The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
TRACK HONORS AT MCCLELLAN
 WON BY co. H
Birmingham Sabers De- feated In Contests By A
 Single Point
(staff Correspondents )


 CAMP MCCLELLAN, ANNISTON, Ala, Aug. 20.-Company "H,'' com nanded by Capt. Shorty" Wren. won field honOrs today in a whirlwind fin ish, by one point over the Birmingham "Sabres." The score was 31 to 30.
 The meet was the principal event of i the days program, coming in the after non after the routine drilling in the morning had been disposed of. Private | Perry John of the Sabres was the indi- vidual star of the day, as we'll as high point man. He registered three firsts and two seconds for total of g points. His firsts were in the pole-yault, jave- lin throw and broad jump and the sec onds came in the high-jump and shot put. Each Alabama guardsmen was allowed to enter as many events as he wished.
 Private Cole of Company HI" was l the runner-up in high points, making two firsts for total of ten points, He broke the tape in the 40 yard dash and the mile-run.
 The first and second place winners | of this meet will compete Friday after noon against the other states represent ed here, Louisiana and Mississippi
 Following is the summary:
 Pole Vault, Pettyjohn, Birmingham. Sabres, first McCurdy, Co. IT.. sec, Ond; height nine feet.
 Shot-Put, Hudson. auartermaster detachment, first; Pettyjohn, Birmine- ham Sabres, second; Hurt. Birminebam Sabres, third; Lee, regimentaI head
  | fourth, distance g feet and ii inches
 High Jump, Morgan, Go. 'H'', first Pettyjohn, Birmingham Sabres, sec ond; Gregg, Quartermaster detachment. third; Salmon, regimental headquar- ters company 18th infantry, fourth, height five feet, eight inches. Broad-Jump, Pettyjohn, Birming- ham Sabres, first; Hurt, Birmingham Sabres, second; Gibson Co. "I', third Salmon, regimental headquarters com pany 167th infantry, fourth, distance 16 feet and 8 inches.
 'Jayelin Throw, Pettyjohn, Birming ham Sabres, first Hurt, Birfningham Sabres, second; Bice, Go. "I'', third Salmon, regimental headquarters com pany 167th infantry, fourth; distance 122 feet.
 100-Yard Dash, Hudson, quartermas- : ter detachment, first; Pierce, regiment al headquarters company 167th infan- try, second; Lusk, Go. "H'', third; Cole, Co. ZIP, fourth; time II seconds flat.
 44O-Yard Dash, Cole, Co. "H", first. Others failed to finish. Time one min ute, two seconds.
 220-Yard Dash, Hiatt, regimental headquarters company, first; others disqualified. Time 34 seconds
 Mile Run, Cole, Go. "H", first Wideman Go. "M'', second; McFad- den, quartermaster corps, third; time 5 minutes, 20 seconds.
 In charge of the meet were Captain Shorty" Wren and Chaplain Ran dolph, rector of the St. Mary'E Episco- pal church, Birmingham.
 Hundreds of the guardsmen from the camp attended the meet and cheered their company favorites.
 In the morning the Birmingham troops of the 167th regiment, under command of Col Walter Bare, of Bir- | mingham, along with the other detach- | ments of the regiment, had their an- nual official photograph taken.
 Col. Bare announced this morning | the official score of Birmingham troops | on the rifle range. 2Following are the | men who qualified:
 Expert-Lieut. Coleman, Sergeant Ard.
 Sharpshooters- Capt. Carter, Lieut.. Weller Smith, Sergeant Carnes.
 Marsman-.First Sergeant Frasier, 1 Sergeant Ely, Sergeant Copeland, Cor. poral Stubbs, Private First Class Ros- enfield.
 Brigadier General Screws, command. ] ing the Thirty-first Division, has issued | orders for rifle match to be partici- pated in by teams representing the three states stationed in the camp. The regular army soldiers on duty in Camp Mcclellan are also invited to partici- pate in the match.
 It will be fired on the regulation course and will be governed by national match rules Each team is to be com | posed of ten sharpshOoters, which also will include officers.