Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-09
SCOUTS ENJOY
ANNUAL Event
Moline Boy Scouths Hold Field
Meet at Their New Camp
Grounds Saturday.

The second annual boy scout
held meet was held Saturday after
noon at scouts new camp ground
three blocks south of the Silvls
car line and troop romped away
with the honors of the day. Troop 5
carried away 81 points in the meet
while the troop finishing second to-
tailed % points. Troop won 4
points and troop 1, Silvis. captured
point in the field. The field meet
was attended by some of the par
ents and friends of the scouts.
In six or seven events troop 5
took away first hoonrs while troop
s captured the second places. Troop
I of Silvis took the first honors in
the flag race and troop won a
third in the equipment race and a
second in the water boiling contest.
The entire program of the day was
confined to scout activities and be-
came merit teast, determining rel
alive scouting abilities of the
troops Clark Nelson, acting scout
executive in the temporary advance
of H. NJ. Craig, conducted the after
noon contests and the judges were
job U. Schacht, G. E. Evans and
Leroy Brant
Troop Won Last Year.
The camp will soon be open to
summer scout camping parties and
its ideal location, with flne pana-
ramic view Of the Mississippi river
and the miles of farm lands to the
east and south, were highly praised
by the parents and friends of the
scouts who were guests of the aft
ernoon. Troop 8 won the cup last
years, retains possession again this
season and if they win it next year
they will obtain its permanent
ownership.
Results of the contests were as
follows:
Wall scaling. 10-foot wall
Troop 5, Henry Wood, Richard To-
line, Harold Yacger, Jefferson Bur
ris. Hunter Dietz, Frank Shall
berg, Harold Peterson and Thorn
as Gould, first; Troop 8, George
Wood, LeVon Kelly, Boyden But
terheld, Harold Kelso, Robert
SchIotfield. George Fisher, Harold
Sohner and Allan Gottsche. Sec
ond. Time, As seconds and LOB.
Knot tying, eight knots-Troop
8, Jack Schacht, Carl Berg. Edwin
Carlstedt, Frank Otis, Richard To-
line, Hunter Dietz, Jefferson Bur-
ris, Irving Dorancher, first; Troop
8, LeVon Kelly, George Wood. Roy
den Bntterfield, Allan Gottsche,
Harold Kelsou, Harold Sohner,
George Fisher and Charles Watt,
second. Time, 1850 and PAS.
Relay race-Troop 3, Scouts Wo
Relay race - Troop s; Scouts
Wood, Sohner, Butterfield, SchIot-
field, Gottsche, Kelly. Kelso and
Watt, first; Troop s, Scouts George
LeComte, Donald. Yaap, Toline, |
Burrus, Wood, Thomas Gould, Otis |
and Dietz, second. Time, 100 and |
los.
Equipment race-Troop 5, Scouts
Bruce Lourie, Schacht, DietZ and |
first; Troop g.. Scouts KEEL !
ly, Gottsche, Schner and Watt, sec
ond, and Troop 1, Silvis, James |
Boyle, Fred Myers, Henry DeBour-
Schacht won first, Lourie second,
and Dietz third, but under the !
rules of the contest the troop of |
which they were all members was
credited with only a first.
Fire by friction contest was call
ed off, after three teams had been
unsuccessful in 10 minutes in
starting a flame.
Flag race-Troop 5, Henry Wood |
and Thomas Gould. first; George
Wood and Harold Sohner, second;
Troop 1. Silvis, Ralph Knox, third.
Message for the signal event was
one appropriate to the week which
his event preceded, Urge Friends
10 be Associate Members" Troop
transmitted the message of 20
etters in 81 second with only one
error. Irving Dorancher was send
er and Prescott Brunstrom, clerk
II the successful team, and JefTer-
son Burrus, receiver, and Harry
Peterson clerk.
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