Evening star., 1932-08-18
COMPANY c WINS
CAMP FIELD MEET.
Retains RegimentaI Trophy
for Second Year With
~ Points.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CAMP RITCHIE, Nd, August l8.-
Amassing % points by winning two first
and four second places, Company c,
121st Engineers, District of Columbia
National Guard, yesterday won the an
nual regimental field meet for the sec
ond consecutive year, Capt. William F..
Sorgensen. company commander, re-
tanning pass ession of the loving cup.
Company E commanded by Capt
Walter A. Knight. finished second win
IS points. while Company B. under
Capt. William I. Mushake was third
with 10 points.
After six of the seven events COM
prising the program had been run off.
Companies c and E had II and IS
points, respectively. with the outcome
OF the meet depending upon the quar-
ter-mile relay race. Company E, which
was reputed to have the four fastest
men in camp, lost all chances OF win
ming when its second runner fumbled
the baton as it was passed to him by
the lead-off runner However, keen
rivalry exists between the two COM
panies, and they have agreed to have
a showdown on their relay teams by
staging a special race Immediately
after the annual competitive drill next
Saturday.
HaIf-Mile Race Close.
The half-mile individual race was
another exciting contest, Pvt. Alex
D. Goodkowitz, Company E. avenging
last years defeat by staging a sensa-
tional squirt down the 100-yard home
stretch to blank out Pvt. George A.
Cleveland. jr.. Company c. last years
victor. Pvt Robt. K. Gingrich, Com
pany A, was third.
In the 100-yard dash, Corpl. Sanford
w. Ross, Company C, suffered his first
defeat in five years. when Corpl. Leo
C. Streitberger, Company E, dark
horse" breasted the tape less than
yard in the lead. Headquarters and
Service Company scored half of its two
points total by Pvt James j. Stretch
finishing third.
The loving cup for the battalion
scoring the greatest number OF points
was awarded Maj. Ralph S. Childs,
commanding the 1st Battalion, which
totaled Al points to the other outfits 10.
Master Sergt. John E. Berberich, f.
nance section, special troops, 29th Di-
vision, who was detailed by special or
der to check and compute the camp
nav rolls. announced that the District
of Columbia citiZen-soldiers will be en-
riched next Sunday by approximately
$4,000 when they file past Maj. James
r. Lusby, United States property ana
disbursing officer.
After spending three mornings at
pistol practice, % members of the 121st
Engineer Band completed record flring
Yesterday and qualified two sharp
shooters and five marksmen. Consider
ing that this was their first session on
a pistol range, the results are remark
able. Sergt. Norval D. Guerrier and
Pvt. Ralph P. MacConnell made sharp
shooter ratings with percentages OF
81.2 and 79.1, respectively, while the
marksman's list was made up of Pvts.
Thomas J. Mullikin, TIT per cent;
Euguene F. Gass, 1872; Albert B. Cross
wait. 1872: Glenn " Curtiss, 63.8, and
Sergt Walter L. Redfleld, 61.7.
Chaplain Scores 66.S.
Can't. Arthur L. Smith, regimental
chaplain, scored 66.8 per cent lor
marksman's insignia.
Three headquarters and service COM
pany sergeants, Harold w. Leath, Pat
rick C. Bradley and William E. Barry,
tailed 78.4, 673 and 66.6 per cent,
respectively. the former earning sharp
shooter and the latter two marksmans
ratings. Pvt. Ray S. Ciomei. same com
pany. shot 202 points out OF 250 10
qualify as rife marksman.
Company A, 372d Infantry, staged
its first major offensive and defensive
combat problem Of the camp period
yesterday, the first platoon, under Lieut..
Cornelius A King, attacking and driv-
ing back Lieut.. Sylvester T. Black
wells platoon. Capt. Arthur c. New
man acted as umpire.
The non-divisional officers OF the
428th and 429th Infantry Regiments,
Organized Reserves, were taken on
tactical walk over the battlefelds OF
gettysburg by Lieut.. Col. Charles B.
Moore. United States Infantry, instruc,,
tor. During the morning period Second
Lieuts Herbert r. Orr and Lorenzo
r. Berry, both of the 428th, shot l95
and 1873, respectively, to qualify as
marksmen.
The first good rain of the camp
period is falling today, and Col. John
w. Oehmann, commanding officer, 12lst
Engineers. will call off the overnight
reeimental tactical exercise, scheduled
to start this afternoon at 3 o'clock, II
the rain continues.