El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-05
OBSERVE JULY 4
WITH ATHLETICS
Interesting Program at Red
Cross House at Ft. Bliss;
Prizes Are Given.

Fourth OF July a, the Red Cross
house. Fort Bliss. as arranged by H.
N. Coivin. associate field director Of
the Red Cross. was a strenuous day.
Rev. r n. johnson. formerly OF the
T. S. navy. came out early in the af-
ternoou TO take charge OF the sports.
The willard and Dempsey returns
posted in the lobby and the tennis
tournament were booked to be the
rival events Of the afternoon. bur
Dempsey won more easily than the
tennis champion Pvt Frank :. Win
ston- The decisive sets in the finals
were. Pvt C. Melville Zussman elm
mating Pvt. Harry A. Shaffer. Sergt
N)nman B. Guild eliminating Fuss
man Pvt. Frank 2. Winston eiiminat-
ing Guild in closely contested games.
and winning the tournament and a
prize Of first class racl-et. Pvt.
Robert R. Harris acted as referee and
Pvt Robert blood as score keeper. the
sntire afternoon.
Hospital Visited
Wfile the tennis was being played
the hospital wards ere visited by the
hostess. Mrs. J. E Ostrander. Mrs. r
a. Johnson and Miss Jones and little
silk American flags were given to
each patient
Game stunts for all started at $50.
on the lawn. immediately after sup
per and were as follows.
StorS race. entries. Pvt VERT. Pvt
VIM. Timm, Pvt Ralph W. Johns. Rev
F. ~ Johnson Prizes of cigarets won
by Pvt F.. NVertz, first, and Rev r. "
johnson. second
Jockey race, Pvt. F. Vert. blind
folded carrying Pvt r ". Johns, won
first prize Of a cake Pvt. Ted Wolfe
carrying Pvt Ernest Dellinger, Won
second prize Of a pie
Cripple race. entries were Pvt Eur
chard Casey. Corpl Z. Rising, C0TpL
Alfred Friedman, PVT. r. W Jones (
First prize OF a cake. won by Pvt 3. !
Casey second prize OF a pie was won
D. Corpl. ]. Rising
Hobble race, entries were Pvt. c. ~ /
Zussnan, PVT r VERT, Pvt Burchard
Casey. Pvt. Lee Estes, Rev. +. NJ
Pvt. 3. Casey second price Of pie won
by Pvt Lee Estes
Suit case race-Prizes Of cigarets /
won by PVT F Wertz. as first. Pvt 4
Frank KraA second; CorPl. Floyd .
Lindsey. third
won first prize Of pie Pvt +. Vert.
second prize. cigarsts.
Egg and spoon race-I'vt- C II.
zussman, first prize. cake; Pvt Miguel
0ssuma, second prize. pie Pvt r
Ncrfz third prize, cigarets-
Allied flag race-Pvt. Burchand
Casey. U. 5. flag. PVT Ted Wolfe. flag
II Great Britainf Pvt Il. Vert, flag
II France. Rev James Klask. flag Of
Belgium; Pvt Theodore Hops. Tag OF
Japan Pvt Vim. Bocast. flag OF
servia; Frank Kral. flag OF China; Lee
Estes. flag Of italy. France. borne
~ Pvt Wertz. won first place. Great
Britain, borne by PVT. Wolfe. second
United States. borne by Pvt Casey.
.hirA- Cake, PIE and cigarets were
prizes
Boxing match-Pvt- Bryan Marshall
= Seventh cavalry VS. Pvt John +
7earee. Fifth cavalry, draw; two piei
prizes.
Pie eating eoutest-Pvt. F. Wertz
won first prize: Pvt. T. Hopp, won
second
Dancing Enjoyed
Alter the game contests al came
inside to welcome the girls from the
Var Camp Community service and
inish the day with dancing Mai J.
7. Hammond. commanding surgeon OF
he base hospital. had granted per
mission zor the patients 70 stay out
Until 10 o'clock. which was greatly APP
l-eciated- T.