Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
PROGRAM FOR
field EVENTS
ECONPLETED
Mexican Soldiers To
Be In Fort Brown
Games; Horse Show
And Polo Booked

Final preparations for the Field
Day program to be held at Fort
Brown Thursday have practically
been completed and the finishing
touches are now being applied to the
program which will usher in the
horse show to be held Friday, &C.
cording to Capt. Vernon NJ. Shell
post adjutant.
Both the field day and horse show
IS to take on international air, Of
ficers and soldiers from the Mexican
garrison at Masamoros having enter.
ed in both events. The program in
both events is TO get under way
promptly at s a. m.
A series of 3 polo games will be
played with a team from the Mata.
moros garrison, Wednesday, Friday
and Sunday.
In the Field Day program, soldiers
from the Matamoros garrison have
entered in three different classes;
the Roman race, the Cossack race
and the mounted pyramid.
Capt. Shell has announced that
extensive plans have been made to
make the coming Field Day one OF
the biggest events in the history OF
Fort Brown.
Some of the finest athletes in the
United States army have entered the
competition and Brownsville resi-.
dents will have the opportunity OF
seeing these men in action when the
whistle blows for the opening event
at S o'clock Thursday morning.
The track is in fast condition and
each event will be called as soon as
the preceding one has ended, Capt
Shell stated.
I'VE have made special efforts to
ward off unnecessary delays" he
said, "and We can guarantee that each
event will be run as rapidly as pos
sible."
The Field Day events and entries
follow:
100 yard dash-Privates Joe Silva.
Almond E. Wiltse, Andrew F. Crist,
T. Z. Jenkins and Sergeants Charles
L. Sage and Ryan.
220 yard dash-Priva.es Joe Silva,
William G. Williams, Fesmire, Sew
ert, Collins, Wedholm and Corporal
William ". Turner.
440 yard dash-Privates Earnest,
Wiltse, Richter. Berry, Greenlee and
Corporals Turner and Reed.
$50 yard dash-Privates Bauer,
Keith. Pepper. Wessner, Sandlin ant
Corporals Wolfe and Lifts.
One mile run-Privates Hampton,
Kendall. Z~awlockie, Ryan, Schultz,
Thompson, Wilmer, FarShler and
Gonzales.
One mile relay-Privates Silva,
Wiltse. Williams. and kaufman; Pri-
Yates Pepper, Fesmire, Nation and
Reed; Privates Melos, Collins and
Corporals Dedmon and Wolfe; and
Privates Sandlin. Fortune and Sta
chowcki and Corporal Wisomirsky.
High jump-Privates Silva. Girven,
Munroe, Melos, Mills and Corporals
Dodman, Reed, Foppe and Wisomir-
sky.
Broad jump, stanGing-Privates
Hampton, Owens. Silva, Mills. For
tune and Wedholm, Corporal Foppe,
and Sergeants Sparks and Ryan.
Broad jump. running Privates
Hampton, Williams, Jones, Lankton,
Adams, Stachowski and Stanley, Ser
geant Rennick and Corporal Foppe.
Hop-skip-jump - Privates Girven,
Williams, Mcconnell, Nation, Jones,
Masciantonio. Fender and Worth,
Sergeant Sparks and Corporal Foppe.
Shot put-Prxates Young. Kauf-
man, Robertson, Berry, Schultz. Crab
tree, Williams, Corporals Turner
and Tomlinson and Sergeant Schleich.
Tug-of-war - Privates Simmones,
Caps, Orth. Young, Sakolan, Earnest,
Rice. Zurcher, Brust, Jones, Smith.
Thompson, Croker, Fender, Patty,
Stewart, Redmon, Asberry, Glen,
Hecker. Wagner; Corporals Deditz,
Tomlinson and Ceargeants Myers,
Tuywell, S~palding, Goetz.
Potato Race-Privates Cain, Wess-
ner, Welsh, Arnold and Strek.
Three legged race-Privates Orth,
Simmones, Mcconnell, Corporal Reed,
Privates Marsh, Stewart. Leblanc,
LaFosse, Welsh. McAllister.
Shoe r~ace-Privates Lato, Gray,
Peel. Dufour. Holderman and Slime.
Rescue race-Privates Mcconnell,
McCool, Hagen. Smith. Rexrode.
Rcbidoux. and Corporals Deditz and
McCrackin.
Wrestling. mounted Privates
Smith, Fortune. Warden. Caps, 0rth,
Brust, Cain, Holmes, Dawson, As
berry, Glen. Phares, Williams; Cor
porals Deditz, Frank, Curbo, Tomlin-
son and Turner.
Roman race " Sergeant Rennick.
Corporal Sharp. Private Holmes, and
Corporal Deditz.
Pony express - Private Ryan,
Holmes, Farshler. Williams, Rexrode.
Cossack race-Privates Orth, Davis,
Fender. Cain, Robidoux, Romeo, Ken
dali. and Corporal Wisomirsky.
Saddling contest-Corp Reed. Pri-
Yates Fairlee, Cain, Buzzell, Fraley,
laney.
Names Of entries from the Mexican
army post have not yet been received.