regiment.
SOME GOOD MARKS MADE
Some Better Ones Mere Made Later
on the Woodpile to Which Pill
grims to Brownsville With
out Leave, Were Sent.

How First Corporal Hennemann
amassed a total of sixteen points and
Company L won the field meet in the
First regiment with total Of seven
teen points Is told in an interesting
letter to The Gate City from Thomas
Leach, Company L. Private Leach
also tells of some good marks being
made on the wood pile by a party of
pilgrims from the company who
viewed the bright lights of Browns
Vile without. having had the neces-
sary permission. Here is his letter:
Brownsville, Texas. Aug. II, 1916.
To the Editor of The Gate City,
Keokuk, Iowa.
Dear Sir: The First regiment of
Iowa had field meet August Is at
this place. Will give you the records
that were made. All the events were
in full uniform and not in track
clothes. The full uniform was as fol-
lows: Campaign hat, olive drab shirt,
o. D. pants. leggins and army shoes.
The records made by the men under
these conditions were exceedingly
good.
The meet was as follows:
Running broad jump
First Corporal Hennemann, Com
pany L, 10 feet 51s inches.
Second Private Wise, Company F,
Is feet inches.
Third Private Nauman. Company G.,
IA feet inches.
Running high jump
First Corporal Hennemann, Co. l.,
5 feet inches.
Second Private Rauch, Co. G, feet
inches.
Third Private Gaylord, CO. L, 5 feet
inches.
Standing broad jump
First Private Davis, Co. G, 9 feet
inches.
Second Corporal Hennemann, Co. L,
9 feet / inch.
Third Private Wise, Co. F, 8 feet
inches.
Fifty yard dash
First Private Rauch. Co. G, time,
seconds.
Second Corporal Hennemann, Co. L.
Third Private Clemaster, Co. G.
Company L of Keokuk made the
greatest number of points Of this
meet.
Company L, Keokuk. II points
Company G, Waterloo, Is points.
Company F, Cedar Falls, A points.
Corporal Hennemann of Company L
made sixteen of the seventeen points
for the company He entered four
events, got two frsts anG two Sec
onds, Private Gaylord making the
other point.
The high jump made by Henne-
mann was not beaten in the entire
brigade.
Grubbina Out Stumps.
Everybody in the company has
been busy grubbing stumps for the
last week. 1t used to be fall in with
arms, but now it is fall In with picks,
shovels, axes and rakes and right
about face for the tall and uncut.
"Swede" Carlson and Oliver Nye
would sooner be running the old rip
for Uncle CAP IT. c. Harrison) than
grubbing stumps for their Uncle
Sammy. Corporal Ward and Private
Weber have their tent decoIa with
some very pretty pictures arranged
In an attractive manner.
The ways of the transgressor is
hard, even IL they are fighting or
willing to fight for their uncle. Uncle
Sam allows 10 percent or seven. men
OF our company leave of absence with
passes.
Several Of the boys, Dick Hewitt,
"Scatters" McCarty, B. Coy Brown,
Philip Sousi Jones, o. Nye, T. Leach,
p. Schard, p. Eberle, J. Wellehan,
Speedy" Grogan, did not approve of
this rule and took French; leave to
see the bright lights Of Brownsville
The bunch saw the sights all right.
but never thought Of that big wood
pile the company accumulated all
week. Next morning Sergeant Leigh
ton gave the bunch ten days assigned
to quarters with that wood pile look
ing five times larger then it really
was
Chas. Griffin bought a burro for