Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
BOY SCOUTS HOLD
FINE DEMONSTRATION
Many Interesting Events at Field
Day Celebration on
Saturday.

Wilmington Boy Scouts had a big fiel,
day on Saturday afternoon on Washing
ton Heights.
Probably the largest number of scout,
10 take part in a meet of the kind was OF
hand for there were 13 churches repre-
sented as follows: Troop No 2, Ole
Swedes; No. s, Union; No. Q, Hanover
No. II, Trinity p E.; No. 21, First anc
Central: No. %, Delaware Avenue Bap
tist; No. 26, German Lutheran; No. 27
St Johns; No. 40, Westminster; No. AZ
Harrison; No AS, Grace; No. 81, Trinity
Lutheran: No. 81, st. Paufs r. G.
Some of the troops had two or three
teams entered in each contest.
The results follow:
Best drilled troop-lmmediately after
the entire body of troops passed the re-
viewing stand, four entered in this con-
test. Troop Nos. 2, 8, 0 and %. 1t was the
unanimous vote of the judges that the
hest one was Troop No. s. They carried
flags and according to rules this WAS not
permitted, therefore the troop was dis
qualified. First prize went to Troop No.
.. second to No. %, and third to No. 9.
The second event, trek-cart drill, was
before according to the judges was the
best OF its kind they had ever witnessed.
First aid (bandaging)-Troop No. As,
represented by George Prouse, Franklin
Hindle, Percy" Moser and John Sheldon,
carried off first prize, while the Others
went to teams from Troops 2, IL and Q.
First aid (coat stretcher)-LewisR Rum
ford. CYRUS Pyle, Meredith Reese, Harry
Naier and Mode Spackman, representing
Troop II, took first honors, and second
place went to another team of the same
troop. The remaining honors went to
Troops 81 and 9.
First aid carrying patient)-A team
from Troop 26 carried off first place, repre-
sented by l.. Wadman, Howard Whitta-
ker, Norman Smith, William Greene.
Second and third places went to two
teams from Troop II, while Troop got
last honors.
Fire fighting (three matches)-Corbit
Spruande and John Reese won first place in
this event for Troop II. Troop 26, second
place. and Troops "a and 2S got fire at
the same time, consequently the points for
third and fourth places were equally
divided.
Pancake-With the same fire the boys
then had 10 bake pancakes In the vent
that two Young ladies are looking for two
first class pancake cooks. why not first
rall Up scout headquarters and ask for
Jack Dexter, and James Dobb. These
boys won first prize IN the contest Satur-
day for Troop No. is. No doubt the boys
of that troop will have pancakes every
meeting night from now on. Other honors
went to Troops 23, II and %.
Scmaphore signaling -Honors in thi;
feat went TO three teams from Troop II
and fourth place to Troop2
Morse signaling-Two teams from
Troop IL took first and second places,
third place being taken by Troops.
Fire by friction-Corbit Spruance Of
Troop 2 had q fire in one minute, twenty
six seconds, while Earl Hearne was close
second.
Troop stunt-Troop No. , got first
place in this event, forming camouhaged
wall and putting man on . stretcher over
same Troop No. 4s took second place
with the trek-cart drill. Troop No. % re-
ccivcd third place, forming a wedge with
the scout polls.
Expert neutrality-suspicious. in this event
went tc Troop ?.