El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-04
FIELD DAY At
FORT BLISS IS
GREAT SUCCESS
Track and Equestrian
Events Strenuous; Polo
Revived at Fort.
MANY CIVILIANS
ATTEND AT NIGHT

FOLLOWING fast track events in
1 the morning. baseball. polo and
dzre-deril equestrian stunts during
the afternoon, the big day at Fort
Bliss wednesday ended with mass
singsong at night enlivened by high
class band offerings boxing and
wrestling bouts. It IS estimated that
from $500 to 5000 soldiers took part in
the singing. while two hundred autos
from FL Paso were parked nearby, the
civilian attendance reaching 2O00- The
holiday proclaimed by Gen. Robert L.
daT seen at Fort Bliss IN several
years
III I could only witch three or
fas1- shows at once then could
yet e. uli.v exclaimed an Fl PusO
fan early I'm the afternoon, while
Eaeurte7 men were yanking each
other off horses. others were rid
fra aouflaTrs' in exhibitions that
rIVu1ed anything Buffalo BIZ or
BucizElzin Zen ever gave the pub
lies a polo game was In progress
and baseball calling al good
sports 10 the diamond. The only
u-fnrtunate thing about the DAYS
pror-rnm was that expressed BY
that fnn-ir was impossible for
q mere mortal TO see Z ali at once.
wrestling Draw.
TIE evening athletic program
opened with q wrestling bout between
Cor Phil Fadden and Stranger
Smith, TIE two going Is minutes 20
draw TIE match was devoid OF the
slowncss that sometimes mars H-rest-
in~ ard not a few rams were q 'sap-
opinted that the bout was not longer
Sass Is Wrestler
N1ll. 6fth infantry and K o. sass,
Fifth cavalry scheduled for the main
boxing event OF the evening. put on q
rather toUe exhibition mixed with
comfortable ciinching and Juggling
Null who has shown excellent form
in the several fort bouts IN which ne
has 1nneared. found sass hard man
20 rerch because Of his ability TO save
hlnse'f by clinching. While this sort
OF tactics made the match less inter
esting- it IS all in the game. and sass
took the RIGHT method 20 save himself
from a. trcuncinE-
In a natch with Eddie Hanlon sew
eral months ago, sass displayed wrest-
'erF' tactics to such degree that fol-
loves OF the wrestling game were OF
the cniuion that Sass is a mat artist
az well as a boxer. Last nights eL-
hfhitfon further confirmed the opin-
ion sass was several pounds heavier
than Nuh Draw
Bowie and TnnstIeE Draw.
~ rowie 21st n c. B., and
Charles kid" Xansticz, 18th cavalry
put ~ some nice milling 1anstick
displayed considera bic knowledge OF
Bowie proved that he Is boxer OF no
mean ability. Decision was a draw
Osborne Finds New One
The liveliest bout OF the evening
was hetween McCautrey, lightweight
q the Seventh cavalry ana Keller,
fe1therweiEht. OF the san infantry
zIcCautry carries a Wollop which he
PIT AZ the head o. rushing campaign
ard went after Keller TO win. Right
there he gave the lighter man
fis-icuffs by EidesteppinE and 5abbiug
McCautrey from any and every angle
Mc-autrey absorbed all that came his
way and went after more Keller ac-
commodated him most generously, be-
Ing awarded the decision az the end
OF three rounds by Capt wales. Fifth
clValrv, who refereed the bouts. keil-
er looks like a conner, being one Of
the latest finds Of physical director
l-~rrT J. Osborne who arranged the
athletic program Tor the evening.
Russell There.
Whoever believes that HDep" is
nor clfchi-1- should have seen the
way c. Russell, song leader, put
wa into everything musical un-
dor hss supervision Russell g. OF
TIE suud1y-llOoaeFelt type, get
flcE grin on his audience that
fzcy cannot withstand and fmFelI-
srg them TO dive into an under
taking in the same hendlonE TASK
ioa that be himself assumes.
That's one q the big reasons that 4
the soldier boys started with snap. f
preceded with ginger and ended with f
Dynamite Russell wouldn't allow any
tning csc He tented. kicked goals. +
pounded the air and otherwise raised /
steam IN the thousands before him by +
the surcharge he carries In his ath- .
letic frame Russell is the right man 1
in Che right place.
Polo Revived.
1T seems Ike old times again" said .
one Il the officers who Witnessed the !
POO game during the afternoon, re- +
feIring 10 the close games held at the 4
fort regularly several months ago. +
some 1900 fans Witnessed the game be-
tween the teams OF the Fifth cavalry Z
and the Seventh cavalry. Each team .
made three goals but the Ec0re Of the
Seventh was reduced one point, be-