Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-26
63D INFANTRY WINS
BIG FIELD MEET

The 18th Division held it's long
deferred field meet on Lafayette Field
Wednesday, according to the Baltimore
Sun.
The field meet, won by the SD lnfan-
try, was witnessed by Maj. GeN. Jesse
Mel. Carter and officers Of his staff
thousands of soldiers and a few CIV
ilians. In addition to the events Of the
ordinary athletic meet, it included fea-
lures peculiar to the Army, such as
squad drills. bayonet charges. tent
pitching, wall scaling, a mounted rescue
race and\a wagon and team competi-
ton.
The mounted rescue race was the
thriller Of the day. In this feature a
dozen or more horsemen dashed madly
down the half mile course and leaning
from their saddles each grasped a
soldier. swung him up behind and made
for the starting point again. While full
Of danger the race did not lack humor.
for several of the soldiers were unable
to cling to the horses backs and be-
fore the starting point was reached
slipped Off and rolled in the dust to the
delight OF their comrades on the side
lines.
The wagon and team contests were
also full of interest. A sinuous course
had been staked out and the skill Of the
teamsters in driving their six-mule
teams at breakneck speed over the diffi-
cult course was rewarded with cheers.
The Meet by Points.
Points scored by the units were:
SD Infantry. %; 72d Infantry, "a:
list Infantry, IT; 211th Engineers, 10;
Filth Field Signal Battalion. 6, and
Headquarters Troop, 3.
The events and their winners were
as follows: 100-yard dash. won by
Boyce. 72d Infantry; time, 11.a
seconds; Lavoie, 211th Field Signal
fantry, third. Squad drill, won by the
I'd Battalion, 18th Infantry, IS per
cent; Sd Battalion, SD Regiment, "a
per cent, second, and LIST Battalion,
72d Infantry. 80 per cent, third. In
the tug-o'-war the SD Infantry out
pulled the 7fst Infantry. The cent?.
pede race was won by Higgins, list
Infantry: Peters. SD Infantry, second,
and Murphy. 211th Engineers, third.
The 22S-yard dash was won by Cost.
lin. 72d Infantry. time, 25.2 seconds;
Lavoie. Filth Field Signal Battalion.
second, and Powell, list Machine Gun
Company, third.
Henry of the Filth Engineers, won
the bayonet charge race in 1873 sec
Forcht, 211th Engineers, third The
tent-pitching contest was won by the
Sd Battalion, fist Infantry. time. 2
minutes 43 seconds; LIST Battalion, SD
Infantry. minutes SIS seconds. sec
ond. and the 211th Engineers, min
utes, third.
Wall-Scaling Contest Exciting.
In the wall-scaling contest the SD
Infantry won in 1922 seconds. The I'D
Infantry scaled the wall in 35 seconds
and the 18th Infantry in 40.2 seconds
The winning team consisted of Sergt
Hawrale. Corps. Straight. Harrington.
Axiom, Wendt, Neal and Maker and
Private De Nauglus
The relay race was won by the I'D
Infantry in minutes 1919 seconds:
SD Infantry, second, and list In
fantry. third. Members of the win
ming team were Knight. Twigg, Street
and Geiger. The 211th Engineers won
the mounted rescue race. time 43 sec
onds: Headquarters Troop. second, and
the list Supply Company, third. The
wagon and team competition was won
by the nth Infantry. percentage. s8s7:
list Infantry. second 81 3 and the esd
infantry, ifhirJh g.